Set menus in North London

Shoreditch | Italian | Bib Gourmand

Manteca is a nose to tail Italian on Curtain Road in Shoreditch, handmaking its pasta and curing its own salumi downstairs.

2-3 courses | Lunch

Maida Vale | British Gastropub | Bib Gourmand

The Hero of Maida is a smart corner pub in Maida Vale and a Top 50 Gastropub, cooking a seasonal menu that turns over often.

2-3 courses | Lunch 12pm–3pm

Islington | Thai | Bib Gourmand

Farang cooks Thai food on a Highbury Park corner, the charcoal shopfront giving onto a restaurant that keeps a larder of fresh and dry Thai ingredients beside the bar.

4 courses | Lunch 12pm–2.30pm

King's Cross | Italian

Franco Manca King's Cross is a sourdough pizzeria on York Way, a few minutes from King's Cross and St Pancras.

1-2 courses | Lunch 12pm–4pm | Christmas 11.30am–close

Camden Town | Greek

Andromeda is a warm, traditional Greek Cypriot taverna on Plender Street in Camden Town, doing taramosalata, moussaka and grilled sheftalia.

2 courses | Lunch 12pm–3pm

King's Cross | Korean

Kimchee cooks Korean food off Pancras Square in King's Cross, with soup and banchan that change each fortnight to follow the harvest.

Set lunch | Lunch 12pm–5pm | Festive BBQ 1 Dec to 31 Dec

Muswell Hill | French Bistro

La Petite Colline is a traditional French neighbourhood restaurant on Muswell Hill Broadway, doing escargots, steak tartare and moules frites seven days a week.

2-3 courses | Lunch 12pm–5pm | Festive | Festive 25 Dec

King's Cross | Italian

Lina Stores King's Cross is on Stable Street beside Coal Drops Yard, a short walk from the station.

2-3 courses | Lunch 12pm–5pm | Christmas

Shoreditch | Italian

Lina Stores Shoreditch spreads a restaurant and bar over two floors of Shoreditch High Street.

2-3 courses | Lunch 12pm–5pm | Christmas

Shoreditch | Italian

A theatrically decorated Italian trattoria on Great Eastern Street in Shoreditch.

1-3 courses | Lunch 12pm–2.45pm

King's Cross | Modern British

Rotunda is a canalside British grill at Kings Place on York Way, with its own farm in Northumberland supplying the beef.

2-3 courses | Lunch 12pm–4pm | Festive

Highgate | British Gastropub

The Flask has stood on Highgate West Hill since 1663, a wood panelled warren of a pub with one of the better terraces in north London.

2-3 courses | Lunch 12pm–3pm

Hampstead | Latin American

Gaucho Hampstead is an Argentinian steakhouse on Heath Street, two minutes uphill from Hampstead station.

2-3 courses | Lunch From 12pm | Festive

Shoreditch | Pan-Asian

UBA cooks pan Asian food inside the Hart Shoreditch hotel on Great Eastern Street, a few minutes from Old Street.

4 courses | Lunch 12pm–3pm

Southgate | British

Browns Southgate is a British brasserie overlooking Southgate Green, in the conservation area a short walk from Southgate station.

2-3 courses | Lunch & Early Evening 12pm–6pm | Sunday Lunch From 12pm | Christmas | Christmas Early Week

St John's Wood | French Bistro

Soutine is a Parisian boulevard cafe on St John's Wood High Street, open from breakfast until late.

2-3 courses | Lunch & Dinner all day

Islington | French Bistro

Bellanger is a grand Alsace leaning bistro looking onto Islington Green, a few minutes from Angel.

2-3 courses | Prix Fixe Mon–Fri from 11.45am, Sat–Sun after 5pm | Sunday Lunch From 12pm

Stoke Newington | British Gastropub

The Clarence Tavern is a neighbourhood gastropub on Stoke Newington Church Street, cooking from a short menu that changes with the week.

2-3 courses | Lunch 12pm–2.30pm

King's Cross | Steak

Hawksmoor St Pancras is the steak restaurant inside the Victorian station hotel on Euston Road.

1-3 courses | Lunch 12pm–3pm | Early Evening 5pm–5.45pm | Early Evening 3.15pm–5pm

King's Cross | Modern Sri Lankan

Hoppers King's Cross cooks Sri Lankan food in King's Cross, named for the bowl-shaped rice and coconut pancake made to order.

3 courses | Lunch 12pm–3pm | Festive

Islington | British Gastropub

The Pig and Butcher is a gastropub on Liverpool Road in Islington, with a weekday set lunch of two or three courses.

2-3 courses | Lunch 12pm–3pm

Hackney | Modern British

Sune is a sunlit neighbourhood restaurant near Broadway Market in Hackney, cooking comfort food with more invention than the price suggests.

2-3 courses | Lunch 12pm–2.45pm

Old Street | Modern Irish

Daffodil Mulligan is a modern Irish small plates restaurant on City Road in Old Street, spirited and loud in the right way.

2-3 courses | Prix Fixe Mon 4pm–10pm, Tue–Sat 12pm–3pm & 4pm–6pm, Sun 1pm–8pm | Christmas From 16 Nov

St John's Wood | British

The Ivy St John’s Wood is a British brasserie on the High Street, a short walk from Lord’s.

2-3 courses | Lunch 11.30am–5.45pm | Dinner 6pm–close | Festive 11.30am–close (weekends from 11am)

King's Cross | Modern British

RAILS is a modern British restaurant and little bar on Pancras Road at King's Cross St Pancras, cooking classic British dishes alongside fresh grills.

2-3 courses | Lunch & Pre-Theatre | 12pm–6pm

King's Cross | Italian

Harry's King's Cross is a glossy all day Italian beside the station, open from morning until late.

2-3 courses | Lunch 11.30am–5.30pm | Dinner 5.30pm–close | Festive 11.30am–close (weekends from 11am)

King's Cross | British

Granary Square Brasserie, from The Ivy Collection, sits on Granary Square by the Regent’s Canal in King’s Cross.

2-3 courses | Lunch 11.30am–5.30pm | Dinner 6pm–close | Festive 11.30am–close (weekends from 11am)

Islington | European / Wine Bar

Humble Grape Islington is a wine bar on Theberton Street, a minute from the Almeida.

2 courses | Pre-Theatre 5pm–6.30pm | Festive 16 Nov to 23 Dec

King's Cross | Mediterranean

Coal Office sits canalside at Coal Drops Yard in King's Cross, cooking Jerusalem food in a space designed to the inch.

2-3 courses | Lunch 12pm–2.30pm

Primrose Hill | Greek

Lemonia has been a Primrose Hill institution on Regent's Park Road for decades, all mezze, grilled fish and baklava. The summit of Primrose Hill is a short walk from the door.

3 courses | Dinner 5.30pm–10pm

Swiss Cottage | Modern European

Bradley's has been a Swiss Cottage local since 1992, cooking seasonal produce with fish from Dorset and oysters from West Mersea.

2-3 courses | Lunch 12pm–2.30pm | Dinner 5pm–8pm

Islington | Modern European

Frederick's has been a family run fixture of Camden Passage in Islington since 1969, tucked off the antiques market.

2-3 courses | Lunch 12pm–2.30pm

Islington | Modern European

A modern European neighbourhood restaurant on Essex Road in Islington.

2-3 courses | Weekend Lunch 12pm–4pm

Hackney | Modern British / Gastropub

The Marksman is a Hackney Road pub with a serious kitchen behind it, and a former Pub of the Year.

2-3 courses | Sunday Lunch 12pm–4pm

Hackney | Modern British

Barge East is a restaurant on a barge moored on the River Lee at Hackney Wick, cooking British produce with a riverside garden and terrace alongside.

3 courses | Sunday Lunch From 12pm

Islington | Japanese

Sticks'n'Sushi Islington is a Japanese restaurant, lounge and bar on Upper Street, a short walk from Angel.

Sharing | Lunch & Dinner

Shoreditch | Japanese

Sticks'n'Sushi Shoreditch is a Japanese restaurant on Shoreditch High Street, next door to the One Hundred Shoreditch hotel.

Sharing | Lunch & Dinner