Camden Market has topped a poll of London's food hotspots - beating out rivals Borough Market and Old Spitalfields.
The canalside neighbourhood boasts a wealth of food stalls and bricks and mortar outlets clustered around Stables Market, Hawley Wharf and the original Camden Market at Camden Lock.
Now, student accommodation provider Chapter has analysed which of London’s food markets is the best - based on food vendor numbers, Google ratings, monthly Google search volume, and combined Instagram and TikTok posts.
They then crunched the numbers to produce an overall score out of 10.
Camden Market came out top with a whopping 107 food stalls and a monthly search of 673,000 and combined social media posts of almost 566,000.
And it seems Camden's combined markets now have more than double the number of food stalls of its nearest rival Borough Market - which did however generate a million Google searches in the month of April.
According to the survey Camden offers an exceptional variety of food stalls and a near perfect 4.6 Google rating reflecting a consistently positive experience for visitors.
They cited the likes of Yorkshire Burrito - giant pudding wraps stuffed with roast meat based in the West Yard at Camden Lock, and upscale bakery chain Buns From Home under the railway arch in Water Lane among the most searched for and best reviewed.
But other viral foodie hotspots include Oli Baba’s, also in the West Yard. It's renowned as a "Camden Market institution" and self‑proclaimed originators of halloumi fries - which regularly wind up on TikTok posts.
The camera also loves The Cheese Wheel – fresh pasta tossed in a giant Grana Padano wheel - and the bricks and mortar conveyer belt restaurant in Stables Market Pick and Cheese or The Cheese Bar for shots of melted and scraped cheese loaded into toasties or served as raclette.
Basta Falafel's over‑stuffed pitas and bowls in Camden Market are touted as a must for veggies and vegans.
While Meat Head in Camden Lock was born in Camden Market and claims to be the UK's first dedicated Birria Taco joint - the juicy, spicy tacos dipped in a consomme soup are a social media favourite.
Meanwhile Killa Waffles fried chicken and waffles served from an historic 1941 Jimmy military truck in Camden High Street are feted by one social media post as "the best street food spot in the UK."
SteakHAUS in Stables Market and Lulu's Schnitzel score consistently highly on reviews with one posting the steak restaurant as a "hidden gem" while the schnitzel stall is their Camden Market go-to.
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