Dalston

Chef Dom Taylor's The Good Front Room was a massive hit when it took over the Palm Court at The Langham for the best part of a year. He had won a reality TV programme, Five Star Chef, where the prize was to open a restaurant and he more than delivered the goods. 

Since then, the chef has been looking for a new location for the restaurant. He did open a more

After what seems like quite a while since we got too excited about the food and drink scene in Dalston, it all seems to be happening on the Kingsland Road at the moment. Just weeks after new East London pub The Black Eel opened its doors, a very interesting new Italian is about to be unveiled.

HOAX is being billed as a modern Italian restaurant with a 'secret'

The Black Eel is a new pub in Dalston that's taken over an absolute warren of rooms with a very talented chef in the kitchen. We went down to try it out.  

A new pizza residency is on the way. Fresh Hot Pizza have been running pop-ups since the beginning of the year, and now they're settling down in Haggerston. 

It comes from James Fox, who got his pizza experience at Ria's, Dough Hands and Crisp Pizza, so he definitely knows his stuff. The pizzeria got a rave review ...

For years, it was best known as F Cooke eel, pie and mash shop. Then it became a Chinese karaoke joint and, most recently, was cocktail and board game spot Draughts. Now, one of the best-known frontages on Kingsland High Street (and a Grade II listed site to boot) is about to turn into a pub.

The Black Eel comes from Exale Brewing, who also run the William the Fourth in Leyton and

As you'll know from our guide to London's best pop-ups and events, there are some excellent residencies all over London right now. But one in Dalston deserves particular highlighting, we thought.

Joyeta Ng has a very impressive list of restaurants in her CV, including two two-Michelin-starred restaurants, Den in Tokyo and Kitchen Table in London as well as The

Chef Tom Brown of Tom Brown at The Capital shares his favourite food and drink spots in Dalston with Hot Dinners readers.

28/3/25 - updated with opening details

The team behind bars like Discount Suit Company and The Sun Tavern are getting ready for their next bar, this time in Dalston. They're taking over the basement venue that was once Nest nightclub. They've brought in Tom Gibson, the man behind Ruby's and more to create some sort of bar superteam. 

On the

From natty wine bars and Michelin-chasing restaurants to jerk shacks and next-level naan shops, here's where to eat and drink well in the melting pot that is Dalston.

After opening their Mexican restaurant in Dalston last year, Corrochio’s are getting ready for the next level - or one level down to be more precise. They're launching their new bar CINCO underneath the restaurant, which will have a big focus on Agave and Mexican spirits.

The main cocktails list here will have five agave cocktails, five more with other Mexican spirits and, very much

Updated 15/1/25 with opening date

Recently, Isaac McHale parted ways with the other founders of The Clove Club, Johnny Smith and Daniel Willis, with each side talking about the promise of new restaurants to come. McHale, who hung onto The Clove Club, is not getting ready to open his first restaurant since the split. 

He's opening a more casual

Last summer there were bug plans for a new food, drinks and events space in Dalston. Called Dalston Yard, it was the brainchild of Dominic Cools-Lartigue, the man who opened The Tramshed Project and before that Street Feast. 

However, things all went very quiet as opening plans were put on hold. But now it's somewhat unexpectedly back, albeit in a temporary new

The Team behind Docklands nightclub The Cause are revamping a pub in Dalston. Once The Marquis of Lansdowne, it's being relaunched as The Marquee Moon (the second opening recently to take its name from a classic song - see also Goodbye Horses). The same people are

Italian/Japanese cuisine in Dalston

A Bar with Shapes for a Name (🔶🟥🔵) has earned a reputation for being one of the best bars in London, which occasionally makes it a little tough to grab a table/stool inside. But if you've been meaning to try their cocktails, that's about to get a lot easier as they're getting ready to open their second bar, Warehaus. 

This one's much closer to Dalston and is taking over the