Cafe Isarn

Set within bustling Upper Street, Isarn is a contemporary Thai restaurant offering an extensive range of traditional Thai curries, freshly prepared salads and soups within a warm and serene environment.

Isarn | Thai Restaurant | Higbury Islington

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Isarn | Thai Restaurant | Higbury Islington

Isarn review Islington Thai restaurant (revisited) - mango with black ...

Well, black sticky rice with mango isn't exactly a light dessert but that was all I could think about after our first visit to Isarn, and that was the only thing on my mind as I wheel the buggy into Isarn fifteen minutes later.

I went for the char-grilled beef lunch set while Wife opted for chicken green curry set.

My char-grilled beef lunch set came with tom yam, a huge chunk of juicy water melon and a sizable portion of Thai fragrant white rice.

Like the beef lunch set, this came with rice and a slice of watermelon.

Isarn review Islington Thai restaurant (revisited) - mango with black sticky rice still the highlight

Isarn - London Restaurant Reviews | Hardens

Isarn, London N1 | The Independent

I hope Tina Juengsoongneum, the co-owner of this week's restaurant, will forgive me for mentioning so early on that her brother is Alan Yau, the genius behind Wagamama, Busaba Eathai and London's finest Chinese restaurant, Hakkasan.

Despite being a smallish, family-run Thai restaurant in a not-very-lovely stretch of Islington's restaurant mile, her new venture Isarn is already packed out, and starting to get glowing reviews.

Some of the dishes - the pad thais and green curries - are standard Thai restaurant fare.

Less impressive were two of the more expensive dishes on the menu, a slightly desiccated seared lobster tail in tamarind sauce, and a coconut broth brimming with tiny baby clams (both £11.50), which didn't repay the hard work involved in de-shelling them.

Meal for two, about £60, without wine The third and latest branch of Alan Yau's inspired Thai diners: sultry, designery, smoke-free.

Five places to eat on Upper Street, N1 | London Evening Standard

ES Food Newsletter Upper Street has an impressive selection of bars and restaurants on offer.

Here are a few of our favourites... Rodizio Rico 77-78 Upper Street, N1 (020 7354 1076, rodiziorico.com) The "Rodizio" is a South American concept, in essence your dinner comes to you via roving carvers who tote huge skewers of freshly grilled meat.

Isarn 119 Upper Street, N1 (020 7424 5153, isarn.co.uk) A modernist, elegant and chic Thai restaurant with a vibe that is more cocktail bar than flung-together noodle dish.

Le Mercury 140a Upper Street, N1 (020 7354 4088, lemercury.co.uk) Stubborn, old, established (1985), bargain French restaurant that refuses to move with the times.

Sea Fish 205 Upper Street, N1 (020 7354 0276) The latest incarnation of this clean, modernist fish and chipper.

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