Cream cheese. Blue cheese. Mozzarella cheese. Cheddar cheese. Parmesan cheese. Gorgonzola. Parmigiano-Reggiano. Monterey Jack. If you look it up on the net, there are over a thousand different types of cheeses. I’m not even sure how many have I tasted (and known for that matter) since I’m really not an expert when it comes to this delicious, devilish dairy.
If you’re a certified cheese-lover, check out the list below for some of the best bars, restaurants, and delis in London and say cheese!
- The Cheese Bar. From the beautiful minds of the cheddar-loving chums who brought London’s street food sensation, The Cheese Truck, here comes their permanent home. The Cheese Bar is found in Camden, dedicated to celebrating the best of British cheese and is offering a concisely cheesy menu of around twenty dishes, for seven days a week. Try some of their cheese pasta, blue cheese raclette, gooey mozzarella sticks, and an English take on halloumi, grilled “angloumi”.
- La Fromagerie. They have 3 lovely venues across London, namely Highbury, Marylebone, and Bloomsbury. Each has its own cafes and restaurants serving up dishes using produce from their stores. Depending on which particular area you’d like to see, you can pop in for breakfast, lunch, or dinner at this cheesy restaurant. Keep in mind to check their store hours before you visit, or you can go to London x City. Their menus include cauliflower cheese, fresh pappardelle, and baked camembert with a fresh, crusty baguette.
- Oli Baba’s. If you spend a lot of time on social media, you probably heard about this fantastic food stand in London. It’s the home of the famous halloumi fries – deep-fried cheese strips. You can find them seven days a week at Camden Market, or at Netil Market on Saturdays and Sundays.
- Pick & Cheese. It’s a reinvention of the familiar sushi restaurant concept. This fabulous spot in the heart of London’s West End serves hungry Londoners an endless supply of cheese, all delivered via a 40-meter conveyor belt. The dishes will slide past you, which includes fresh ricotta with sherry-infused cherries, or coolea with a hazelnut brittle. The plates are color-coded to indicate the price. You can visit this amazing restaurant upstairs in Seven Dials Market.
- Dirty Bones. You can find Dirty Bones in various locations across London like Kensington, Carnaby, Soho, Shoreditch, and Oxford among a few. One good reason why cheese-lovers go to this restaurant is to have a taste of its mac and cheese-related goodies. If you ever visit one, don’t forget to try their famous MacDaddy burger (a brioche bun stuffed with double brisket and dry-aged steak, topped with pulled beef short rib, mac & cheese, and espresso-spiked BBQ sauce).
- Alpes. A raclette restaurant found in Brixton, Alpes is London’s first permanent eatery whose entire purpose is to melt sumptuous Swiss cheese over everything in sight. If you’re ever here, you simply cannot miss the bubbling wheel of raclette, expertly drizzled onto a meal of meats, potatoes, and vegetables. It’s a mesmerizing waterfall of cheese that Londoners can’t just get enough of.
