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Facing a dinner in East London but dreading the latest hipster food trends? Here’s where to get proper dinner out East without any of the fuss.
Highbury is more than a stadium, a station, or a corner. It’s a thriving residential neighbourhood and home to some great places to eat.
If you’re looking for brunch, natural wine, gelato, and lahmacun—on the same day or not—then you should check out these Stoke Newington spots.
Salad or no salad? Chilli and garlic sauce, or just lots of chilli? Here are the best places to get one of London’s best, best-value snacks.
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Empanadas are the name of the game at Stoke Newington's De Nadas and it's great for nice little grab-and-go bite in the area.
Stokey’s Delicatessen, a deli and shop on Stoke Newington Church Street, will give your Hunter wellies-wearing alter-ego the tingles.
There aren’t many places where we’d happily test our quad strength by squatting in an alley to eat a taco, but Sonora Taquería—a Mexican spot in Stoke Newington—is one of them.
Los Compadres is a corridor of a Stoke Newington spot, and while it might be small, this Mexican restaurant serves mighty, tasty burritos.
215 Hackney is a Middle Eastern breakfast and brunch spot that feels like being in a homely, community-led library in Stoke Newington, with great catering and no noise restrictions.
Doña on Stoke Newington High Street is one of the best bars in London, but we're not huge fans of the street-level Central American restaurant.
Yucatan Bar is a multi-screened sports pub in Stoke Newington that lets you bring whatever food you like, if you ask nicely.
The Best Turkish Kebab is an excellent Stoke Newington spot for well-stuffed Turkish wraps and celeb-spotting on their wall of famous fans.
The Auld Shillelagh is a charming Stoke Newington pub and one of the best spots in London for a pint of the black stuff.
Mascara Bar is the closest thing north London has to a dive bar. It’s unpretentious, open until 3am, and there are occasional live ‘performances’.
Between Stoke Newington and Canonbury, Primeur is the gold standard of flickering candlelight, romantic restaurants in London. You'll enjoy the small plates and love the atmosphere.
Escocesa is a tapas restaurant in Stoke Newington serving particularly excellent seafood, all sourced from Scotland.
The breakfasts at The Good Egg are among the best in Stoke Newington. The best way to do it is to share with a few people family-style.
If you’re looking for brunch, natural wine, gelato, and lahmacun—on the same day or not—then you should check out these Stoke Newington spots.
Spence Bakery is an N16 favourite for springy sourdough, fresh pastries, and coffee—perfect for a Clissold Park picnic.
A grab-and-go spot of the most delicious kind, Roti Stop is a go-to Stoke Newington takeaway for a quick patty or a nourishing tub of curry goat with roti.
Pho Viet 101 is a cheap and cheerful Vietnamese spot in Stoke Newington, perfect for an in-and-out meal.
Ustun Lahmacun is a little lahmacun and pide house on the Newington Green end of Green Lanes making excellent, freshly-made lahmacuns.
Highbury is more than a stadium, a station, or a corner. It’s a thriving residential neighbourhood and home to some great places to eat.
The pizzas at this popular spot are simple, inexpensive, gigantic, and absolutely worth the trip to Stoke Newington.
Esters in Stoke Newington makes some of the best and most unconventional breakfasts and brunches in London.
A Stoke Newington boozer with a weeknight happy hour, The Three Crowns is a good shout for a casual boozy group catch-up.
Numara Bos Cirrik II is a reliably delicious old-school Turkish ocakbasi restaurant in Stoke Newington that’s the sibling to Cirrik in Dalston.
Salad or no salad? Chilli and garlic sauce, or just lots of chilli? Here are the best places to get one of London’s best, best-value snacks.
The Clarence Tavern is a gastropub in Stoke Newington that’s just as good for a slap-up meal as it is for a few pints and a nibble.