There’s nothing better than a food truck right? Quick, street food-style food for under a tenner – what’s not to love? We’re blessed in the big smoke to have a whole shedload of trucks handing out the goods. So without further ado, here’s our rundown of 11 of the best food trucks in London:
1. Mother Flipper
Kicking off this roundup of the best food trucks in London is Mother Flipper – a fantastic street food pop-up who specialises in gourmet burgers that we’d argue are some of the best you’ll find in the whole capital.
They’re based in Brockley Market every Saturday and are soon to open their first fully-fledged stall just down the road by The Brockley Barge spoons. Now mention a better collab than that… As well as succulent burger and fries combos, they also rustle up quite a mean brekkie menu involving muffins, American cheese and a sausage patty or potato rosti. Winner, winner.
📍You’ll find Mother Flipper every Saturday at Brockley Market from 10am to 2pm.
2. The Ribman
Ok so we’re cheating here – this one technically doesn’t have wheels, but we love it so felt like including it! Based in Brick Lane’s Old Truman Brewery every Sunday for their weekend market, The Ribman is perhaps the place to go in town if you’re looking for, as the name suggests, ribs (duh).
All the meat here is sourced from pigs that are reared outdoors on farms in Norfolk and Suffolk, and their massive rib rolls will certainly fill a hole – trust us! They’ve also got a whole range of hot sauces to go with it too.
📍You’ll find The Ribman every Sunday at the Truman Brewery from 10am to 2pm.
3. The Bowler Meatballs
One of the UK’s original street food trucks here, The Bowler Meatballs aims to ‘bring ballsy flavours & handmade wares to streets, festivals, parties and weddings’. As the name suggests, this one focuses on succulent meatballs and veggie balls, with flavours including beef, chicken, pork and lamb or chickpea, ricotta and spinach or black bean and chipotle.
They’ve also teamed up with some great bakeries to produce handmade wholemeal pitta, delicious brioche and potato buns, sliders and polenta topped subs – so you can have yourself one hearty meal if you want! Owner Jez and his foodtruck are dotted all about the city at various points of the year, so your best bet is to find him on Instagram for the most up-to-date info.
📍You’ll find The Bowler Meatballs at various different locations in London at various points of the year. You can find out more here.
4. Chubby Dumpling
Another one of London’s best food trucks here, Chubby Dumpling is brought to you by a dad and daughter combo called Joe and Chantel – and the food is bloody delicious. As the name suggests, this one specialises in Chinese food – with the star of the show being those delightful dumplings.
Served from an old fire truck (yep seriously!), they offer either the ‘chubby box’ – a lovely concoction of six dumplings served with noodles and Asian pickles – and the five-piece dumpling box. Both are topped with crispy fried shallots, spring onions, coriander and sesame seeds, and they’re served with a choice of home made chilli sauces too. They cater to many events, but also visit various sites around London too. Find out more via their Instagram here.
📍You’ll find The Chubby Dumpling at various different locations in London at various points of the year. You can find out more here.
5. Chelsea Burger London
As the name suggests, you’ll find this one in Chelsea, in a pretty prestigious spot right by the namesake bridge thank you very much. They specialise in burgers here – no s**t right – and they’re absolutely delicious and perfect for a late-night snack. After all, they’re flipping patties until 3am, which is always a winner in our books…
They also sell soft drinks and coffees – ideal if you’ve had a late night out on the town at a club and are needing a bit of sustenance.
📍You’ll find Chelsea Burger London at Chelsea Bridge, Nine Elms, London SW11 8NU on weekdays from 7am-3am and on weekends from 11.30am-3am.
6. The Orange Buffalo
The Orange Buffalo is a New York-style buffalo chicken wing takeaway kiosk-come-food-truck with a handful of outdoor tables dotted outside of it where you can pull up a pew. Another Brick Lane-based spot, it’s the product of two school friends, Nick and Mike, who did a road trip across America and decided to bring what culinary skills they’d learned out there back to Blighty and the big smoke.
Perhaps the star of the show here though is their absolutely delicious wing sauce, which you can opt to have drizzled all over your chicken wings. Sign. Us. Up! They’ve also got two more permanent venues in Tooting and Hoxton too.
📍You’ll find The Orange Buffalo at 6 Dray Walk, Spitalfields, London, E1 6NJ from 12pm-10pm on Thursdays to Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays from 12pm-8pm and on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 12pm-9pm.
7. Anna Mae’s Mac & Cheese
Anna Mae’s is unsurprisingly, all about the mac’n’cheese, and what bloody great mac’n’cheese it is! Founded all the way back in 2010, Anna Mae and Tony have made a name for themselves in the street food world, working festivals, food fairs and more along the way.
They’ve got six different flavours of this heavenly dish, with innovative names like ‘The Kanye Western’, ‘The Annie Mac’ and *ahem* ‘The Macgic Mushroom’, which incorporates mac and Porcini mushrooms with black truffle, grana padano and fresh herbs. They’re often driving to various different spots and events in London, so see where they end up via their website here.
📍You’ll find Anna Mae’s Mac & Cheese at various different locations in London at various points of the year. You can find out more here.
8. Shades Food Truck
Now if you’re looking for your fix of Caribbean food, then look no further than this one! Based in Hackney close to Hoxton Station, the Shades Food Truck specialises in all the goodies like jerk chicken, rice and peas, saltfish patties and more. Some punters bill this as the ‘best Jamaican food in London’ – and we for one can’t argue with that! It also offers loads of bang for your buck too – a real winner in our books!
📍You’ll find Shades Food Truck at 100 Hoxton Street, London, N1 6SD and it’s open on Wednesdays from 11am-4pm.
9. Rice Guys Food Truck
Rice Guys came to life back in 2017 when Kea, Vanessa & Andrew realised that there simply wasn’t enough good Chinese food in London’s office lunch scene and decided to do something about it. So came to life their food trucks, which are based in both Canary Wharf and Moorgate.
The food served by these guys is absolutely fantastic and includes smokey barbecue pork topped off with a honey soy glaze, hainanese roast chicken with rice and all the veggie sides you could wish for and funghi mapo tofu too for the vegans among you. What more could you ask for?!
📍You’ll find the Rice Guys Food Truck at various different locations in London at various points of the year. You can find out more here.
10. The Duck Truck
Our penultimate entry to this roundup of food trucks in London is The Duck Truck – ‘the UK’s first duck only restaurant’. Crispy duck wraps, confit duck legs, duck breast, duck salads, duck fat chips… you name it – it’s here!
Though the silver food truck is now mainly involved in touring festivals around the UK, you needn’t worry, as there is a more permanent home now in Spitalfield’s Lamb Street. They’ve also got one up in Norfolk – perfect reason for a country escape hey?!
📍You’ll find The Duck Truck at 2E Lamb Street, London, E1 6EA and it’s open Mondays to Fridays from 11 am-4.30pm.
11. Asado Food Truck
Rounding off this list of the best food trucks in London is the Asado Food Truck – a neat little spot in Eltham, South East London, who specialise in Argentine grub, ‘heart attack burgers’ (!), brekkie baguettes, coffees and more.
Perfect for a lunchtime treat, this place will really help you fill a hole, and they’re based in the B&Q car park too. Post-shop snack perhaps?
📍You’ll find the Asado Food Truck at B&Q Car Park, Footscray Road, London, SE9 2TD and it’s open Mondays to Saturdays from 9am to 4pm.
So there you have it – a roundup of the best food trucks in London. Whether you’re looking for succulent ribs or vegan funghi tofu – and are looking for something quick and easy that doesn’t break the bank – then this list should have you covered!