London Totteridge Restaurant Guide

“Excellent-quality food at a reasonable price” is behind the 24-year success of Austrian-born chef Julius Oberegger’s Whetstone bistro. The cuisine is “mostly modern European but with an eye on pan-Asian flavours” – which makes it “an oasis” in a part of north London where the standard dining options are Greek, Turkish or pizza.

This “excellent high-end Indian restaurant” in Whetstone has earned a more-than-local reputation for its “imaginative cooking and great service” in recent years, having started out as a takeaway.

There’s something engagingly “old-fashioned” in approach at Adriano Bernabei and his family’s “lovely local” Italian restaurant in Whetstone (although it’s relatively youthful, having only been founded in 2011). The food is “always well-prepared and always tastes great”. Top Menu Tip – “veal escalope with pasta comes recommended”.