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Where Jamie Demetriou actually eats in London

comedian & actor · 13 picks

Jamie Demetriou wrote and starred in Stath Lets Flats and has since turned up in everything from Fleabag to The Killing of a Sacred Deer. He is not a chef, and that is the interest of the list: it is where a Londoner who eats out constantly actually goes, and it runs from a Borough Market pasta queue to a Tamil pub in Islington.


Padella Borough Market

London · Italian · map

Pavilion Broadway Market

Lower Clapton · Café & bakery · map

Best breakfast: Pavilion. The Sri Lankan breakfast there, perfect. Warming even when it's warm.

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order: Sri Lankan breakfast

Crisp W1

London · Italian · map

Best pizza, the answer is just Crisp.

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The French House

Carnaby · Bar · map

Go to the French House and have one of the best meals you've ever had in your life.

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Towpath

London · map

Best restaurant in London: the Towpath cafe, but only because it's delicious.

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Dough Hands East

Lower Clapton · Italian · map

Going to Hammersmith is like going to a conference in Hamburg because I'm East, but Dough Hands is amazing.

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Brutto

London · Italian · map

It's not cheap by any means, but I think it's one of the best restaurants in London.

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Little Duck The Picklery

Lower Clapton · Bar · map

Most underrated, Little Duck The Picklery. Every time I'm there I'm saying stuff like wow and stuff like God.

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The Tamil Prince

London · Indian · map

If you were to design a restaurant for eating in groups, it would be the Tamil Prince.

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E5 Bakehouse

Lower Clapton · Café & bakery · map

Best dessert, a dark chocolate rye cookie at E5 Bakehouse. Oh my god. They nailed it.

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order: dark chocolate rye cookie

Roti King

London · map

Where are you desperate to try? Roti King. I love a roti.

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order: roti

St. John

Barbican · map

Just a stool at the bar, all their white coats and stuff. It feels like I'm part of something.

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Rasa N16

London · Indian · map

Best curry, Rasa. They have potato dumplings that you dip in a sort of coconut chutney and I absolutely love them.

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order: potato dumplings with coconut chutney


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