Guidebook for London

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Guidebook for London

Essentials

Fully stocked supermarket for all the basics, fruit and veg, alcohol and tobacco open until midnight each night.
20 locals recommend
Tesco Express
130a Kingsland High Street
20 locals recommend
Fully stocked supermarket for all the basics, fruit and veg, alcohol and tobacco open until midnight each night.
Very similar to Whole Foods, with its own cafe. Loads of healthy groceries, wines, cakes fresh fruit and veg and in-store bakery.
64 locals recommend
Harvest E8
130-132 Kingsland High St
64 locals recommend
Very similar to Whole Foods, with its own cafe. Loads of healthy groceries, wines, cakes fresh fruit and veg and in-store bakery.
There is an enormous Sainsbury's supermarket in this shopping centre.
33 locals recommend
Kingsland Shopping Centre
Kingsland High Street
33 locals recommend
There is an enormous Sainsbury's supermarket in this shopping centre.
Fishmonger with a restaurant in it.
77 locals recommend
Prawn on the Lawn
294 St Paul's Rd
77 locals recommend
Fishmonger with a restaurant in it.

Drinks & Nightlife

Great young place for brunch, dinner and an even better bar and nightclub in the evenings. Extremely friendly, mostly gay crowd and really fun.
187 locals recommend
Dalston Superstore
117 Kingsland High St
187 locals recommend
Great young place for brunch, dinner and an even better bar and nightclub in the evenings. Extremely friendly, mostly gay crowd and really fun.
Night club popular with young crowd, students etc.
42 locals recommend
The Alibi
91 Kingsland High Street
42 locals recommend
Night club popular with young crowd, students etc.
The absolute best pub in London, in my opinion. Family friendly, great food and atmosphere and in a very pretty spot.
126 locals recommend
The Talbot
109 Mortimer Rd
126 locals recommend
The absolute best pub in London, in my opinion. Family friendly, great food and atmosphere and in a very pretty spot.
A great little pub that also serves Thai food, just 5 minutes from the apartment.
93 locals recommend
The Railway Tavern
15 Liverpool St
93 locals recommend
A great little pub that also serves Thai food, just 5 minutes from the apartment.
Another great family friendly pub with a charming little garden, 10 minute walk from the apartment.
133 locals recommend
The Scolt Head
107A Culford Rd
133 locals recommend
Another great family friendly pub with a charming little garden, 10 minute walk from the apartment.
Live music venue and bar owned by VICE.
74 locals recommend
Birthdays
33-35 Stoke Newington Road
74 locals recommend
Live music venue and bar owned by VICE.
Cool late night club that plays mostly techno.
58 locals recommend
Ray's Bar
95 Kingsland High Street
58 locals recommend
Cool late night club that plays mostly techno.
A fairly new pub and oyster bar, just a 10 minute walk from the apartment.
141 locals recommend
The Duke of Cambridge
30 Saint Peter's Street
141 locals recommend
A fairly new pub and oyster bar, just a 10 minute walk from the apartment.
Traditional local pub with really great burgers.
57 locals recommend
The Three Compasses
99 Dalston Ln
57 locals recommend
Traditional local pub with really great burgers.
Another one of my favourite pubs with really great bar snacks and a large garden. Cool, young crowd.
147 locals recommend
The Spurstowe Arms
68 Greenwood Rd
147 locals recommend
Another one of my favourite pubs with really great bar snacks and a large garden. Cool, young crowd.
Another great family friendly pub with yet more great bar snacks and outdoor space to sit.
73 locals recommend
Prince George
40 Parkholme Rd
73 locals recommend
Another great family friendly pub with yet more great bar snacks and outdoor space to sit.
Small underground night club playing mainly electronic music.
Tipsy Bar
20 Stoke Newington Rd
Small underground night club playing mainly electronic music.
Cocktails and retro video games.
24 locals recommend
Loading Bar
129 Stoke Newington High St
24 locals recommend
Cocktails and retro video games.
One of the best cocktail bars in the area in an underground cavern.
98 locals recommend
Ruby's
76 Stoke Newington Rd
98 locals recommend
One of the best cocktail bars in the area in an underground cavern.
Traditional pub with great selection of beers and ales.
37 locals recommend
The Duke Of Wellington
119 Balls Pond Rd
37 locals recommend
Traditional pub with great selection of beers and ales.
Another great pub with really good food and very cool decor.
41 locals recommend
The Hunter S
194 Southgate Rd
41 locals recommend
Another great pub with really good food and very cool decor.
Cool pub overlooking London Fields with a huge outdoor terrace. Popular with a young crowd.
162 locals recommend
Pub On The Park
19 Martello Street
162 locals recommend
Cool pub overlooking London Fields with a huge outdoor terrace. Popular with a young crowd.
Popular gay pub and club owned by local drag legends.
44 locals recommend
The Glory
281 Kingsland Rd
44 locals recommend
Popular gay pub and club owned by local drag legends.

Food Scene

Really good and very reasonably-priced brunch or dinner place, two minutes from the apartment.
36 locals recommend
Ivy's Mess Hall
129 Kingsland High Street
36 locals recommend
Really good and very reasonably-priced brunch or dinner place, two minutes from the apartment.
Exceptional and experimental restaurant. Great tasting menu. I can't believe it doesn't have a Michelin Star yet.
45 locals recommend
White Rabbit
15-16 Bradbury Street
45 locals recommend
Exceptional and experimental restaurant. Great tasting menu. I can't believe it doesn't have a Michelin Star yet.
Super and really reasonably-priced brunch spot.
49 locals recommend
Hash E8
170 Dalston Ln
49 locals recommend
Super and really reasonably-priced brunch spot.
Nando's, for when you need it. 5 minute walk from the apartment.
7 locals recommend
Nando's
148 Kingsland High St
7 locals recommend
Nando's, for when you need it. 5 minute walk from the apartment.
Really amazing brunch, plus mediterranean-meets-middle eastern salads and dishes.
71 locals recommend
Cafe Route
71 locals recommend
Really amazing brunch, plus mediterranean-meets-middle eastern salads and dishes.
Delicious coffee.
17 locals recommend
Reilly Rocket
507 Kingsland Road
17 locals recommend
Delicious coffee.
Really great restaurant and cocktail bar. A mix of Hawaiian and Asian dishes and a beautiful, cavernous space.
15 locals recommend
Pond Dalston
3 Gillett St
15 locals recommend
Really great restaurant and cocktail bar. A mix of Hawaiian and Asian dishes and a beautiful, cavernous space.
One of the best Turkish restaurants in the area. Really cheap and you can bring your own alcohol.
150 locals recommend
Mangal 1
10 Arcola St
150 locals recommend
One of the best Turkish restaurants in the area. Really cheap and you can bring your own alcohol.
Modern Vietnamese food with the best chicken wings ever.
91 locals recommend
Salvation in Noodles
122 Balls Pond Rd
91 locals recommend
Modern Vietnamese food with the best chicken wings ever.
Big and delicious pizza slices, loads of weird and wonderful ingredients and a cool interior, just two minutes from the apartment.
118 locals recommend
Voodoo Ray's
95 Kingsland High St
118 locals recommend
Big and delicious pizza slices, loads of weird and wonderful ingredients and a cool interior, just two minutes from the apartment.
Really tasty modern Italian restaurant (no pizza) in a beautiful setting and amazing service.
93 locals recommend
Rotorino
434 Kingsland Rd
93 locals recommend
Really tasty modern Italian restaurant (no pizza) in a beautiful setting and amazing service.
Another of my favourite brunch places in the area.
48 locals recommend
A Little Of What You Fancy
464 Kingsland Road
48 locals recommend
Another of my favourite brunch places in the area.
Chinese restaurant with a vast menu that also delivers.
24 locals recommend
Shanghai
24 locals recommend
Chinese restaurant with a vast menu that also delivers.
Super French restaurant in the back of a wine shop just a 5-10 minute walk from the apartment.
74 locals recommend
L'Entrepot
74 locals recommend
Super French restaurant in the back of a wine shop just a 5-10 minute walk from the apartment.
Cool little place to go for fried chicken and sour cocktails.
64 locals recommend
Chick 'n' Sours
390 Kingsland Rd
64 locals recommend
Cool little place to go for fried chicken and sour cocktails.
Bagel shop that's open 24 hours.
46 locals recommend
The Barge House
46a De Beauvoir Cres
46 locals recommend
Bagel shop that's open 24 hours.
Tapas, tacos and cocktails with an outdoor seating area two minutes from the apartment.
22 locals recommend
VIVA Cocktails & Tapas
2 Stoke Newington Rd
22 locals recommend
Tapas, tacos and cocktails with an outdoor seating area two minutes from the apartment.
Classic and cool British restaurant and cocktail bar that does a bottomless brunch.
59 locals recommend
Jones & Sons
3 Gillett St
59 locals recommend
Classic and cool British restaurant and cocktail bar that does a bottomless brunch.
Delicious deli food and coffee.
144 locals recommend
De Beauvoir Deli Co
98 Southgate Rd
144 locals recommend
Delicious deli food and coffee.
Yummy set menu chicken restaurant.
37 locals recommend
LeCoq
292-294 Saint Paul's Road
37 locals recommend
Yummy set menu chicken restaurant.
Cool, canalside bar and brunch spot that does amazing Bloody Marys.
80 locals recommend
Proud East
2-10 Hertford Road
80 locals recommend
Cool, canalside bar and brunch spot that does amazing Bloody Marys.
Little trattoria and restaurant with amazing pizza and deli foods.
32 locals recommend
Lardo Bebé
158 Sandringham Rd
32 locals recommend
Little trattoria and restaurant with amazing pizza and deli foods.
Relatively new place with great lunch and dinner. Very family friendly
25 locals recommend
Foxlow Stoke Newington
71-73 Stoke Newington Church Street
25 locals recommend
Relatively new place with great lunch and dinner. Very family friendly
Great little coffee and cake place.
Briggs & Williams
5 Dalston Ln
Great little coffee and cake place.

Everything Else

Beautiful park just a 15 minute walk from the apartment. Perfect for BBQs, picnics and people watching.
591 locals recommend
London Fields
London Fields West Side
591 locals recommend
Beautiful park just a 15 minute walk from the apartment. Perfect for BBQs, picnics and people watching.
Super trendy weekend hangout. Good pubs, restaurants, bars and the weekend market sells loads of incredible food. Amazing for people watching and just mooching around on the weekend.
1735 locals recommend
Broadway Market
Broadway Market
1735 locals recommend
Super trendy weekend hangout. Good pubs, restaurants, bars and the weekend market sells loads of incredible food. Amazing for people watching and just mooching around on the weekend.
Loads of great shops (from vintage to expensive boutiques), bars, tons of restaurants, clubs. This is one of the main epicentres of East London.
620 locals recommend
Shoreditch
620 locals recommend
Loads of great shops (from vintage to expensive boutiques), bars, tons of restaurants, clubs. This is one of the main epicentres of East London.
Weekend market, vintage shopping, bars, people watching, curries and bagels.
878 locals recommend
Brick Lane
Brick Lane
878 locals recommend
Weekend market, vintage shopping, bars, people watching, curries and bagels.
Rooftop bar with live music and summer cocktails.
79 locals recommend
Dalston Roof Park
18-22 Ashwin St
79 locals recommend
Rooftop bar with live music and summer cocktails.
Enormous vintage clothing store.
73 locals recommend
Beyond Retro Dalston
92-100 Stoke Newington Rd
73 locals recommend
Enormous vintage clothing store.
Outdoor heated swimming pool.
591 locals recommend
London Fields
London Fields West Side
591 locals recommend
Outdoor heated swimming pool.
Another really beautiful park just a 15 minute walk from the apartment or two stops on the overground.
209 locals recommend
Highbury Fields
Highbury Crescent
209 locals recommend
Another really beautiful park just a 15 minute walk from the apartment or two stops on the overground.
Pretty and bustling high street with loads of cafés, cake shops, a Whole Foods market, and nice independent shops with homewares and generally nice things. Worth a stroll to Clissold Park.
232 locals recommend
Stoke Newington Church Street
Stoke Newington Church Street
232 locals recommend
Pretty and bustling high street with loads of cafés, cake shops, a Whole Foods market, and nice independent shops with homewares and generally nice things. Worth a stroll to Clissold Park.

Arts & Culture

Local jazz bar.
125 locals recommend
Vortex
11 Gillett Square
125 locals recommend
Local jazz bar.
Great little cinema with a selected calendar of independent and blockbuster movies.
322 locals recommend
Rio Cinema
107 Kingsland High Street
322 locals recommend
Great little cinema with a selected calendar of independent and blockbuster movies.
Live music venue and pub/bar with amazing burgers.
79 locals recommend
The Shacklewell Arms
71 Shacklewell Ln
79 locals recommend
Live music venue and pub/bar with amazing burgers.
Great little theatre with loads of independent productions all year round.
199 locals recommend
Arcola Bar
24 Ashwin St
199 locals recommend
Great little theatre with loads of independent productions all year round.
A big cinema with a bar and lots of films from blockbusters to independent releases.
445 locals recommend
Hackney Picturehouse
270 Mare St
445 locals recommend
A big cinema with a bar and lots of films from blockbusters to independent releases.

Shopping

Cool shop for skate and street wear.
7 locals recommend
HUH.
56 Stoke Newington Rd
7 locals recommend
Cool shop for skate and street wear.