Rawduck in Hackney

Interesting menu. Competent cooking. Good for casual comfortable local meal.

Amazing meal and would count this as a new local fav. Sadly closing this weekend.

So sad they are now permanently closed. Such a shame.

The daily lunch special at Rawduck was a very good simple meal of fried fish and an inventive dressed salad. Great relaxed atmosphere and friendly staff. Hats off to Rory and his team!

Los amigos me recomendaron este lugar diciendo que tenía comentarios favorables. La comida estaba bien, pero el plato de salmuera era extraño, el servicio era pobre y el vino, que era muy caro. Sin duda no volveré y me sorprende que la gente diga que este lugar es genial. ! ! !

Everything from the food to the service to the atmosphere was perfect! Would definitely go back!!!!

As always lovely dining experience, food very good and service excellent.

My table was listed at the wrong time at their end - so they thought i was late. Quite disorganised and a disproportionate amount of new staff? Asked for some butter and it took about 15 mins to arrive

One of the best meals I have ever had. Everything was delicious. The service was knowledgeable and lovely. The wine was great and reasonably priced. Genuinely excellent.

Interesting choices of food -- love the smaller portions. Fried chicken fabulous and cheesecake outstanding. Friendly service and pleasant ambience.

The dishes were hit and miss and so was the service. We had a dish of skate which appeared to be off - a bad taste. We told the waitress and she just smirked, which felt extremely rude. Overall: quite average.

We had the loveliest time -great vibe with wonderful music, kind souls and smiles for staff, and excellent food. The pickles and bread were great starters, we loved the blood orange starter as well as the mozzarella and artichoke, followed by excellent veal and lamb. Great dessert selection too. Everything is easy to share...and is so much more than just food. Thanks very much!

We waited over an hour for our food - with a toddler who got more and more annoyed. By the time the food arrived our daughter was so impatient we had to eat as quickly as humanly possible. We won't be going back.

Love the place – the food is great and we're always having a good time. 5 STARS!

Loved it! They just got it right. Amazing food. Only comment would be the noise level. Otherwise it’s fantastic.

Interior was cool. Service was poor. Food was mediocre.

Had a really good meal here on Saturday evening - I was a little worried after seeing some less than complimentary reviews but it was fab. I loved the menu.In particular we really enjoyed the pickles and the speck to start. But the standout dish was the lamb which was perfect. The cheesecake for desert was delicious too.Decent drinks selection, including kombucha cocktails!The service we received was very attentive and polite - my only gripe would be that our plates were swept away so quickly, in some cases where we were still eating, which made the meal feel a bit rushed. Overall a really nice experience, we'll be back!

Rawduck has been on my “to go” list for a while and I thought what better time to go than valentines. Although I think I would have preferred elsewhere. The restaurant wasn’t too busy, but the host made us feel like it was. There’s sharing tables and we were seating right next to another couple even though there were empty two tables available which is a shame for valentines night. Service was slow. Took a while to take our order. Food was nice. Good quality ingredients but nothing new or unique. The ratio to labneh and flatbread was a shame- 4 small pieces of bread with a bucket load of labneh. The fried chicken was delicious and 100% our favourite dish. The beef ragu however seemed like a very cheap and average dish that we got charged £18 for. We waited a while for our second drinks. We then waited again for our plates to be cleared. Then when they did no one came over to us again. No dessert menu. No drink offer. No tea or coffee. We flagged someone down but by then we didn’t want anything else so just asked for the bill. Any other night it would be fine but Valentine’s Day, it was disappointing.

Delicious food and nice staff but OMFG SO EXPENSIVE

Always a lovely supper, pickles are a must. Our first Sunday Roast there, and it was perfect.

The food is excellent here but, as always, the service is appalling. Every time I have come here I have had to wait a long time for coffees and food, and often have to remind waiters of my orders. It's such a shame -- this would be such a good place if they could just get their service right.

I love Raw Duck -- delicious food and wine and a friendly atmosphere. Great for dinner on a Friday night.

Food was really lovely and was recommended here by a friend, took my girlfriend there for her birthday, and another booking brought quite a noisy dog, throughout the evening the dinner for two lost its wow factor.

Food and service was great! Music was way too loud though.

We had a brilliant breakfast. Great options menu-wise and they all tasted delicious (we all tried a bit of each others food and it was all super tasty). The staff were lovely and friendly.

Amazing service from the lovely Canadian man. Food perfect as always! More offers though please, can't make it to Hackney in the week much!

Amazing space. Amazing service. Amazing food. Thank you!!!

I absolutely love this place having been twice now already, food is exceptional as is the wine selection. Our waitress was fabulous too 👍🏽

One of my favourite restaurants in London! Beautiful food and wine and the loveliest setting! Always a treat!

Unfortunately, by midday on a Sunday they had run out of the two things my friend and I both wanted to order. It was such a shame, as my friend was vegetarian so left a very minimal choice for breakfast/brunch after that other. They were the two most interesting dishes which seems that they would not stock better for this.

Great food, fantastic offering on the menu and good wine selection

Delicious and inspired sharing plates.

The food was fantastic and I was impressed by the restaurant’s cosy but cool atmosphere. I loved that they play records. There was a bit of a wait for our drinks but it didn’t detract from our positive experience. Will be back!

I booked a large table here and enjoyed my experience from start to beginning. Richard and his team were fabulous and Tom is a genius :) Everyone was flexible with us and the food was delicious and plentiful. We left stuffed. I've read comments about bad customer service which i think is a shame. We had a staff member that was starting that day and of course they were slower and not confident. I think the same people called Raw Duck pretentious but anyone that makes comments about junior staff on here are most likely the pretentious ones.. I can guarantee that all the people from my group will return to Raw Duck on their own accord as they really loved the food and the layout of the venue.

Food was amazing, service was great and very attentive! I recommend the veal ragu and the kombucha cocktails!

Muy agradable. Platos con ingredientes frescos y organicos. Ideal para quedar con un grupo de amigos a un brunch.

Great food - had the set menu and some of the highlights were the artichoke, buttermilk Chicken, Ragu and the lamb ... located in a good area with a good vibe - doesn't deserve some of the bad reviews it has recieved

Over all our meal was good, it had been our lust to try and we did. Service was very good and staff helpful and accommodating. Wines ver good.

Lovely place with yummy food but we had pretty crappy service, none of our starters arrived, a few other things were super slow to arrive and we had to remind the waiter. We waited about half an hr for the bill to arrive and when it did the waiter rolled his eyes because our table of 7 wanted to pay separate which isn’t uncommon. We should have asked for the service charge to be removed, we did not complain when things didn’t show up and when the bill arrived so late so for him to roll his eyes at us is very rude, so now I have taken time out to give my first ever bad review.

The service was one of the best - genuine, friendly, caring, knowledgable, unobtrusive. As with Ducksoup & little picklery the food is fabulous.

Came here on a date an was very pleased. The food was excellent, very fresh, and innovative. The breads were terrific, the veal ragu was the best I can remember, and the labne was fluffy and delicious. The staff were friendly and attentive but not intrusive or irritable. Drinks and wine list were great.My only quibble was the music, which at times was too loud for easy conversation, even with my date next to me at the corner of the communal table.

Amazing food, the Dahl was delicious. Highly recommend

Fantastic restaurant, staff and overall experience.

The Raw Duck is always a good spot to eat with friends.

Pickles and ferments! Nouveau beaujolais! Best cheesecake in london!

The food was absolutely AMAZING! I had the sunny side eggs with Tuscan sausage ragù- made my Sunday brunch perfect. Lovely staff, cute gem in hackney.

No podríamos estar más contentos con nuestra decisión de organizar nuestro desayuno de bodas en Rawduck con Rory, Richard, Tom y su increíble equipo. Desde las consultas iniciales, a través de la degustación de vinos y la selección de alimentos, sus recomendaciones fueron excelentes, no había demasiados problemas, la comida excepcional y, para colmo, todos son gente muy agradable. Gracias.

Disappointing and overpriced Sunday roast. It’s such a shame because this restaurant used to be so delicious and cool. The athmosphere used to be better too. They crammed too many tables in the space and it’s super noisy and crowded with furniture now.

popped in for late lunch, had the pollock special, which with a glass of wine, came to £10! great neighbourhood restaurant, always have a great meal there.

Some well put together dishes. Executed very well. Bone marrow butter was a let down as was the gnocchiette. The rage isn’t a ragun. The pappardelle too hard and thick. No finesse. Similar for all the other desserts,except for the baked cheesecake which was fantastic. So beautiful. <br />The fried chicken and the accompanying sauce was fantastic so was the anchovy toastie. We will be back to taste the rest of the menu. The beetroot gin was a beautiful revelation. Overall a good experience.

My brother and I met for a casual meal and thought we would try RawDuck, as we live very nearby and haven’t yet given it a go. We arrived and got sat quickly, drinks and starter orders were taken. My brother ordered a negroni, which was half the size you would expect for a cocktail - he was disappointed to say the least and had finished it within 5 minutes. The starters we ordered arrived in good time however, and were very tasty.<br /><br />However, our main orders were taken and after half an hour, without anyone coming to take another drinks order or bring our mains, we mentioned to a waitress that we still hadn’t received our food. She said she went to check with the kitchen but no update was given. 15 minutes after this we asked the same waitress - she went to the kitchen but once again, did not update. After one hour of waiting for our main courses we flagged down the manager, who checked with the kitchen and then returned to say our order was not there at all. He asked what we’d ordered and then after checking in with the chefs returned to tell us they had run out of ingredients to make said orders. <br /><br />Needless to say, we left unsatisfied, and went to a local Vietnamese for a takeaway, which was ready in 5 minutes!

Last week we visited RawDuck for the second time having had a wonderful experience earlier this year, expecting the same when bringing other family along to join for a celebratory meal. We were disheartened to have had a totally different and very much disappointing time, which will no doubt put us off from returning. <br /><br />Though we appreciate Friday evenings are a busy time for any restaurant, waiting 90 minutes for three small plates to arrive at the table is something we have never encountered elsewhere. Having the blame for that delay shifted onto us by the waiter for the &#039;way it was ordered&#039; upon asking for an update on the food however, is totally unacceptable. If by simply asking to order mains after finishing starters makes any difference to the serving time of said starters, we would be happy to hear how. Regardless, wrongly being blamed for delays as paying - and returning - customers is totally unwarranted, when the request simply should not (and clearly does not) make any difference to the way the food is served. <br /><br />We had set our expectations high for a special occasion - it is truly a shame that we left feeling like we were the restaurant&#039;s burden.

Amazing food. Amazing service. Would go again. Beautiful restaurant.

Food is well below average -they have gone out of their way to be different and quirky and have forgotten their customers - wouldn’t go again

Really consistently amazing food, on the more expensive side, but always come back for the delicious food. You&#039;ll need to be patient though, it&#039;s always a long wait for the food and the service is much to be desired. We&#039;ve been coming for a couple of years now, service is slow and often seem a bit confused and overwhelmed. But the food is always amazing and Kombucha also tasty!! Would love to see an improvement of the service would definitely give a 5* then!

Rawduck en Hackney es uno de los peores y más pretenciosos restaurantes en los que he estado. El servicio no es pobre, como algunas personas han revisado, ¡es una abominación!

When the service is this bad, and the management makes zero gesture to either apologise or perhaps comp you a coffee or dessert to apologise (now there’s a novel thought guys!), there is little point in reviewing the food.

The food is just fantastic!! and the service is divine! Really recommend this place!

El brunch de los domingos. Pensamos dar pato crudo otra oportunidad de haber tenido una muy mala experiencia con el servicio caótico la última vez que vinieron.

Poor service and disappointing food. We were ignored by the staff so service was really slow and also received the wrong order. The food isn’t anything special either, overall our experience at Rawduck wasn’t worth the money and wouldn’t go back. We heard other people complain as well, saying the service is notoriously bad.

Terrible, slow service. Most of drinks menu unavailable at 1pm. Dry, lifeless mains. Couldn’t do a side of potatoes. Left hungry. Shame but this place as dropped off badly.

First visit to Raw Duck and I wasn&#039;t disappointed. Lovely restaurant space, nice ambience, really liked the décor in particular the plants and flowers dotted around. We were given a nice welcome and looked after. The small plates were delicious and we enjoyed an unfiltered white wine from Sicily.

Great food - service good but a little hit and miss at times hence 4 stars but will dine here again!

Painfully slow service. Orders forgotten. Disappointing as heard good things.

I told the manageress the plates were all drowning in olive oil and that the steak dish was so rare it was practically uncooked, and my date could eat it but i couldn&#039;t. i said it would have been appreciated if the waitress had told us that beforehand or we wouldn&#039;t have ordered it. I got a limp reply ands that was it. You would have thought she would have offered us a free desert or 10% off but nothing. Bit disappointing. The car wash outside is also really loud and an unfortunate placement so close to this business.

I think they were having a bad day because the food was excellent, but it took almost 1.5 hours to arrive!

When I walked in, I was immediately won over by the lovely candle-lit ambience, plants, and large communal tables. The menu also looked exciting and promising. Unfortunately the food and portions felt a bit off for the type of restaurant we were expecting. For £8-9 a small plate, and around £20 a main, the flavours were average and portions off.<br /><br />The waiter recommended 4-5 small plates and a main for 2 people. We ordered 2 small plates, pickles and a main. The taramasalata was a nice starter, however the amount of dip we got could&#039;ve fed an entire table. The fried chicken was delicious and probably our favourite. The lamb steak was delicious too, however it was almost an obscene amount of lamb. We could barely get through half of it. Overall the experience felt a bit off compared to the pricing. For £100+ (incl. wine), we were left a bit disappointed.

Lovely as always, all those eggs!!! Sadly a bit fo building site that day but otherwise no complaints

We’re very pleasantly surprised

My fish was uncooked and cold, remaining dishes were under seasoned and generally bland. Food is completely overpriced.

Food was lovely and priced right, nice venue and location, cocktails and drinks were quite expensive for the portions, service was good if slow whilst waiting for someone to confirm our bill payment.

Llegue a las 2 de la tarde y nos dijeron que sólo hacían el brunch. Nadie quiere comida desayuno en ese momento. Avena? ? ?

Came at 11:30am for brunch and they had ran out of avocado already. As a veggie it was a disaster! Ordered the bap which was good, minus the bacon, but got charged full price. Pretty poor service. Lots of staff gazing up at the ceiling. Nice range of drinks tho. Heard great things but would not recommend or return, sadly.

Mirando las críticas anteriores, estaba un poco preocupado sobre mi viaje a pato cruda. Pero un par de amigos me aseguró que merece la pena, así que pensé que le daría una oportunidad para cenar en el cumpleaños de mi novia.

The food is exellent, good natural wine and friendly service at a very reasonable price.<br />I really like the place.

Food was excellent overall, only issue was Hake was on the bone so very fiddly.

Being charged £8.50 for "Labneh, dukka & charred flatbread", which really was just a plate of flat breads with a few garnishes (predominantly toasted hazelnuts), encapsulated the paucity of the experience for me - an overpriced and pretentious menu which appeared to seek to put the customer on the back foot by not properly describing the dishes. This isn't to say that there weren't some good flavours going on, however, overall I was left disappointed. Will not be returning... Oh, and 2 of our entourage (who incidentally aren't known for being gluttons) ended up seeking a kebab on the way home, despite having parted with £45 a head at the restaurant. Not good enough.

Really nice brunch. Food and service were really nice.

I&#039;ve been living here for 9 months and I can&#039;t believe I just found this place! The food is incredible! They sort of specialize in pickled and fermented things, which I love. They even have their own house kombucha which my nutritionist swears by. I&#039;ve been twice this week, and will definitely go back.

Great brunch options and really interesting wine list. Service was a bit uneven but the longer we stayed and the more interest we showed the better responses we got. Will definitely be back to drink my way through their back wall!

Communal tables but with just the right amount of space across the table between ourselves and other diners. Lamb with anchovies as main course very good. Mussels very good. Reccommended biodynamic wine which was also great. Would be happy to go again.

I don&#039;t like communal seating so luckily the restaurant was not very busy. The food was all very good except for the salted cod. I especially enjoyed the pork belly, cauliflower and sourdough bread. The house wine was disgusting and overpriced.

Great food, service was ok although no one acknowledged me when I arrived for a while, so I had to make the waitress know I was there and she was a little curt. <br /><br />The food is amazing, however!!

Lovely interior and ambience, super menu, service lacking somewhat. 20 minutes wait for coffees, when a wrong order arrived and I volunteered what I had actually ordered, the waitress informed me that she &#039;only had two hands&#039;. Our order got misplaced in the kitchen, so everything took a long time, but the food was delicious and overall it&#039;s a good spot.

Not good on this occasion (Saturday brunch). But we went there before for a Sunday lunch and the roast was delicious and the service ok. So I guess it just lacks consistency.

Whilst offering a really interesting menu and tasty food, Rawduck was a gigantic waste of money and huge disappointment. We went on a Saturday afternoon, granted a busy time to go but the capability of the team to manage the rush was beyond hilarious. The worst part of the whole experience was the mardy waitress on some kind of power trip to keep people waiting if they even so much as looked like they might be after a drink, purposely delaying taking orders, bringing complete drink orders over, or even bothering to replenish cutlery. The manager, whilst making vague attempts to appease us after we had waited 40 minutes to get anywhere near some food and drinks, did very little to amend the situation or the attitude of the staff. <br />The drinks were extortionately expensive and made the bill pretty outrageously priced. The food was delicious, but honestly not worth the stress and completely galling to have to hand over cash for such a poor show.

Interesting and innovative menu. The vinegar-based cocktails may be an acquired taste that I have yet to acquire!<br /><br />Just around the corner from Hackney Empire, so great for pre-theatre meal.

The restaurant was cold inside. All the cooked dishes came to the table rather cold. Some dishes on the menu were not correct, drinks weren’t available from the menu and the wine list when read to us was super unhelpful. A few wines were described as ‘interesting’ .... overall massively disappointed as I’d heard so many great things. Shame. I wouldn’t return or recommend this place

I have to be as transparent as possible, its Friday night, and a friend of mine has decided that 4pm that day is the best time to look around East London for a table for 10. Hindsight blah, blah. I can usually forgive a few things at a restaurant when you bring in such a large party, food orders mildly incorrect, a missing drink, or the bourguignon having been spilled down the sides and spoiling your off-white chinos from the 2017 winter sale at ASOS. But knowing the kitchen staff are likely laughing to the bank when I order the Iberico tomatoes, fried garlic, butterbeans & wild oregano for £8.50, is an insult.

First time at Raw Duck, we were looking for a late lunch after some meetings in the neighbourhood. Food was great, especially the chicken, roasted tomatoes and the ox tail, mainly small plates sharing style but also mains if required. Enjoyed everything, service was great, wine was organic and they were playing the Inkspots on the vinyl player.....what&#039;s not to love!

Food was fine but didn’t warrant the price of the menu, quite a lot of similar flavours throughout.

Went to Rawduck on Valentines day and the atmosphere was wonderful! Music was great and the food was amazing!! The Ox Tail from the small plates and Roast Skate from the mains were delightful highlights, and the cheesecake with candied blood orange and pistachio was mind-blowingly good. Will definitely be back and been recommending it to everyone I know!

Really great meal, exciting flavours all round. Staff great as well, very welcoming :)

Acabamos de terminar un desayuno delicioso aquí con mi novia. Tuvimos el pan plano dukka, miel, patatas y pistacho con curry, sal, carne y huevos, y kimchi, arroz integral y huevos soleado. Absolutamente delicioso.

Fabulous brunch! We arrived a bit early and it was rainy so they let us in....

Just going to get to the point...

Outstanding food. Really unusual and altogether special. Nice folks too.

Un ambiente moderno e accogliente. Personale davvero gentile. Ottimo il manzo e L’ agnello. Anche una buona carta dei vini. Ristorante vero. Non turistico, a due passi da Broadway Market. Se siete in zona il posto giusto dove mangiare con un buon rapporto qualità prezzo. Non perdetevi il pollo fritto. Ottimo, asciutto.

All the food came at the same time

As usual poor service. Had to ask for menu, to be served, for bill and then large service charge added!<br />Fantastic food. <br />This is always the same at Raw Duck.