Where to eat in Camden
14 places
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Alexander the Great
££A Greek taverna a few seconds' walk from Andy's, with a private dining room; the mixed meze for a group and the sheftalia are the orders.
Andy's Taverna
££An old-school Camden taverna doing meze for large tables at prices that explain its longevity.
Anima e Cuore
£A Camden Town room with a reputation well ahead of its prices and its decor.
Belly Bistro
£££Part French bistro, part Filipino kitchen - the fish sauce profiteroles with salted caramel are the dish that explains the whole place.
Bintang
££Trading on the same stretch of Kentish Town Road since 1987, which it says makes it the oldest Filipino restaurant in London, and run by the family behind Belly Bistro.
BOXPARK Camden
£BOXPARK's food operation inside the rebuilt Buck Street Market, opened 2024 on the old Camden Market Hall site by the Tube station.
Three floors and about 60 independent food and retail traders, with two bars and a rooftop terrace. Open 10:00 daily; closes 23:00 Mon-Thu, 23:30 Fri-Sat and 21:00 Sun.
Camden Market
£The largest concentration of cooked street food in London, canalside at Camden Lock - very little of it British, and that is rather the point.
Busiest at weekends. Weekday lunch is the same food without the crush.
Daphne
££A Greek-Cypriot restaurant on three floors run by the Lymbouri family since the 1980s, with photographs of Cypriot villages downstairs; the koubes are bulgur shells stuffed with lamb.
Hawley Wharf
£The newer, purpose-built food courts inside Camden Market on the canal side - distinct from the older stalls, and the covered option when the rest of the market is a crush.
11:30am-11pm daily. Effectively part of Camden Market, but the food-hall element deserves its own row - it is a different experience from the outdoor stalls.
Magic Falafel
£Entirely vegan, fried fresh to order from 100 per cent ground chickpeas - trading in Camden Market since 2013.
Mamasons Dirty Ice Cream
£Ube halaya ice cream in a squishy bun - Filipino sorbetes, and unlike anything else on a London ice cream list.
Purezza
££The UK's first vegan pizzeria, making its own plant-based cheeses in house - the part everyone else gets wrong.
Queen of Sheba
££A long-running Kentish Town Ethiopian with a vegetarian platter that converts people who came for the meat.
The Parakeet
££A Kentish Town pub rebuilt around an open fire, and one of the most talked-about openings of recent years.