East London & Bow Restaurant Guide

Blueberries

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Head East to leafy Victoria Park and you will find an intimate, friendly restaurant with a real neighbourly feel. Fusing comfort with modern design the dining room combines bare brick walls with uber-modern leather seating, reclaimed fireplaces and blond wood floorboards with chrome and clean lines.

3 course fixed price menu for £18

One course from the a la carte menu for £5.95

Weekend Breakfast

• Address: 87 Lauriston Road, Victoria Park Village, Hackney, London, E9 7HJ (Map)
• Cuisine(s): English, Modern British, Restaurant
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £27.00

Bhangra Beat - South Woodford

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The wonder of Indian food has taken Britain by storm over the past two decades, to the point where it is a serious rival to other ethnic cuisines. Considering curry was originally created for the British in India this a slightly ironic twist to events, but it could explain why every self respecting town, and many villages now have their own Indian restaurant, and the phrase "nipping down for an Indian" has taken on a significance that excites the tastebuds like crazy.

• Address: 49 Chigwell Road, South Woodford, London, E18 1NG (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Indian
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £18.00, Dinner: £27.00

Morgan Arms, The

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Take a detour off the Mile End Road, and enter an oasis within a cultural desert. The Morgan Arms is situated on the edge of Tredegar Square, a kind of Cockney Eaton Square (Daily Mail Property section spiel) where a banker rubs elbows with a builder, and life outside the pub gets put on hold.

• Address: 43 Morgan Street, Bow, London, E3 5AA (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Gastropub
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £12.00, Dinner: £30.00

Shelz Restaurant & Bar

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Shelz is a popular haunt for Highams Park locals, and word of mouth has brought this bar and restaurant a more far-flung clientele, who enjoy its authentic aromatic Indian cooking. The contemporary eatery serves innovative arrangements of grilled meat and seafood from all over India, with a bias towards the North.

Fixed price menu (eat as much as you like) for £9.95

• Address: 491-493 Hale End Road, Highams Park, London, E4 9PT (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Indian
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £9.00, Dinner: £25.00

291 Gallery

291 is certainly easy to find, firstly the name tells you what number Hackney Road it is and the fact that the restaurant is housed in a converted church means that you can't miss it. Here you'll dine in ecclesiastical style on mouth-watering meals such as borscht followed by braised duck leg bourguignon.

• Address: 291 Hackney Road, Yorkton Street, London, E2 8NH (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Modern
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £22.00

Anadolu Lokantasi

• Address: 117 Kingsland High Street, London, E8 2PB (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Turkish
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £22.00

Anatolia Ocakbasi Restaurant

On first impressions Anatolya appears to be simply a takeaway kebab shop but regulars know different. There are just a handful of tables, five to be precise, so the atmosphere is hardly that of your average restaurant.

• Address: 253 Mare Street, London, E8 3NS (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Turkish
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £21.00

Anda de Bridge

As the name suggests this bar/restaurant is indeed under a bridge, a railway bridge to be precise. Before you worry about the noise of trains thundering over your head the music, regularly supplied by an in-house DJ, soon drowns out any unwanted sound.

• Address: 42-44 Kingsland Road, Shoreditch, London, E2 8DA (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Caribbean
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £12.00, Dinner: £19.00

Approach Tavern

This popular East End pub may not look anything particularly special from the outside but it's definitely worth further investigation. The first surprise is that upstairs houses an excellent art gallery showcasing some of the capital's hottest new talent.

• Address: 47 Approach Road, London, E2 9LY (Map)
• Cuisine(s): British
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £32.00

Ark Fish Restaurant

• Address: 142 Hermon Hill, South Woodford, London, E18 1QH (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Fish & Chip
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £33.00