Canonbury, International Restaurant Guide

2022 Review: It’s a bit less nook-like than it looks, if you head to the larger basement of this summer 2020 Highbury newcomer: a deli by day and neighbourhood café in the evenings. With a vague connection to Linden Stores (RIP), which it replaced in 2020, there’s a Turkish twist to the contemporary European small dishes and sharing plates. Limited early feedback, but very positive all-round.

This “romantic” neighbourhood venue on the northern edge of Islington, from brothers Martin & Christoph Lange, has for 10 years treated locals to a “nice variety of modern European food” – and “at this price level is a good all-rounder”. Open for dinner seven days a week and for lunch from Friday to Sunday, it offers a fixed-price menu with plenty of choices at all sittings (except Friday and Saturday night) – keeping a lid on the expense.