A restaurant bar located in the middle of some of the best bars is Islington may be easy to pass up, but if you're moving towards the Highbury end of Upper Street it's worth stopping by at Ziloufs. The place seamlessly blends in the modern with the traditional, all in a comfortable retro-chic interior and on weekends it swings into party mode with DJs playing a range of jazz, soul and old school classics.

When it's time to focus on matters of the table for the evening, you might notice a more conventional path with Asian style fishcakes with sweet and sour peppers, boneless crispy chicken wings with honey soy lentils, and butternut pumpkin, chilli and lemongrass soup. The famous jungle curry warrants attention and here it's made using confit duck leg, baby corn, mange tout and served with lime leaf rice. Sticky toffee pudding has ardent followers but the team at Ziloufs are keen to wave the wand of change with candied ginger chocolate brownie and lemongrass poached figs.