Opened in the summer of 2024, the fizzingly warm and welcoming Korean restaurant has quickly become one of east London’s most talked about places to eat. Branded as a ‘modern take on Korean cuisine’, the family-run Miga is all about exhilarating dishes that smash your tastebuds with integrity and sass. Try yughwe, a ballsy beef tartare accessorised with skinny batons of Asian pear and a gleaming egg yolk, or maeun saeu – three pastel pink prawns on a perfect puddle of gochujang sauce.
Head to Hackney and you've got a seriously exciting evening of dining ahead of you, as some of the city's boldest chefs have set up shop in this rapidly-gentrifying patch of east London. High-end restaurants sit alongside chic brunch spots, inviting gastropubs and long-established neighbourhood joints. Whatever you're after, you'll more than likely find it here. Go east(ish) and eat. The latest additions to the list include modern Korean marvel Miga, Sesta in the old shell of the much-loved Pidgin, fun with fire at Lagom, chef Abby Lee's incredible Mambow, Bethnal Green kitchen residency Tasca and Elephant - an Italian restaurant in a Victorian pub space.
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Leonie Cooper is Time Out London’s Food and Drink Editor and thinks Hackney restaurants are some of the best in London (but don't tell the other boroughs, they'll only get jealous). For more about how we curate, see our editorial guidelines.
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