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Kentish Town area guide

Discover Kentish Town’s great restaurants, bars and pubs, check out The Forum, and find plenty of things to do in this part of north London
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Home to popular live music venue The Forum, Kentish Town also has a host of bars and restaurants for visitors to enjoy a bit of pre- or post-gig refreshment – don’t miss out on the great real ale available in the area. Think of Kentish Town as a slightly more sophisticated Camden Town and you won't go too far wrong. Oh, and there's also a farm, with ducks.

What are your favourite Kentish Town haunts? Let us know in the comments.

The best bits of Kentish Town

Restaurants in Kentish Town

Arancini Factory
Restaurants

Arancini Factory

  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • price 1 of 4
The bricks-and-mortar location of marketeers Arancini Bros is an affable retro caff decked with boxes of the day’s fresh produce. From the open kitchen...
Queen of Sheba
Restaurants

Queen of Sheba

  • 4 out of 5 stars
This tiny restaurant is the perfect destination for those unacquainted with the joys of Ethiopian cuisine; the smiley, chatty staff will happily talk you...
The Fields Beneath
Restaurants

The Fields Beneath

  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • price 1 of 4
‘The Fields Beneath’ is a classic about Kentish Town local history written by long-time resident Gillian Tindall, and the name is appropriate for...
Kentish Canteen
Restaurants

Kentish Canteen

  • 3 out of 5 stars
A spacious spot, the Canteen has big picture windows, a Kentish Town-themed mural on one wall and brasserie-style seating covered in faux-leather. The menu...
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Kentish Town highlights

The Forum
Music

The Forum

Built in 1934 and nestled in Kentish Town, The Forum is a beautiful art deco building that has played host to some of the music industry’s biggest names...
The Dandy Lion Market
Shopping

The Dandy Lion Market

The Dandy Lion Market is a monthly fixture showcasing independent vintage items and affordable arts and crafts from the comfort of a friendly boozer. The...

Bars and pubs in Kentish Town

Knowhere Special
Bars and pubs

Knowhere Special

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • price 2 of 4
 This wonderful new Kentish Town bar is housed in a tiny basement with seating for 30-something people. It features low lighting, a delightful hotchpotch of...
Quinn's
Bars and pubs

Quinn's

  • 3 out of 5 stars
With Miles Davis on the stereo and a stream of banter from two generations of Quinns behind the bar, this Irish boozer manages to feel like a real sanctuary...
Camden Town Brewery Bar
Bars and pubs

Camden Town Brewery Bar

  • 3 out of 5 stars
When its issue began gushing forth in 2010, the Camden Town Brewery became the third biggest beer producer in London by volume, behind Fuller’s (No1) and...
Oxford
Bars and pubs

Oxford

  • 3 out of 5 stars
One of the Real Pubs stable, the Oxford is clearly thriving, packed out on a Sunday lunchtime with big parties enjoying hearty roasts or choosing from a menu...

The perfect weekend in Kentish Town

Buy: Phoenicia
Shopping

Buy: Phoenicia

Stock up on incredible food at a Mediterrannean food hall
Eat: Bintang
Restaurants

Eat: Bintang

  • price 1 of 4
Munch creative dishes galore at this friendly pan-Asian restaurant

Love London Awards: last year's winners

Korova
Restaurants

Korova

  • 4 out of 5 stars
Thanks, Time Out Love London Awards! You alerted us to a new restaurant in Tufnell Park that we probably wouldn’t have heard of. Fans of ‘A Clockwork Orange’...
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Bear & Wolf
Restaurants

Bear & Wolf

  • price 1 of 4
A Tufnell Park café serving breakfasts through till lunch, and lunches through to 5pm. In the back there is a play area, which makes B&W very popular among...
Caps & Taps
Shopping

Caps & Taps

Phill Elliott and Stephanie Palgrave-Brown used to work in accountancy (him) and film and events (her). In the autumn of 2014 they went on a four-week ‘beer...
Lion and Unicorn Theatre
Theatre

Lion and Unicorn Theatre

The Giant Olive Theatre Company looks after the bill at this intimate pub theatre with artistic director George Sallis at the helm. The emphasis is on new work...
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