The Princess of Shoreditch in Hackney

We had an incredibly nice evening. The chef spoiled us with excellent food. The new octopus creation in particular is an absolute dream. It's worth eating here just for that. The drinks were also of a high standard. If you don't go here, you're missing out.

Excellent roast beef. Cozy environment. Friendly staff. Advised

It was a really calm place for a Sunday roast. Vegetarian option was delicious!

My son took me here for Mother's day. The food was excellent as well as the service. The staff were very friendly.

Great Sunday roast and good service

Awesome Sunday lunch, the beef just melted in my mouth. Tidy wine list as well.

Tasty food although portions were on the small side. Good wine and cocktail list. Nice and quiet atmosphere for Saturday lunch

Waited around 90 minutes for our meals to come out. The server was friendly but we weren’t given updates that it was going to take such a long time. Food was ok, but not worth coming back. Was disappointing as I brought friends who were just visiting London.

My experience at the Princess of Shoreditch has been nothing short of delightful. This charming gastropub stands out for its sophisticated selection of dishes and the quality of its ingredients. The service is truly exceptional, making everyone feel at home. Each dish we tried was a testament to the culinary expertise behind the menu. I particularly recommend starting with the shared nibbles, which are perfect for setting the tone of a lovely meal. The ambiance is wonderfully cozy, making it an ideal spot for dinner. Additionally, their Sunday roast is a must-try – it's not only generous in portion but also super flavourful. I can't wait to come back very soon!

We came here for Sunday lunch and enjoyed the food and pub atmosphere. We opted for the 3 courses and I had the salmon (nice and fresh), sirloin of beef with potatoes, vegetables, Yorkshire pudding and gravy (generous portion and well cooked beef), the cauliflower cheese (great side to have with the roast) and the sticky toffee pudding (delicious). All the staff were friendly and the service was great.

Sunday roast is really good but a bit too expensive

Incredible spot, food was outstanding. Had some incredible recommendations for wine pairings with our mains and had our incredible Waiter Dan help with recommendations for the menu throughout the entire meal Will certainly be coming back again

As roast dinners go the meat and the cauliflower cheese and the gravy 10 out of 10 potatoes dry inside veg slightly under for us , deserts were OK whole experience 7 out of 10

Sunday roast. Just outstanding. They accommodated a solo (me) diner, thank you! The cocktails were amazing

Pub food trying at elevated price point / portioning. Not an awful place to eat by any means but totally missed the mark on what it wanted to be. Appetizers were good but mains disappointing. Not a particularly notable experience nor value for money. The beef cheek dish in the photo was almost £30, the plate looks a bit sad. Didn’t help that the staff were a bit cold. I misordered a dish and asked for what I thought I had, when I was corrected the server plopped the dish on the table with a strangely antagonistic attitude. Classy.

The most incredible food and service. Nice pub, very unassuming. We would definitely go back again!

Mixed review. Firstly, this gastropub unfortunately does not play in the same ballgame as their sister restaurants Pig & Butcher and Smokehouse (which are both excellent). We had a roast here with a group of 10. The food was delicious, but very stingy on sides. We had about 1 potato per person and 1/4 of a carrot. Unfortunately one of the groups orders were missed and had to wait 25 minutes for their main. Staff were not attentive and lacked initiative to check on the table, offer drinks, check on waters, and clear the table. Toilets were quite dirty as well and the general atmosphere and energy was off.

The service takes an age but I enjoyed the meal.

If you’re after cold food, poor management and a boat of gravy poured over you by their staff, this is the place for you. TERRIBLE, AVOID!!!

Went for a roast; food was delicious, especially the salmon starter ! However, main roast was in my opinion short on veg and beef, especially for the price. We had a good time, service was polite but not friendly, and the overall price was too much for what we got (£180 for 3x 2 course roasts and 6 drinks). Would return, but maybe not for a roast..

Had our first Sunday roast here and so glad that we did. The entire 3 course menu was delicious and felt like it was an elevated spin to a beloved classic. Highly recommend, especially if you’re looking for a great first experience to a Sunday roast.

Incredible food, let down by our waiter. Slow to ask for drinks orders and felt awkward when tying to order from him. They could have received many more orders it the staff were more friendly!

Had the Christmas menu, the yorkshire puddings were fantastic, with lots of lovely vegetarian options. Lovely wine selection, excellent champagne. Beautiful place. Will be back!

We have been there in December with a fixed festive menu. Need to book food in advance, but the choices are varied and perfect for the Christmas period. Service is nice and quick even on a busy night

I'm a local and I have been at the Princess of Shoreditch many times. Last Saturday it was disappointing as I went for dinner with 3 friends and we were asked to leave after 1h 45min as they needed the table back. We didn't have enough time to finish our meal as we could not even order desserts and in fact we had to send back the last drinks we ordered as they didn't arrive by the time we were asked to leave (there is no option to move to the bar either!). If a restaurant cannot guarantee that customers can finish their meal, then the allocated slot does not suffice. It was very disappointing and I won't return.

A very disappointing experience for my staff Christmas Luncheon. A scenario of production line parties, in and out with a loss of attention to detail. Cold dishes, forgotten dishes, unappetising looking dishes. They forgot my pre ordered wine, no coffees offered to any of my 19 guests. The cheese board i pre ordered arrived as a bite of unripe brie...........really unhappy and let down. I wouldn't recommend this venue. certainly not during the Christmas period.

Perfect for a catch up With pals and tasty Sunday roast.

Top class service and food. Staff very friendly and professional. Excellent Sunday lunch experience.

Very underwhelmed experience. Service below mid & not interested at all. No "how was the food? Can I get you anything else?" Food - starter good but other than that?! Meh. Main cold and dessert very basic. Definitiv not worth the money

We ordered the Christmas menu. The food was great and service was on point. Will definitely come again!

This was the second time we went to The Princess of Shoreditch for our Christmas lunch and we were disappointed. You can't deny that the food served was incredible however the portion sizes were tiny and left us hungry after leaving the restaurant. The year before this wasn't an issue so we were shocked that it disappointed us this year.

Visited here as a party of 3 on a Sunday to try their roast dinner. It certainly did not disappoint. The restaurant both upstairs and downstairs was fully booked and the atmosphere was buzzing. We were sat upstairs in a beautifully decorated room. We all had three courses which consisted of a butternut squash and yoghurt soup. It contained oil and peanuts which I’d never had before but was delicious. The others had a salmon and a sea bream starter which they loved. All dishes were presented beautifully. Our mains were roast beef, cooked to perfection with a giant yorkshire pudding, vegetables, roast potatoes and cauliflower cheese. The food was so good, all we needed was extra gravy which was no trouble at all. I had sticky toffee pudding which is a firm favourite of mine and this one was the best I’ve ever tasted. I was so engrossed with my dessert I didn’t really take any notice of what the others were eating but they had something chocolatety!!! The staff were really attentive and very knowledgeable about the food and wine. Can’t wait to return, we had a fabulous meal in a fabulous setting. Well done and thank you to the team at The Princess for your hospitality.

I’ve been wanting to go to PoS for years on many recommendations, but was very disappointed by our Sunday lunch yesterday. It took 45 minutes for our first drinks to come, the food was very underwhelming as most of the meat was overcooked and the yorkshires and potatoes were dry, and then the bill was all wrong. Upsetting !

Such a great vibe. Super cocktail mixologist before lunch. Maitre d super friendly and lovely check back. Food was really delicious both roast and pudding. Wine was well priced and 14.3 % !! Thanks to all at Princess you deserve all the success and good reviews and being dog friendly too is such a bonus . Frank loved it ❤️

Had a fantastic Christmas lunch with my team at this place. The team went above and beyond, accommodating last-minute changes even after we submitted the order. The meal was exceptionally delicious, and the venue itself was stunning. Highly recommend for both larger and smaller groups.

Went here for our work Xmas party. Was a good night and service was great

£4,000 minimum bill for a table of 16. The food was pretty awful and the service was worse than I have ever encountered. I served my own group the wine because they simply couldn’t. I say this reluctantly but I will never ever go back ( after 20 years coming here) and the staff just don’t care about customwrs. Diabolical

Christmas lunch for the £1.500, very poor value. Less than a mouthful for the starter and 70g of turkey. This was not a gastropub lunch but a way of maximising the Christmas opportunity. We could not even stand in the pub drinking after the meal as they had hired out that area as well. There are other good City pubs offering a much better Christmas meal.

We had our Christmas lunch at The Princess of Shoreditch yesterday and all 24 of us really enjoyed ourselves. Thank you! :)

We had a company Christmas party of 25 people yesterday. The staff was friendly and welcoming and atmosphere was very nice. However, the food was disappointing as it boasts as a Gastropub. Cold food (by the time we were served, the main dish was cold) Small portions (the main dish, particulary turkey and chicken was so tiny it looked like appetizers. Turkey came in 2 very thin slices, and it looked like slices of ham) Main course wasn't cooked particularly well, and the beef was too dry Plastic found in team member main course Dessert mix up for a team member meant they were left without Service was a bit slow and starter came before drinks had been served

Nice food, good service but tiny portions. This was the Roast turkey from the Festive set menu

A totally fantastic experience despite the noisy group of 6 men at the table near us. The young gentleman who hosted our dinner was super attentive and did his best to resolve our discomfort which was not easy. Two of the starters we wanted were sold out however the alternatives were anything but disappointing. I enjoyed duck for the main course which was perfectly cooked and enjoyed by other guests at the table.

My favourite pub in Shoreditch. This is a bit of me - quirky, vintage, wholesome, classy.

Excellent service and attention to detail. Our whole team found something to love from the preset Christmas menu, and we’d definitely consider it for a future team social/luncheon!

Amazing food in a lovely venue with good service. I did ask if we could bring Christmas crackers, as it was a friends Christmas dinner, but was told not to worry they would be provided. Sadly none were provided however. We also weren't told there was a time limit on the booking (2 hours for 7 people) until half an hour before we needed to leave, while still eating mains. I think that's quite short for more than 6 people. It should at least be on the booking confirmation.

Lovely unassuming little place, but o boy, fantastic food! We will be back! The venison was so delicious and tender! 😋

A Great British pub a must for any tourist wanting the real deal.

The chef and the kitchen’s team are doing an amazing job ! Food is delicious, « bistronomique style » they use simple ingredients and magnify them ! The place is a bit loud as it is like in a pub atmosphere but the service is nice, prices are correct and again, food is amazing !

Went for Sunday roast. Nice room (upstairs), friendly service, good reasonably priced menu - but OH MY GOD the toilets are absolutely disgusting. Made a mistake of going to the loo before starting to eat and I nearly couldn't eat. More glastonbury than gastropub. Can't understand why somewhere which has nice atmosphere, good food and good service would put their customers through that, or even how they haven't been closed down. Once I stopped gagging the starters and puddings were very nice. The roast was ok. It's probably a mistake to go for a roast at the end of a day because it felt like the meat had been cooked for a while.

Food was amazing but the service wasn't great. We ordered mains only and it was nearly 90 minutes for it to come out and during the time we were only seen to once. They did acknowledge this when the bill came which was nice.

Been here many times over the years, booked to go with another couple as one of my favourite roasts. Nothing like it used to be. Beef was grey. Veg was boiled. Sent plate back but it came back still grey. Service was attentive. Felt embarrassed I’d recommended the place. Afterwards found out they’ve recently changed management but kept all the old reviews up.

Attended drinks and dinner here where we hired out the whole place. Really good place for doing this type of event. The drinks and nibbles downstairs were good, well serviced and nice to eat. Dinner upstairs was very cramped for seating space - either we oversubscribed or they under supplied seating space. The beef fillet was very good.

Lovely restaurant. Starters were great let down by the main meals , venison was so dry , I was unable to eat . Cabbage side was not he best , should have been presented with black garlic and crispy bacon however was smothered in was called a bacon jam ( not as described on menu). The service was good and we were offered a couple of deserts for free due to the mains ,

We had such a wonderful dining experience last night! From the moment we walked in, the cozy atmosphere and the friendly staff made us feel at home. The menu had so many mouthwatering dishes with original pairings and seasonal ingredients - it was honestly so hard to choose what to go for. We went for tempura cauliflower, carrot hummus, confit pork belly, citrus cured salmon, leek pressè, beef rillette to end with miso and coffee caramel tart…And I must say, we haven’t been disappointed! Flavours were exquisite, with a top-notch presentation…the chef's attention to detail was evident in every bite. Will definitely come back!⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Lovely gastropub recommended for a date, business or for tourists. I had the venison and the artichoke ice cream, such a unique flavor! Would go back!

The best experience I've had in London in a long while. We had the puy lentils, braised venison, and the pollock in addition to various side dishes. Every dish and every component was full of flavour. Staff members were quick and courteous. The atmosphere is intimate, like you're sitting in a private dining venue. The emphasis is really on the food and guests' comfort, not the bougie accessories and decoration like in so many places around town. I can't recommend the Princess of Shoreditch enough for everyone who's looking for a flavour bomb packed in some classic dishes.

I visited the Princess for a dinner with my colleagues. We had a warm welcome, and were sat on a lovely table in the dining room. They had a great and comprehensive wine list. The food was amazing, I went for the Venison, which was the perfect dish in the run up to winter. Then the chocolate cremuex was the perfect way to end the meal. And to top it off, the service was very friendly and attentive. Will definitely be back for dinner soon.

One of the most scrumptious roasts I have had in London for a long time! Fantastic staff and service. Highly recommend

Hidden neighborhood gem. Food was absolutely delicious. Most of the time it is packed with people enjoying the pub but I came for the food. Reservations for dinner are highly recommended. Cocktails also hit the mark. Wine selection is also larger than a lot of other pubs. Menu changes with the season.

Can’t remember the last time I ate like that. It’s just amazing. I m sure this restaurant will become soon unavoidable.

Sunday roast was very good, but a bit overpriced (£39pp plus drinks) for relatively small portions. The main issue was that there were nowhere near enough roast potatoes! Service was very friendly but slow (we'd been there for 1.5 hours before the food came and about 20 minute wait on drinks)

I had the set lunch and the food was below average. Shameless to call it gastropub, you have no idea how it ruins someone’s day to spend time and money and can’t even have a satisfactory meal. Should have just went to Sainsbury’s to get groceries and ate at home.

Food was delicious but could have been hotter.

Food was very good. Nice relaxed pub setting. Great weekend lunch option. I thought the food was better than some of the Michelin starred pubs in London.

Unfortunately this pub is trying hard and failing to punch above their weight. We came during their promotional 50% off food and still left feeling like we paid too much. The food was frankly forgettable, as I strained to remember the origin of these photos in my phone gallery. Marks given for presentation; it certainly strikes you as gastro dining, but the flavours were far off the mark. Sadly, the barman also lacked the ability to knock up a half decent Caipirinha or Margarita.

A very decent Sunday roast with very nice service. The upper dining room is a calm place without the usual Sunday lunch craziness.

The Sunday lunch here was very hilly and nostalgic. The sticky date puffy for dessert with a glass of red was the perfect way to end the meal

Good Sunday roast nice atmosphere and great staff

My friends and I chose here for Sunday lunch and while the food was very good, the service was not. Most staff were very polite and friendly but their attentiveness was severely lacking. Firstly, we waited about 20 minutes to order our food and catching the eye of any of the servers was almost impossible; there were moments that some of them (not all) were stood in the corner chatting or on their mobile and (who I presume was) the duty manager appeared to do nothing about this. About an hour in, we heard a clattering of crockery down the stairs and it transpired that this was our food. While accidents happen, we only discovered this by asking our server whether it had been ours (two other tables that arrived after us had now received their meals) and there was no effort in the immediate instance to be proactive and a) tell us what had happened (as I say, we had to ask ourselves!) and b) offer any sort of apology or compensation (complimentary bottle of wine, for example) for the fact that we were now having to wait for our meals to be made from scratch again. As I say, once the food arrived, it was clear why there are so many great reviews for this place because it was delicious and plentiful (the table next to us (three people) had to request more veg. as they had been given very little to share so there was some concern given that there were six of us!). However, as I say, the food was lovely and a real credit to the pub! In total we were there for two-and-a-half hours but despite what had happened to our food there was also no goodwill attempt for the fact we'd had to wait so long for our food; as I say, while it wasn't intentional, it had happened and anywhere else would have likely offered some discount. Overall it wasn't a horrible experience but it was just very disappointing that some small tweaks to the customer service and attentiveness of the staff would have made our visit so much better.

Really really lovely place with fantastic service. The gougere were really good, though didn’t really taste the truffle. We were recommended the pollock, which was fantastic. We really should’ve listened to the staff and order the chicken instead as the sirloin we got was quite tough! The meat was cooked perfectly medium rare though, and the pairing sauce went really well.

Came with a group of four and tried most of the menu between us - everything was phenomenal. Particular shout out to the venison tartare, and the pollock with crab bisque was one of the best fish dishes I've ever had. What a wine list too! A must visit if you're in shoreditch

A nice place ... Excellent attentive service ... But let down a tad by mixed food (fellow diners not so happy with their food) ... And poor acoustics, the abundance of hard surfaces making it sometimes difficult to hear even when the pub wasn't very busy.

Great relaxed Sunday lunch. We spent a good few hours - a great way to while away a Sunday afternoon. Food was excellent and service nice and relaxed.

Very tasty sea bream starter and roast beef dinner to follow. I was a single walk-in and there were no tables available, but I enjoyed a good meal at the bar, with a friendly bar-keeper and another patron on a quest to try (and rate) every beer on the planet.

Bit noisy but otherwise excellent. Charming waiter.

Had lunch here on 50% off food offer and it was a wonderful treat. The choices on the menu were difficult to choose from. For starters we had the sea bream and the carrot hummus which was a generous portion of food and was delicious. Mains was the sirloin beef and the pollock in a crab bisque, this was very flavoursome dish. We were given some bread with our meal but we don't eat carbs so this was taken away but replaced with their seed crackers which were amazing and very moreish! Cocktails & wine were very good. We didn't have desert but they looked lush! My only criticism was that one of the servers was not as attentive as we would have liked which meant we had to keep calling the staff over for more drinks etc but that is the only thing I can criticise. The toilets were quaint and clean and the cutlery was the cutest set of cutlery I have ever seen!

Delicious food and spotless service in a relaxed atmosphere.

My partner and I had a wonderful meal at The Princess of Shoreditch this evening. The food was absolutely delicious, the service was excellent, and the atmosphere was cozy and inviting. For starters, I had the Dorset crab crumpet, which was perfectly cooked crab on a light and fluffy crumpet. The pickled peaches and lime added a nice touch of acidity and sweetness. My partner had the beef tartare, which was incredibly tender and flavorful. The truffle custard and watercress were the perfect accompaniments. For our main course, we both had the Yorkshire lamb rump, which was cooked to perfection. The lamb was so tender that it melted in our mouths. The crushed green herbs, cauliflower, and lamb sauce were all delicious. We also shared the new potatoes with seaweed beurre blanc and the hispi cabbage with bacon, crispy shallots, and black garlic. Both sides were very well-seasoned and cooked perfectly. For dessert, I had the lemon, blueberry, and bay tart, which was tart and refreshing. The lemon sorbet was the perfect way to cleanse the palate. My partner had the 70% dark chocolate cremeux, which was rich and decadent. The hazelnut and raspberry added a nice touch of sweetness. Overall, we had a wonderful dining experience at The Princess of Shoreditch. We would definitely recommend this restaurant to anyone looking for a great meal near Old Street.

I really wanted to like this place, but the food was meh, delivery was slow, even though the staff was super nice and did apologise for the slow food. Deserts and cocktails were fab though

Delicious food, and a great wine menu to go with it. The staff were attentive and friendly. Had such a great evening here, will definitely go back!

Excellent service, perfectly prepared modern british and European dishes

Service was friendly but food was pretty disappointing. Sadly not quite the same standard as it’s sister pub, Pig& Butcher. Starters were standard. Nothing to write home about. The Dorset crab crumpet did stand out - the quality of the crab was very good but the crumpet tasted a tad stale. I ordered the pollock (which was pretty good). My partner ordered the sirloin, which was somewhat tasteless despite looking like it had been cooked perfectly medium rare. Probably needed a better sear and a touch more salt to bring out the flavour of the meat. For dessert, we both ordered the strawberry soufflé - definitely too sweet. The whole top layer tasted purely of sugar and the rest of the soufflé tasted like cheap strawberry jam. Like the sirloin, it was aesthetically pleasing but failed the taste test. Would ditch the strawberry jam and serve with more of the crème fraiche ice cream (or just crème fraiche). Overall, a mid experience, especially considering the price point.

I used to love the Princess of Shoreditch and had the best Sunday roast in London as well as the best fish and chips. It was a great gastro pub! A lot has changed over the years but the August offer tempt me to book a table for lunch and check out what they are up to these days. Overall the food was really good, and the pub is still nice, but there is a weird mismatch between the place and the food. This is a relaxed pub. The toilet is a bit smelly, there are people smoking outside by the window so you get that pub-smell while you eat. There was us plus another couple in the whole restaurant, so it was really quiet. Nevertheless, the waiter forgot my wine and the thread arrived to our table a long time after it came out of the toaster… so it is all a bit weird. Nevertheless the dishes were truly inspired. The jalapeño-avocado-strawberry dressing on the seabass crudo was really good. The cauliflower tempura probably my favourite thing, so perfect! And the pollock dish was rich and full of flavour. The food is quite salty, which I don’t mind at all but might be a bit too salty for some. Portions are quite small so you’ll need to order a few things and when you pay full price it will all add up. I am curious to see where they take this… will the chef find a new home or will they re-decorate the place?

Everything was great apart from the roast potatoes that tasted dry and old. Really let an otherwise great roast down. Souffle was excellent.

A really lovely dinner for 6 of us. We all plan on going back at some point this month! It's a good time :)

Beautifully cooked food in a charming pub, (herb-crusted lamb and sauce). We had a discount code, otherwise it would have been very expensive, but the standards are high. Very lovely waiter. We never saw the chef but when I said to the waiter that I wanted to take a dessert away for the cinema but had nothing to eat it with, the chef gave me a fork. It was utterly delicious (chocolate cremeux with raspberry). Cannot comment on the atmosphere as we were there at opening, 6pm due to having to get to a film, so we were the only people eating. A nice treat for a special occasion.

Lovely meal - will definitely return soon!

Best restaurant roast ever! Three courses, each a taste sensation, thank you. Not the cheapest but worth it.

Excellente adresse, cuisine délicate, mention spéciale pour les desserts gourmands et raffinés.

Perfect gastropub in shoreditch & perfect level of busy

Loved this place. Cosy, smallish pub serving really good food. One of the best meals I had during a three week holiday in the UK.

Delicious roast dinner, generous portion size, incredible gravy and amazing cauliflower cheese. I'd rate this very highly for a London Sunday roast. The service was very friendly just a little slow and the tables were a bit close together but overall a lovely ambience and I'd recommend.

Been here a few times for a Sunday Roast and it’s been my favourite in the past. But it seems there’s been a drastic drop in portion sizes with only a few potatoes and a small amount of veg between two people. Which comparing to previous photos is half the amount. Luckily we weren’t too hungry!

This place has changed. Before Covid I visited a few times and the food was amazing! They’ve taken off the sticky toffee pudding dessert and now have this set menu style option. Food weren’t great, burnt potatoes and for 33 each we had to share veg! A 4 out of 10 service…

We had a divine piece of venison

It was a great find! The service was great ;food& service great .Even the vegetarian was happy 😁 Recommended!

Outstanding group business dinner on Sunday night. Staff was very knowledgeable and friendly. Food was excellent.

Fabulous meal. Yes, the food is great. But the staff are what makes this place extra special. Our server (from the Adelaide Hills, name gone with that last glass of wine..) was amazing as was the lady on the bar. Brilliant wine list and the red wine was decanted and brought to a nice temperature on a very warm evening. Highly recommended.

On Sunday they have a prix fixe menu with 2 or three courses. Starters were a delicious selection of cold seafood. We all opted for the traditional roast beef dinner which came with so many sides and gravy and yorkshire puddings we could barely finish it all. Deserts were unbelievable. It’s a little off the beaten path and we only went based on a recommendation. It’s Michelin rated but I don’t believe it has a star but definitely deserves a few! Go here, you won’t regret it!

The princess of Shoreditch is a hidden gem. The food and service were great, full bar, quaint atmosphere, perfectly rustic gastropub!