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Guidebook for London

Drinks & Nightlife

East London's best kept secret. A super cool cocktail bar playing hiphop, shaking up the best Old Fashioned you've had in a while and open til midnight on a school night. Oh yeah.
189 locals recommend
Satan's Whiskers
343 Cambridge Heath Rd
189 locals recommend
East London's best kept secret. A super cool cocktail bar playing hiphop, shaking up the best Old Fashioned you've had in a while and open til midnight on a school night. Oh yeah.
Great space to work during the day but becomes one of the best views in London by night. Be sure to check out Netil 360.
25 locals recommend
Netil House
1 Westgate St
25 locals recommend
Great space to work during the day but becomes one of the best views in London by night. Be sure to check out Netil 360.
Best. Local. Ever.
58 locals recommend
The Camel
277 Globe Rd
58 locals recommend
Best. Local. Ever.
Good selection of tasty worldly beer.
83 locals recommend
Well & Bucket
143 Bethnal Green Rd
83 locals recommend
Good selection of tasty worldly beer.
Good takeaway pizza.
59 locals recommend
The Florist Arms
255 Globe Rd
59 locals recommend
Good takeaway pizza.
Rooftop bar with a big firepit. Nuf said.
125 locals recommend
Boundary London
2-4 Boundary St
125 locals recommend
Rooftop bar with a big firepit. Nuf said.
Great selection of wine and nibbles. A bit pricey but a brilliant atmosphere.
112 locals recommend
Sager + Wilde Wine Bar
193 Hackney Rd
112 locals recommend
Great selection of wine and nibbles. A bit pricey but a brilliant atmosphere.
Great for cocktails and parties.
15 locals recommend
Casa Negra
54-56 Great Eastern St
15 locals recommend
Great for cocktails and parties.
Great rooftop for summer cocktails and there's a yurt up there in the winter. Think there might be a hot tub too?
110 locals recommend
Queen of Hoxton
1 Curtain Rd
110 locals recommend
Great rooftop for summer cocktails and there's a yurt up there in the winter. Think there might be a hot tub too?
If you're a Jack the Ripper fan.....this is a big piece of his history.
84 locals recommend
The Ten Bells
84 Commercial St
84 locals recommend
If you're a Jack the Ripper fan.....this is a big piece of his history.
Fun on a weeknight. Cover charge on the weekend make it a no-go.
93 locals recommend
The Book Club
100-106 Leonard St
93 locals recommend
Fun on a weeknight. Cover charge on the weekend make it a no-go.

Food Scene

Great little coffee shop. You can also get Korean food and a hair cut. #wut!?
59 locals recommend
Hurwundeki
242 Cambridge Heath Rd
59 locals recommend
Great little coffee shop. You can also get Korean food and a hair cut. #wut!?
Totally nuts. But if you like cats, it's a must.
32 locals recommend
Lady Dinah's Cat Emporium
Bethnal Green Road
32 locals recommend
Totally nuts. But if you like cats, it's a must.
Really nice food. It's also bar. Great taxidermy decor. And a nice walk from the studio through Victoria Park.
95 locals recommend
The Hemingway Public House
84 Victoria Park Rd
95 locals recommend
Really nice food. It's also bar. Great taxidermy decor. And a nice walk from the studio through Victoria Park.
Two really lovely restaurants. Pricey though.
27 locals recommend
Town Hall Hotel & Apartments
8 Patriot Square
27 locals recommend
Two really lovely restaurants. Pricey though.
Good place for breakfasts, coffee. Cute back garden.
44 locals recommend
The Larder, Bethnal Green
Globe Road
44 locals recommend
Good place for breakfasts, coffee. Cute back garden.
Be prepared to queue, but it's so worth it for this Bombay cafe style restaurant. Food is yummy. Black daal is a must.
475 locals recommend
Dishoom Shoreditch
7 Boundary St
475 locals recommend
Be prepared to queue, but it's so worth it for this Bombay cafe style restaurant. Food is yummy. Black daal is a must.
Perfect for latenight snacks. Service is spotty though.
75 locals recommend
Hoi Polloi
100 Shoreditch High St
75 locals recommend
Perfect for latenight snacks. Service is spotty though.
Chicken. Beef. Damien Hirst.
100 locals recommend
Tramshed
32 Rivington St
100 locals recommend
Chicken. Beef. Damien Hirst.
Cheap noodles. Super tasty.
19 locals recommend
Green Papaya Vietnamese Restaurant
97 Kingsland Rd
19 locals recommend
Cheap noodles. Super tasty.
A good spot at BoxPark to hunker down and get some work done. iPads stationed at every table.
Guardian Coffee
2 Bethnal Green Rd
A good spot at BoxPark to hunker down and get some work done. iPads stationed at every table.
Haggerston Riviera's newest addition. Friendly staff and a cool split level atmosphere with a gallery of rotating exhibitions.
80 locals recommend
Proud East
2-10 Hertford Road
80 locals recommend
Haggerston Riviera's newest addition. Friendly staff and a cool split level atmosphere with a gallery of rotating exhibitions.
Amazing pizza. Cheap too.
55 locals recommend
Bella Vita
53-57 Broadway Market
55 locals recommend
Amazing pizza. Cheap too.
Great for really fresh sourdough takeaway pizza. A bit noisy and crowded to dine in though.
561 locals recommend
Franco Manca
52 Broadway Market
561 locals recommend
Great for really fresh sourdough takeaway pizza. A bit noisy and crowded to dine in though.
They play jazz and serve lovely food.
52 locals recommend
Market Cafe
2 Broadway Market
52 locals recommend
They play jazz and serve lovely food.
My absolute favourite. Super unpretentious family-run Italian restaurant. Staff are amazing, the food is INCREDIBLE, and cheap. I highly recommend the Scoglio pasta and funghi pizza with chilli oil.
21 locals recommend
La Forchetta
464 Bethnal Green Rd
21 locals recommend
My absolute favourite. Super unpretentious family-run Italian restaurant. Staff are amazing, the food is INCREDIBLE, and cheap. I highly recommend the Scoglio pasta and funghi pizza with chilli oil.

Sightseeing

One of London's best parks. Super pretty and Regen'ts Canal runs right through it.
1666 locals recommend
Pavilion Cafe
Old Ford Road
1666 locals recommend
One of London's best parks. Super pretty and Regen'ts Canal runs right through it.
No trip to East London is complete without a trip to Brick Lane.
878 locals recommend
Brick Lane
Brick Lane
878 locals recommend
No trip to East London is complete without a trip to Brick Lane.
A must do on Sunday afternoon.
1660 locals recommend
Columbia Road Flower Market
Columbia Road
1660 locals recommend
A must do on Sunday afternoon.
Great weekend markets and reasonably priced (albeit more commercial) food options.
696 locals recommend
Old Spitalfields Market
16 Commercial St
696 locals recommend
Great weekend markets and reasonably priced (albeit more commercial) food options.
If you're into ye olde British interior design throughout the centuries, this is a must see. Beautiful for picnics as well.
326 locals recommend
Museum of the Home
136 Kingsland Road
326 locals recommend
If you're into ye olde British interior design throughout the centuries, this is a must see. Beautiful for picnics as well.

Everything Else

Perfect for a romantic stroll or a cycle ride up to north London.
339 locals recommend
Regent's Canal
339 locals recommend
Perfect for a romantic stroll or a cycle ride up to north London.

Arts & Culture

Great indy cinema
445 locals recommend
Hackney Picturehouse
270 Mare St
445 locals recommend
Great indy cinema
Great art house cinema. Doesn't look like much from outside, but it's a real treat.
244 locals recommend
Genesis Cinema
93-95 Mile End Rd
244 locals recommend
Great art house cinema. Doesn't look like much from outside, but it's a real treat.
Great Shoreditch cinema
260 locals recommend
Rich Mix
35-47 Bethnal Green Rd
260 locals recommend
Great Shoreditch cinema
Excellent contemporary exhibitions. Good cafe.
589 locals recommend
Whitechapel Gallery
77-82 Whitechapel High St
589 locals recommend
Excellent contemporary exhibitions. Good cafe.
A must for anyone visiting London. Philistines be damed!
509 locals recommend
Barbican Centre
Silk Street
509 locals recommend
A must for anyone visiting London. Philistines be damed!

Essentials

Good for staples: milk, bread, beer, wine, etc.
15 locals recommend
Co-op Food - Tower Hamlets - Globe Road
250a Globe Rd
15 locals recommend
Good for staples: milk, bread, beer, wine, etc.

Shopping

Brilliant little independently run inspirational knicks knacks shop.
YCN. You Can Now.
22 Rivington St
Brilliant little independently run inspirational knicks knacks shop.
Be warned: you can get stuck in there for ages thumbing through and sniffing some utterly beautiful art books...
33 locals recommend
Artwords Bookshop
20-22 Broadway Market
33 locals recommend
Be warned: you can get stuck in there for ages thumbing through and sniffing some utterly beautiful art books...
Plain industrial vintage-inspired goods store. Beautifully curated.
31 locals recommend
Labour and Wait
85 Redchurch St
31 locals recommend
Plain industrial vintage-inspired goods store. Beautifully curated.