Guidebook for London
Food Scene
Excellent Turkish food... (try the Cop Shish or the Adana Kebab), the meat is marinaded and charcoal grilled to perfection... You get tons of bread and salad too. Bring your own wine (for £5 charge)
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Cirrik 19 Numara Bos
34 Stoke Newington RdExcellent Turkish food... (try the Cop Shish or the Adana Kebab), the meat is marinaded and charcoal grilled to perfection... You get tons of bread and salad too. Bring your own wine (for £5 charge)
Excellent vietnamese in a relaxed canteen vibed atmosphere — a good place to fill up before a night at Passing Clouds? Bring your own wine....
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Vietnamese Canteen-Huong Viet
12-14 Englefield RoadExcellent vietnamese in a relaxed canteen vibed atmosphere — a good place to fill up before a night at Passing Clouds? Bring your own wine....
Excellent pizza delivery service, proper thin bases Italian style...
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Il Bacio Express
90 Stoke Newington Church StExcellent pizza delivery service, proper thin bases Italian style...
Mouse & De Lotz
103 Shacklewell LnGood coffee & light bites...
BUDGET: Great carnivorous Turkish option with 3 course lunches for £7.95 in a fake cave, replete with stalactites etc. Sometimes über-loud Turkish singers perform there in the evenings...
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Stone Cave Dalston
111 Kingsland High StBUDGET: Great carnivorous Turkish option with 3 course lunches for £7.95 in a fake cave, replete with stalactites etc. Sometimes über-loud Turkish singers perform there in the evenings...
BUDGET: Yes, it's a chain, but it's a great way of having fast-food and it's one of the few places in Dalston where all of the cultures of the area feel properly integrated so well worth a trip!
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Nando's
148 Kingsland High StBUDGET: Yes, it's a chain, but it's a great way of having fast-food and it's one of the few places in Dalston where all of the cultures of the area feel properly integrated so well worth a trip!
BUDGET to MIDRANGE: Good pizza thin-crust delights by day for not too much cash, more restaurantey fare in the evenings... Look out for the lunch deals...
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Floyd's
89 Shacklewell LnBUDGET to MIDRANGE: Good pizza thin-crust delights by day for not too much cash, more restaurantey fare in the evenings... Look out for the lunch deals...
BUDGET: Best at 4AM whilst drunk, they serve awesome Turkish pizzas here and it gets filled with boisterous and messy revellers who can't wait to stuff their faces.
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Tava Restaurant
17 Stoke Newington RdBUDGET: Best at 4AM whilst drunk, they serve awesome Turkish pizzas here and it gets filled with boisterous and messy revellers who can't wait to stuff their faces.
Ivy's Mess Hall
129 Kingsland High StreetMIDRANGE: Best Brunches EVER in an NYC style bar and eaterie
Excellent speciality coffee roasters, saturdays only though at Netil Market
Terrone & Co. Coffee Roasters
25 Westgate StExcellent speciality coffee roasters, saturdays only though at Netil Market
MIDRANGE: Truly great semi-outdoor bbq restaurant with small but ever-changing menu of innovative flavours from octopus to lamb... Also craft beers and unfiltered wines, really great...
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Brat x Climpson's Arch
374 Helmsley PlMIDRANGE: Truly great semi-outdoor bbq restaurant with small but ever-changing menu of innovative flavours from octopus to lamb... Also craft beers and unfiltered wines, really great...
Nar
35 Stoke Newington Church StLovely light lunches, great mezze options and top coffee on villagey stokey church street
Super-casual and bloody delicious pizza slices + beer that you can grab on the go. Open late.
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Voodoo Ray's
95 Kingsland High StSuper-casual and bloody delicious pizza slices + beer that you can grab on the go. Open late.
Essentials
This looks like any other typical shabby London bottle-shop but Neil or his brother Raj who work here, really know their wines and the prices are super-competitive.
Cuckoo Wines
164 Stoke Newington RdThis looks like any other typical shabby London bottle-shop but Neil or his brother Raj who work here, really know their wines and the prices are super-competitive.
The best fruit & veg shop in the borough of Hackney. Affordable and super-fresh and diverse
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Stoke Newington Fruit and Veg
39 Stoke Newington Church StThe best fruit & veg shop in the borough of Hackney. Affordable and super-fresh and diverse
Now called "Local Express" The best local option for groceries. Good Turkish/Polish meat/cheese, fresh veg, also wholefoods etc. Lovely people! For wine, walk further to Cuckoo Wines
Lara Supermarket
Evering RoadNow called "Local Express" The best local option for groceries. Good Turkish/Polish meat/cheese, fresh veg, also wholefoods etc. Lovely people! For wine, walk further to Cuckoo Wines
Kingsland Wines
77 Kingsland High StGreat for artisan beers without the ripoff prices of "specialist" stores...
Arts & Culture
Artists space, music venue, & decent breakfast, coffee and tea all day
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The Russet
17 Amhurst TerraceArtists space, music venue, & decent breakfast, coffee and tea all day
Phenominal gig venue which specialises in afrobeat/latin/drum n bass etc.... Every friday and saturday night something awesome can happen! Check the FB page...
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Passing Clouds
1 Richmond RoadPhenominal gig venue which specialises in afrobeat/latin/drum n bass etc.... Every friday and saturday night something awesome can happen! Check the FB page...
Fully independent one-screen art deco cinema with fun late night options and matinees as well as good recent independent releases
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Rio Cinema
107 Kingsland High StreetFully independent one-screen art deco cinema with fun late night options and matinees as well as good recent independent releases
Vyner Street
Vyner StreetA few boutique galleries here showcasing local artists
Drinks & Nightlife
Ex-Jamaican boozer & gig venue which has retained it's dancehall murals. Gigs cater to a hipster crowd with a diverse selection of alternative bands & djs. Pub area is quieter & free...
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The Shacklewell Arms
71 Shacklewell LnEx-Jamaican boozer & gig venue which has retained it's dancehall murals. Gigs cater to a hipster crowd with a diverse selection of alternative bands & djs. Pub area is quieter & free...
Coach & Horses
173 Clapham Park RdExcellent Thai food pub. A Stokey institution!
Gay-ish bar/club by night (MASSIVE queues outside!!) that slides over into a mixed/straight/androgynous Dalston crowd
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Dalston Superstore
117 Kingsland High StGay-ish bar/club by night (MASSIVE queues outside!!) that slides over into a mixed/straight/androgynous Dalston crowd
Typical Stokey pub lifted by excellent and massive garden in the summer months
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The White Hart
69 Stoke Newington High StTypical Stokey pub lifted by excellent and massive garden in the summer months
MIDRANGE: More Belgian beers than you can shake a stick at, good food I'm told though not eaten there for yonks...
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The Dove
24-28 Broadway MarketMIDRANGE: More Belgian beers than you can shake a stick at, good food I'm told though not eaten there for yonks...
Everything Else
A really great standard of vinyasa flow yoga taught here to all levels in an intimate environment — classes £10/£11
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Yoga On The Lane
105 Shacklewell LnA really great standard of vinyasa flow yoga taught here to all levels in an intimate environment — classes £10/£11
Street full of bars / arty bookshops / galleries etc and an excellent market on Saturdays of provinical cheeses/meats/veg/retro gear and snacks cooked up in the street
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Broadway Market
Broadway MarketStreet full of bars / arty bookshops / galleries etc and an excellent market on Saturdays of provinical cheeses/meats/veg/retro gear and snacks cooked up in the street
Olympic sized open-air pool open all year round! Beware the super-queues when it's hot though!
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Izitsha zaseLondon
London Fields West SideOlympic sized open-air pool open all year round! Beware the super-queues when it's hot though!
Strip of restaurants, gift shops, clothes shops, popular with boho yummy mummies etc...
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Stoke Newington Church Street
Stoke Newington Church StreetStrip of restaurants, gift shops, clothes shops, popular with boho yummy mummies etc...
The Taproom
163 Upper StCentre of the East London craft beer explosion...
BMXING & stunt bike track with bike and helmet hire... Brand new and very good apparantly from what I hear...
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Lee Valley VeloPark
Abercrombie RoadBMXING & stunt bike track with bike and helmet hire... Brand new and very good apparantly from what I hear...
Famous street full of shops and bars and art, which was originally (and still is to an extent) & Benglali area specialising in the leather trade. Huge & good flea market on Sundays, a bit touristy tho
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Brick Lane
Brick LaneFamous street full of shops and bars and art, which was originally (and still is to an extent) & Benglali area specialising in the leather trade. Huge & good flea market on Sundays, a bit touristy tho
Sightseeing
Great park for serious chilling and al-fresco drinking in the summer months
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London Fields station
Great park for serious chilling and al-fresco drinking in the summer months