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Drinks & Nightlife

Lovely local, recently had a huge investment making it a beautiful charming place to drink and eat with great gastropub menu
49 locals recommend
The Highbury Barn Tavern
26 Highbury Park
49 locals recommend
Lovely local, recently had a huge investment making it a beautiful charming place to drink and eat with great gastropub menu
Fun bar which often holds events like comedy nights and theatre group shows
41 locals recommend
The Hen & Chickens Theatre Bar
109 St Paul's Rd
41 locals recommend
Fun bar which often holds events like comedy nights and theatre group shows
Cocktail bar and restaurant designed to look like the Orient Express with a modern twist.
18 locals recommend
Hoxley & Porter
153 Upper St
18 locals recommend
Cocktail bar and restaurant designed to look like the Orient Express with a modern twist.
Small but quirky cool hidden bar serving great cocktails and a good ambience in the evening
51 locals recommend
The Four Sisters Bar
25 Canonbury Ln
51 locals recommend
Small but quirky cool hidden bar serving great cocktails and a good ambience in the evening
Tiny cocktail den with super drinks menu and jamon iberico, Parmigiano or taralli fennel biscuits to snack on before dinner
89 locals recommend
69 Colebrooke Row
69 Colebrooke Row
89 locals recommend
Tiny cocktail den with super drinks menu and jamon iberico, Parmigiano or taralli fennel biscuits to snack on before dinner
Nice local wood-clad pub that has a quiz on Tuesday and on Wednesdays has a 'wine down', meaning you get the rest of the bottle of wine free when you purchase two glasses
20 locals recommend
The Woodbine - Irish Pub
215 Blackstock Rd
20 locals recommend
Nice local wood-clad pub that has a quiz on Tuesday and on Wednesdays has a 'wine down', meaning you get the rest of the bottle of wine free when you purchase two glasses
Large pub with alfresco drinking options and good food menu as well as serving traditional Sunday roast
20 locals recommend
The Alwyne Castle
83 St Paul's Rd
20 locals recommend
Large pub with alfresco drinking options and good food menu as well as serving traditional Sunday roast
The Lamb pub serves the finest local brews — from Camden Town and Hackney breweries. They also do natural wine, fresh pizzas by local Sorrento Pizzas and amazing Serious Pig pork scratchings.
78 locals recommend
The Lamb
94 Lamb's Conduit St
78 locals recommend
The Lamb pub serves the finest local brews — from Camden Town and Hackney breweries. They also do natural wine, fresh pizzas by local Sorrento Pizzas and amazing Serious Pig pork scratchings.
A friendly Islington local with a welcoming vibe and an array of movie posters, alongside other film paraphernalia. A British menu is served up from their kitchen daily
54 locals recommend
The Alma Pub Islington
59 Newington Green Rd
54 locals recommend
A friendly Islington local with a welcoming vibe and an array of movie posters, alongside other film paraphernalia. A British menu is served up from their kitchen daily
A favourite for cocktails - check it out for happy hour and they have a DJ
25 locals recommend
Simmons Bar | Angel
43 Essex Rd
25 locals recommend
A favourite for cocktails - check it out for happy hour and they have a DJ
Serving brilliant cocktails and happy hour with a nice going out atmosphere and music
Be At One Islington
12 Upper St
Serving brilliant cocktails and happy hour with a nice going out atmosphere and music
Award winning pub at the heart of the local community, a short walk away & opposite Canonbury Overground Station
55 locals recommend
The Snooty Fox
75 Grosvenor Ave
55 locals recommend
Award winning pub at the heart of the local community, a short walk away & opposite Canonbury Overground Station
Beautiful old building with events on most nights and DJ at the weekend
99 locals recommend
The Old Dairy
1-3 Crouch Hill
99 locals recommend
Beautiful old building with events on most nights and DJ at the weekend
Famous bar with quirky outdoor garden which also serves amazing Thai dishes.
171 locals recommend
The Faltering Fullback
19 Perth Rd
171 locals recommend
Famous bar with quirky outdoor garden which also serves amazing Thai dishes.
Serving Modern british cuisine, this is a small & very adorable restaurant
53 locals recommend
Season Kitchen
53 Stroud Green Rd
53 locals recommend
Serving Modern british cuisine, this is a small & very adorable restaurant

Essentials

Really great traditional deli
143 locals recommend
La Fromagerie
30 Highbury Park
143 locals recommend
Really great traditional deli
Great fresh produce
6 locals recommend
Mrs Lovell's Greengrocers
1c Highbury Park
6 locals recommend
Great fresh produce
They sell beautiful deli style things including fresh cakes, tarts, breads, and have a huge fromagerie out the back. They also have a couple of seats upfront by the window if you want to eat there
17 locals recommend
Da Mario
34 Highbury Park
17 locals recommend
They sell beautiful deli style things including fresh cakes, tarts, breads, and have a huge fromagerie out the back. They also have a couple of seats upfront by the window if you want to eat there
Excellent quality butcher
18 locals recommend
Godfreys.co
7 Highbury Park
18 locals recommend
Excellent quality butcher
Amazing selection of fresh fish
17 locals recommend
Bourne's Fishmongers
13 Highbury Park
17 locals recommend
Amazing selection of fresh fish

Food Scene

Good for tapas and sometimes have events on
30 locals recommend
Highbury Arts Club
73 Highbury Park
30 locals recommend
Good for tapas and sometimes have events on
Authentic Turkish restaurant
11 locals recommend
Iznik
19 Highbury Park
11 locals recommend
Authentic Turkish restaurant
Really cool place to have a drink & nibbles locally.
71 locals recommend
Fink's Salt and Sweet
70 Mountgrove Rd
71 locals recommend
Really cool place to have a drink & nibbles locally.
One of my favourite restuarants in London - long granite tables with beautiful selection of salads, savoury, pasta & cakes, plus a bar
21 locals recommend
Vivo
57-58 Upper St
21 locals recommend
One of my favourite restuarants in London - long granite tables with beautiful selection of salads, savoury, pasta & cakes, plus a bar
A must visit for any Ottolenghi fan - he loves Jerusalem style food
364 locals recommend
Ottolenghi Islington
287 Upper St
364 locals recommend
A must visit for any Ottolenghi fan - he loves Jerusalem style food
Our favourite for Mexican food. They also have a bar and table football you can play
27 locals recommend
Wahaca Islington
68-69 Upper St
27 locals recommend
Our favourite for Mexican food. They also have a bar and table football you can play
Highly recommend it serves a simple, seasonally, Italian inspired menu that changes daily
153 locals recommend
Trullo
300-302 St Paul's Rd
153 locals recommend
Highly recommend it serves a simple, seasonally, Italian inspired menu that changes daily
Started as a fishmongers but now serve brilliant seafood
77 locals recommend
Prawn on the Lawn
294 St Paul's Rd
77 locals recommend
Started as a fishmongers but now serve brilliant seafood
Good American Burger chain
57 locals recommend
Five Guys
71 Upper St
57 locals recommend
Good American Burger chain
A collaboration between Neil Rankin (ex-John Salt and Pitt Cue Co) and The Pig & Butcher, the Smokehouse’s regularly changing menu involves plenty of fish and meat smoked on the premises
82 locals recommend
Smokehouse
63-69 Canonbury Rd
82 locals recommend
A collaboration between Neil Rankin (ex-John Salt and Pitt Cue Co) and The Pig & Butcher, the Smokehouse’s regularly changing menu involves plenty of fish and meat smoked on the premises
A restaurant and takeaway from former Ivy head chef Des McDonald. Menu includes both chip butties with curry sauce and quail eggs with cress.
The Fish And Chip Shop
189 Upper St
A restaurant and takeaway from former Ivy head chef Des McDonald. Menu includes both chip butties with curry sauce and quail eggs with cress.
Lovely neighbourhood French bistro serving fantastic brunch
7 locals recommend
Assiette Anglaise
489 Liverpool Road
7 locals recommend
Lovely neighbourhood French bistro serving fantastic brunch
Cool new Vietnamese chain
91 locals recommend
Salvation in Noodles
122 Balls Pond Rd
91 locals recommend
Cool new Vietnamese chain
Posh pub food including meat which has been butchered and smoked on site
102 locals recommend
The Pig and Butcher
80 Liverpool Rd
102 locals recommend
Posh pub food including meat which has been butchered and smoked on site
Brilliant bakery & place to have coffee
24 locals recommend
Euphorium - Highbury
202 Upper St
24 locals recommend
Brilliant bakery & place to have coffee
Really pretty place for tea, coffee, cakes & sandwiches
13 locals recommend
Highness Cafe & Tea Room
21a Highbury Park
13 locals recommend
Really pretty place for tea, coffee, cakes & sandwiches
Start your day 5mins from the Emirates Stadium with a fresh almond croissant & a Monmouth coffee
78 locals recommend
Le Péché Mignon
6 Ronalds Rd
78 locals recommend
Start your day 5mins from the Emirates Stadium with a fresh almond croissant & a Monmouth coffee
Serving a wide range of coffee beans to choose from
49 locals recommend
Vagabond N7
105 Holloway Rd
49 locals recommend
Serving a wide range of coffee beans to choose from
Famous Gunners drinking spot serving fresh pies named after an Arsenal player and runny Scotch eggs
29 locals recommend
Piebury Corner
209-211 Holloway Rd
29 locals recommend
Famous Gunners drinking spot serving fresh pies named after an Arsenal player and runny Scotch eggs
Check out the mural on the wall at Maison d’Etre and have a viennoiserie or fresh bread with condiments from London Borough of Jam.
38 locals recommend
Maison d'etre
38 locals recommend
Check out the mural on the wall at Maison d’Etre and have a viennoiserie or fresh bread with condiments from London Borough of Jam.
There’s a changing seasonal menu at Le Coq but its one permanent item that never fails to satisfy is Sutton Hoo chicken with rotisserie potatoes. At £20 for three courses, it’s a good deal.
37 locals recommend
LeCoq
292-294 Saint Paul's Road
37 locals recommend
There’s a changing seasonal menu at Le Coq but its one permanent item that never fails to satisfy is Sutton Hoo chicken with rotisserie potatoes. At £20 for three courses, it’s a good deal.
Café turned kids playground
12 locals recommend
Little Highness Play Café
69 Highbury Park
12 locals recommend
Café turned kids playground
A changing selection of three filter coffees is advertised on a blackboard above the bar, and friendly staff are happy to explain their distinct flavours
64 locals recommend
The CoffeeWorks Project
96-98 Islington High St
64 locals recommend
A changing selection of three filter coffees is advertised on a blackboard above the bar, and friendly staff are happy to explain their distinct flavours
Relaxed, unfussy café serving fresh and tasty breakfasts and brunch
59 locals recommend
The Corner One
85 Jamestown Rd
59 locals recommend
Relaxed, unfussy café serving fresh and tasty breakfasts and brunch
Open super late they will fill your fresh-baked bagel with almost anything you can think of
13 locals recommend
The Happening Bagel Bakery
284A Seven Sisters Rd
13 locals recommend
Open super late they will fill your fresh-baked bagel with almost anything you can think of
Serving delicious salads and sandwiches
37 locals recommend
Boulangerie Bon Matin
178 Tollington Park
37 locals recommend
Serving delicious salads and sandwiches
Brilliant Italian food & great value for money
12 locals recommend
La Saporita
174 Tollington Park
12 locals recommend
Brilliant Italian food & great value for money
Spanish tapas served in a spacious and buzzy restaurant which uses authentic meats, cheeses and wines imported from Spain
29 locals recommend
La Fabrica
45 Stroud Green Rd
29 locals recommend
Spanish tapas served in a spacious and buzzy restaurant which uses authentic meats, cheeses and wines imported from Spain

Shopping

They stock a wide selection of wines & liquer
22 locals recommend
Highbury Vintners
71 Highbury Park
22 locals recommend
They stock a wide selection of wines & liquer

Everything Else

Really handy if you need shoes repairing
Master Cobbler
21 Highbury Park
Really handy if you need shoes repairing
Good if you need anything dry cleaning very locally during your stay
9 locals recommend
Highbury Library
66A Drayton Park
9 locals recommend
Good if you need anything dry cleaning very locally during your stay
Nestled behind Upper Street you’ll find Camden Passage, a vintage treasure trove crammed with wheeled wooden stalls, cafes, independent boutiques and one of London’s oldest antique markets
213 locals recommend
Camden Passage
Camden Passage
213 locals recommend
Nestled behind Upper Street you’ll find Camden Passage, a vintage treasure trove crammed with wheeled wooden stalls, cafes, independent boutiques and one of London’s oldest antique markets
Great fields to relax in and enjoy the weather, there are also tennis courts here and is a popular place for BBQs in summer - one of the only boroughs in London that allow this still
209 locals recommend
Highbury Fields
Highbury Crescent
209 locals recommend
Great fields to relax in and enjoy the weather, there are also tennis courts here and is a popular place for BBQs in summer - one of the only boroughs in London that allow this still
Highbury Pool & Fitness Centre. Might be members only but they also might allow drop ins I'm not entirely sure
19 locals recommend
Highbury Leisure Centre
Highbury Crescent
19 locals recommend
Highbury Pool & Fitness Centre. Might be members only but they also might allow drop ins I'm not entirely sure

Arts & Culture

In a great position on Upper St for dinner and drinks before or after catching a film
137 locals recommend
Vue Cinema London - Islington
36 Parkfield St
137 locals recommend
In a great position on Upper St for dinner and drinks before or after catching a film
Quirky cinema experience where you sit on sofas instead of normal cinema seats and you can be served drinks & food to your seats
49 locals recommend
The Screen on the Green
Upper Street
49 locals recommend
Quirky cinema experience where you sit on sofas instead of normal cinema seats and you can be served drinks & food to your seats
A good relaxed way to spend an evening
94 locals recommend
Odeon Cinema Holloway
419-427 Holloway Rd
94 locals recommend
A good relaxed way to spend an evening
Bowling fun for all the family
63 locals recommend
Rowans Tenpin Bowl
10 Stroud Green Rd
63 locals recommend
Bowling fun for all the family
Union Chapel is a working church and live entertainment venue
87 locals recommend
Union Chapel
19b Compton Terrace
87 locals recommend
Union Chapel is a working church and live entertainment venue
325 seat studio theatre with an international reputation
224 locals recommend
Almeida Theatre
Almeida Street
224 locals recommend
325 seat studio theatre with an international reputation
Renowned performing arts venue
253 locals recommend
Sadlers Wells Theatre (Stop UB) station
253 locals recommend
Renowned performing arts venue

Sightseeing

For an Arsenal Football Fan
385 locals recommend
Emirates Stadium
Hornsey Road
385 locals recommend
For an Arsenal Football Fan