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Where To Eat Dinner In East London (When You Hate East London)
Facing a dinner in East London but dreading the latest hipster food trends? Here’s where to get proper dinner out East without any of the fuss.
Where To Eat Around Highbury
Highbury is more than a stadium, a station, or a corner. It’s a thriving residential neighbourhood and home to some great places to eat.
The Best Restaurants In Stoke Newington
If you’re looking for brunch, natural wine, gelato, and lahmacun—on the same day or not—then you should check out these Stoke Newington spots.
The Best Lahmacun In North London
Salad or no salad? Chilli and garlic sauce, or just lots of chilli? Here are the best places to get one of London’s best, best-value snacks.
Where To Eat Outside In Hackney
Hackney has plenty of great restaurants, but these 14 spots are the best for outdoor dining.
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The Best Turkish Kebab
The Best Turkish Kebab is an excellent Stoke Newington spot for well-stuffed Turkish wraps and celeb-spotting on their wall of famous fans.
The Auld Shillelagh
The Auld Shillelagh is a charming Stoke Newington pub and one of the best spots in London for a pint of the black stuff.
Sonora Taquería
There aren’t many places where we’d happily test our quad strength by squatting in an alley to eat a taco, but Sonora Taquería—a Mexican spot in Stoke Newington—is one of them.
Corrochio's
The basement level of Corrochio's, a moodily lit cocina in Stoke Newington, has the smoky feel of a saloon and an excellent brunch menu.
Mascara Bar
Mascara Bar is the closest thing north London has to a dive bar. It’s unpretentious, open until 3am, and there are occasional live ‘performances’.
Primeur
Between Stoke Newington and Canonbury, Primeur is the gold standard of flickering candlelight, romantic restaurants in London. You'll enjoy the small plates and love the atmosphere.
Escocesa
Escocesa is a tapas restaurant in Stoke Newington serving particularly excellent seafood, all sourced from Scotland.
The Good Egg
The breakfasts at The Good Egg are among the best in Stoke Newington. The best way to do it is to share with a few people family-style.
The Best Restaurants In Stoke Newington
If you’re looking for brunch, natural wine, gelato, and lahmacun—on the same day or not—then you should check out these Stoke Newington spots.
Roti Stop
A grab-and-go spot of the most delicious kind, Roti Stop is a go-to Stoke Newington takeaway for a quick patty or a nourishing tub of curry goat with roti.
Pho Viet 101
Pho Viet 101 is a cheap and cheerful Vietnamese spot in Stoke Newington, perfect for an in-and-out meal.
Spence Bakery
Spence Bakery is an N16 favourite for springy sourdough, fresh pastries, and coffee—perfect for a Clissold Park picnic.
Ustun Lahmacun
Ustun Lahmacun is a little lahmacun and pide house on the Newington Green end of Green Lanes making excellent, freshly-made lahmacuns.
Where To Eat Around Highbury
Highbury is more than a stadium, a station, or a corner. It’s a thriving residential neighbourhood and home to some great places to eat.
Vicoli Di Napoli
The pizzas at this popular spot are simple, inexpensive, gigantic, and absolutely worth the trip to Stoke Newington.
Esters
Esters in Stoke Newington makes some of the best and most unconventional breakfasts and brunches in London.
Where To Eat Outside In Hackney
Hackney has plenty of great restaurants, but these 14 spots are the best for outdoor dining.
The Three Crowns
A Stoke Newington boozer with a weeknight happy hour, The Three Crowns is a good shout for a casual boozy group catch-up.
19 Numara Bos Cirrik 2
Numara Bos Cirrik II is a reliably delicious old-school Turkish ocakbasi restaurant in Stoke Newington that’s the sibling to Cirrik in Dalston.
The Best Lahmacun In North London
Salad or no salad? Chilli and garlic sauce, or just lots of chilli? Here are the best places to get one of London’s best, best-value snacks.
The Clarence Tavern
The Clarence Tavern is a gastropub in Stoke Newington that’s just as good for a slap-up meal as it is for a few pints and a nibble.
Perilla
Perilla is a very nice looking restaurant on Newington Green serving dishes that hit, and dishes that miss, in a casually refined room.
Yucatan
The Yucatan is no-nonsense multi-screened sports pub that lets you bring whatever food you like, if you ask nicely.