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Food & Drink

Crudelia review – ‘Fantastic weaving of culture, fun and fandom’

By Gabriel Wilding | Thursday 6 November 2025 at 11:25

Crudelia’s comida exquisita now has a permanent residency

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Kokin, Stratford, food review: ‘So romantic, so artfully curated’

By Gabriel Wilding | Friday 5 September 2025 at 17:30

Learn from me though, put your best heels on, clunk on your baubles and move money over from your savings (you’ll need a fair wad)

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Blinds, Hackney Road, food review: ‘Well-realised wine, disappointing food’

By Gabriel Wilding | Friday 5 September 2025 at 12:33

This natural wine bar fulfils its main brief, but the food feels like an afterthought

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Bad Boy Pizzeria, Bethnal Green, food review: ‘One for the die-hard pie fans’

By Gabriel Wilding | Friday 5 September 2025 at 11:31

The New York-style restaurant is proof that the ‘appetite for pies with zippy, cartoonish branding has not abated’

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Patty and Pickle, Dalston, food review: ‘Big stupid grins’

By Gabriel Wilding | Friday 4 July 2025 at 17:07

Taking up residence at the Crown and Castle pub, this burger joint will keep ‘passionate bun fans happy’

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Dragon Flame, Hackney Downs, food review: ‘Bloated, besmirched, and oh so happy’

By Gabriel Wilding | Friday 4 July 2025 at 10:25

At The Star By Hackney Downs, the BBQ experts from Dragon Flame are cooking up fare that is ‘far from standard’

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Bing Bong Pizza, Morning Lane, food review: ‘Stuffed after six slices’

By Gabriel Wilding | Friday 30 May 2025 at 11:26

Bing Bong Pizza, from inside a cocktail bar, offers up nonna-style pies in ‘gloriously sleazy surroundings’

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Tasca at Câv, Bethnal Green, food review: ‘Flavour fiesta’

By Gabriel Wilding | Tuesday 15 April 2025 at 14:10

Paradise Row’s newest restaurant may offer only tiny plates, but we licked them all clean

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Short Road Pizza, Three Colts Tavern, food review: ‘Like Italy and New York have made sweet love’

By Gabriel Wilding | Wednesday 12 February 2025 at 10:15

A husband-and-wife team have turned their pandemic charity venture into an ‘exciting’ reality

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Unlock, Fish Island, food review: ‘Be brave, damn it, and tuck into one of the sibling’s more creative experiments!’

By Gabriel Wilding | Monday 30 December 2024 at 10:07

It would be a travesty if this sibling-run restaurant went unnoticed

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The Marquee Moon, Dalston, food review: ‘The British night out has never been more dynamic’

By Gabriel Wilding | Thursday 21 November 2024 at 14:10

The restaurant on the former site of the Marquis of Lansdowne pub has an ‘imaginative attitude to flavour’

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Albers, De Beauvoir, food review: ‘Much more than quite good’

By Gabriel Wilding | Thursday 10 October 2024 at 14:34

This cafe-restaurant’s promise of ‘quite good grub’ is a cheeky understatement

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Sayer St. Burgers, Hoxton, food review: ‘An utterly smashing time’

By Gabriel Wilding | Tuesday 8 October 2024 at 14:20

‘To dismiss this as just fast food, elevated pub grub, or an on-trend gimmick would be hasty’

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TA-KO, Stoke Newington, food review: ‘It’s the little touches that count’

By Gabriel Wilding | Wednesday 25 September 2024 at 15:21

The Mexican restaurant is back with a bang after a flood forced its owners to rebuild

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Doña, Stoke Newington, food review: ‘A boisterous, mezcal-fuelled good time’

By Gabriel Wilding | Monday 17 June 2024 at 11:14

The popular bar has added Honduran-inspired small plates to its weekend offering

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Barge East, Hackney Wick, food review: ‘Charming and luxurious’

By Gabriel Wilding | Friday 7 June 2024 at 14:24

Perfectly-sized roasts are the star of the iconic restaurant-on-a-boat

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Big Night, Morning Lane, food review: ‘Fun, funky and fascinating’

By Gabriel Wilding | Tuesday 21 May 2024 at 13:46

This yakitori venture’s ‘hehe-hoho approach’ is delightful enough to overcome its small portions

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TT, Kingsland Road, food review: ‘The meat outdances the veg’

By Gabriel Wilding | Friday 5 April 2024 at 10:46

TT, formerly TT Liquor, launches its first permanent restaurant, and its offering is ‘charmingly robust’

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75 Slices, Three Colts Tavern, food review: ‘Almost acceptable – until the dips run out’

By Gabriel Wilding | Monday 26 February 2024 at 14:44

The new pop-up at the Bethnal Green pub is a misstep in pizza’s inexorable rise across the UK

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Chakana, Broadway Market, food review: ‘The tongue never quite catches up to the eye’

By Gabriel Wilding | Thursday 21 December 2023 at 21:25

The dishes at this Peruvian restaurant are visually stunning, but they’re more style than substance

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