The Russet in Hackney - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

I wanted to like this place so much but the quality of the food was very low. The menu had ambitions beyond the apparent ability of the kitchen.

We only just got used to Russet, only to find out it is closing down in June, what a shame. Brilliant coffee and the outside space is superb and uber trendy. Let's hope someone takes over.

Fui en una noche cuando estaba cocinando y Mazi Mas la comida era deliciosa. Simple y sabroso.

Esperamos 10 minutos en la cola para pedir un café y otros 10 minutos para recibir en la mesa. Me gusta el ambiente pero no esperar 20 minutos para un café individual

Envié un correo electrónico a unas 2 semanas antes mis hijas primer cumpleaños para ver si podían acomodar a 30 personas para el almuerzo, inicialmente estaba buscando alquilar un espacio ... Por desgracia, me dijeron que el espacio ya estaba lleno pero me dejaron hacer una reserva para 15 adultos y 5 niños ... dos días antes del evento le envié un correo electrónico para ver si era posible agregar otras 10 (muy plausible me pareció) pero el personal era increíblemente amable y servicial, y aunque la persona principal había sido tratar con estaba lejos se aseguraron que también ella y al día siguiente se confirmó.

A menudo hay que tener para llevar aquí por la cercanía a trabajar y mis colegas y yo a menudo reirnos de "lo que va a ir mal en el rojizo temido! ". El café es excelente, pero eso es todo. Hemos tenido comidas frías, se sentó y esperamos 20 minutos para comida para llevar y Chase, me dijeron que 'oh, he dirigido, hay algo que quieres?" El personal están vacantes y obviamente no han sido capacitados justo y los gerentes están estresados ladrando órdenes en todo el mundo. Los precios son demasiado caro para el servicio. Es como una cafetería de cuchara de grasa que quiere ser un café premium pero desgraciadamente, la comida, el precio y el personal significa que simplemente no puede ser.

I held my sons birthday here and the staff were super friendly and helpful. They were always on hand to help and were very flexible. The atmosphere was really great and the space was perfect for a party. I highly recommend!!!

Nos fuimos en coche hasta ser llevado a brunch, porque mi hija había sido hace algún tiempo y nos encantó. Esperamos demasiado largo y como otros han dicho, la comida estaba fría y sin sabor. pasada tostadas de huevo de aguacate de tomates. Café era bueno. Es una pena, ya que la ubicación es fantástica. que no lo recomendaría o volver ya que está a menos que leí un comentario diciendo que no había cambiado.

Had a lovely Sunday brunch and the staff were very accommodating to my friend's dietary requirements. Lovely coffee as well. I thoroughly recommend.

asqueroso a pensar que ellos creen que es aceptable a £3.50 por una pequeña porción de un brownie. Si te cobran £1 por lo mismo que todavía lo convierten en un buen negocio. disfrutar de los deliciosos aromas del grupo the mummy que ahora frecuenta. TERRIBLEMENTE llena de gente y el servicio más lento que he encontrado.

Asistimos a una subasta fotográfica aquí la noche pasada y nos gustó mucho el ambiente. Teníamos un bocado para comer y era bastante bueno. Había una buena gente y una buena animación lo cual y fue realzada por un grupo que tocaba una selección muy esotérica de canciones. Tengo dos quejas que podría ser fácilmente corregido. La que había mucha comida era en la exposición junto al bar, que en mi opinión debería haber sido cubiertos ya que hay justo a muchos gérmenes volando alrededor para ser higiénica. Los pasteles era estupendo, pero yo no comprar comida se muestran en este camino. En segundo lugar, tuve que hacer cola tres veces para bebidas y cada vez nos llevó más de quince minutos. era un grupo grande y acabamos yéndonos porque el servicio de bebidas era muy lenta. Esta era una situación que fácilmente podría ser resuelto. Nos fuimos a pasar más de £220 en vidrio y Bar Nightjar aspecto. Una oportunidad perdida.

Fuimos al rojizo para tratar un día de la madre con la familia, esperamos más de 30 minutos para nuestras cenas asado, que estaban entonces frío, así que nos envió. Luego tuvimos que esperar unos 20 minutos para reemplazos!

Visité un domingo a media mañana y a pesar de estar sin prisas para pedir comida, esperamos más de 45 minutos para 2 desayunos. Nos persiguieron hasta dos veces y medio de disculpa no nos cobraron otra ronda de café's. La comida estaba tibio cuando aparezca, pero habría tenido más tiempo para conseguir la atención de alguien y quejarse que comer y salir rápidamente.

What an odd place! No one in there but us yet still received very slow service. Food mediocre and over priced.

A big thank you to everyone at the Russet for organizing such a lovely party for us and our 3 year old son. Everything was brilliantly set up and the snacks and cakes were excellent.Everyone had a fantastic time, Emil (our little one) is still beaming and all the parents are now big fans of The Russet (well, the ones that weren't already).Many thanks again to everyone there. Highly recommended!

We have enjoyed going to The Russett for several years, pre and post baby. The staff used to be attentive and friendly and served good quality food and coffee. There has clearly been a change in management/staff in the last months and oh my, what a difference! The Russett has now turned in to the usual, below avarrage, snooty and rude dalston experience, that has become really old. The food lacks inspiration and is very slow. What once used to be the pearl of stoke newington has now turned in to a real disappointment!

This place should be great but it is so disappointing. I have been here several times and each time has been more disappointing than the last. The staff have always been off hand, snotty and incompetent. The food is average, the service slow and the drinks are overpriced. Having gone in once again, two members of staff rudely shoved past us before we had made it to the counter and so we left without ordering.There are places nearby that serve better food without the ridiculous prices with staff that don't treat you like they wish you weren't there.

Visited with friends on 29th August. Wide choice of delicious salads especially the mango, roasted pepper and feta. The lemon tart was excellent with light pastry and a deep lemony filling.One member of our group ordered a chicken breast and was told this would be brought out to her, bur eventually had to be collected from inside - the staff were very busy at the time.Sitting outside in the sunshine eating lunch was very pleasant Would visit again if in the area..

Had lunch here yesterday with a group of friends. The food was excellent, splendid salads especially the mango and pepper one, generous portions and tasty bread. All the puddings looked really good the lemon tart was splendid, melt in the mouth pastry and a tasty creamy filling Do try the ginger beer, excellent though very fiery.My only criticism would be of the service which at times seemed a bit amateur, but 10 of us arrived at the same time so maybe they were overwhelmed.

I have to admit that if it wasn't for a couple of visits to a youth theatre company in the Hackney Downs Studio I would never have found this cafe. I just visited the Studio again and had lunch at The Russet. Yes, it's a bit quirky, the vibes are good and you get a free art gallery show.The simple lunch menu features very nice salads, paninnis and a few other items. Don't come here looking for an extensive menu but the service is friendly. I'd like to come back for more of their salads!

Ate here this evening the general view of those who ate was fo great disappointmentThe standard of the food was not particularly high. In fact some of it was barely edible. It is a shame as has a nice vibe, the beer is good.

This place is a great place to go if you are a mum or dad with your baby. there is a back room with activities for babies and a closed off areas and a nice outside enclosed garden. Highchairs are provided. Place is quirky and interesting. Food is good and a short walk to hackney downs to go to the park afterwards and burn off energy - the kids, not yours. What more can you ask for when you have little ones in tow!

Use to come regularly since 2012 as it was a lovely place to get coffee, lunch and good cake. However in the last year everything has changed. Service and food has gone down while the price has gone up. The food use to be its big draw but portion size has gone down. I cant believe the staff who seem down to earth has the pride to serve up what comes out of he kitchen. The place is a health and safety nightmare in my opinion especially as I have a child. Im just so disappointed in the Russet as it use to be my favourite e hang out. Lo

The initial impression was relatively good, shabby chic style and charming. After ordering two separate cheese boards with my friend amounting to £7.50 per person; what arrived after a very long wait was a small portion to share between the pair of us.When asked if this was for both of us, we were told 'yes I think so, they give a little more then a single portion'. The cheese itself was very basic, nothing special and we could have bought double the amount in Tesco- that was the standard quality, however they were charging as though it was artisan style French imported Cheese- It was not. The Service was poor, slow and a little off hand, the place is over priced and basically trying to sell itself as something its not. I would not recommend and I would not be returning!

After having watached a fanatastic production of babylon my friend and I went into The Russet for some cheese and biscuits and a 3 chocolate delight (or a similar title!) It was not busy and we waited over 20 minutes for food. When the cheese board came out (not cooked and no apology for the delay) I thought it was for one and was really shocked to be informed it was for two people. No real mixture of cheeses I was promised Cashel Blue - nothing even similar X 3 plus the smallest two bits of brie imaginable. The fact that we had jointly paid £15 for 8 small slices of cheese, 6 single raspberries and 6 non adventurous crackers was scandelous. I then had dolls house/taster size 'cup' (if you can refer to it as that) of hot chocolate. For us it spolit a good night out given that the production was great and I really think there needs to be realsitic pricing and less of an 'up your own backside' approach if you want people to return - Thoroughly disappointed :(

My friend and I ate at The Russet before going to see Baby/lon at the Big House Theatre. I am not quite sure why there are complaints about the service. The waiter was friendly and the atmosphere was chilled. His recommendations were spot on. I loved the coca cola chicken and the chocolate brownie. I will definitely eat here again.

Went for the first time for a meal to celebrate a birthday. We arrived at 7.30pm to find one of the main meals was not available, which was the vegetarian option. It was also gnocchi, so not exactly hard to find in local shops or in Tesco down the road; considering it was a Wednesday evening and expecting a large party of people this was disappointing to say the least. They also nearly ran out of the pork belly (which actually arrived cold) whilst we were there, again, not a great sign when two of the three main meals are potentially off the menu.There were few waiting staff not really paying any attention to the tables, we had to go and find someone - no drinks were offered, just asked if we wanted to order our food.The meal itself was very rushed, we had just finished our starters when we were pushed to have our main.One person ordered two starters to have as a main and the portions were tiny; even smaller than those that arrived as a starter.Location was fine, if a bit too Hipster - a concrete loading bay isn't a village green! There was also loud music, which made talking difficult. The actual cafe was nicely laid out and finished, though the toilets need a lot of work.All in all, a bad experience. It felt like there was no care or attention given and the food was so-so. It would make a nice bar, but to sit down and eat I wouldn't bother again. It's not difficult to cater for an expected number of people either, and they really fell short with the menu offered.

Ok I've been here about 12 times now and every single time have had the worst service imaginable; stoned dudes forgetting my order or not even knowing what's on the menu, waiting for literally 2 hours for a breakfast that never arrives being typical. On the rare occasion that food arrives it is actually ok but these guys are capitalising on people like me and our repeated stupidity on returning to a place that is not actually fit for purpose. The coffee is a rip off, pastries the same and the prices of food and drink as well as the general off handed manner of staff just leaves you feeling disgruntled and taken advantage if

Service is very slow and appalling in general. Food and drinks are an absolute rip-off. Just had a 125ml juice (with ice) for £2.80! I'd rather walk an extra 5-10 minutes out towards the high street than go back there. They're cashing in on the fact that really there is nothing else around that area. Hope a good, fairly priced and customer conscious place opens soon and shows the Russet how it is done! Also, as a note, they should really do something about their manky toilets. They are disgusting.

I really wanted the Russet to be a good experience as I live so close by and it appears to be such a great use of the space. However the service is so appallingly bad that not only will I not return, I even strongly considered just getting up and leaving while I was there.We turned up around 11:45am on a Sunday and asked for a table for two. There was the choice of 3 or 4 tables, so we chose one, sat down, decided what we wanted and put our order in. The order was a couple of coffees and some food from the brunch menu. It took a scarcely believable 40 minutes for the coffees to turn up. It was just over an hour for the food. Given that not every table was full when we turned up I am still bewildered about how the service was so slow. Looking around at the other tables it appeared as though other diners were becoming similarly frustrated at the poor service.Some other minor quibbles I have is that they had no bacon left (which was annoying since so many of the brunch menu options rely on it) and the mushrooms for my order turned up late on a side plate.

It was our second attempt. First time was terrible with a massive wait. Today we ordered a veggie meal for our child. 30 minutes later, we got the meat version. Never again.

Staff are friendly. Food is always quite good. Menu is good. Coffee and tea good. HOWEVER, it took 45 minutes to for our order of toast with avocado and a sausage and onion chutney ciabatta to arrive - wasn't hugely busy so don't know why it took so long. Food has taken far too long every time I've been.Child friendly, which is why I've been a few times. It's quite a well known place with mothers' groups. HOWEVER, I won't be back ... it's always been a bit grotty and dirty but today it was toooo much... you guys need to mop your floor daily at least! Filthy. Tables dirty with not one member of staff with a dishcloth. I'm not asking for bacteria free or anything... just simple cleanliness!

We were impressed by the atmosphere and family friendly feel of the place but the very slow service and then cold, burnt breakfast ciabatta we ordered was very disappointing. Such a shame as this place has potential to be really fab.

Please try to be more friendly. it's a shame as food it's not bad at all..Me and my friends found the staff at the bar/till a bit snob and arrogant. And waiters seemed extremely tired. I work in restaurants and I know sometimes you can have a bad day but at least try as your drinks, food and service are not for free. Thank you

Eventhough it took us quit a while to get there we where not disapointed. A trendy alternative restaurant with realy good food. I had the Latina Pipina which was amazing (Avocado, black beans, egg, Plantane and Bread). The service did seam a bit disorientated but that did not matter as it kind of matched the athmosphere. They where all realy lovely and polite.At the back of the restaurant there is a kids play area and at the time we where there a pop up store. It was so worth the venture there!!!

We met friends here for brunch as their daughter's work was on display at the studios. We were all pleasantly surprised by the standard of the cooking and ingredients. I had a wonderful egg royal dish, whilst others enjoyed "Greasy Pippin" which wasn't greasy but a lovely full English breakfast! The coffee and ginger beer were good too. I thought the prices very reasonable for London, we've certainly paid more for inferior food, so this little quirky cafe is certainly worth tracking down. We ate outside but it has a rather interesting and unusual interior. I thought there were a lot of locals there, which is always a good sign!

It took several weeks to summon up the courage to try out The Russet, because it is in Hackney and fun little ventures in Hackney tend to be visited by people who are painfully cool. And it's true, the clientele on a weekday lunchtime is trendy. Uber trendy. There's the novelist working in the corner... there's a student revising whilst eating chorizo stew... there's a breastfeeding mum who literally doesn't seem to have a care in the world... there's a guy reading a book drinking Dalston Cola. He's wearing sunglasses. Is he famous? And so on, and so forth. But I found out that The Russet is a refreshingly down-to-earth place. So many cafes/restaurants in London are overwhelmingly pretentious, so it's delightful to work out whether you have to order at the bar or whether a waitress will come over (we waited 20 mins for the latter and then sheepishly headed over). And the tables are all made from what appear to be old warehouse pallets or the like. The wheels are still attached to my dining partner's evident joy (he has a short attention span). I've now been several times. They used to be unlicensed and you could BYO wine for £3 and beer for £1 which seems to have gone now that they sell booze. That's a real shame and they should consider bringing the BYO back, but the London Fields ale on tap is a good enough replacement. They also sell homemade ginger beer and Dalston Cola which are wickedly delicious and worth every penny. The breakfast menu doesn't seem to change and is always reliable. 'Eggs of the garden' were particularly excellent. The lunch is impressive, too. My friend always goes for the 'no frills' dining option (usually the chorizo stew) which is outrageously tasty and decent value as well. I think the prices have gone up quite sharply since Autumn 2012 but I may be mistaken. Anyway, you can still be impressively fed and watered for a tenner which isn't bad going I suppose. I've only had dinner here once and it was empty apart from us. The food was decent but the whole experience lacked the carefree atmosphere of lunchtime. It's an impressive place; we just have to hope that they keep the prices down and the standards high!

Four of us had dinner here and it was superb. The service was a delight. We were never neglected, and the food was beautiful and absolutely delicious. The restaurant is quite quirky and there are loads of things to look at if you take a wander. There was an art display in the back room and a library/childrens play area (during the daytime) - its a hidden gem in that its not easy to find! We had a great time.I'd recommend this restaurant to family and friends and will definitely be eating here again.