Guidebook for London

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Guidebook for London

Food Scene

Great coffee. Benches outside are excellent people watching. (it's actually a block further north of where the google maps says it is btw)
122 locals recommend
Climpson & Sons Café
67 Broadway Market
122 locals recommend
Great coffee. Benches outside are excellent people watching. (it's actually a block further north of where the google maps says it is btw)
Good for lunch or brunch or breakfast – or a coffee outside
96 locals recommend
L’eau à La Bouche
35-37 Broadway Market
96 locals recommend
Good for lunch or brunch or breakfast – or a coffee outside
Lovely café in the park - about a 15/20 minute beautiful walk from the flat along the canal
1666 locals recommend
Pavilion Cafe
Old Ford Road
1666 locals recommend
Lovely café in the park - about a 15/20 minute beautiful walk from the flat along the canal
Good steak, not crazy expensive. Maybe £25 per person in total.
103 locals recommend
Buen Ayre
50 Broadway Market
103 locals recommend
Good steak, not crazy expensive. Maybe £25 per person in total.
Good pizza. I actually prefer it to the sourdough pizza place across the road, Franco Manca, but many don't.
55 locals recommend
Bella Vita
53-57 Broadway Market
55 locals recommend
Good pizza. I actually prefer it to the sourdough pizza place across the road, Franco Manca, but many don't.
Good for brunch. Cool decor, trendy scene.
75 locals recommend
Hoi Polloi
100 Shoreditch High St
75 locals recommend
Good for brunch. Cool decor, trendy scene.
My favourite place for brunch/ breakfast
63 locals recommend
Hackney Bureau
3 Mare St
63 locals recommend
My favourite place for brunch/ breakfast
Pizza by the slice. Fun
118 locals recommend
Voodoo Ray's
95 Kingsland High St
118 locals recommend
Pizza by the slice. Fun
Brilliant rooftop spot for lunch when it's sunny. Italian, small plates.
11 locals recommend
Coppa Bar & BBQ
11 locals recommend
Brilliant rooftop spot for lunch when it's sunny. Italian, small plates.
Great Vietnamese. No booking, Bring your own booze. Cheap. Busy. Loud.
16 locals recommend
LoongKee Restaurant
134G Kingsland Rd
16 locals recommend
Great Vietnamese. No booking, Bring your own booze. Cheap. Busy. Loud.
Great Vietnamese. No booking, Bring your own booze. Cheap. Busy. Loud.
77 locals recommend
Mien Tay
106-108 Kingsland Rd
77 locals recommend
Great Vietnamese. No booking, Bring your own booze. Cheap. Busy. Loud.
Great Vietnamese. No booking, Bring your own booze. Cheap. Busy. Loud.
14 locals recommend
Hanoi Cafe
98 Kingsland Rd
14 locals recommend
Great Vietnamese. No booking, Bring your own booze. Cheap. Busy. Loud.
Great burgers. Busy and noisy and a bit like a bar.
59 locals recommend
MEATmission
15 Hoxton Market
59 locals recommend
Great burgers. Busy and noisy and a bit like a bar.
Thai food is slick surrounding. Make sure you try the Thai Calamari.
71 locals recommend
Busaba Hoxton Square
319 Old St
71 locals recommend
Thai food is slick surrounding. Make sure you try the Thai Calamari.
Great Fish n' Chips. About £7 per person
13 locals recommend
Faulkners
426 Kingsland Road
13 locals recommend
Great Fish n' Chips. About £7 per person
Great, hot Chinese food. About £15-£20 per person.
18 locals recommend
Sichuan Folk
32 Hanbury St
18 locals recommend
Great, hot Chinese food. About £15-£20 per person.
Nice, fancy-ish, French-ish restaurant.
162 locals recommend
Brawn
49 Columbia Rd
162 locals recommend
Nice, fancy-ish, French-ish restaurant.
Massive queues out the door for bagels 24/7. The place next is identical.
236 locals recommend
Beigel Bake
159 Brick Ln
236 locals recommend
Massive queues out the door for bagels 24/7. The place next is identical.
Great Turkish food.
96 locals recommend
Mangal 2 Restaurant
4 Stoke Newington Rd
96 locals recommend
Great Turkish food.
Great Turkish food.
150 locals recommend
Mangal 1
10 Arcola St
150 locals recommend
Great Turkish food.
Great sushi, reasonably priced.
30 locals recommend
Pham Sushi
159 Whitecross St
30 locals recommend
Great sushi, reasonably priced.
Great burgers. Ridiculous queues at lunch.
16 locals recommend
Patty & Bun
22-24 Liverpool St
16 locals recommend
Great burgers. Ridiculous queues at lunch.
London's first Gastropub. A treat!
79 locals recommend
The Eagle Farringdon
159 Farringdon Road
79 locals recommend
London's first Gastropub. A treat!
Great steaks - possibly London's best.
152 locals recommend
Hawksmoor Spitalfields
157A Commercial St
152 locals recommend
Great steaks - possibly London's best.
Great Thai food. £15 or so per person.
45 locals recommend
Rosa's Thai Cafe Spitalfields
12 Hanbury St
45 locals recommend
Great Thai food. £15 or so per person.

Everything Else

Great Saturday food, vintage and craft market. probably the trendiest place to hang out in London right now. And also some of the best food. Don't miss Netil Market and The School Yard.
1735 locals recommend
Broadway Market
Broadway Market
1735 locals recommend
Great Saturday food, vintage and craft market. probably the trendiest place to hang out in London right now. And also some of the best food. Don't miss Netil Market and The School Yard.
Lovely thing to do on a Sunday. Quietens down around 3.30 – and stuff gets cheaper.
80 locals recommend
Columbia Road
Columbia Road
80 locals recommend
Lovely thing to do on a Sunday. Quietens down around 3.30 – and stuff gets cheaper.
Homeware store. Great for buying presents for the folks back home.
31 locals recommend
Labour and Wait
85 Redchurch St
31 locals recommend
Homeware store. Great for buying presents for the folks back home.
Good on Saturday and Sundays for a wander. In many ways this has replced Camden market as the go-to market for visitors.
878 locals recommend
Brick Lane
Brick Lane
878 locals recommend
Good on Saturday and Sundays for a wander. In many ways this has replced Camden market as the go-to market for visitors.
Food Market on Saturdays. Great food, though Broadway market is cooler and nearer ;)
1617 locals recommend
Borough Market
Borough High Street
1617 locals recommend
Food Market on Saturdays. Great food, though Broadway market is cooler and nearer ;)
Club with decent line-ups
96 locals recommend
XOYO
32-37 Cowper St
96 locals recommend
Club with decent line-ups
Club with decent line-ups (way too busy and serious though, but many think this is London's best club).
100 locals recommend
Fabric London
77A Charterhouse St
100 locals recommend
Club with decent line-ups (way too busy and serious though, but many think this is London's best club).
Club with decent line-ups.
56 locals recommend
The Nest
36 Stoke Newington Road
56 locals recommend
Club with decent line-ups.
Amazing city farm with pigs and chickens and donkeys. They have a restaurant which serves brilliant fry-ups and has a pop-up Italian restaurant. Frizzanti, during summer. Love this place.
269 locals recommend
Hackney City Farm
1a Goldsmiths Row
269 locals recommend
Amazing city farm with pigs and chickens and donkeys. They have a restaurant which serves brilliant fry-ups and has a pop-up Italian restaurant. Frizzanti, during summer. Love this place.

Drinks & Nightlife

Great pub
302 locals recommend
The Dove
24-28 Broadway Market
302 locals recommend
Great pub
London's best (gay) pub
28 locals recommend
The George and Dragon
28 locals recommend
London's best (gay) pub
Fun (gay-ish) bar. Good club downstairs
187 locals recommend
Dalston Superstore
117 Kingsland High St
187 locals recommend
Fun (gay-ish) bar. Good club downstairs
Nice pub. Good food.
95 locals recommend
Marksman Public House
254 Hackney Rd
95 locals recommend
Nice pub. Good food.
Another nice pub. Good food. Trendy - occasionally famous people in here: Florence and the Machine, Alexa Chung et al.
175 locals recommend
The Royal Oak
73 Columbia Rd
175 locals recommend
Another nice pub. Good food. Trendy - occasionally famous people in here: Florence and the Machine, Alexa Chung et al.
Great outdoor terrace in summer. A bit crazy and busy at the weekend, but fun if you want to party.
162 locals recommend
Pub On The Park
19 Martello Street
162 locals recommend
Great outdoor terrace in summer. A bit crazy and busy at the weekend, but fun if you want to party.
Nice pub, busy. Good pies.
46 locals recommend
Birdcage
80 Columbia Rd
46 locals recommend
Nice pub, busy. Good pies.
Lovely pub - great for a Sunday lunch (you need to book).
95 locals recommend
The Hemingway Public House
84 Victoria Park Rd
95 locals recommend
Lovely pub - great for a Sunday lunch (you need to book).
Trendy pub. Decent food, massive scene at weekends.
150 locals recommend
The Cat & Mutton
76 Broadway Market
150 locals recommend
Trendy pub. Decent food, massive scene at weekends.
Great for a spot of not-too-expensive, trendy brunch. This was one of the first 'cool' places to open in East London.
271 locals recommend
Bistrotheque
23-27 Wadeson St
271 locals recommend
Great for a spot of not-too-expensive, trendy brunch. This was one of the first 'cool' places to open in East London.

Shopping

Great coffee spot. chairs outside might be the best people watching in London
113 locals recommend
Allpress Espresso Bar London
58 Redchurch St
113 locals recommend
Great coffee spot. chairs outside might be the best people watching in London
Trendy mens' clothes shop.
13 locals recommend
Present London
140 Shoreditch High St
13 locals recommend
Trendy mens' clothes shop.

Essentials

Supermarket.
197 locals recommend
Sainsbury's Local
17 Stroud Green Rd
197 locals recommend
Supermarket.
Supermarket.
1336 locals recommend
Tesco Express
179 Shoreditch High St
1336 locals recommend
Supermarket.