Crouch End, French Restaurant Guide

This “cosy neighbourhood bistro with good French-inspired food” and “very knowledgeable staff” has been a Crouch End fixture since 2002, from chef-patron Lynne Marie Sanders, who trained under the great Alain Ducasse. With its inviting warren of rooms and striking, colourful wall murals, it’s “perfect for date night”.

“Love JC and Robert!” – this “ideal neighbourhood restaurant” in Crouch End “punches well above its weight” thanks to its “ebullient service” and “proper French food done to perfection”. “The two owners not only greet you when you arrive, they take your order and serve you in the flamboyant style of the past when ‘Haute cuisine’ was in vogue”. This is “French cuisine as we imagine we remember it” – “absolutely superb”. Top Menu Tips – “delicious Côte de boeuf (presented raw to you for your approval before being flamed!) and the best Rum baba ever (again with the obligatory flaming of the just-poured alcohol at your table!)”; “my go-to for Fish soup” and “the Onion soup is spot-on as are the fish dishes”; “beautifully rich pear Tarte tatin”.