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Where To Eat Dinner In East London (When You Hate East London)
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.
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Arlington
Arlington is a European restaurant risen from the ashes of Le Caprice, and it feels like the good times of the 1980s never went away at the St. James's spot.
Crispin at Studio Voltaire
If you can’t get enough of modern European sharing plates and want to feel like an Art Basel regular, go to Crispin at Studio Voltaire in Clapham.
Perilla
Perilla is a very nice-looking restaurant on Newington Green, serving modern European dishes that sometimes hit and sometimes miss.
Ducksoup
Ducksoup is a tiny spot in Soho serving natural wine and excellent modern European sharing plates.
Sessions Arts Club
Glamorous, grandiose, and guaranteed to make you feel special, Sessions Arts Club is a restaurant in Clerkenwell where the feeling takes priority over the modern European food.
The Waterman’s Arms
The Waterman's Arms is a riverside pub in Barnes that serves great modern European food and even better Sunday roasts.
Piazza
There’s a European-leaning menu at Piazza, on the rooftop of the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, but it’s so tranquil up here that it’s a pleasant spot just for a glass of wine.
Bob Bob Ricard
Bob Bob Ricard is a larger-than-life modern European spot in Soho that falls firmly into the category of ‘you should try everything once’.
Bambi
Bambi in London Fields is fun any night of the week, and serves zippy pickle martinis and tasty modern European small plates.
Saltine
Saltine is a lovely, light-filled restaurant in Highbury with a menu of delicious British-European plates.
Bébé Bob
Loud, proud, and serving some of the best rotisserie chicken in town, Bébé Bob is a Soho restaurant that doesn't take itself too seriously.
107 Wine Shop & Bar
A cosy Clapton wine bar, shop, and small plates restaurant, 107 Wine Shop & Bar is the perfect place for a drink, a lean, and something great to eat.
Joyau
Tucked inside a Forest Gate railway arch, Joyau is our dream end times bunker, filled with excellent European-leaning small plates and a plentiful supply of wine.
Kindling
There’s one word that comes to mind when we think of Kindling, a modern European small plates restaurant in Brighton, and that is ‘delightful’.
Wild Flor
Wild Flor is an exceptional wine bar and restaurant in Hove that’s perfect for special occasions.
Rogues
Rogues is another modern European-ish, small plates restaurant in Cambridge Heath with an eclectic menu of so-so food.
Pavyllon
Modern European restaurant Pavyllon feels like an accessory for people who are more concerned with being seen eating here. But that’s par for the course for a fine dining spot inside Mayfair’s Four Seasons Hotel.
Slowburn
Walthamstow spot Slowburn isn’t one at all—it’s a love at first sight situation where you’ll be left wondering how soon you can call again for its great, globally-inspired dishes.
Ploussard
Ploussard in Clapham has got the kind of quiet luxury look that’d make Gwyneth Paltrow proud and a great modern European menu.
Babylon
An all-day modern European restaurant in Raynes Park, Babylon is where the full English is just as good as the halloumi salad.
Elystan Street
Elystan Street is a sort of chill but also unchill fine dining restaurant in Chelsea cooking delicious modern British cuisine.
Noble Rot Mayfair
With two bars and an extra extensive wine list, Noble Rot's location in Mayfair is just as good for pop-ins as it is for very long, very lazy modern European-leaning meals.
Primeur
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.