Guidebook for London

Damian
Guidebook for London

Food Scene

Great atmosphere and very good food. Meaty. Very busy on Sunday and evenings. Reservations advised. A favourite! ££
162 locals recommend
Brawn
49 Columbia Rd
162 locals recommend
Great atmosphere and very good food. Meaty. Very busy on Sunday and evenings. Reservations advised. A favourite! ££
Achieved a Michelin star. Tasting menu amazing. £££
44 locals recommend
Corner Room
8 Patriot Square
44 locals recommend
Achieved a Michelin star. Tasting menu amazing. £££
Try the Vietnamese omelette. Very popular. £
110 locals recommend
Sông Quê Café
134 Kingsland Rd
110 locals recommend
Try the Vietnamese omelette. Very popular. £
Truffled mushrooms and egg on sourdough - the lunch of kings. £
63 locals recommend
Hackney Bureau
3 Mare St
63 locals recommend
Truffled mushrooms and egg on sourdough - the lunch of kings. £
The Dry Meat and the Baby Pumpkin are my favourites but all is good here. Very busy on Friday after prayers at the mosque next door! £
381 locals recommend
Tayyabs
83-89 Fieldgate St
381 locals recommend
The Dry Meat and the Baby Pumpkin are my favourites but all is good here. Very busy on Friday after prayers at the mosque next door! £
Hearty Spanish food. ££
20 locals recommend
Tapas Brindisa Shoreditch
152 Curtain Rd
20 locals recommend
Hearty Spanish food. ££
Posh chicken and Damien Hirst… and chips… and steak. ££
100 locals recommend
Tramshed
32 Rivington St
100 locals recommend
Posh chicken and Damien Hirst… and chips… and steak. ££
Some of the best steak I've had. £££
152 locals recommend
Hawksmoor Spitalfields
157A Commercial St
152 locals recommend
Some of the best steak I've had. £££
Fantastic ingredients and generous plates. Very small but perfectly formed! ££
48 locals recommend
A Little Of What You Fancy
464 Kingsland Road
48 locals recommend
Fantastic ingredients and generous plates. Very small but perfectly formed! ££
Modern Indian with and English twist. Breakfast very good especially when washed down with a cup of house chai. ££
475 locals recommend
Dishoom Shoreditch
7 Boundary St
475 locals recommend
Modern Indian with and English twist. Breakfast very good especially when washed down with a cup of house chai. ££
English done simply and very well. ££
80 locals recommend
Rochelle Canteen
16 Playground Gardens
80 locals recommend
English done simply and very well. ££
Possibly the best Szechuan food in London. Spicy and adventurous. £
16 locals recommend
My Old Place
261 Bethnal Green Road
16 locals recommend
Possibly the best Szechuan food in London. Spicy and adventurous. £
High camp! £££
26 locals recommend
Les Trois Garçons
40 Church St
26 locals recommend
High camp! £££

Shopping

Great salads and some hard to get French provisions. £
96 locals recommend
L’eau à La Bouche
35-37 Broadway Market
96 locals recommend
Great salads and some hard to get French provisions. £
The best artisan produce presented beautifully.
67 locals recommend
Leila's Shop
Calvert Avenue
67 locals recommend
The best artisan produce presented beautifully.
Clothing. Japanese and American style with some Scandi thrown in for good measure.
13 locals recommend
Present London
140 Shoreditch High St
13 locals recommend
Clothing. Japanese and American style with some Scandi thrown in for good measure.
Shopping / various. APC, Aesop, T2 to name but three… ehem… Labour and Waite etc… Vintage Guitars.
142 locals recommend
Redchurch Street
Redchurch Street
142 locals recommend
Shopping / various. APC, Aesop, T2 to name but three… ehem… Labour and Waite etc… Vintage Guitars.
Vintage clothing at Beyond Retro and swankier designer makers towards Brick Lane.
8 locals recommend
Cheshire Street
Cheshire Street
8 locals recommend
Vintage clothing at Beyond Retro and swankier designer makers towards Brick Lane.
Get Fixed!
12 locals recommend
Brick Lane Bookshop
166 Brick Ln
12 locals recommend
Get Fixed!

Everything Else

Market on Saturdays only. Some good street food, vintage clothes, fruit and veg. Cafe life...
1735 locals recommend
Broadway Market
Broadway Market
1735 locals recommend
Market on Saturdays only. Some good street food, vintage clothes, fruit and veg. Cafe life...
Sunday's only until 3pm. Lots to see. Buy flowers… especially from Carl. All the shops are open. Gets very crowded so pushchairs, suitcases not advisable after 10am
1660 locals recommend
Columbia Road Flower Market
Columbia Road
1660 locals recommend
Sunday's only until 3pm. Lots to see. Buy flowers… especially from Carl. All the shops are open. Gets very crowded so pushchairs, suitcases not advisable after 10am
Museum of domestic interiors. Lovely little garden at the back with cafe.
326 locals recommend
Museum of the Home
136 Kingsland Road
326 locals recommend
Museum of domestic interiors. Lovely little garden at the back with cafe.
Museum of… childhood. A lot of 'I had one of those..' from the adults. Various activities for the kids.
418 locals recommend
V&A Museum of Childhood
Cambridge Heath Road
418 locals recommend
Museum of… childhood. A lot of 'I had one of those..' from the adults. Various activities for the kids.
Thursday is antique market day. Lots of stalls, restaurants and clothing stores.
696 locals recommend
Old Spitalfields Market
16 Commercial St
696 locals recommend
Thursday is antique market day. Lots of stalls, restaurants and clothing stores.

Drinks & Nightlife

Pub with food. My local. Good for people watching. Can get busy especially on Sunday when a coffee bar opens round the back.
175 locals recommend
The Royal Oak
73 Columbia Rd
175 locals recommend
Pub with food. My local. Good for people watching. Can get busy especially on Sunday when a coffee bar opens round the back.
Pub. Very friendly with a very wide selection of bottled continental beers.
80 locals recommend
Carpenters Arms The Public Houses
91 Black Lion Ln
80 locals recommend
Pub. Very friendly with a very wide selection of bottled continental beers.