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The Best Restaurants Around Hackney
The best restaurants in Hackney, around London Fields, and along Hackney Road.
Yuki Bar
Yuki Bar is a moody wine bar and Japanese small plates spot in a Hackney arch, run by a former sommelier at Noma.
A Portuguese Love Affair
Cosy and casual, A Portuguese Love Affair is a Hackney cafe with great Portuguese food and one of the best pastel de nata in London.
Dalla
Dalla is an unerringly stylish Italian restaurant in Hackney that prides itself on beautiful vintage aesthetics and hearty cooking.
The Deli Downstairs
The Deli Downstairs is the superior place in Hackney to stock up on top-tier snacks.
Bun & Sum Hackney
Bun & Sum is a casual smashburger spot in Hackney where it's worth holding out for a seat.
Diddy's
If clubs are impersonal, sticky-floored sweatboxes, Diddy’s in London Fields is the anti-club. Plus it serves good coffee in the day.
Mexican Seoul
Mexican Seoul is a Mexican-Korean street food spot in Hackney with the kind of lovable energy usually reserved for litters of Andrex puppies.
Tom's Pasta
The pasta doesn’t quite live up to the hype, but Tom's Pasta—an Italian restaurant in Hackney Downs—is still a fun place to visit to see and be seen.
Lagom
Lagom is an industrial, dimly lit barbecue restaurant inside Hackney Church Brew Co. in Hackney. It's part beer hall, part shrine to things cooked over the fire.
Bake Street
Bake Street is a brilliant neighbourhood cafe opposite Hackney’s Rectory Road station that serves legendary weekend brunch specials.
Bad Manners
It might be the fact that it’s in a churchyard, but Bad Manners—a Mexican kiosk in Hackney—is one of the most peaceful places to eat great tacos in the city.
Rogues
Rogues is another modern European-ish, small plates restaurant in Cambridge Heath with an eclectic menu of so-so food.
Ombra
Ombra, an excellent Italian restaurant in Hackney, is that person in your friendship group who looks great with curtain bangs—really cool, but not trying too hard.
Forno
At Forno, an Italian bakery in Hackney, everywhere you look there’s something that demands to be eaten.
Hackney Church Brew Co.
With a big industrial indoor and outdoor space that screams get-loaded-on-beer-and-order-way-too-many-crispy-potatoes, Hackney Church Brew Co. in Hackney is a spot for a Friday or Saturday night.
Caldera
Caldera is a Mexican-inspired spot in Hackney that we could definitely nap in, nestled between rows of empty chipotle pepper cans and propped up on calavera cushions.
Equal Parts
Equal Parts, on a corner of Hackney Road, is a cosy-classy bar from the people behind Sager + Wilde.
Sichuan Fry
Sichuan Fry is best for a for a grab-and-go situation, but if you do hang around the Hackney fried chicken joint, ask for extra napkins and prepare to get messy.
Violet
Violet's pink building, chalkboard menu, and elegant green signage sets the California-inspired tone of this bakery in Hackney.
Sodo Pizza Clapton
Sodo is a pizza restaurant on the Upper Clapton Road in Hackney, serving some of the best sourdough pizzas in London.
Souvlakiland
Souvlakiland is a tiny spot on Homerton High Street where you can eat some of the best gyros in town for a fiver.