London Crouch End Restaurant Guide

Juliette Banner’s “lively unpretentious place” in Crouch End celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, basking in the “relaxed vibe” it provides regulars, who keep coming back for the “interesting cheap menu” of world food. It “can be clamorous, but in a good way – and the food couldn’t be more child-friendly”. Top Tip: you can book ‘Bob Dylan’s table’, the very spot where the Nobel Prize-winning beatnik bard dined during his legendary 1993 visit to Crouch End.

“A lively tapas spot popular with the locals” – if you are up Crouch End way, this well-established Spanish restaurant is one of the better wining and dining venues in the ’hood.

“Top-notch small plates, oysters and superb fishy delights” – plus an interesting selection of wine and “lovely service” – inspire nothing but rave reviews for this family-run two-year-old, which didn’t get the memo that good restaurants aren’t allowed in Crouch End. It’s well decked out too, with green banquette seating and a white marble bar. They must be doing something right, as they have already opened a second place in Hackney (see Hackney Coterie).

In the heart of Crouch End, this modern bar/brasserie (which opened in early 2019) offers an affordably priced selection of modern European dishes plus bar bites. Too limited feedback for a rating, but all of it enthusiastic.

Celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, this high-quality,independent Neapolitan pizzeria in Kensal Rise and its Crouch End spin-off continue to win the highest scores for their “excellent” and “moreish” pizzas. Top Tip: “the Nutella dessert pizza is a speciality (to share)”.

2021 Review: A “long-time, local favourite” – this “relaxed”, retro bistro brings the classic flavours of France to Crouch End. Chef-proprietor Lynne Sanders and her team send “reliably good food” out from the kitchen.

“Far superior to the vast majority of Turkish/Kurdish eateries on the nearby Haringey Green Lanes” – this “really reliable neighbourhood spot” sits “on the border of Crouch End and Hornsey” and keeps its devoted regulars happy with “generous portions of tasty food”. It’s “not the cheapest, but the cooking is right up there”.

This 40-cover, mid-2021 newcomer in Crouch End is the work of Télémaque Argyriou, who first launched his gourmet Greek street food truck in 2015. The olives and olive oil come from his family’s 200-year old farm in Greece. At lunch there’s a simpler menu, including wraps, while the concise drinks list includes numerous vintages from small Greek producers.