Kentish Town, British, Modern Restaurant Guide

“A fantastic new opening” in Kentish Town – “very noisy pub at the front, but as soon as you’re through the curtains it feels like a secret and rather louche party, with epic food”. It might “look like a gastropub” (it was previously a Victorian boozer, The Oxford Tavern), “but the cooking is high-class restaurant level, albeit you have to be a fan of fire-and-flame cuisine” – from ex-Brat chefs Ben Allen and Ed Jennings. All in all “a winner” – “always busy, permanently buzzing, with great staff who keep things moving well”. Top Menu Tips – “Spider crab croquettes, grilled prawns in brown butter, melting pork chop, gamey rabbit chou farci”.