Guidebook for London
Food Scene
Prime cuts of matured beef and other British classics served in stripped-back, bare-brick surrounds.
152 locals recommend
Hawksmoor Spitalfields
157A Commercial StPrime cuts of matured beef and other British classics served in stripped-back, bare-brick surrounds.
Traditional fish-and-chip shop decorated with 1950s memorabilia, offering table service or takeaway.
131 locals recommend
Poppies Fish & Chips, Spitalfields
6-8 Hanbury StTraditional fish-and-chip shop decorated with 1950s memorabilia, offering table service or takeaway.
Bakery and small plates restaurant from the pioneer of the resurgent interest in offal dishes.
136 locals recommend
St. JOHN Restaurant
26 St John StBakery and small plates restaurant from the pioneer of the resurgent interest in offal dishes.
Gourmet New French cuisine in grand former Victorian chapel with 30-metre vaulted ceiling.
50 locals recommend
Galvin La Chapelle
35 Spital SquareGourmet New French cuisine in grand former Victorian chapel with 30-metre vaulted ceiling.
Drinks & Nightlife
Hip, bar with exposed brick and junkyard decor, craft beers and a large garden with food truck.
36 locals recommend
The Crown and Shuttle
226 Shoreditch High StreetHip, bar with exposed brick and junkyard decor, craft beers and a large garden with food truck.
Expansive pub with sofas, dining room, beer garden and basement cinema, plus bar and barbecue menus.
37 locals recommend
The Water Poet
9-11 Folgate StExpansive pub with sofas, dining room, beer garden and basement cinema, plus bar and barbecue menus.
Victorian corner pub with small upstairs cocktail bar, large windows and eccentric decoration.
38 locals recommend
Commercial Tavern
142 Commercial StVictorian corner pub with small upstairs cocktail bar, large windows and eccentric decoration.
Cosy unchanging boozer with piano and pavement terrace in a cobbled backstreet.
61 locals recommend
The Pride of Spitalfields London
3 Heneage StCosy unchanging boozer with piano and pavement terrace in a cobbled backstreet.
Upscale pub fare and creative cocktails served in an airy, industrial-chic space with a roof garden.
98 locals recommend
The Culpeper
40 Commercial StUpscale pub fare and creative cocktails served in an airy, industrial-chic space with a roof garden.
Shopping
Daily fashion and vintage stalls in renewed Victorian covered market with restaurants and boutiques.
696 locals recommend
Old Spitalfields Market
16 Commercial StDaily fashion and vintage stalls in renewed Victorian covered market with restaurants and boutiques.
Essentials
Tesco Express
116-118 Commercial StPlanet Organic - Spitalfields
132 Commercial StGetting Around
Shoreditch High Street Station
Old Street station
Aldgate East Station
Whitechapel High Street