The Parakeet is a Kentish Town pub and dining room at 256 Kentish Town Road. Its restaurant places modern British cooking at the centre of the experience, bringing an ambitious food programme into the warm and sociable surroundings of a neighbourhood pub.
The menu changes with the seasons and focuses on British produce harvested at its best. Ingredients are cooked over flame, allowing smoke, char and careful heat control to shape vegetables, fish and meat while preserving the character of the produce itself.
Small plates and larger dishes are designed to work for both an individual meal and a table that wants to share. On Sundays the dining room serves its roast menu throughout the day, applying the same fire led approach to a familiar British tradition.
The pub remains open beyond the dining room service, so guests can stop for drinks as well as a full meal. A private dining room accommodates larger gatherings, while the main restaurant combines thoughtful food and wine with the relaxed energy of Kentish Town.
Address: 256 Kentish Town Road, Kentish Town, London NW5 2AA, United Kingdom
The Parakeet Menu
Starters
Potato bread, smoked butter
Gordal olives
House pickles
Dressed oyster
Anchovies on toast
Tempura shiso leaf, beef tartare
Hoisin duck tartlet
Charred beetroot, summer girolles
Flourish tomatoes, gooseberries, horseradish
Braised leeks, pecorino sauce, smoked mushroom
Câr-y-Môr cockles, salsa matcha
Mackerel crudo, smoked bone dressing, cucumber
Woodfired prawns
Mains
Grilled pollock, lava bread salsa, ponzu
Beef bavette, satay salad
Summer vegetables and crispy rice
John Dory, brown butter dashi
Jerk pork chop, peppers, summer berries
Smoked grilled chicken, Jerusalem artichoke
Whole sea bream, piperade
28 days aged ex-dairy sirloin
Sides
Dressed salad
Ratte potatoes, burnt onion butter
Flourish Farm greens
Sunday Roast Starters
Gordal olives
House pickles
Oyster, pickled elderflower
Potato bread, smoked butter
Cod roe, crudites
Chicken liver parfait, toast
Sunday Roast Mains
Served with spring greens, roasted potatoes, seasonal root vegetables, carrot and swede mash, Yorkshire pudding.
Hay smoked roast chicken
Roast beef
Roast pork belly
Squash and mushroom wellington
Fore Rib (to share)
Whole sea bream (to share)
Sunday Roast Sides
Cauliflower cheese
Cheese
Elrick Log
Old Winchester
Cote Hill Blue
Desserts
Chocolate mousse
Sticky toffee pudding
Blood orange sorbet
Aperitifs
Negroni
Figillini
Mezcal Last Word
Martini
Classic Cocktails
Espresso Martini
Old Fashioned
Margarita
Paloma
Coravin Wine (125ml)
Dabouki ‘Cremisan’ Palestine ‘24
Danbury Ridge ‘Chardonnay’ England ‘22
Cayenna Submariner ‘Vermentino’ Italy ‘22
Yamanashi Orange ‘Chateau Lumiere’ Japan ‘22
Digestifs – Vermouth
Lustau Vermut Rojo
Ferdinand’s White Barrel Aged Vermouth
Cocchi Vermouth di Torino
Goldtooth Vermut Blanco Limited Edition Spring Expression
Sunday Aperitifs
Negroni
Paloma
Vermouth and soda
Martini
Sunday Wines by Coravin (125ml)
Dabouki Cremisan, Bethlehem, Palestine 2024
Greco di Tufo Feudi di San Gregorio, Campania, Italy 2022
Kistler ‘Les Noisetiers’ Sonoma Coast, California, USA 2022
Yamanashi Orange Ch. Lumiere, Japan 2022
Sunday White Wine
Trebbiano Saveroni Veneto, Italy 2025
Chin Chin Vinho Verde, Portugal 2024
Vermentino Timo, San Marzano, Puglia, Italy 2024
Sunday Red Wine
Dao Reserva Flor d’Penalva Portugal 2022
Bonarda Colonia Las Liebres, Argentina 2025
Rioja Corriente, Telmo Rodriguez, Spain 2022
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