The best restaurants serving British food in Hackney London

This is the best cafe, possibly in the world. The Chef is just incredible, from the breakfast eggs to the sandwiches to the soup. Everything. All homemade and full of so many natural goodness. The coffee that Ed makes is just another level. And the fresh buns they make every morning, something to be addicted to. Couldn’t recommend this place more!!! Thanks so much for making our days.

Lovely restaurant POOR service- South Woodford branch!! I attended a bottomless brunch on Saturday 28th September 2024 and i must say that its a shame that Your barman ruined our experience. The food was absolutely amazing, the restaurant was beautiful and drinks were okay/ average. I have never been to a more stingy bottomless brunch. The restaurant had 3 tables present (we were one of them) but yet the service was so slow. We had to keep asking to de served. Your barman who we was told was named Sergio kept smirking over at us- im not sure why but his energy was very arrogant and rude! I understand if the restaurant was busy but the other two tables left and we were the only ones there so there was no reason for the service to be non existent. Sergio was constantly on his phone, purposefully ignoring us. Im sure you’re not paying him to stand on his phone. We spent £60 per head to not be served. We were paying for a service that we did not receive. I will however thank Alex our waiter who went behind the bar to serve us some drinks as he could see that we were getting frustrated because our table was neglected. He did try to make sure that we were looked after. The barman kept disappearing whilst we were waiting for our drinks and then said to Alex that ‘we can wait’- wait for what, we were the only table there . I think he was avoiding us. Thank you Alex for trying to provide us with a decent service dispute no help from him colleague.

Nice cafe at the corner of Finsbury park with a great outdoor seating area

Chip, fish, and pie's are delicious. Next time, I might eat in.

Took my husband here for his birthday at the weekend, we both had the vegan roast and it was really tasty. Reasonably priced wine too!

Always a lovely place to have a drink by the river, lively atmosphere and pleasant decor and staff.

Food is pretty good but the service is TERRIBLE. Every time we come in it is beyond slow and useless. Such a pity and it really needs to get sorted.

Brilliant place, in a cool location. The staff are really friendly and the food, pizzas in particular are fantastic. The Cotto Ham is delicious 😋.

It's great that they have vegan options. I'm not keen on the banana blossom, the texture is interesting. I've had better batter on vegan fish. Chips were lovely.

Great place, food was good and the service was friendly.

One of the nicest places i have visited in London. Super cozy vibe with live jazz music, great selection of cask ales (and pickled eggs) + very friendly staff.

The cocktails and service were amazing however, the lack of dishes on the menu were disappointing.

Awful environment. Impossible to breathe. I wanted to enjoy a cup of coffee, but it’s insanely hot. Feel sorry for amazing staff

Really poor initial reception but sympathy given as one staff member was left to deal when others were doing nothing behind the bar. Stood for about 5 minutes soaked from the rain and no one took charge of the arrival situation. .Standing there obviously aimless and waiting with all staff not engaging at all despite having a number clearly doing nothing. Upon speaking to FOH they explained table not ready but not offered to go to bar or stand anywhere particularly. When finally seated much of the wine list not available. Roast was good but frozen roast potato. Cold and solid on inside. Forgot mustard upon asking. Was rushed off table despite other tables being offered coffee which was never offered despite spending >£100 a head and being there less than 2 hours as they were late seating. Pretty poor service to be honest and was charged for it . £450 for 4 persons. I expect better than this guys, you knew we were coming. Generally a little embarrassing for my family visit I’m afraid and definitely feel treated differently to other customers despite obviously probably paying more.

cool bar and fun basement space for gigs and shows. great crowd and vibes