Daniel’s Guidebook

Daniel
Daniel’s Guidebook

Sightseeing

One of London’s most well-known and nicest-looking markets, Columbia Road overflows with bucketfuls of beautiful flowers every Sunday. From 8am-3pm, market traders line the narrow street selling flowers, houseplants, herbs, bulbs and shrubs.
1660 locals recommend
Columbia Road Flower Market
Columbia Road
1660 locals recommend
One of London’s most well-known and nicest-looking markets, Columbia Road overflows with bucketfuls of beautiful flowers every Sunday. From 8am-3pm, market traders line the narrow street selling flowers, houseplants, herbs, bulbs and shrubs.
1666 locals recommend
Pavilion Cafe
Old Ford Road
1666 locals recommend
Hire a bike or take a walk from Hoxton to Victoria Park or Kings Cross.
22 locals recommend
Regents Canal Walk
City Road
22 locals recommend
Hire a bike or take a walk from Hoxton to Victoria Park or Kings Cross.
326 locals recommend
Museum of the Home
136 Kingsland Road
326 locals recommend
217 locals recommend
Museum of London Docklands
Hertsmere Road
217 locals recommend
Cable car across South / East London.
6 locals recommend
The Emirates Aviation Experience
Edmund Halley Way
6 locals recommend
Cable car across South / East London.
269 locals recommend
Hackney City Farm
1a Goldsmiths Row
269 locals recommend
137 locals recommend
Hackney Wick
137 locals recommend
Games cafe.
52 locals recommend
Draughts - Hackney
41 Kingsland High Street
52 locals recommend
Games cafe.
Nature reserve in central London. Excellent walks.
91 locals recommend
Walthamstow Wetlands
2 Forest Road
91 locals recommend
Nature reserve in central London. Excellent walks.
178 locals recommend
Dalston Eastern Curve Garden
13 Dalston Ln
178 locals recommend
1215 locals recommend
Hampstead Heath
1215 locals recommend

Food scene

Great market which runs every Saturday, independent food / vintage stalls.
1735 locals recommend
Broadway Market
Broadway Market
1735 locals recommend
Great market which runs every Saturday, independent food / vintage stalls.
Small local coffee shop, nice quiet place to work.
11 locals recommend
Nkora Coffee - Shoreditch
21 Hackney Rd
11 locals recommend
Small local coffee shop, nice quiet place to work.
Best cinnamon / cardamon buns in London.
45 locals recommend
Fabrique Bakery
385 Geffrye St
45 locals recommend
Best cinnamon / cardamon buns in London.
Excellent vegan breakfast / brunch spot.
Super Nature X SITE
198 Hackney Rd
Excellent vegan breakfast / brunch spot.
Favourite brunch spot in the area. Great food at reasonable prices, Mehmet is a great cook.
32 locals recommend
Long White Cloud
151 Hackney Rd
32 locals recommend
Favourite brunch spot in the area. Great food at reasonable prices, Mehmet is a great cook.
Great brunch spot close to London Fields
14 locals recommend
Ozone Coffee
Emma Street
14 locals recommend
Great brunch spot close to London Fields
Filipino brunch spot, excellent bottomless brunches.
29 locals recommend
Rapsa @ 100 Hoxton
100-102 Hoxton St
29 locals recommend
Filipino brunch spot, excellent bottomless brunches.
100% vegan Vietnamese dinner spot. Top dishes - sharing starter platter and the clay pot pork.
Sen Viet Vegetarian Restaurant
120 Kingsland Road
100% vegan Vietnamese dinner spot. Top dishes - sharing starter platter and the clay pot pork.
The original vegan chicken shop.
Temple of Hackney
10 Morning Lane
The original vegan chicken shop.
Pavilion Bakery Columbia Road
130 Columbia Road
Vietnamese cheap eats.
110 locals recommend
Sông Quê Café
134 Kingsland Rd
110 locals recommend
Vietnamese cheap eats.
Vietnamese
77 locals recommend
Mien Tay
106-108 Kingsland Rd
77 locals recommend
Vietnamese
Ramen spot. Home made noodles.
139 locals recommend
Tonkotsu East
1a Dunston St
139 locals recommend
Ramen spot. Home made noodles.
Excellent tapas spot.
58 locals recommend
El Ganso Cafe
59 Broadway Market
58 locals recommend
Excellent tapas spot.
Sour dough pizza joint.
561 locals recommend
Franco Manca
52 Broadway Market
561 locals recommend
Sour dough pizza joint.
Best subs in East London.
Dom's Subs
262 Hackney Road
Best subs in East London.
Best sandwiches in all of London. Miso egg mayo sandwich is a must try!
Sons + Daughters
Best sandwiches in all of London. Miso egg mayo sandwich is a must try!
Middle eastern fusion / tapas.
162 locals recommend
Morito
195 Hackney Rd
162 locals recommend
Middle eastern fusion / tapas.
137 locals recommend
Yard Sale Pizza
105 Lower Clapton Rd
137 locals recommend
Famous East London curry house. BYOB, noisy / gregarious atmosphere.
381 locals recommend
Tayyabs
83-89 Fieldgate St
381 locals recommend
Famous East London curry house. BYOB, noisy / gregarious atmosphere.
Veggie vegan british restaurant
32 locals recommend
Mildreds Dalston
32 locals recommend
Veggie vegan british restaurant
100% vegan cheap eats. Ethopian thali / injera.
15 locals recommend
Andu Café
528 Kingsland Rd
15 locals recommend
100% vegan cheap eats. Ethopian thali / injera.
Thai restaurant
45 locals recommend
Rosa's Thai Cafe Spitalfields
12 Hanbury St
45 locals recommend
Thai restaurant
Chinese noodle spot.
8 locals recommend
Xi'an Biang Biang Noodles
62 Wentworth St
8 locals recommend
Chinese noodle spot.
Our favourite chinese restaurant in London.
13 locals recommend
Yipin China
70-72 Liverpool Rd
13 locals recommend
Our favourite chinese restaurant in London.
115 locals recommend
My Neighbours the Dumplings
165 Lower Clapton Rd
115 locals recommend
Indian restaurant - few branches dotted across London. Excellent breakfasts and exceptional black daal.
475 locals recommend
Dishoom Shoreditch
7 Boundary St
475 locals recommend
Indian restaurant - few branches dotted across London. Excellent breakfasts and exceptional black daal.
Great turkish ocakbasi in East / North London area.
96 locals recommend
Mangal 2 Restaurant
4 Stoke Newington Rd
96 locals recommend
Great turkish ocakbasi in East / North London area.
Traditional fish and chips spot.
131 locals recommend
Poppies Fish & Chips, Spitalfields
6-8 Hanbury St
131 locals recommend
Traditional fish and chips spot.
Old-fashioned outlet for classic Cockney favourites like savoury & fruit pies, mash, tea & coffee.
7 locals recommend
F Cooke Hoxton
150 Hoxton St
7 locals recommend
Old-fashioned outlet for classic Cockney favourites like savoury & fruit pies, mash, tea & coffee.
Fish and chip shop.
88 locals recommend
Sutton and Sons Fish & Chips
90 Stoke Newington High Street
88 locals recommend
Fish and chip shop.
Top Sunday Roast
95 locals recommend
Marksman Public House
254 Hackney Rd
95 locals recommend
Top Sunday Roast
Great sunday roasts.
90 locals recommend
The Jolly Butchers
204 Stoke Newington High Street
90 locals recommend
Great sunday roasts.
Great food / drink / shopping area.
70 locals recommend
Coal Drops Yard
Stable Street
70 locals recommend
Great food / drink / shopping area.
Small high end British restaurant serving seasonal weekly changing menu.
91 locals recommend
Pidgin
52 Wilton Way
91 locals recommend
Small high end British restaurant serving seasonal weekly changing menu.
2 michelin starred restaurant in former town hall. Fusion cuisine.
Da Terra Restaurant & Bar at Town Hall Hotel
8 Patriot Square
2 michelin starred restaurant in former town hall. Fusion cuisine.
High end seasonal British restaurant.
61 locals recommend
Lyle's
56 Shoreditch High St
61 locals recommend
High end seasonal British restaurant.

Bars

Top shelf mezcal bar
6 locals recommend
Hacha Bar
378 Kingsland Rd
6 locals recommend
Top shelf mezcal bar
Intimate speak easy style bar.
22 locals recommend
MAP Maison
321 Kingsland Rd
22 locals recommend
Intimate speak easy style bar.
35 locals recommend
Looking Glass Cocktail Club
49 Hackney Road
35 locals recommend
Great rooftop bar near London Fields
112 locals recommend
Netil360
1 Westgate St
112 locals recommend
Great rooftop bar near London Fields
86 locals recommend
Mare street market
117 Mare St
86 locals recommend
A rustic, unfussy wine bar serving exciting new bottles alongside old classics.
112 locals recommend
Sager + Wilde Wine Bar
193 Hackney Rd
112 locals recommend
A rustic, unfussy wine bar serving exciting new bottles alongside old classics.

Pubs

150 locals recommend
The Cat & Mutton
76 Broadway Market
150 locals recommend
39 locals recommend
The George & Vulture
63 Pitfield St
39 locals recommend
7 locals recommend
Mikkeller Bar London
2-4 Hackney Rd
7 locals recommend
35 locals recommend
Howl At The Moon
178 Hoxton St
35 locals recommend
Excellent Sunday Roast too.
302 locals recommend
The Dove
24-28 Broadway Market
302 locals recommend
Excellent Sunday Roast too.
Local brewery / tap room.
The Five Points Brewing Company
61 Mare Street
Local brewery / tap room.
162 locals recommend
Pub On The Park
19 Martello Street
162 locals recommend
7 locals recommend
People's Park Tavern
360 Victoria Park Road
7 locals recommend

LGBTQI+

44 locals recommend
The Glory
281 Kingsland Rd
44 locals recommend
187 locals recommend
Dalston Superstore
117 Kingsland High St
187 locals recommend
The Karaoke Hole
95 Kingsland High St
58 locals recommend
Bethnal Green Working Men's Club
42-46 Pollard Row
58 locals recommend

Nightlife

96 locals recommend
XOYO
32-37 Cowper St
96 locals recommend
71 locals recommend
Oval Space
32 The Oval
71 locals recommend
19 locals recommend
Night Tales
14 Bohemia Pl
19 locals recommend
7 locals recommend
Rolling Stock London
48 Kingsland Rd
7 locals recommend
7 locals recommend
Basing House
25 Kingsland Rd
7 locals recommend
21 locals recommend
Printworks London
Surrey Quays Road
21 locals recommend
110 locals recommend
Queen of Hoxton
1 Curtain Rd
110 locals recommend
51 locals recommend
Village Underground
54 Holywell Ln
51 locals recommend

Fitness

Fitness passes available by the day.
PureGym London Hoxton
Cremer Street
Fitness passes available by the day.
Cheap and cheerful gym at a local college. Buy passes from around £7 via the fitness app "Hussle".
New City Fitness
Redvers Street
Cheap and cheerful gym at a local college. Buy passes from around £7 via the fitness app "Hussle".
Outside heated swimming pool.
591 locals recommend
London Fields
London Fields West Side
591 locals recommend
Outside heated swimming pool.
yoga / dance studio.
31 locals recommend
TripSpace - Yoga & Dance
339 Acton Mews
31 locals recommend
yoga / dance studio.