Alastair & Tatyana’s guidebook
Food scene
The E5 Bakehouse is great for Saturday brunches or coffee and yummy pastries. They also bake amazing bread on their premises. The staff are friendly. We love it!
272 locals recommend
E5 Bakehouse
396 Mentmore TerraceThe E5 Bakehouse is great for Saturday brunches or coffee and yummy pastries. They also bake amazing bread on their premises. The staff are friendly. We love it!
Footnote is a beautiful cafe that is brilliant for weekend brunches or a lunch with friends or family. Their menu is well composed and the food is delicious!
22 locals recommend
Footnote
51 Wilton WayFootnote is a beautiful cafe that is brilliant for weekend brunches or a lunch with friends or family. Their menu is well composed and the food is delicious!
This is a lovely bakery/cafe! In fact so lovely, that Harry and Megan ordered their wedding cake from there. Yum!
133 locals recommend
Violet
47 Wilton WayThis is a lovely bakery/cafe! In fact so lovely, that Harry and Megan ordered their wedding cake from there. Yum!
This is a very special place. It does take an effort to book, but this boutique restaurant has a Michelin accolade! If you get a chance to have a dinner there, it will be very special indeed.
91 locals recommend
Pidgin
52 Wilton WayThis is a very special place. It does take an effort to book, but this boutique restaurant has a Michelin accolade! If you get a chance to have a dinner there, it will be very special indeed.
We love this place - delicious sourdough pizzas available for takeaway or eating in. So good!
561 locals recommend
Franco Manca
52 Broadway MarketWe love this place - delicious sourdough pizzas available for takeaway or eating in. So good!
Behind Restaurant
Enjoy a sumptuous meal at this Michelin star restaurant.
Casa Fofó
158 Sandringham RdAnother hidden gem, but not from the Michelin Star red book!
Mare street market
117 Mare StA fantastic array of food, flowers and more!
Elliot’s - Hackney
Famous for amazing food and wine.
Leisure
It's a real treat to have a proper swimming open-air pool just around the corner. It has been recently renovated and is very popular when the weather is gorgeous.
591 locals recommend
London Fields
London Fields West SideIt's a real treat to have a proper swimming open-air pool just around the corner. It has been recently renovated and is very popular when the weather is gorgeous.
This cinema is great. It screens some of the latest films and even has sessions for parents with babies - we love it!
445 locals recommend
Hackney Picturehouse
270 Mare StThis cinema is great. It screens some of the latest films and even has sessions for parents with babies - we love it!
Experience a swim in the London Olympics 2012 swimming pool.
141 locals recommend
London Aquatics Centre
Experience a swim in the London Olympics 2012 swimming pool.
This is a gorgeous full-length pool located in the beautiful London Fields.
591 locals recommend
London Fields
London Fields West SideThis is a gorgeous full-length pool located in the beautiful London Fields.
Artisan Market
Broadway Market comes to life every Saturday as artisan food and hand crafted jewellery and art stalls take over this beautiful street in London Fields.
1735 locals recommend
Broadway Market
Broadway MarketBroadway Market comes to life every Saturday as artisan food and hand crafted jewellery and art stalls take over this beautiful street in London Fields.
Parks
London Fields is a beautiful park in Hackney where you can play tennis at tennis courts, cricket in a leisurely Saturday morning or just have a picnic with friends and family.
429 locals recommend
London Fields station
London Fields is a beautiful park in Hackney where you can play tennis at tennis courts, cricket in a leisurely Saturday morning or just have a picnic with friends and family.
Victoria Park is a crown jewel of the East End. It has a pond where you can feed the ducks or go on a pedalo, two huge playgrounds for younger kids and bigger kids with a huge slide that even adults would enjoy. It has two cafes, The Hub and Pavilion.
1666 locals recommend
Pavilion Cafe
Old Ford RoadVictoria Park is a crown jewel of the East End. It has a pond where you can feed the ducks or go on a pedalo, two huge playgrounds for younger kids and bigger kids with a huge slide that even adults would enjoy. It has two cafes, The Hub and Pavilion.
Hackney Downs
Downs Park RoadMore green pastures at the heart of Hackney.
Shopping
Each Sunday, Columbia Road turns into a glorious flower market that attracts everyone from nearby and even farther afield areas to buy some of the best flowers and at a very good value.
1660 locals recommend
Columbia Road Flower Market
Columbia RoadEach Sunday, Columbia Road turns into a glorious flower market that attracts everyone from nearby and even farther afield areas to buy some of the best flowers and at a very good value.
Columbia Road has great cafes, independent art and artisan shops where you can spot some antique connoisseurs and even famous TV celebrities.
10 locals recommend
Columbia Road
Columbia RoadColumbia Road has great cafes, independent art and artisan shops where you can spot some antique connoisseurs and even famous TV celebrities.
This spot is very popular as it is home to a very nice Burberry outlet shop. And if you feel like you'd like to do more shopping, there are some more shops nearby - Aquascutum, Bally, Nike, Pringles and so on.
64 locals recommend
Burberry Outlet
29-31 Chatham PlThis spot is very popular as it is home to a very nice Burberry outlet shop. And if you feel like you'd like to do more shopping, there are some more shops nearby - Aquascutum, Bally, Nike, Pringles and so on.
This trendy area with shops, cafes, restaurants is only two stops away from Haggerston Overground station, which is only 5-10 minutes away from us.
620 locals recommend
Shoreditch
This trendy area with shops, cafes, restaurants is only two stops away from Haggerston Overground station, which is only 5-10 minutes away from us.
Stratford Shopping Centre
54A BroadwayMore shopping!
Sightseeing
This is a classic. It has a permanent display, as well as regular special exhibitions and events. It is brilliant for kids of all ages. Free to visit but you can make a donation on the way out.
418 locals recommend
V&A Museum of Childhood
Cambridge Heath RoadThis is a classic. It has a permanent display, as well as regular special exhibitions and events. It is brilliant for kids of all ages. Free to visit but you can make a donation on the way out.