Eating and Drinking
The Real Greek Great restaurant serving Greek food like you’ve never tasted before. Start with mezedes (starters). The wine list has excellent Greek wines. 15 Hoxton Market N1 020 7739 8212
Les Trois Garçons Elaborate
decor is all part of the dining experience at Les Trois Garçons.
Happily, the food is consistently excellent and the service solicitous.
Overall, this is not as pricey as you would think. 1 Club Row E1 020 7613 1924
St John Bread & Wine This sister restaurant of St John
is a much-loved local haunt, with its long opening hours (from 9am
Mon–Fri, 10am Sat & Sun) and excellent British food. It has a great
wine list, and the bakery sells amazing bread and cakes to go.
Convenient for Old Spitalfields Market. Canteen Located in the complex next to Old Spitalfields Market, it serves delicious traditional British food in a glass-walled setting. Cargo Imaginatively
set in three railway arches, this large space is devoted to music,
drink and food until 1am. There is live music every night in the
back-room club. Fox Fine
dining can be had upstairs in this lovely refurbished pub, which is
frequented by City types looking for decent ales and wines. 28 Paul Street EC2 020 7729 5708
Cantaloupe A
large warehouse bar serving chips and snacks at the bar and
Mediterranean food in the restaurant. Popular with students and city
types. 35–42 Charlotte Road EC2 020 7729 5566
City bar and restaurant, Cantaloupe
Gun This swish Docklands operation overlooking the Thames serves up quality pub food. 27 Cold Harbour E14 DLR South Quay/Blackwell 020 7515 5222
Café Spice Namaste One of the best fine Indian restaurants in London, focusing on Goan and regional cooking. Closed Sundays. 16 Prescot Street E1 Tube Tower Hill 020 7488 9242
Prospect of Whitby East London’s finest pub dates to 1520, and has old beams and barrels, a pewter bar and great river views. 37 Wapping Wall E1 Tube Wapping 020 7481 1095
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