Mike And Maria’s Guidebook

Mike And Maria
Mike And Maria
Mike And Maria’s Guidebook

Food and Drink

Here are the places Maria and I visit on a regular basis. The surrounding area is full of amazing traditional and artisanal places to go. We hope you enjoy them as much as we do.
For a healthy light bite there's no place better. We like the sausage rolls, they also have the most amazing condiments at the back of the shop on offer if you eat in so make the most of those ;)
144 locals recommend
De Beauvoir Deli Co
98 Southgate Rd
144 locals recommend
For a healthy light bite there's no place better. We like the sausage rolls, they also have the most amazing condiments at the back of the shop on offer if you eat in so make the most of those ;)
A lovely pub for food and drink and if you're up for some wacky fringe performance they have a theatre above the bar.
56 locals recommend
Rosemary Branch Theatre & Pub
2 Shepperton Rd
56 locals recommend
A lovely pub for food and drink and if you're up for some wacky fringe performance they have a theatre above the bar.
You will find no better meat in town. nuff said!
103 locals recommend
Buen Ayre
50 Broadway Market
103 locals recommend
You will find no better meat in town. nuff said!
A wonderful pub full of warm welcoming atmosphere. A regular :)
133 locals recommend
The Scolt Head
107A Culford Rd
133 locals recommend
A wonderful pub full of warm welcoming atmosphere. A regular :)
If you head to Angel for shopping of the Almeida Theatre for a show. Go to the Sacre Coeur for some smashing french cuisine. The mussels are unbelievable.
23 locals recommend
Le Sacre Coeur
18 Theberton St
23 locals recommend
If you head to Angel for shopping of the Almeida Theatre for a show. Go to the Sacre Coeur for some smashing french cuisine. The mussels are unbelievable.
For pizza in London Homslice is second to none.
33 locals recommend
Homeslice Shoreditch
374-378 Old St
33 locals recommend
For pizza in London Homslice is second to none.
The original Dishoom. Best Indian in town served surrounded by Imperial finery.
475 locals recommend
Dishoom Shoreditch
7 Boundary St
475 locals recommend
The original Dishoom. Best Indian in town served surrounded by Imperial finery.
I great and little known roof top beer garden
179 locals recommend
The Red Lion
Crete Hall Road
179 locals recommend
I great and little known roof top beer garden
Out of all the Vietnamese restaurants on Kingsland road, this one is the best.
110 locals recommend
Sông Quê Café
134 Kingsland Rd
110 locals recommend
Out of all the Vietnamese restaurants on Kingsland road, this one is the best.
A perfect pub. Another personal favourite, we really are very spoiled.
58 locals recommend
Island Queen
87 Noel Rd
58 locals recommend
A perfect pub. Another personal favourite, we really are very spoiled.
Another great/cheap pizza place if your near Broadway Market
561 locals recommend
Franco Manca
52 Broadway Market
561 locals recommend
Another great/cheap pizza place if your near Broadway Market
The food here is unbelievable and unmissable. And its right behind our house!
216 locals recommend
Towpath Café
42 De Beauvoir Cres
216 locals recommend
The food here is unbelievable and unmissable. And its right behind our house!
If you haven't done the Breakfast in Bread at The Barge House, you haven't lived :P
46 locals recommend
The Barge House
46a De Beauvoir Cres
46 locals recommend
If you haven't done the Breakfast in Bread at The Barge House, you haven't lived :P
A local Irish Pub. Good for the sports. Try their Homebrew, Howl.
35 locals recommend
Howl At The Moon
178 Hoxton St
35 locals recommend
A local Irish Pub. Good for the sports. Try their Homebrew, Howl.
A great outdoor beer garden wedged right into the middle of Shoreditch
36 locals recommend
Strongroom Bar
120-124 Curtain Rd
36 locals recommend
A great outdoor beer garden wedged right into the middle of Shoreditch
Another great pub for food and drink. This one does regular improvised comedy nights above the bar and their actually quite good.
87 locals recommend
De Beauvoir Tavern
292 Kingsland Rd
87 locals recommend
Another great pub for food and drink. This one does regular improvised comedy nights above the bar and their actually quite good.
This is where they filmed Tom Hardy in Legend as Ronnie and Reggie Kray. A real authentic East End gaff! Great beer garden too.
13 locals recommend
The Stags Head
102 New Cavendish Street
13 locals recommend
This is where they filmed Tom Hardy in Legend as Ronnie and Reggie Kray. A real authentic East End gaff! Great beer garden too.
The fried chicken here will blow you away.
64 locals recommend
Chick 'n' Sours
390 Kingsland Rd
64 locals recommend
The fried chicken here will blow you away.
Another wonderful local with fantastic beers.
302 locals recommend
The Dove
24-28 Broadway Market
302 locals recommend
Another wonderful local with fantastic beers.
To get back to nature this garden in the middle of Dalston is beautiful.
178 locals recommend
Dalston Eastern Curve Garden
13 Dalston Ln
178 locals recommend
To get back to nature this garden in the middle of Dalston is beautiful.
If you like board games, food and drink all in one go, this is the place for you.
53 locals recommend
Draughts - Hackney
41 Kingsland High Street
53 locals recommend
If you like board games, food and drink all in one go, this is the place for you.
Great Coffee on the way to Haggerston Station
21 locals recommend
Curio Cabal
258 Kingsland Rd
21 locals recommend
Great Coffee on the way to Haggerston Station
Hands down our favourite Sushi restaurant
63 locals recommend
Akari
196 Essex Rd
63 locals recommend
Hands down our favourite Sushi restaurant
One of my favourites, good for sport and its right next to the cemetery where they buried William Blake
10 locals recommend
The Artillery Arms
102 Bunhill Row
10 locals recommend
One of my favourites, good for sport and its right next to the cemetery where they buried William Blake
Famous London pub, great character.
282 locals recommend
The Eagle
15 Clifton Rd
282 locals recommend
Famous London pub, great character.

Shopping and Walks

Some of the markets walking distance from our home. For food, flowers, vintage clothes or anything your heart desires! On a Sunday a lovely walk is down the canal to Broadway Market then turn south past Hackney City Farm and through Colombia Flower Market ending in Brick Lane and Old Spittalfields you will have experienced the best East London has to offer.
Mainly artisanal/boutique shops backed up with excellent restaurants. We would do this in tandem with Broadway Market and Colombia Flower Market on a Sunday.
1735 locals recommend
Broadway Market
Broadway Market
1735 locals recommend
Mainly artisanal/boutique shops backed up with excellent restaurants. We would do this in tandem with Broadway Market and Colombia Flower Market on a Sunday.
Its quite the experience. It's on Sunday until around 4pm - expect a lot of people... We would do this in tandem with Broadway Market and Colombia Flower Market on a Sunday.
1660 locals recommend
Columbia Road Flower Market
Columbia Road
1660 locals recommend
Its quite the experience. It's on Sunday until around 4pm - expect a lot of people... We would do this in tandem with Broadway Market and Colombia Flower Market on a Sunday.
All the vintage clothes you will ever need. We would do this in tandem with Broadway Market and Colombia Flower Market on a Sunday. Lovely Walk.
825 locals recommend
Brick Lane Sunday Market
Brick Lane
825 locals recommend
All the vintage clothes you will ever need. We would do this in tandem with Broadway Market and Colombia Flower Market on a Sunday. Lovely Walk.
A large semi indoor Market. A good all arounder and right next to the city.
57 locals recommend
CHANEL FRAGRANCE & BEAUTY
105a Commercial St
57 locals recommend
A large semi indoor Market. A good all arounder and right next to the city.
The Ridely Road Meat Market. Famous across London but not for the squeamish. More for the types that want to see the dirty underbelly of Dalston!
124 locals recommend
Ridley Road Market
Ridley Road
124 locals recommend
The Ridely Road Meat Market. Famous across London but not for the squeamish. More for the types that want to see the dirty underbelly of Dalston!
A more modern shopping centre we you will find all major brands.
70 locals recommend
Angel Central Shopping Centre
21 Parkfield St
70 locals recommend
A more modern shopping centre we you will find all major brands.
The Market on Hoxton Street has been there for hundreds of years. There's not normally much of interest to buy but the atmosphere is real east end.
221 locals recommend
Hoxton Square
Hoxton Square
221 locals recommend
The Market on Hoxton Street has been there for hundreds of years. There's not normally much of interest to buy but the atmosphere is real east end.
Countryside in the city :)
269 locals recommend
Hackney City Farm
1a Goldsmiths Row
269 locals recommend
Countryside in the city :)
This little passage is full of fantastic boutique shops and cafés don't miss it!
213 locals recommend
Camden Passage
Camden Passage
213 locals recommend
This little passage is full of fantastic boutique shops and cafés don't miss it!

Nightlife

As we get older we seem to know less and less about bars and clubs! But these are the ones we like.
So much fun. Underground clubbing, lovely people.
187 locals recommend
Dalston Superstore
117 Kingsland High St
187 locals recommend
So much fun. Underground clubbing, lovely people.
Smashing Cocktails
124 locals recommend
Ridley Road Market
Ridley Road
124 locals recommend
Smashing Cocktails
The best cocktails in the area.
28 locals recommend
Three Sheets
510b Kingsland Rd
28 locals recommend
The best cocktails in the area.
Where I always seem to end up at the end of the night...
20 locals recommend
Slim Jim's Liquor Store
112 Upper St
20 locals recommend
Where I always seem to end up at the end of the night...
One of the most famous gay bars in London and just down the road.
45 locals recommend
The Glory
281 Kingsland Rd
45 locals recommend
One of the most famous gay bars in London and just down the road.
This is a secret cocktail bar! Make sure you knock on the door for entry :) Or thats what we had to do last time we went there.
228 locals recommend
Nightjar
129 City Rd
228 locals recommend
This is a secret cocktail bar! Make sure you knock on the door for entry :) Or thats what we had to do last time we went there.

Sports

For all the athletes here's a list of places you might like to visit.
If you feel sporty in winter or you are too hot in summer, in the park is the London Fields Lido, a heated outdoor swimming pool for winter and cooled for summer for only the cost of 5 pounds you can swim in the heart of East London.
591 locals recommend
London Fields
London Fields West Side
591 locals recommend
If you feel sporty in winter or you are too hot in summer, in the park is the London Fields Lido, a heated outdoor swimming pool for winter and cooled for summer for only the cost of 5 pounds you can swim in the heart of East London.
One of the biggest parks is great for runners
1666 locals recommend
Pavilion Cafe
Old Ford Road
1666 locals recommend
One of the biggest parks is great for runners
For a really quick run you can be round and back in around 10-15mins
98 locals recommend
Shoreditch Park
188 New N Rd
98 locals recommend
For a really quick run you can be round and back in around 10-15mins
One of my favourite runs as there is very little traffic on the way there through DeBeauvoir and Stoke Newington
505 locals recommend
Clissold Park
Green Lanes
505 locals recommend
One of my favourite runs as there is very little traffic on the way there through DeBeauvoir and Stoke Newington
It's not as far away as you might think.... for the people that want to go the distance :)
191 locals recommend
London Stadium
191 locals recommend
It's not as far away as you might think.... for the people that want to go the distance :)
Lovely little Tennis Court right in the middle of Hoxton. Same deal applies as Rosemary Branch Tennis Court.
8 locals recommend
Aske Gardens
40 Pitfield St
8 locals recommend
Lovely little Tennis Court right in the middle of Hoxton. Same deal applies as Rosemary Branch Tennis Court.
Some great bouldering going on here.
39 locals recommend
Mile End Climbing Wall
Haverfield Road
39 locals recommend
Some great bouldering going on here.