Big Night, Morning Lane, food review: ‘Fun, funky and fascinating’
This yakitori venture’s ‘hehe-hoho approach’ is delightful enough to overcome its small portions
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Angelina, Dalston, food review: ‘Ambitious vision’
The new Japanese-Italian fusion restaurant is ‘well worth a visit’
Gul & Sepoy, Whitechapel, restaurant review: Indian small plates with some big ideas
The team behind Spitalfields’ Gunpowder have diverged from more standard Indian culinary paths, to bring their sometimes frustrating but ultimately rewarding dishes to East London
The Lacy Nook, Stoke Newington, restaurant review: no need to balk at this fine Balkan cuisine
Visitors to Stokey may have missed this Nook – our reviewer makes a good case for seeking it out, particularly for the dessert option…
Popolo, Shoreditch, restaurant review
This excellent new Rivington Street hideout serves dishes which capture the spirit of the Italian kitchen, with lashings of Spanish and North African influence
Squid Kitchen at 119 Lower Clapton, restaurant review
Delicious tapas suitable for any cena con amigos can be found at this unassuming Clapton café
Jidori, Dalston, restaurant review – View-a skewer
The vision for Jidori is yakitori, a Japanese cuisine centred on chicken skewers, cooked on a charcoal grill and washed down with copious amounts of booze
Jidori, Dalston, restaurant review – View-a skewer
The vision for Jidori is yakitori, a Japanese cuisine centred on chicken skewers, cooked on a charcoal grill and washed down with copious amounts of booze
Chuck Burger, Spitalfields, restaurant review – ‘no nonsense’ burgers and wings
This bare-bones, American inspired diner by Aldgate East station makes its own patties, alongside other meaty triumphs
Café SoVegan, Clapton, restaurant review – ‘a project to be heralded’
Vegans and non-vegans alike will find something tasty to tuck in to at this Clapton café-in-a-pub
The Frog – restaurant review
It is the quality of the food by which a restaurant lives or dies, something chef Adam Handling understands, judging by his new venture
MEATmission – review
Unholy gluttony at Hoxton restaurant serving ‘Dead Hippie’ burgers in converted church
Restaurant review: Punjab 58
The Citizen visits ‘the heart of Asia’ in the heart of Stoke Newington
Restaurant review: Su Sazzagoni
An evening of indulgence at Victoria Park’s Sardinian eatery
Restaurant review: Abi Ruchi
A weekend visit to a popular South Indian restaurant in Church Street