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569 places · page 2Aziziye Restaurant
117-119 STOKE NEWINGTON ROAD · N16 8BU
Aziziye is a long-running Turkish restaurant and ocakbasi on Stoke Newington Road, serving traditional dishes, meze and charcoal-grilled meats.
Baba Doner
303 MARE STREET · E8 1EJ
Baba Doner is a Mare Street Turkish takeaway with a broad grill menu rather than doner alone. Lamb and chicken doner, shish and kofte can be ordered in wraps, Turkish bread or with chips, while halloumi and falafel cover the meat-free side of the menu.
Bad Coffee
Prince Edward Road · E9 5LX
Bad Coffee is a female-led speciality roastery and coffee shop in Hackney Wick, roasting beans sourced from smallholder farms.
Bagel on the Park
106 Gore Road · E9 7HW
Bagel on the Park is a small bakery and café beside Victoria Park, useful for breakfast, lunch or a takeaway lap of the park. Bagels come with classic fillings such as smoked salmon and cream cheese alongside breakfast combinations, with coffee and baked goods at the counter.
Bake Street
58 Evering Road · N16 7SR
Bake Street is a small neighbourhood cafe with a much bigger food reputation. Alongside coffee and baked sweets, the kitchen is known for Nashville hot chicken buns, smash burgers, birria specials and inventive soft-serve flavours; seating is mostly outside, so it also works well as a grab-and-go stop.
Bake Street
58 Evering Road · N16 7SR
Bake Street is a tiny neighbourhood café that turns into a serious comfort-food destination at weekends. Go for smash burgers, Nashville hot chicken, the chicken makhani sandwich or a changing special, then add the crème brûlée cookie or seasonal soft serve before they sell out.
Bambi
1A WESTGATE STREET · E8 3RL
Bambi is a neighbourhood restaurant and listening bar in London Fields, with a Mediterranean-influenced menu and music played through a dedicated sound system.
Bánh Mì Hội-An
242 Graham Road · E8 1BP
Bánh Mì Hội-An is a tiny, lunch-only Hackney Central counter making exceptionally large Vietnamese baguettes. The Hội-An Special packs char siu, pork belly, pâté, omelette, pickles, coriander and chilli into a crisp baguette; noodle salads and phở are available, but the sandwiches are the reason to queue.
Bánh
592 KINGSLAND ROAD · E8 4AH
Bánh is a family-run Vietnamese restaurant in Dalston serving bánh mì, pho, bún noodle bowls, summer rolls and changing regional specials, with a strong vegetarian and vegan selection.
Brilliant Corners
480 KINGSLAND ROAD · E8 4AE
Brilliant Corners is a Japanese small-plates restaurant and listening bar on Kingsland Road. Music plays through a high-end sound system while the kitchen sends out sashimi, maki, tempura and sharing dishes; booking is sensible for dinner.
Bar Valette
30 Kingsland Road · E2 8AA
Bar Valette is Isaac McHale’s informal sibling to The Clove Club, built around rustic food from southern France and northern Spain: snacks, seafood, slow-cooked dishes, sherry and a strong French and Spanish wine list. It is temporarily closed, with the official site promising a return in late summer 2026.
Beans & Bites
244 MORNING LANE · E9 6RQ
Beans & Bites is a Morning Lane brunch cafe that leans into photogenic, generous plates. Pistachio pancakes and brioche French toast sit beside savoury breakfasts and coffee, and a covered terrace gives it more staying power than a grab-and-go counter.
Behind
20 SIDWORTH STREET · E8 3SD
Behind is an intimate, Michelin-starred restaurant near London Fields where 18 guests sit around the kitchen table for a fish-focused tasting menu served by the chefs, with a relaxed wine bar alongside.
Behind This Wall
411 Mare Street
Behind This Wall is a basement cocktail bar beneath Mare Street's Narrow Way, pairing drinks and pizza with vinyl played through a vintage sound system.
Bella Vita
57 Broadway Market · E8 4PH
Bella Vita is a long-running Broadway Market Italian restaurant with a broad, crowd-pleasing menu. Expect antipasti, pasta made in house, pizza, risotto, seafood, grills and classic desserts, served in a bustling dining room with pavement tables on the market.
Berber & Q
London · E8 4EA
Berber & Q is a live-fire grill house under a Haggerston railway arch from chef Josh Katz. The menu draws on Middle Eastern and North African cooking: hummus and mezze, smoked meat, whole grilled dishes and generous plates designed for sharing.
Better Health Bakery
13 Stean Street · E8 4ED
Better Health Bakery is a Haggerston social-enterprise bakery and cafe making slow-fermented sourdough, sandwiches and pastries while providing training placements for adults recovering from mental ill-health.
Biddle Bros
88 Lower Clapton Road · E5 0QR
Biddle Bros is a proper independent Hackney pub in an old builders’ merchant, with the original shopfront still intact. The front room is for pints and conversation; the back room comes alive with gigs, DJs, karaoke and weekend crowds.
Binch
51 GREENWOOD ROAD · E8 1NT
Binch is a neighbourhood bar on Greenwood Road specialising in wine and craft beer.
The Birdcage
58 STAMFORD HILL · N16 6XS
The Birdcage is a large Stamford Hill local with live sport and music, serving burgers, grilled dishes and pub snacks alongside beer, wine and cocktails.
Black Cardamom
269 WELL STREET · E9 6RG
Black Cardamom is a Well Street Indian takeaway with curries, biryani, tandoori dishes, naan and familiar sides available for collection or delivery.
Black Cat Café
76A CLARENCE ROAD · E5 8HB
Black Cat is a worker-run vegan café and Hackney institution on Clarence Road. The changing menu covers cooked breakfasts, generous hot lunch plates, sandwiches, pastries and cakes; it is casual, community-minded and fully plant-based rather than a token vegan option on a wider menu.
Blondies
205a Lower Clapton Road
Blondies is a small Lower Clapton Road dive bar built around heavy music, cold beer and cocktails. Expect DJs and live sets rather than a restaurant menu.
Long White Cloud
147 Hackney Road London · E2 8JL
Long White Cloud is a New Zealand-style Hackney Road cafe serving speciality coffee, eggs, brunch plates, sandwiches and homemade cakes, with art from local makers on the walls.
Brags & Brams
263-265 HACKNEY ROAD · E2 8NA
Brags & Brams is a Hackney Road cafe for breakfast, brunch and lunch. The menu runs from eggs Benedict, shakshuka and Turkish eggs to pancakes, burgers, pasta and fresh juices.
Brat x Climpson’s Arch
Helmsley Place · E8 3SB
Brat x Climpson’s Arch is Tomos Parry’s established London Fields restaurant beneath a railway arch. A daily blackboard menu is cooked over wood fire, with whole fish, smoky vegetables, large cuts to share and burnt cheesecake, served in a heated courtyard with a serious wine list.
Bread & Butter Arch
3 Bohemia Place · E8 1DU
Bread & Butter Arch is a community, events and nightlife space with food and drinks in Arch 3.
Bread & Oregano
143-145 Homerton High Street
Bread & Oregano is a Homerton bakery-cafe serving coffee, fresh bread, pastries, filled focaccia and Mediterranean-leaning breakfast and lunch dishes.
Bread & Truffle
376 HELMSLEY PLACE HELMSLEY PLACE HACKNEY · E8 3SB
Bread & Truffle specialises in freshly baked focaccia sandwiches filled to order.
Bread Meats Sauce
13-23 WESTGATE STREET · E8 3RL
Bread Meats Sauce is a Netil Market sandwich counter specialising in hot fillings on a soft focaccia-ciabatta hybrid baked for the job. Chicken parm and aubergine parm are the anchors, joined by changing specials; short daytime hours mean this is firmly a lunch stop.