Catherine's Guidebook
Food scene
Hands down my favourite place in the area! Amazing food with Jewish and Middle Eastern influences. They do brunch, lunch and dinner. Queues can be long but it’ll be worth it. If you don’t like to queue, go in the evening, as they take bookings for dinner.
136 locals recommend
The Good Egg Stoke Newington
93 Stoke Newington Church StHands down my favourite place in the area! Amazing food with Jewish and Middle Eastern influences. They do brunch, lunch and dinner. Queues can be long but it’ll be worth it. If you don’t like to queue, go in the evening, as they take bookings for dinner.
Excellent food. They also do a hugely popular brunch that gets booked out pretty quickly.
59 locals recommend
Jones & Sons
3 Gillett StExcellent food. They also do a hugely popular brunch that gets booked out pretty quickly.
Escocesa
67 Stoke Newington Church StHigh quality tapas place. Spanish food with Scottish ingredients.
The Blue Legume
101 Stoke Newington Church StGreat for brunch all the way through to casual dinner.
The Black Pig with White Pearls
61 Stoke Newington High StNice little tapas restaurant.
Stoke Newington is full of Turkish restaurants - and this is one of my favourites.
53 locals recommend
Cirrik 19 Numara Bos
34 Stoke Newington RdStoke Newington is full of Turkish restaurants - and this is one of my favourites.
Famous but inexpensive vegetarian restaurant specialising in South Indian food.
171 locals recommend
Rasa South Indian Vegetarian Restaurant
55 Stoke Newington Church StFamous but inexpensive vegetarian restaurant specialising in South Indian food.
Great place if you just want to pick up a kebab on the way home.
14 locals recommend
The Best Turkish Kebab
125 Stoke Newington RdGreat place if you just want to pick up a kebab on the way home.
Local pubs
The White Hart
69 Stoke Newington High StGreat beer garden
The Londesborough
36 Barbauld RdThe Prince
59 Kynaston RdHand of Glory
240 Amhurst RdClosest pub to the flat
The Rose & Crown
199 Stoke Newington Church StCafés
The Haberdashery
170 Stoke Newington High StLovely little café. Great for brunch.
Drury 188-189 Stoke Newington
158 Stoke Newington RdThere is a cafe and garden area hidden away behind the flower shop.
23 locals recommend
Green Room Cafe
113 Stoke Newington Church StThere is a cafe and garden area hidden away behind the flower shop.
The Blue Legume
101 Stoke Newington Church StGreat for brunch.
Local things to do
Lovely nearby park with a pond, some animals, a cafe and a kid's paddling pool.
505 locals recommend
Clissold Park
Green LanesLovely nearby park with a pond, some animals, a cafe and a kid's paddling pool.
This may sound strange but it’s a beautiful, leafy, overgrown 18th century cemetery that’s well worth a look. A perfect place to go for a quiet walk surrounded by trees.
24 locals recommend
Abney Park
Stoke Newington Church StreetThis may sound strange but it’s a beautiful, leafy, overgrown 18th century cemetery that’s well worth a look. A perfect place to go for a quiet walk surrounded by trees.
Public neighbourhood garden with seating and a small café where you can buy coffee/cakes or some beer/wine.
178 locals recommend
Dalston Eastern Curve Garden
13 Dalston LnPublic neighbourhood garden with seating and a small café where you can buy coffee/cakes or some beer/wine.
Arcola Bar
24 Ashwin StVortex
11 Gillett SquareJazz club
Independent Art Deco cinema in Dalston that shows a mixture of art-house and mainstream films.
322 locals recommend
Rio Cinema
107 Kingsland High StreetIndependent Art Deco cinema in Dalston that shows a mixture of art-house and mainstream films.
Bars
Ruby's
76 Stoke Newington RdLittle hidden-away cocktail bar