Online ordering for Camden restaurants and takeaways

Short answer: Camden has 776 takeaways on the FSA register, the most of any London borough, and Chefzi gives them commission-free ordering for both the weekday lunch and the evening delivery.

Camden mixes tourist trade with neighbourhood takeaways. Around Camden Lock, the market's food stalls and the restaurants on Camden High Street and Chalk Farm Road serve visitors all week. Just south, Drummond Street near Euston is known for South Indian and vegetarian restaurants. Kentish Town Road, Kilburn High Road on the western edge, West Hampstead and Swiss Cottage have takeaways and cafés for residents, and Holborn, Bloomsbury and King's Cross (WC1, N1C, EC1N) bring a big weekday lunch trade.

Two trades, one menu

• 12:00 to 14:00, desk orders. Customers order from the office for a set collection time. Set a short pre-order lead time, keep a lunch section at the top of the menu, and mark items out of stock when the sandwiches run out.
• 18:00 onwards, home delivery. NW1, NW3, NW5 and NW6 (Camden Town, Hampstead, Kentish Town, Kilburn and West Hampstead) are residential. Here delivery orders and bigger baskets take over.
• Separate hours. Collection and delivery hours are set separately, so a lunch-only collection counter and an evening delivery service can run from the same site.

Delivery around NW1

Camden is compact: the median takeaway is 1.1 miles from the centre point. What slows riders is the Euston Road, the Camden Town one-way system and the King's Cross works.

• NW1 (243): Camden Town, Euston, Somers Town, Regent's Park. A dense core. One tight zone with a low fee.
• N1C and King's Cross (24). Office and student blocks, with concierge drop-offs. Ask for flat numbers at checkout.
• NW3 (60): Hampstead, Belsize Park. Hills and narrow streets mean longer times. Set a higher minimum order.
• NW5 and NW6 (42 and 35): Kentish Town, Kilburn, West Hampstead. Evening family orders.

Each delivery zone carries its own fee, minimum and time.

Weekday lunch in Holborn and King's Cross

Office and student lunch orders peak in a short window. Collection time slots let customers pick a time across the hour, and lead times and cut-offs control how far ahead people order.

Market and high-street traders

Stalls and small units at Camden Market can use QR ordering and collection pre-orders so customers order while they queue. Orders arrive on a phone or tablet you already have.

Delivering in a dense borough

Camden stretches from Highgate and Hampstead to Holborn. Most shops only need a small zone. Set one around your shop and add an outer delivery zone with a higher minimum for Hampstead or Highgate.

Neighbourhood regulars in Kentish Town and West Hampstead

Residential customers reorder week after week. Put a card in every bag that points to your own site. Cafés can see the café and bakery set-up, and curry houses the Indian restaurant one.

Price for a Camden kitchen

£39 a month billed annually (£49 if billed monthly), with your own domain and your own branded app (Android & iOS) included, first month free. All per location, excluding VAT, 0% commission ever, no setup fee. Coming from GloriaFood? We move your menu across free. See pricing or try the commission calculator.

Get started · Book a call

Nearby

Neighbouring pages: Brent · London · Southwark. For your trade: cafés and bakeries · Indian restaurants · All locations