Drinks & Nightlife
Ace Hotel London
100 Shoreditch High StNice ground floor bar / lunge, as well as basement club.
Loungelover
1 Whitby StreetHighly recommended!
Happiness Forgets
8-9 Hoxton SquareChic!
The Nelson’s
32 Horatio StLocal gay bar
The Bridge
204 CastelnauNice copper
Printers & Stationers
21A Ezra StBoutique wine bar with amazing selection
The George and Dragon
Packed with sweaty young hipsters
Food Scene
Hoi Polloi
100 Shoreditch High StBy the creator of Bistrotheque
Boundary London
2-4 Boundary StBeautiful restaurant and rooftop bar
Rapsa @ 100 Hoxton
100-102 Hoxton StDesigned by Yao
Pizza East Shoreditch
56 Shoreditch High StHipster hangout
Stringray Globe Cafe
109 Columbia RdCheap & cheerful pizza
Leila's Shop
Calvert Avenuenearest coffee
If you fancy chicken & beef with giant Damien Hirst work in the background
100 abantu bendawo batusa
Tramshed
32 Rivington StIf you fancy chicken & beef with giant Damien Hirst work in the background
Tas Firin Restaurant
160 Bethnal Green RdUnpretentious and authentic Turkish
Arts & Culture
Electric Cinema
64-66 Redchurch StreetGreat little cinema
Victoria Miro Gallery
16 Wharf RdBeautiful gallery
The Gallery in Redchurch Street
50 Redchurch StOne of the galleries on Redchurch street
Rivington Place
Rivington PlaceLocal gallery
Bethnal Green Working Men's Club
42-46 Pollard RowAlso recommended by VICE
Sightseeing
Columbia Road Flower Market
Columbia RoadMust go on Sundays!
Broadway Market
Broadway MarketMust go on Saturdays!
Isitolo saseBrick Lane ngoMgqibelo
Brick LanePerfect street food & vintage hunt
Shopping
Psycle Shoreditch
17-23 Whitby StIt's Aesop
Beyond Retro Cheshire Street
Cheshire StreetRetro outfit meca