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Beigel Bake
159 Brick LnBest salt beef bagel in the world!
Much better than big chain EFES which is pushing in to the area. Family run and great for people watching on Brick Lane :)
Its good value too...
Damascu Bite
119-121 Brick LnMuch better than big chain EFES which is pushing in to the area. Family run and great for people watching on Brick Lane :)
Its good value too...
We buy our coffee from here and its the best in the area - even than Nude etc...Chilled out as its further from Brick Lane. Nice owners and staff...
9 locals recommend
Doppio Coffee Warehouse Shoreditch
90 Hanbury StWe buy our coffee from here and its the best in the area - even than Nude etc...Chilled out as its further from Brick Lane. Nice owners and staff...
Local to the area for over 100 years. Buy your bread here. Nice little cafe area too and close to Weavers Fields if you want to stretch your legs in the park
60 locals recommend
Rinkoff Bakery
222-226 Jubilee StLocal to the area for over 100 years. Buy your bread here. Nice little cafe area too and close to Weavers Fields if you want to stretch your legs in the park
Our closest and conveniently best curry house on Brick Lane. Call ahead, say you're local at 145 Woodseer St and get a discount on your take out order...
City Spice
138 Brick LnOur closest and conveniently best curry house on Brick Lane. Call ahead, say you're local at 145 Woodseer St and get a discount on your take out order...
Been in the area for a long long time and serves up, by common agreement, the best English Breakfast in the East End of London...Beautiful building too.
160 locals recommend
E Pellicci
332 Bethnal Green RdBeen in the area for a long long time and serves up, by common agreement, the best English Breakfast in the East End of London...Beautiful building too.
Imagine a bacon and egg freshly baked naan roll, with sweet chilli jam, coriander and a chocolate chai. Exactly. Sweet brunches and amazing evening meals.
475 locals recommend
Dishoom Shoreditch
7 Boundary StImagine a bacon and egg freshly baked naan roll, with sweet chilli jam, coriander and a chocolate chai. Exactly. Sweet brunches and amazing evening meals.
Perfect, perfect, perfect! Gourmet Italian coffee, a nice space to hang in and she does amazing panini and coffee for £5 before 12pm. Great for an early lunch...but they also have a shop for the best food ingredients in the area
Sara Cafe Deli
72 Dunbridge StPerfect, perfect, perfect! Gourmet Italian coffee, a nice space to hang in and she does amazing panini and coffee for £5 before 12pm. Great for an early lunch...but they also have a shop for the best food ingredients in the area
Chilled, organic vibe with decent food, back garden and near the part and Museum of Childhood. Sweetness all round.
90 locals recommend
Gallery Cafe
21 Old Ford RdChilled, organic vibe with decent food, back garden and near the part and Museum of Childhood. Sweetness all round.
Chinese food - one of the best in London. Authentic so good to go with their more familiar recommendations unless you're used to a wide range of cuts and meats...!
18 locals recommend
Sichuan Folk
32 Hanbury StChinese food - one of the best in London. Authentic so good to go with their more familiar recommendations unless you're used to a wide range of cuts and meats...!
Best sushi close to us. Don't bother with Sushi Samba up the tower unless you like the views. This place is tops. Good value too...Right by Aldgate East tube
38 locals recommend
Sushinoen
2 White Church LnBest sushi close to us. Don't bother with Sushi Samba up the tower unless you like the views. This place is tops. Good value too...Right by Aldgate East tube
One of the best meat outlets in London. My old boss took me here to celebrate five years of working together. We went for it and clocked up a £500 bill! Check the website for the menu as the cocktail and bar menu is more reasonable, but the quality is still there. If you're celebrating or love meat, then go.
152 locals recommend
Hawksmoor Spitalfields
157A Commercial StOne of the best meat outlets in London. My old boss took me here to celebrate five years of working together. We went for it and clocked up a £500 bill! Check the website for the menu as the cocktail and bar menu is more reasonable, but the quality is still there. If you're celebrating or love meat, then go.
Dosa World
46 Hanbury StGreat low budget option. Authentic and tasty.
Get your fruit 'n veg and weird 'n wonderful bits and bobs from this endlessly fascinating parade of people and commerce- there's hustle and bustle, but its worth it...
20 locals recommend
Whitechapel Market
131 Whitechapel RdGet your fruit 'n veg and weird 'n wonderful bits and bobs from this endlessly fascinating parade of people and commerce- there's hustle and bustle, but its worth it...
Mouse Tail Coffee Stories
307 Whitechapel RdSomewhere to chill out when the market gets too much!
OK - not technically on Brick Lane but generally regarded as one of the best Indian grills anywhere in the UK. Book ahead or risk a long queue.
381 locals recommend
Tayyabs
83-89 Fieldgate StOK - not technically on Brick Lane but generally regarded as one of the best Indian grills anywhere in the UK. Book ahead or risk a long queue.
Classic and ever popular. Easy British food in a decent homage to the traditional British institution.
131 locals recommend
Poppies Fish & Chips, Spitalfields
6-8 Hanbury StClassic and ever popular. Easy British food in a decent homage to the traditional British institution.
Essentials
They have everything you are likely to need and lots you won't. Its not that neat or tidy, but there's a great range of interesting eastern and asian foods to try! Lots of staples and cheaper than most supermarkets - get your fresh fruit at the Whitechapel Road Market though...
Bangla Town
67 Hanbury StThey have everything you are likely to need and lots you won't. Its not that neat or tidy, but there's a great range of interesting eastern and asian foods to try! Lots of staples and cheaper than most supermarkets - get your fresh fruit at the Whitechapel Road Market though...
Drinks & Nightlife
Part of the Jack the Ripper tour and by the beautiful Hawksmoor church. They have live jazz and its dead cool in here!
84 locals recommend
The Ten Bells
84 Commercial StPart of the Jack the Ripper tour and by the beautiful Hawksmoor church. They have live jazz and its dead cool in here!
Great traditional pub - one of the last in the area. Summer drinking on the street outside. Mix with locals, artists, workers etc etc all with a faint and non ironic 70s feel!
61 locals recommend
The Pride of Spitalfields London
3 Heneage StGreat traditional pub - one of the last in the area. Summer drinking on the street outside. Mix with locals, artists, workers etc etc all with a faint and non ironic 70s feel!
BrewDog Shoreditch
51 Bethnal Green RdGreat beers to sample. Varied crowd - its all about good beer!
Parks & Nature
So cool! They have donkeys, ducks, pigs, chickens; little gardens; activities; fresh produce etc etc and its next to another little park which is perfect for stretching out in...
44 locals recommend
Spitalfields City Farm
Buxton StreetSo cool! They have donkeys, ducks, pigs, chickens; little gardens; activities; fresh produce etc etc and its next to another little park which is perfect for stretching out in...
Arts & Culture
Great community space with some cool sculptures, graffiti, structures and little cafe :)
16 locals recommend
Nomadic Community Garden
Fleet Street HillGreat community space with some cool sculptures, graffiti, structures and little cafe :)
Incredible house that is kept in the way it would have been in the 1700's. World Class.
79 locals recommend
Dennis Severs' House
18 Folgate StIncredible house that is kept in the way it would have been in the 1700's. World Class.
Sightseeing
Where the Liberty Bell was cast. Been making bells here for over 500 years!
35 locals recommend
Whitechapel Bell Foundry
34 Whitechapel RoadWhere the Liberty Bell was cast. Been making bells here for over 500 years!
Flower Market, Sunday mornings. Music. Coffee. Pastries. Its busy but worth it
1660 locals recommend
Columbia Road Flower Market
Columbia RoadFlower Market, Sunday mornings. Music. Coffee. Pastries. Its busy but worth it
Shopping
Just loads and loads of everything! Shops, food, markets, artisan goods, restaurants, art, music etc! This place is always entertaining...
157 locals recommend
Spitalfields Arts Market
1 Market StJust loads and loads of everything! Shops, food, markets, artisan goods, restaurants, art, music etc! This place is always entertaining...
Amazing Mexicana and cool stuff...We've bought loads of things for our house, including our bathroom floor tiles, from here!
Milagros London
61 Columbia RdAmazing Mexicana and cool stuff...We've bought loads of things for our house, including our bathroom floor tiles, from here!