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A photo of The Bald Faced Stag restaurant
1. The Bald Faced Stag
4.1
Excellent(696)
Price: Moderate
• Gastro Pub • East Finchley
Booked 7 times today
The great ​British pub is back and it's right at the heart of East Finchley. The Bald Faced Stag pub, on the corner of High Road and East End Road and only a 2 minute walk from East Finchley tube station, is a beautiful pub with hints of old and new creating an amazing contemporary atmosphere throughout the week. With a menu filled with seasonal specials, pub classics and Sunday roasts to knock your socks off, our dining room is a must-visit for foodies around East Finchley and Muswell Hill.We take pride in our huge pub garden, which is available all year round thanks to our heaters and covers. Our beautiful mother tree stands proud in the center and makes for a romantic spot.
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2. The Plimsoll
4.8
Exceptional(80)
Price: Expensive
• Pub • Highbury
Booked 39 times today
A modern pub serving a frequently changing menu, available in our dining room, bar, and outside ledges. It's not fine dining, nor is it trying to be. We cook in a way that we as cooks like to eat, so don’t be afraid to share. If you want to pop in for a burger and a pint, feel free to grab any available space in the bar or outside. We accept bookings for tables of up to six people in the dining room.It can be loud and slightly chaotic; at night it is dark. We turn tables because we need to in order to survive and pay the people that make it work, so please don’t be offended if we ask you to wait a moment for your table. Our dining room has limited space and we don’t offer high chairs, so please let us know in advance if you're bringing a pram or need to adjust your booking size.Here's when we're open, so you can find what you're looking for:Weekdays: Bar 3-11pmKitchen 6-10pmWeekends: Bar 12-11pm (10pm Sunday’s)Kitchen 1-5pmKitchen is closed on Men’s Arsenal home games.
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3. Westerns Laundry
4.8
Exceptional(1689)
Price: Expensive
• Modern European • Holloway
Booked 32 times today
Westerns Laundry is a Michelin Bib Gourmand restaurant focusing on seafood & natural wines. The restaurant is located in the Islington/Highbury neighbourhood of North London. It opened in 2018 and is housed in a 1950's industrial building which used to be home to the largest commercial laundry in North London. It now boasts a beautiful 60 cover dining room, which opens onto an open 20 cover cobbled courtyard with olive trees as well as an intimate private dining room. Westerns Laundry has won numerous awards for excellence and originality and is a firm favourite on the London dining scene.
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4. Jolene Newington Green
4.7
Exceptional(1270)
Price: Expensive
• British • Stoke Newington
Booked 45 times today
Situated on Newington Green, Jolene is a relaxed neighbourhood restaurant and bakery, with a natural wine cellar. Focussing on flavour, provenance and sustainability, the menu changes weekly. Maximum table booking of 6 pax.
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5. Tollington's
4.5
Awesome(48)
Price: Expensive
• Fish • Holloway
Booked 12 times today
Walk-ins welcome and encouraged. 2's can reserve for Sunday lunch only Tired of the loosely French inspired humdrum of restaurants popping up across the city of London? Do you like holidays? Do you like cold drinks and warm service? If you've answered yes to one or more of these then perhaps Tollington's can refresh both your pallet and your mindThe idea came from a mirror in an antiques market and a love for a more informal approach to dining, the result is a chippy in North London with old church pews bolted to the walls to be leaned on and eaten from. The focus is on fish but the menu transcends just fish, leaving no stone unturned in the never ending quest for flavour Split between two rooms, the front the engine, the kitchen and bar shared by customers as they perch on bar stools and enjoy dinner and a show. The back room - lower lighting, lower seating, a slight calm compared to the front room. Works of art from friends of the restaurant adorn the walls and floors
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6. The Blues Kitchen - Camden
4.6
Exceptional(3668)
Price: Moderate
• American • Camden Town
Booked 63 times today
American Grill cooking served in a warm and vibrant dining room.
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7. St John's Tavern
4.6
Exceptional(175)
Price: Expensive
• Modern European • Archway
Booked 18 times today
A contemporary British pub with an astonishing dining room. St Johns serves well sourced, seasonal British food along with classic European regional dishes. We source our produce from British farms and sustainable sources, and everything is made on the premises. Service is relaxed but efficient and the ambience is one of ease and conviviality.
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8. Lussmanns Highgate
4.4
Awesome(86)
Price: Expensive
• Modern European • Highgate
Booked 16 times today
We are the locals’ favourite sustainable restaurant. We are proud to offer relaxed, ethical dining on the high street and I hope you’ll come and enjoy eating with us very soon.
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9. The Brave
4.5
Awesome(36)
Price: Expensive
• Gastro Pub • Canonbury
Booked 20 times today
Coming Soon!
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10. 64 Goodge Street
4.9
Exceptional(577)
Price: Very Expensive
• French • Fitzrovia
Booked 19 times today
64 Goodge Street is a new restaurant from Woodhead Restaurant Group, which opened in early August 2023. A former travel agent in our beloved Fitzrovia (64’s older siblings Portland and Clipstone are just round the corner), we were hugely excited by the opportunity this blank slate of a site afforded us.We’ve been able to build from the bottom up, and therefore design every inch of space to meet our hope for 64 Goodge Street. Namely, that it is a space in which guests feel utterly taken care of. We are open Monday to Saturday for lunch and dinner. We very much hope to see you soon.

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  • Oliver
    London •1 review
    5.0
    Dined 2 days ago
    Great food and service. Can get a bit loud but they can't do much about that. Best food we've had in a long time
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    The PlimsollPrice: Expensive• Pub• Highbury
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    4.8
  • Sue
    Cambridge/Cambridgeshire •3 reviews
    5.0
    Dined 2 days ago
    Great experience all round but the service was exceptional!! The menu changes daily, but I think there are always lots of plant based options. If the Jerusalem artichoke, onion & raclette dish is on the menu, this is a fantastic riff on traditional Swiss raclette! Loved the concept of shared tables, plates to share, good and reasonably priced wine list.
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    Westerns LaundryPrice: Expensive• Modern European• Holloway
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    4.8
  • Maayan
    London •2 reviews
    5.0
    Dined 3 days ago
    Always such a great time at Jolene. The menu changes often enough for us to return regularly and the food is always outstanding. The ambience is perfect and service and excellent.
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    Jolene Newington GreenPrice: Expensive• British• Stoke Newington
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    4.7
  • James
    London •4 reviews
    5.0
    Dined 4 days ago
    We were a group of 4. Great food in a fun place served by lovely people at a reasonable price. What more could one ask.
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    Tollington'sPrice: Expensive• Fish• Holloway
    •
    4.5
  • Nims
    London •1 review
    4.0
    Dined 7 days ago
    Overall experience was good as always at the pub, however the food experience is less positive and appears to have declined in recent times. Ordered a vegan burger, which costs £18 and it was completely overdone and burnt. The burger itself isn't particularly great compared to some better quality plant based ones out there, so this only adds to the poor taste. Overall, great for drinks but very average food (for the price)
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    The Bald Faced StagPrice: Moderate• Gastro Pub• East Finchley
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    4.1

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