Chalk Farm, British, Modern Restaurant Guide

This “fun and buzzy local restaurant” in Primrose Hill is especially a brunch favourite. The food menu is a bit “hit/miss”, but it wins particular shout-outs for its “good coffee” and “hard to beat salads”.

Chef-patron Bryn Williams produces a “small and well-executed menu” showcasing north Wales at this high-quality local in lovely Primrose Hill, which he’s owned for over 15 years now. But while it still attracts many favourable reviews, the magical atmosphere that was a hallmark of its original incarnation (it was founded nearly 50 years ago) has “faded” in more recent times.

2022 Review: “It’s amazing how much fun you can have dining in a shipping container!!” – Irish chef Adrian Martin’s July 2020 newcomer may be thus housed in Camden Town’s new eco market on Buck Street, but – with its incongruously posh decor and £65 eight-course menu (£110 if you go for the wine matching) – it’s certainly not in the grungy, street food category (even if you do have to go outside to the loos in the market). As the name hints, the focus is on seasonality and foraged food, but early press reviews – while not writing the enterprise off – have given it a slightly bumpy ride. Some of our early reporters are much more upbeat, though, hailing “inspirational and outstanding cuisine” that its most ardent supporters would put “in the same class as Aulis and Story”.