Trullo is the kind of neighbourhood Italian restaurant you’d find in an actual Italian neighbourhood, and the food is simply fantastic.

Xi’an Impression is a small restaurant in Highbury serving some of the best Chinese food we’ve had. Prepare to dream about the hand-pulled noodles.

Black Axe Mangal on Highbury Corner isn’t a typical restaurant. It’s a restaurant that loves heavy metal and cooking with offal.

Jolene is a bakery, café, and restaurant on Newington Green serving very nice, very grainy, very wholesome breakfast, lunch and (on some days) dinner.

Want low-key cool in Highbury? Westerns Laundry is a modern wine bar & restaurant in a converted garage that does brilliant small plates.

Dotori is a busy, cash-only neighbourhood restaurant in Finsbury Park serving excellent and inexpensive Korean, and passable Japanese food.

Linden Stores is a wine bar and small plates spot near Highbury Corner, and it’s really quite nice.

Farang is a long term pop-up Thai restaurant in Highbury with excellent curries and a whole seabass that’ll make you happy.

Mountgrove Bothy is a relaxed wine bar in Highbury serving market-fresh snacks in the week, and hosting pop-ups in the kitchen at the weekend.

Vins is a comfortable wine bar and restaurant near Canonbury station, serving small plates alongside satisfying larger portions.

Perilla is a relaxed and inexpensive fine dining restaurant, occupying an elegantly shabby corner spot on Newington Green.

Shambol Shiok is a casual spot serving hot and spicy Malay specialties on the Holloway Road.

Prawn on the Lawn is a seafood restaurant near Highbury Corner.

St Paul Islington is a spacious coffee-cum-wine-bar place near Highbury Corner.

Franks Canteen is a neighbourhood cafe in Highbury that does some pretty sensational things with eggs.

Yield N16 is a wine shop and bar on Newington Green with bench seating and a small terrace.