Hackney restaurants and cafÃ©s

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Hackney does an amazing line in cafés. Long White Cloud represents New Zealand, while Railroad is as eclectic as the area it serves. Catering for the carnivores is Argentinian restaurant Buen Ayre while lovers of Vietnamese fare head to Green Papaya. For a 'secret' dinner date, join the Bruncheon Club at a yet-to-be-disclosed location.

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Buen Ayre
Rating: 5/5 Restaurant: Argentinian, 50 Broadway Market, London, E8 4QJ
Unless they're happy eating just-melted provolone cheese and portobello mushrooms, vegetarians should steer clear of this big-and-beefy Argentinian grill restaurant. The massive...
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Bruncheon Club
Rating: 4/5 Café, a secret location, London, E8
You don't book a seat at this brunch-based twist on an underground restaurant, you 'join the club'. You don't get your own table, you pull up a seat with five other guests. And...
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Climpson & Sons
Rating: 4/5 Coffee house, 67 Broadway Market, London, E8 4PH
Dedication and a sense of fun is what makes C&S stand out - securing 'naked' La Marzocco portafilters (so baristas can see straight away if they've pulled a good shot) was a day...
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Counter Café
Rating: 4/5 Café, 7 Roach Road, London, E3 2PA
A light industrial estate where the Hertford Union Canal meets the Lee Navigation, opposite the Olympic Stadium - not the first bit of London you'd think of when looking for a buzzy café, but...
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Long White Cloud
Rating: 4/5 Coffee house, 151 Hackney Road, London, E2 8JL
The Ponsonby district is Auckland's hipstertown, full of cool bars and brunchy independent cafés. Shoreditch is the approximate London equivalent (a grubbier version without the friendly...
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Railroad
Rating: 4/5 Café-bar, 120-122 Morning Lane, London, E9 6LH
It's the sort of place that could only exist in Hackney. A former barbers and a Nigerian wine bar have been knocked together, given a lick of paint then embellished with not much more...
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Wilton's
Rating: 4/5 Coffee house, 63 Wilton Way, London, E8 1BG
Once the new kid on the java block, now an institution beloved of solo sippers and rouged-up fashionistas alike...
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Green Papaya
Rating: 3/5 Restaurant: Vietnamese, 191 Mare Street, London, E8 3QE
Green Papaya makes the most of its proximity to Mare Street's concentration of Vietnamese supermarkets; its unusual menu is more adventurous than some other proponents of the cuisine...
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Violet Cakes
Rating: 3/5 Café, 47 Wilton Way, London, E8 3ED
Cupcakes have been popping up all over since Carrie and the girls Manolo-ed their way into Magnolia Bakery, NYC. For a few years, and in ever-growing numbers, Londoners don't seem to be...
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Tre Viet
Rating: 3/5 Restaurant: Vietnamese, 247 Mare Street, London, E8 3NS
Such is the popularity of Tre Viet that the business recently spread into another unit just up the road. Both venues share similar utilitarian decor; both serve the same list of Vietnamese classics...
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LMNT
Rating: 3/5 Restaurant: Modern European, 316 Queensbridge Road, London, E8 3NH
First-timers to LMNT should be prepared to spend time examining the eccentric decor. A huge gold Egyptian pharaoh greets you upon entering, while ceiling drapes in bright...
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