48 Bars Restaurants near Hackney Downs, London

Melanie Symonds, former producer of reality TV shows, now has a burgeoning liquor-importation business, and these Clapton premises incorporate her vision of ... Find out more

Originally a 1913 ‘picture palace’ – ceded to bingo and snooker since the 1950s – The Castle Cinema reverted to its original functio ... Find out more

Set in a former underground car park, this hi-tech concrete bunker could be a 1980s nuclear fallout shelter. Stop Fix is part of Shed London (a creative hub ... Find out more

"A daytime café and late-night saloon, MAP Maison feels like an exotic old train carriage – such is its long, narrow space. The venue was f ..." Read our full review

"Owned by the same two brothers who reinvigorated The Three Compasses on Dalston Lane, this former laundrette has been reinvented as a contemporary neig ..." Read our full review

Gerry Calabrese, owner of The Hoxton Pony, is surely on to a winner with this charming, idiosyncratic conversion of a London Fields laundry. Half the consid ... Find out more

"A café-diner aimed at hot-deskers and E8 slackers by day, Martello Hall morphs into a party bar at night. Local beers, Italian artisan wine ..." Read our full review

"A 300-year-old legend on Broadway Market’s boozy scene, The Cat & Mutton recently re-launched under the aegis of new owner Tom Gibson from Ru ..." Read our full review

"The Stars & Stripes flies outside this Broadway Market homage to New York City’s neighbourhood bars. Rather like a licensed version of Centra ..." Read our full review

Set in the basement under Off Broadway bar – but independently run – Kansas Smitty’s is a 1950s-style beatnik bunker where there’s b ... Find out more

Reflecting and responding to a trend for pre-video trivial pursuits, Draughts bills itself as ‘London’s first board game café’. A f ... Find out more

Once operating on a temporary license, Hackney council have given the go ahead for this rooftop retreat to open permanently. Book a desk to work at in the s ... Find out more

" A shrine to juniper, Peters & Co. pops up three nights a week at F.Cooke’s pie and mash shop – a 30s-style Cockney institution on Hackney’s perm ..." Read our full review

Just a short walk from London Fields, NT’s Loft is tucked away high up and out of sight in a towering warehouse building in the depths of Hackney. As ... Find out more

" This landmark Islington country-house pub and its sizeable beer garden are feeling the benefit of a recent refurb: the “nouveau Georgian” decor ..." Read our full review