Guidebook for London

Jessica
Guidebook for London

Food Scene

Amazing coffee, cakes and sandwiches (try the bacon sandwich or the avocado on toast)
54 habitants recommandent
Wilton Way Cafe
63 Wilton Way
54 habitants recommandent
Amazing coffee, cakes and sandwiches (try the bacon sandwich or the avocado on toast)
Great coffee and obscure but often wonderful (usually jazz) music.
203 habitants recommandent
Cafe OTO
18-22 Ashwin Street
203 habitants recommandent
Great coffee and obscure but often wonderful (usually jazz) music.
Coffee, tea, cake
34 habitants recommandent
Mouse & De Lotz
103 Shacklewell Ln
34 habitants recommandent
Coffee, tea, cake
Good Turkish food (though pretty much all the Turkish places on this stretch of road are good) during the day try the pancakes the women sitting in the window are making.
9 habitants recommandent
Evin Restaurant
115 Kingsland High St
9 habitants recommandent
Good Turkish food (though pretty much all the Turkish places on this stretch of road are good) during the day try the pancakes the women sitting in the window are making.
Really REALLY good cakes - cupcakes, brownies, muffins, whoopie pies (the salted caramel and pumpkin ones are amazing). You can sit in and eat or take-away.
133 habitants recommandent
Violet
47 Wilton Way
133 habitants recommandent
Really REALLY good cakes - cupcakes, brownies, muffins, whoopie pies (the salted caramel and pumpkin ones are amazing). You can sit in and eat or take-away.
It might not look like much but this place does the BEST breakfast for about £4. Very much recommended (particularly for a hangover). It can get really busy after 11am on a weekend though.
19 habitants recommandent
Mess Cafe
38 Amhurst Rd
19 habitants recommandent
It might not look like much but this place does the BEST breakfast for about £4. Very much recommended (particularly for a hangover). It can get really busy after 11am on a weekend though.
Really good pizza in super-stylish surroundings. Book in advance or be prepared to wait a while in the bar (not such a bad thing).
1660 habitants recommandent
Columbia Road Flower Market
Columbia Road
1660 habitants recommandent
Really good pizza in super-stylish surroundings. Book in advance or be prepared to wait a while in the bar (not such a bad thing).
Pretty much the best Indian in London, serving delicious Keralan food. The restaurant on the South of Church st is Vegetarian and the one opposite serves meat. At the vege one get the 'feast'.
171 habitants recommandent
Rasa South Indian Vegetarian Restaurant
55 Stoke Newington Church St
171 habitants recommandent
Pretty much the best Indian in London, serving delicious Keralan food. The restaurant on the South of Church st is Vegetarian and the one opposite serves meat. At the vege one get the 'feast'.
Great Vietnamese served in charming-but-scruffy surroundings. The service is terrible but the food makes up for it. Worth booking as it can get very busy.
14 habitants recommandent
Vietnamese Canteen-Huong Viet
12-14 Englefield Road
14 habitants recommandent
Great Vietnamese served in charming-but-scruffy surroundings. The service is terrible but the food makes up for it. Worth booking as it can get very busy.
I've only had coffee or breakfast here - both of which are great. The main food is expensive but apparently delicious.
48 habitants recommandent
A Little Of What You Fancy
464 Kingsland Road
48 habitants recommandent
I've only had coffee or breakfast here - both of which are great. The main food is expensive but apparently delicious.
Yummy pizza by the slice, a good beer collection and frozen margaritas. Downstairs is new club Dance Tunnel.
118 habitants recommandent
Voodoo Ray's
95 Kingsland High St
118 habitants recommandent
Yummy pizza by the slice, a good beer collection and frozen margaritas. Downstairs is new club Dance Tunnel.
Danish-y deco and yummy, adventurous food. Somewhere between cheap and expensive depending on how much you eat. The brunches are fantastic.
45 habitants recommandent
White Rabbit
15-16 Bradbury Street
45 habitants recommandent
Danish-y deco and yummy, adventurous food. Somewhere between cheap and expensive depending on how much you eat. The brunches are fantastic.
Lovely cafe/ bar with really great breakfasts - both child and adult friendly.
44 habitants recommandent
The Russet
17 Amhurst Terrace
44 habitants recommandent
Lovely cafe/ bar with really great breakfasts - both child and adult friendly.
New, pricey-but-delicious high-end Italian. Worth it for a treat.
93 habitants recommandent
Rotorino
434 Kingsland Rd
93 habitants recommandent
New, pricey-but-delicious high-end Italian. Worth it for a treat.
New to the area very-local cafe with great breakfasts. Pretty much everything includes homemade hash browns...
49 habitants recommandent
Hash E8
170 Dalston Ln
49 habitants recommandent
New to the area very-local cafe with great breakfasts. Pretty much everything includes homemade hash browns...
Yummy, interesting small plates in a very cool space.
65 habitants recommandent
Rawduck
197 Richmond Rd
65 habitants recommandent
Yummy, interesting small plates in a very cool space.
Delicious pizza and Italian small plates - there's a small number of tables, or you can order for takeaway (delivery is available). A larger version of the restaurant (Lardo) is on Richmond Road.
32 habitants recommandent
Lardo Bebé
158 Sandringham Rd
32 habitants recommandent
Delicious pizza and Italian small plates - there's a small number of tables, or you can order for takeaway (delivery is available). A larger version of the restaurant (Lardo) is on Richmond Road.

Arts & Culture

Art-Deco art-house cinema
322 habitants recommandent
Rio Cinema
107 Kingsland High Street
322 habitants recommandent
Art-Deco art-house cinema
Great jazz and nice cocktails in the relaxed bar downstairs
125 habitants recommandent
Vortex
11 Gillett Square
125 habitants recommandent
Great jazz and nice cocktails in the relaxed bar downstairs
Well-respected theatre housed in a converted paint factory - currently also has a temporary circus tent across the road.
199 habitants recommandent
Arcola Bar
24 Ashwin St
199 habitants recommandent
Well-respected theatre housed in a converted paint factory - currently also has a temporary circus tent across the road.
If there's a film you want to see that isn't on at the Rio, try here - a new and very nice arthouse cinema about 10mins away.
445 habitants recommandent
Hackney Picturehouse
270 Mare St
445 habitants recommandent
If there's a film you want to see that isn't on at the Rio, try here - a new and very nice arthouse cinema about 10mins away.
Great modern art gallery in Hoxton Square.
234 habitants recommandent
White Cube Bermondsey
Bermondsey Street
234 habitants recommandent
Great modern art gallery in Hoxton Square.
Cute little gallery that shows interesting art.
Fishbar
176 Dalston Ln
Cute little gallery that shows interesting art.
A bit of a hub for contemporary art galleries in East London - a great place for a wander.
11 habitants recommandent
Vyner St
11 habitants recommandent
A bit of a hub for contemporary art galleries in East London - a great place for a wander.

Essentials

Fruit, veg, fish, meat, 'Nollywood' films, Highlife CDs, polyester clothing, incense, African hairdressers, Halal meat...
35 habitants recommandent
Ridley Rd
Ridley Road
35 habitants recommandent
Fruit, veg, fish, meat, 'Nollywood' films, Highlife CDs, polyester clothing, incense, African hairdressers, Halal meat...
Little but well-stocked health food shop. Delicious bread (try the over-priced but amazing Hackney sourdough)
33 habitants recommandent
Healthy Stuff
168 Dalston Ln
33 habitants recommandent
Little but well-stocked health food shop. Delicious bread (try the over-priced but amazing Hackney sourdough)
Fantastic Turkish supermarket, great for fruit and veg, freshly baked Turkish bread (often warm out of the oven), a million varieties of olive and tubs of hummous as big as your head.
25 habitants recommandent
TFC Dalston
89 Ridley Rd
25 habitants recommandent
Fantastic Turkish supermarket, great for fruit and veg, freshly baked Turkish bread (often warm out of the oven), a million varieties of olive and tubs of hummous as big as your head.

Drinks & Nightlife

Fashionable pub with live music out the back
79 habitants recommandent
The Shacklewell Arms
71 Shacklewell Ln
79 habitants recommandent
Fashionable pub with live music out the back
The best local, traditional if rather trendy pub. Fiendishly tricky pub quiz on monday nights at 8.30pm.
73 habitants recommandent
Prince George
40 Parkholme Rd
73 habitants recommandent
The best local, traditional if rather trendy pub. Fiendishly tricky pub quiz on monday nights at 8.30pm.
This has recently been taken over and now has good beer, great burgers (veggie and non), twice-weekly folk nights and a quiz on Wednesdays. Three seconds walk away.
57 habitants recommandent
The Three Compasses
99 Dalston Ln
57 habitants recommandent
This has recently been taken over and now has good beer, great burgers (veggie and non), twice-weekly folk nights and a quiz on Wednesdays. Three seconds walk away.
Trendy, gay-friendly (or just outright gay), and fabulous. DJs until the early hours at the weekends. Great quiz on Thursdays. Surprisingly good food too.
58 habitants recommandent
Ray's Bar
95 Kingsland High Street
58 habitants recommandent
Trendy, gay-friendly (or just outright gay), and fabulous. DJs until the early hours at the weekends. Great quiz on Thursdays. Surprisingly good food too.
Good local pub, excellent selection of real ales, pool and bar billards, board games and lots of men with beards.
53 habitants recommandent
The Pembury Tavern
90 Amhurst Rd
53 habitants recommandent
Good local pub, excellent selection of real ales, pool and bar billards, board games and lots of men with beards.
Friendly and fun bar on Ridley Road. They serve cans of Red Stripe and ginger mojitos and usually have a great street-food van of some sort outside (fantastic pizza on Sundays). Get there early.
35 habitants recommandent
Ridley Rd
Ridley Road
35 habitants recommandent
Friendly and fun bar on Ridley Road. They serve cans of Red Stripe and ginger mojitos and usually have a great street-food van of some sort outside (fantastic pizza on Sundays). Get there early.
Cocktails - really, really good cocktails - and Mexican food in a stylish and relaxed bar. Check out the toilet-cistern fish tank.
108 habitants recommandent
Off Broadway
63-65 Broadway Market
108 habitants recommandent
Cocktails - really, really good cocktails - and Mexican food in a stylish and relaxed bar. Check out the toilet-cistern fish tank.
Gorgeous French wine bar that sells wine to takeaway (including a £5 bottle-refill service) as well as offering brunch and dinner. Order a plate of cheese or charcuterie and a bottle of wine.
74 habitants recommandent
L'Entrepot
74 habitants recommandent
Gorgeous French wine bar that sells wine to takeaway (including a £5 bottle-refill service) as well as offering brunch and dinner. Order a plate of cheese or charcuterie and a bottle of wine.
Live music downstairs and a lively bar upstairs. Cool newish Dalston venue.
74 habitants recommandent
Birthdays
33-35 Stoke Newington Road
74 habitants recommandent
Live music downstairs and a lively bar upstairs. Cool newish Dalston venue.
I haven't been here since it was converted from Barden's Boudoir a few years ago, but it has a reputation as a cool club with good music.
56 habitants recommandent
The Nest
36 Stoke Newington Road
56 habitants recommandent
I haven't been here since it was converted from Barden's Boudoir a few years ago, but it has a reputation as a cool club with good music.
My favourite cocktail bar - this tiny place gets full quickly so make sure you book or arrive before 6pm. The cocktails are spectacular.
117 habitants recommandent
Happiness Forgets
8-9 Hoxton Square
117 habitants recommandent
My favourite cocktail bar - this tiny place gets full quickly so make sure you book or arrive before 6pm. The cocktails are spectacular.

Everything Else

A farm. In a shop. Chickens on the roof, lettuce grown using hydroponics and a nice little cafe.
6 habitants recommandent
Farm Shop Dalston
20 Dalston Ln
6 habitants recommandent
A farm. In a shop. Chickens on the roof, lettuce grown using hydroponics and a nice little cafe.
Sweet little public garden hidden away opposite the tube station.
178 habitants recommandent
Jardin Dalston Eastern Curve
13 Dalston Ln
178 habitants recommandent
Sweet little public garden hidden away opposite the tube station.
Gorgeous 50-meter heated outdoor pool in London Fields park.
591 habitants recommandent
Champs de Londres
London Fields West Side
591 habitants recommandent
Gorgeous 50-meter heated outdoor pool in London Fields park.
Bread. All the bread. Also; cakes. Lovely bakery under a railway arch near London fields.
272 habitants recommandent
E5 Bakehouse
396 Mentmore Terrace
272 habitants recommandent
Bread. All the bread. Also; cakes. Lovely bakery under a railway arch near London fields.
Some of the best pizza in London - whenever you go it will be busy and you will have to queue but it's worth it.
561 habitants recommandent
Franco Manca
52 Broadway Market
561 habitants recommandent
Some of the best pizza in London - whenever you go it will be busy and you will have to queue but it's worth it.
Nice little studio for yoga and pilates classes.
25 habitants recommandent
Yogahome
14 Allen Rd
25 habitants recommandent
Nice little studio for yoga and pilates classes.
Various yoga, pilates, massage etc. Next to the Russet Cafe.
7 habitants recommandent
The Well Garden Yoga, Gong Meditation and Holistic Health Studio
17 Amhurst Terrace
7 habitants recommandent
Various yoga, pilates, massage etc. Next to the Russet Cafe.
Very slick new 'city-spa'. They do massage, facials, hair etc. They send us offers a lot so check with us if you fancy going there.
6 habitants recommandent
Smooth You
6 habitants recommandent
Very slick new 'city-spa'. They do massage, facials, hair etc. They send us offers a lot so check with us if you fancy going there.

Sightseeing

Lovely place to wander any day of the week - lots of cafes, boutiques, bookshops, vintage furniture stores - with a massively popular and very lovely market on a Saturday.
1735 habitants recommandent
Broadway Market
Broadway Market
1735 habitants recommandent
Lovely place to wander any day of the week - lots of cafes, boutiques, bookshops, vintage furniture stores - with a massively popular and very lovely market on a Saturday.

Shopping

The flagship store for this vintage clothing chain - huge and amazing. The area around it has a new vintage shop opening every week too, so lots of shopping opportunities!
73 habitants recommandent
Beyond Retro Dalston
92-100 Stoke Newington Rd
73 habitants recommandent
The flagship store for this vintage clothing chain - huge and amazing. The area around it has a new vintage shop opening every week too, so lots of shopping opportunities!
A small but perfectly formed clothing and lifestyle store.
7 habitants recommandent
HUH.
56 Stoke Newington Rd
7 habitants recommandent
A small but perfectly formed clothing and lifestyle store.
Carefully selected, quite pricey but beautiful vintage clothing and furniture.
16 habitants recommandent
Pelicans and Parrots
40 Stoke Newington Rd
16 habitants recommandent
Carefully selected, quite pricey but beautiful vintage clothing and furniture.