An up-and-coming area on the outskirts of the city, Walthamstow has seen an influx of new inhabitants and redevelopment in the past couple of years and is poised to become the next big buzzy London neighbourhood. The dining scene is quickly following suit, with exciting new openings joining established local gems to cater to the growing populace. Read on to discover some of the best restaurants in Walthamstow.
The best restaurants in Walthamstow
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The best restaurants in Walthamstow
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1True Craft Sourdough pizzas and craft beers
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2The Kitchen Beloved neighbourhood spot
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3Gökyüzü Traditional Turkish hospitality
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4Slowburn Plant-centric cuisine in denim factory
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5Supperclub.tube Dining on the tube
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6Mini Hiba Middle Eastern mezze in friendly setting
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7The Collab Craft beer and burger hook-up
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8Rhythm Kitchen Flavourful Caribbean delicacies
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9The Castle Sunday roast specialists
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10Sodo Pizza Sourdough pizzas and natural wines
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11Turtle Bay Come for the food, stay for the cocktails
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12The Green Grill Vegan chicken shop
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13The Lacy Nook A taste of the Balkans
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14Yard Sale Pizza Popular pizza chain's largest branch
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15Etles Uyghur One of London's top restaurants
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16Arte e Pasta Street art and authentic pasta
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17Dudley's Busy brunch café
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18Taro Affordable and authentic
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19The Tavern on the Hill Buzzy pub with kitchen residencies
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20Crate Trendy urban food courts
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21Barney's Pie & Mash Traditional pie and mash shop
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The best restaurants in Walthamstow
Top Walthamstow restaurants
Sourdough pizzas and craft beers
True Craft in Walthamstow offers a welcoming setting with creative sourdough pizzas made from local British ingredients, paired with rotating indie craft beers. With a cosy, DIY-style interior, it's perfect for community gatherings and relaxed meals. Their flatbread sandwiches and salads make for a great lunchtime option, and they also often host events, making the venue a true neighbourhood hub.
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18-20 St James St, Walthamstow/Waltham Forest
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True Craft Walthamstow
020-453 175 24 - Read more on Thatsup
Beloved neighbourhood spot
Under the direction of long-time locals, The Kitchen serves unpretentious yet tasty food in a familial setting, made to the highest standards and delivered with impeccable service. Combining a modern interior with a large outdoor area, regularly packed with locals, the restaurant offers a wide array of European and international favourites, including a brunch menu and Sunday roasts with all the usual trimmings.
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41 Orford Rd, Walthamstow/Waltham Forest
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The Kitchen Walthamstow
020-850 921 44 - Read more on Thatsup
Traditional Turkish hospitality
This authentic spot has recreated the delicious dishes found in the Mediterranean region of Turkey, such as hearty hot and cold mezze platters, chargrilled aubergine served with yoghurt, and a variety of Turkish pizzas. The cheerful and informal atmosphere make this a popular destination for groups and celebrations, and it’s a good choice for takeaway or delivery as well.
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42D Selborne Road, Walthamstow/Waltham Forest Southend Road, Walthamstow/Waltham ForestGökyüzü Walthamstow
42D Selborne Road, Walthamstow/Waltham ForestGökyüzü Chingford
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Plant-centric cuisine in denim factory
A casual pop-up restaurant, Slowburn is distinguished by its unique setting in a denim factory and its focus on slowly cooked, richly flavoured cuisine where vegetables are the headline act. Meat or seafood are only present in a supporting role, if at all. Showcasing a health-conscious approach to food and reflecting the head chef’s travels and personal experiences, a typical menu might include inventive dishes such as roast leafy carrots with Mole sauce and salsa or black bean gyoza tacos.
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114b Blackhorse Ln, Walthamstow/Waltham Forest
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Slowburn
075-413 650 64 - Read more on Thatsup
Dining on the tube
Offering authentic Latin American cuisine in a refurbished 1967 Victoria Line carriage is quite a different take on tube meals from the usual rush hour sandwich hastily stuffed down your throat. Due to the pop-up nature of this place, opening hours and available seats are very limited and advance booking is essential.
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10 S Access Rd, Walthamstow/Waltham Forest
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Middle Eastern mezze in friendly setting
Mini Hiba serves Lebanese and Palestinian cuisine in a traditionally decorated venue on busy Wood Street. You can choose from among wraps with fillings like lamb or falafel, hummus and other mezze, shawarma, shish kebabs or more. A smaller café next door offers mana’eesh with different toppings, Middle Eastern breakfast specialties and sweet treats as well.
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Golden Parade, 6 Wood Street, Walthamstow/Waltham Forest
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Mini Hiba
020-825 135 36 - Read more on Thatsup
Craft beer and burger hook-up
Located just off of the High Street, The Collab is a team-up between the award-winning Signature Brew brewery and renowned burger and wings experts We Serve Humans. Any time you stop by, the industrial space will have 16 draught beers to choose from, including guest kegs from around the globe, as well as different beef, chicken and veggie burgers, wings and all the sides that go along with them.
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198 Hoe St, Walthamstow/Waltham Forest
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The Collab
020-852 129 48 - Read more on Thatsup
Flavourful Caribbean delicacies
Walthamstow’s Rhythm Kitchen cooks food with love, serving up a menu of mouth-watering Caribbean food such as crunchy saltfish fritters, fragrant jackfruit curries, tangy jerk chicken and coconut-peppered prawns. You can complement your meal with cocktails as well.
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257 Hoe Street, Walthamstow/Waltham Forest
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Rhythm Kitchen Walthamstow
020-852 061 12 - Read more on Thatsup
Sunday roast specialists
The Castle serves pub fare with some Mediterranean influences during the week, but it’s their banging roast that has made them a regular weekend stop for the locals. The traditional Sunday lunch includes staples such as roast leg of lamb with mint sauce, slow-roasted beef with horseradish and a veggie nut roast with vegetarian gravy, all complemented with a hefty helping of roast potatoes, Yorkshire puddings, carrots, parsnips and braised red cabbage.
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15 Grosvenor Rise East, Walthamstow/Waltham Forest
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The Castle E17
020-850 980 95 - Read more on Thatsup
Sourdough pizzas and natural wines
Sodo Pizza make their sourdough pizzas from seasonal and sustainable produce, pairing them with natural wines. The contemporary pizzas here include ingredients such as heritage grains, locally-made mozzarella, homegrown veggies, smoked pancetta or goats’ cheese. The list of organic wines on offer changes regularly as well.
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21 Hatherley Mews, Walthamstow/Waltham Forest
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Sodo Pizza Walthamstow
020-852 012 44 - Read more on Thatsup
Come for the food, stay for the cocktails
A successful part of the UK’s Caribbean food scene for many years, Turtle Bay has locations dotted all over the country, including this one in Walthamstow. The restaurants specialise in delicious, flavour-packed Caribbean food, accompanied by show-stealing cocktails.
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The Scene Cleveland Place, 269 High Street, Walthamstow/Waltham Forest
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Turtle Bay Walthamstow
020-852 078 39 - Read more on Thatsup
Vegan chicken shop
Chickenish might seem like a typical chicken shop, but it comes with a twist – it’s fully plant-based. The simple and straightforward menu features different vegan chicken pieces, including a bucket, as well as classic sides and soft drinks. You can get your chicken as takeaway or eat-in at the restaurant.
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23 Crate Building, 35 St James Street, Walthamstow/Waltham Forest
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The Green Grill
0798-555 66 91 - Read more on Thatsup
A taste of the Balkans
Stokey residents might recognise The Lacy Nook from its tenure there, but after its shuttering and subsequent nomadic pop-up phase, the eatery has found a new home in the bustling E17 area of Wood Street. The menu, a modern interpretation of Balkan cuisine, pays homage to the self-taught chef and owner's roots, and includes dishes like beef ćevapi, shopska salad, moussaka, and cheesecake baklava. The warm, inviting setting also offers plenty of outdoor seating space.
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Wood Street Studios, Barrett Road, Walthamstow/Waltham Forest
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The Lacy Nook
077-634 182 75 - Read more on Thatsup
Popular pizza chain's largest branch
Though you can find it all over the city, Yard Sale Pizza, beloved by everyone from hip festivalgoers to celebs like Macaulay Culkin, is still a local pizza shop at heart. Their award-winning pizzas are available in two sizes and come loaded with toppings like pepperoni, mushrooms and truffle oil, or Sicilian sausage and chilli. The Walthamstow branch is set in an old glass factory and includes an outdoor area.
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15 Hoe Street, Walthamstow/Waltham Forest
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Yard Sale Pizza Walthamstow
020-852 128 28 - Read more on Thatsup
One of London's top restaurants
Etles serves cuisine from the Xinjiang province in Northwest China, home to the Uyghur minority. As there aren’t many Uyghur eateries around London, it was already high on the list for adventurous foodies. Then it was declared one of the top restaurants in London by reverential media and the hype skyrocketed. The snug restaurant features traditional decor and serves regional specialties such as hand-pulled noodles, skewers and offal dishes, many of them packing a spicy kick.
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235 Hoe St, Walthamstow/Waltham Forest
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Etles Uyghur Walthamstow
020-362 069 78 - Read more on Thatsup
Street art and authentic pasta
Arte e Pasta serves authentic Italian sharing plates in a spacious venue with second-hand furnishings and a mural on its façade. The restaurant imports ingredients from Italy, using them in a range of tasty delicacies such as bruschetta and focaccia, hefty helpings of rich pasta and sizeable mains for two, for example sirloin steak. In conjunction with the Wood Street Walls street art facilitators, Arte e Pasta also doubles as a gallery.
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93 Shernhall St, Walthamstow/Waltham Forest
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Arte e Pasta
020-850 904 76 - Read more on Thatsup
Busy brunch café
Walthamstow's beloved Dudley's brings all the locals to its covered garden with tasty brunch fare and good coffee – especially on weekends, prepare to wait your turn. Just like the café itself, the food coming out of the kitchen has a cosy and familiar feel to it while still remaining exciting and inventive, for example chilli scrambled eggs with spring onions, served on sourdough toast, or the three-cheese toastie.
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145 Wood St, Walthamstow/Waltham Forest
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Dudley's
020-850 979 10 - Read more on Thatsup
Affordable and authentic
Taro is a fast-growing London group of casual eateries offering authentic Japanese food, both as sit-in or takeaway. The menu features all the classics, from hot steaming bowls of ramen to noodles, teriyaki, sushi rolls, sashimi, tempura and more. Bento box meals and location-specific exclusives are available as well. In honour of the previous occupants of its site, M. Manze's pie and mash shop, the Walthamstow branch serves a Manze Dragon Roll, a large sushi roll that's topped with grilled eel.
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76 High Street, Walthamstow/Waltham Forest
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Taro Walthamstow
075-153 898 67 - Read more on Thatsup
Buzzy pub with kitchen residencies
This traditional local pub on Higham Hill keeps things fresh with a rotating line-up in the kitchen, with everything from Caribbean cuisine to flame-grilling having been featured. Whoever's in charge, you can expect a roast dinner on Sundays. The bar is run by the Wild Card Brewery down the street, so you can always count on a range of craft beers on tap to fall back on as well.
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318 Higham Hill Rd, Walthamstow/Waltham Forest
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Trendy urban food courts
There are two Crate food courts in Walthamstow, using repurposed shipping containers to provide space for a changing line-up of food vendors and retailers. The one in St James Street offers outdoor seating while its younger sibling can be found indoors at the 17 & Central mall, but both offer a varied assortment of affordable street food and drinks. Various entertainment is also provided at these buzzy venues.
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45 Selborne Rd, Walthamstow/Waltham Forest St James Street, Walthamstow/Waltham ForestCrate Walthamstow
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Traditional pie and mash shop
Barney's, an award-winning pie and mash shop in a predominantly residential neighbourhood, specialises in classic pies, ensuring a fresh and varied selection by regularly rotating the available fillings. Paired with their signature mash, these pies make for an excellent takeaway choice, although the shop also provides a modest seating area.
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6 Garnett Way, Walthamstow/Waltham Forest
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Barney's Pie & Mash
020-358 116 77 - Read more on Thatsup
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