Guidebook for Victoria Park

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Guidebook for Victoria Park

Food Scene

Great fish and chips - modern place rather than traditional but food largely the same. Also now incorporates Hot Chick which does fried chicken and there's vegan 'chicken' and 'fish' options.
104 locals recommend
Fish House
128 Lauriston Rd
104 locals recommend
Great fish and chips - modern place rather than traditional but food largely the same. Also now incorporates Hot Chick which does fried chicken and there's vegan 'chicken' and 'fish' options.
Amazing deli and the cafe next door does delicious salt beef sandwiches and other brunchy food.
53 locals recommend
The Deli Downstairs
211 Victoria Park Rd
53 locals recommend
Amazing deli and the cafe next door does delicious salt beef sandwiches and other brunchy food.
Great stonebake pizza including gluten free ones.
75 locals recommend
The Lauriston Pub
162 Victoria Park Rd
75 locals recommend
Great stonebake pizza including gluten free ones.
Best roast + brunch in the area, great food generally. Service can be sloppy but it's usually worth it! Mondays it's £10 for a main + a drink.
123 locals recommend
The Empress
130 Lauriston Rd
123 locals recommend
Best roast + brunch in the area, great food generally. Service can be sloppy but it's usually worth it! Mondays it's £10 for a main + a drink.
Couldn't tag the right thing! Pavilion Cafe is great for brunch but often long queues. Boating lake is cute on a sunny day - hire a boat and cruise around!
20 locals recommend
Victoria Park - Lakeside Pavilion Toilets
20 locals recommend
Couldn't tag the right thing! Pavilion Cafe is great for brunch but often long queues. Boating lake is cute on a sunny day - hire a boat and cruise around!
Favourite bar in Hackney Wick - like something out of Berlin, not your typical London place. Good food, spacious, high ceilings, DJs, hot tubs in summer on the canalside terrace.
90 locals recommend
Number 90 - Bar & Restaurant
94 Wallis Rd
90 locals recommend
Favourite bar in Hackney Wick - like something out of Berlin, not your typical London place. Good food, spacious, high ceilings, DJs, hot tubs in summer on the canalside terrace.
Great cheap Japanese food. I am addicted to the chicken katsu curry.
40 locals recommend
Japanese Canteen
Arch 255 Paradise Row
40 locals recommend
Great cheap Japanese food. I am addicted to the chicken katsu curry.
Great modern Italian.
205 locals recommend
LARDO
201 Richmond Rd
205 locals recommend
Great modern Italian.
Amazing fresh pasta, cute intimate canalside atmosphere.
77 locals recommend
OMBRA
1 Vyner St
77 locals recommend
Amazing fresh pasta, cute intimate canalside atmosphere.
Yet another lush pub! Nice beer garden, very cosy inside.
47 locals recommend
The Lord Tredegar
50 Lichfield Rd
47 locals recommend
Yet another lush pub! Nice beer garden, very cosy inside.
Pretty good Thai food, unusual looking restaurant / building.
44 locals recommend
Thai Room Restaurant
221 Grove Rd
44 locals recommend
Pretty good Thai food, unusual looking restaurant / building.
Cute little coffee shop with great cakes, coffee, food and wine and a lovely little garden for a summer day. Good one to hit up before/after Mile End tube.
27 locals recommend
The Coffee Room
6A Grove Rd
27 locals recommend
Cute little coffee shop with great cakes, coffee, food and wine and a lovely little garden for a summer day. Good one to hit up before/after Mile End tube.
Not been but if you want some experimental cooking, check it out.
10 locals recommend
Ink
44 Suttons Wharf South
10 locals recommend
Not been but if you want some experimental cooking, check it out.
More amazing Italian food. One of the best risottos I have ever had, which is saying a lot considering I find mine hard to beat!
39 locals recommend
Natura
30 Felstead St
39 locals recommend
More amazing Italian food. One of the best risottos I have ever had, which is saying a lot considering I find mine hard to beat!
Damn good arancini (risotto balls). Try with lamb stew + salad, brownie and fresh lemonade.
7 locals recommend
Arancini Brothers Dalston
592 Kingsland Rd
7 locals recommend
Damn good arancini (risotto balls). Try with lamb stew + salad, brownie and fresh lemonade.
Very tasty Turkish, bit more expensive than usual places / smaller portions but delicious.
6 locals recommend
Village Mangal Hackney
83 Lauriston Rd
6 locals recommend
Very tasty Turkish, bit more expensive than usual places / smaller portions but delicious.
Sundays! Lots of delicious street food and traders
65 locals recommend
Victoria Park Market
Gore Road
65 locals recommend
Sundays! Lots of delicious street food and traders
Huge gorgeous place with two places to eat, a big bar, outdoor terrace, record shop and more
86 locals recommend
Mare street market
117 Mare St
86 locals recommend
Huge gorgeous place with two places to eat, a big bar, outdoor terrace, record shop and more

Drinks & Nightlife

Big cosy pub on corner of our road, good food, Sunday roasts, board games, nice outdoor area right on the park
75 locals recommend
Royal Inn on the Park
111 Lauriston Road
75 locals recommend
Big cosy pub on corner of our road, good food, Sunday roasts, board games, nice outdoor area right on the park
Another great pub with amazing food.
95 locals recommend
The Hemingway Public House
84 Victoria Park Rd
95 locals recommend
Another great pub with amazing food.
Another lovely pub, bit more modern but still very cosy.
129 locals recommend
The Crown
144-146 Hatfield Rd
129 locals recommend
Another lovely pub, bit more modern but still very cosy.
Cosy pub with 100s of beers and ales.
302 locals recommend
The Dove
24-28 Broadway Market
302 locals recommend
Cosy pub with 100s of beers and ales.
Amazing high end food and cocktails and stunning design.
271 locals recommend
Bistrotheque
23-27 Wadeson St
271 locals recommend
Amazing high end food and cocktails and stunning design.
Another cute pub with a little beer garden.
101 locals recommend
The Kenton
38 Kenton Road
101 locals recommend
Another cute pub with a little beer garden.
Some good DJ line-ups and bands upstairs, open til 3/4 weekends..
148 locals recommend
Oslo Hackney
1A Amhurst Rd
148 locals recommend
Some good DJ line-ups and bands upstairs, open til 3/4 weekends..
Nice bar with music in the creative hub/space of Netil House.
32 locals recommend
Nts
1 Westgate St
32 locals recommend
Nice bar with music in the creative hub/space of Netil House.
Lovely little cocktail bar with occasional parties in the basement. Try the one with port in it!
108 locals recommend
Off Broadway
63-65 Broadway Market
108 locals recommend
Lovely little cocktail bar with occasional parties in the basement. Try the one with port in it!
Lush hidden gem, so nice in summer. Drinks in secluded gardens just metres away from hustle and bustle of the main roads.
178 locals recommend
Dalston Eastern Curve Garden
13 Dalston Ln
178 locals recommend
Lush hidden gem, so nice in summer. Drinks in secluded gardens just metres away from hustle and bustle of the main roads.
Cocktails with liqour brewed in house, cool spot
45 locals recommend
East London Liquor Company
221 Grove Rd
45 locals recommend
Cocktails with liqour brewed in house, cool spot
London Fields Brewery's bar
101 locals recommend
The Taproom
163 Upper St
101 locals recommend
London Fields Brewery's bar
Lots of great bands and occasional big names and club nights in a former army veteran social club.
28 locals recommend
MOTH Club
Valette Street
28 locals recommend
Lots of great bands and occasional big names and club nights in a former army veteran social club.
Vinyl only DJs on a very expensive soundsystem designed for vinyl, with sushi and cocktails.
109 locals recommend
Brilliant Corners
470 Kingsland Rd
109 locals recommend
Vinyl only DJs on a very expensive soundsystem designed for vinyl, with sushi and cocktails.

Essentials

Amazing fishmonger. Cheap mussels recommended!
15 locals recommend
Jonathan Norris ltd
207 Victoria Park Rd
15 locals recommend
Amazing fishmonger. Cheap mussels recommended!
Lovely and chilled spot for food, drink and shopping on a weekday, bustling market with even more amazing food on Saturdays.
1735 locals recommend
Broadway Market
Broadway Market
1735 locals recommend
Lovely and chilled spot for food, drink and shopping on a weekday, bustling market with even more amazing food on Saturdays.
Because sometimes you just need some 64p gherkins...
215 locals recommend
Lidl
27 Well St
215 locals recommend
Because sometimes you just need some 64p gherkins...

Shopping

Great for presents / toys for kids.
The Toybox
223 Victoria Park Rd
Great for presents / toys for kids.
Great shopping, cinema, bowling etc.
1214 locals recommend
Westfield Stratford City
157 Montfichet Rd
1214 locals recommend
Great shopping, cinema, bowling etc.
Great second hand record shop.
8 locals recommend
Vinyl Pimp
15 Prince Edward Rd
8 locals recommend
Great second hand record shop.

Everything Else

Swim like an Olympian in the epic competition pool. Go during the weekdays and you'll very often have a whole lane to yourself.
141 locals recommend
London Aquatics Centre
141 locals recommend
Swim like an Olympian in the epic competition pool. Go during the weekdays and you'll very often have a whole lane to yourself.
Outdoor swimming in the summer!
591 locals recommend
London Fields
London Fields West Side
591 locals recommend
Outdoor swimming in the summer!
If you're looking for a range of nightlife, head to Dalston. Good food, good bars, many sweaty basement clubs.
148 locals recommend
Dalston Junction station
148 locals recommend
If you're looking for a range of nightlife, head to Dalston. Good food, good bars, many sweaty basement clubs.
Lovely area for food, pubs, bars and walking /chilling in Clissold Park.
81 locals recommend
Stoke Newington
81 locals recommend
Lovely area for food, pubs, bars and walking /chilling in Clissold Park.

Arts & Culture

Oval Space's mini club opposite the main venue. Great for a more intimate party.
9 locals recommend
The Pickle Factory
13-14 The Oval
9 locals recommend
Oval Space's mini club opposite the main venue. Great for a more intimate party.
Lovely cinema
445 locals recommend
Hackney Picturehouse
270 Mare St
445 locals recommend
Lovely cinema
They have gigs here sometimes! The xx, Coldplay, Bloc Party and Cat Power have all played here. Check http://www.stjohnathackney.org.uk/calendar/ to see if any gigs are on.
14 locals recommend
St Luke at Hackney Church
Homerton Terrace
14 locals recommend
They have gigs here sometimes! The xx, Coldplay, Bloc Party and Cat Power have all played here. Check http://www.stjohnathackney.org.uk/calendar/ to see if any gigs are on.
Interesting theatre / comedy and club venue.
34 locals recommend
The Yard Theatre
Unit 2a Queen's Yard
34 locals recommend
Interesting theatre / comedy and club venue.

Entertainment & Activities

Two epic playgrounds and a skate park across the whole of Victoria Park, plus a cafe that does nice Indian streetfood.
1666 locals recommend
Pavilion Cafe
Old Ford Road
1666 locals recommend
Two epic playgrounds and a skate park across the whole of Victoria Park, plus a cafe that does nice Indian streetfood.
Boutique cinema, restaurant, record shop and terrace. Wonderful place.
20 locals recommend
Number10 London
10 Helmsley Pl
20 locals recommend
Boutique cinema, restaurant, record shop and terrace. Wonderful place.