The best restaurants serving French food in Islington London

My go-to place for delicious artisan coffee and sublime patisseries....and their Edit of French products is excellent! Staff so smiling and kind, the owner often there and similarly approachable and full of good advice. He's created an atmosphere that feels so homely. I have to forbid myself to go else I puff up myself! But my team at work loves it when we have a special event to celebrate and I bring in the croissants, pain au chocolat and even better, croque-monsieurs!!!! Stay away if you can't handle temptation!!!

Du jamais vu, une restauration de très mauvaise qualité, un chef qui se prend pour ce qu´il n´est pas.. La raclette de très mauvaise qualité, une charcuterie très moyenne.. Je vous deconseille completement.

Este es nuestro café local y hemos estado viniendo aquí durante varios meses. Mi esposa y a mí nos encanta la comida aquí, el desayuno inglés en particular. El dueño y el personal es amable y cortés - nada es demasiado problema. Muy recomendable.

Basic cafe but excellent produce. Stopped for a break, we had carrot cake and cup of tea, both fab Excellent service from the polite and friendly staff. They even found me my favourite tea bag that wasn't on menu. Recommend 👍🏻

I went to a fabulous Wedding reception in the private hire room. The room was perfect temperature, light and airy. Good decor, comfortable seating. The Wonderful atmosphere in the room was helped by the fabulous Staff who were, professional , attentive, polite, warm, considerate, friendly and good humored. Dietary requirements, were pre notified and the chef and staff went the extra mile to make us feel looked after.

I’ve been in Cote Barbican many times and It’s one of my favorite restaurants in London. The service is great and I feel so welcoming every time I’m there. Food is pretty good is reasonable prices. Highly recommend! (I’m glad the steak tartare is back and I would love if the mushroom risotto comes back as well)

Music too loud, no wifi, really disorganised service, nice crepe but not great enough to make up for the rest

I had the vegetarian breakfast with scrambled eggs and they were tremendous. Shout out to the Chef (I think his name is Leo) for looking after me

We went to the DB a couple of years ago and it was wonderful. We went a couple of nights ago and it was a massive disappointment. I believe they have had some sort of strategic shift in style/purpose and this will probably explain the difference. My partner and I are happy to spend on a good meal but in this case we felt completely duped. Like the restaurant must have been having a really good laugh on us! Average food, small portions, ‘blind’ wine pairings that were hugely over-rated, lots of ‘extras’ and outrageous, truly outrageous prices. I cannot remember ever feeling I had received less value for money from a dining experience.

On aime ou on n’aime pas. Moi j’ai aimé et avis mitigé autour de ma table. Plats gastronomiques, lieu atypique… une bonne découverte pour moi!

Abbiamo approfittato di questo ristorante durante il nostro soggiorno presso l‘Hotel. Il servizio è stato veloce e gradevole. Il ragazzo che prendeva le ordinazioni, Ayman, é stato gentilissimo e super disponibile!! Assolutamente top in quello che fa, meriterebbe sicuramente una posizione più alta!! Un po’ meno professionale il suo collega (penso fosse il supervisor/manager) che ci ha servito l’acqua mentre guardava e parlava con altra gente seduta in un altro tavolo non considerandoci minimamente. Per il resto ambiente tranquillo e pietanze buone.

We were too exhausted to find another job place to eat dinner so we decided to just go to the hotel restaurant. They had the early dinner special for £11.95 for two course meal per person. The meal was great but service was slow especially since we were the only ones there.

The pastries and drinks were delicious 🤤 We also had one of their focaccia sandwiches, was so yummy and filling! Definitely would be visiting again to try their pistachio icecrone.

Hemos comido en este restaurante durante muchos años y últimamente durante los últimos meses las patatas fritas y los calamares son simplemente asquerosos. Cada vez seguimos preguntando al personal si había un chef diferente en la cocina y cada vez que la respuesta era "no, siempre es lo mismo". El domingo pasado por la tarde, 11/8 20019, personalmente me molesté mucho y me sentí tratado como un perro, ya que mis patatas fritas estaban muy mal cocinadas y los calamares también. Las papas fritas en este lugar siempre han sido de una calidad congelada muy mala y, además, imagínense si se sirven duramente y demasiado cocidas (y cada vez es exactamente el caso). Simplemente no puedo describir los calamares es simplemente horrible e inaceptable. Simplemente no sabemos por qué este restaurante está perdiendo lentamente la buena calidad que una vez conocimos. ¡Es muy triste!

Le Mercury is suspended in time…. And with that it maintains its charm. I used to frequent Le Mercury around 15 years ago for affordable dates and with large groups. It’s pretty much stayed the same since then. The food is acceptable.. and they’ve managed to maintain competitive prices. There are lots of cosy spaces to enjoy a romantic meal or intimate meal with friends. The wine is also decent for the prices as well. It’s become an Islington institution and I was glad to see it’s still on the high street.