Drinks & Nightlife
Great boozer with excellent selection of local beers and cool crowd. Also has the BEST burgers in London - even better than the ones we tried in NYC...and we ate A LOT of burgers there!
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Sebright Arms
31-35 Coate StGreat boozer with excellent selection of local beers and cool crowd. Also has the BEST burgers in London - even better than the ones we tried in NYC...and we ate A LOT of burgers there!
Hip East End boozer. Worth checking out if they have any special nights on - can get rammed!
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The Star of Bethnal Green
359 Bethnal Green RoadHip East End boozer. Worth checking out if they have any special nights on - can get rammed!
Newly opened cocktail bar/restaurant done up in a industrial Americana style. Lovely place for drinks, though the food is a bit hit and miss.
277 Hackney Rd
Newly opened cocktail bar/restaurant done up in a industrial Americana style. Lovely place for drinks, though the food is a bit hit and miss.
Gastro pub which can get very busy on the weekends.
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The Royal Oak
73 Columbia RdGastro pub which can get very busy on the weekends.
Real traditional East End cockney boozer that has since been infiltrated by hipsters. A fun melting pot of geezers and trendies.
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Birdcage
80 Columbia RdReal traditional East End cockney boozer that has since been infiltrated by hipsters. A fun melting pot of geezers and trendies.
Cool NYC style bar. Friendly crowd, amusing bartenders and great vibe. Our fave broadway market bar.
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Off Broadway
63-65 Broadway MarketCool NYC style bar. Friendly crowd, amusing bartenders and great vibe. Our fave broadway market bar.
Food Scene
Fantastic Argentinian steak house. Great, well priced wines and, of course, fab steaks!
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Buen Ayre
50 Broadway MarketFantastic Argentinian steak house. Great, well priced wines and, of course, fab steaks!
Buzzy, cool restaurant. Good food, even better atmosphere. Especially fun for Sunday brunch when the place is packed and the pianist plays covers of 80s and 90s pop songs.
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Bistrotheque
23-27 Wadeson StBuzzy, cool restaurant. Good food, even better atmosphere. Especially fun for Sunday brunch when the place is packed and the pianist plays covers of 80s and 90s pop songs.
By far the best Vietnamese restaurant in 'Pho mile'. Try the goat with galangal, and sea bass with mango.
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Mien Tay
106-108 Kingsland RdBy far the best Vietnamese restaurant in 'Pho mile'. Try the goat with galangal, and sea bass with mango.
Charming place serving modern British cuisine with top quality ingredients. Lovely relaxed place to go for a coffee or something more substantial.
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Efendi
270 Cambridge Heath RdCharming place serving modern British cuisine with top quality ingredients. Lovely relaxed place to go for a coffee or something more substantial.
Cheap and cheerful Chinese restaurant specialising in authentic Szechuan cuisine. DO NOT order the standard Cantonese dishes - go for the 'weird' stuff. Not for the squeamish!
16 il-persuni tal-post jissuġġerixxu
My Old Place
261 Bethnal Green RoadCheap and cheerful Chinese restaurant specialising in authentic Szechuan cuisine. DO NOT order the standard Cantonese dishes - go for the 'weird' stuff. Not for the squeamish!
Great value Turkish restaurant. Huge portions of good quality grilled meats and fresh tasty salads. Nice family atmosphere. Perfect before/after a film at the Hackney Picturehouse.
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Tad Restaurant - Charcoal Grill
261 Mare StGreat value Turkish restaurant. Huge portions of good quality grilled meats and fresh tasty salads. Nice family atmosphere. Perfect before/after a film at the Hackney Picturehouse.
Fresh tasty Indian curries a cut above the usual curry house. Try the Sag Aloo, Peshwari Naan and wash it down with a mango lassi!
Maida
148 Bethnal Green RoadFresh tasty Indian curries a cut above the usual curry house. Try the Sag Aloo, Peshwari Naan and wash it down with a mango lassi!
Our fave place for an English fry up! Huge portions for cheap. Fun atmosphere. Can get busy on the weekends!
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Cafe 338 London
338 Bethnal Green RdOur fave place for an English fry up! Huge portions for cheap. Fun atmosphere. Can get busy on the weekends!
Shopping
Cute little wine shop run by a lovely French couple. They specialise in French wines made by small producers they know personally.
Boba yard
259 Hackney RdCute little wine shop run by a lovely French couple. They specialise in French wines made by small producers they know personally.
Arts & Culture
Cinema near brick lane. The sound system can leave a little to be desired but it's a nice enough local cinema.
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Rich Mix
35-47 Bethnal Green RdCinema near brick lane. The sound system can leave a little to be desired but it's a nice enough local cinema.
Best cinema in East London. Superb screens and sound.
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Hackney Picturehouse
270 Mare StBest cinema in East London. Superb screens and sound.