Hackney and Tower Hamlets · London
The best of Shoreditch & East London (2026)
Brick Lane's bagels and curry houses, Spitalfields and Columbia Road markets, street art and London's best cocktail bars.
East London is where the city's food and nightlife scene moves fastest: Shoreditch's bars and restaurants, Brick Lane, Old Spitalfields Market, Columbia Road's Sunday flower market and the canals of Hackney.
Shoreditch & East London picks on our London-wide lists
All London-wide listsEvery place in Shoreditch & East London that made one of our London-wide guides, with its position on that list.
Food & Drink
The 8 Best Sunday Roasts in London (2026)
- #4 The Marksman Hackney Road
The 10 Best Rooftop Bars in London (2026)
- #10 Netil360 London Fields
The 12 Best Restaurants in London (2026)
- #3 Brat Shoreditch
- #7 The Clove Club Shoreditch
The 11 Best Fish and Chip Shops in London (2026)
- #1 Poppies Spitalfields, Camden and Soho
- #8 Sutton & Sons Stoke Newington
Things to Do
The 10 Best Markets in London (2026)
- #3 Columbia Road Flower Market Bethnal Green
- #5 Old Spitalfields Market Spitalfields
- #6 Broadway Market Hackney
- #9 Sunday Upmarket, Brick Lane Brick Lane
Services & Moving Here
The 9 Best Architects in London (2026)
- #7 Paul Archer Design Spitalfields
- #8 Emil Eve Architects Hackney
The 10 Best Accountants in London (2026)
- #5 Moore Kingston Smith Shoreditch / Liverpool Street
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