Esters in Stoke Newington makes some of the best and most unconventional breakfasts and brunches in London.

Rubedo serves excellent Italian dishes and natural wines on Stoke Newington Church Street.

Escocesa is a tapas restaurant in Stoke Newington serving particularly excellent seafood, all sourced from Scotland.

The pizzas at this popular spot are simple, inexpensive, gigantic, and absolutely worth the trip to Stoke Newington.

The breakfasts at The Good Egg are among the best in Stoke Newington. The best way to do it is to share with a few people family-style.

Perilla is a very nice looking restaurant on Newington Green serving dishes that hit, and dishes that miss, in a casually refined room.

Mascara Bar is the closest thing north London has to a dive bar. It’s unpretentious, open until 3am, and there are occasional live ‘performances’.

01 Adana is a big and generous Turkish restaurant on Green Lanes making delicious kebabs, pastries, and lahmacun.

The Yucatan is no-nonsense multi-screened sports pub that lets you bring whatever food you like, if you ask nicely.

The Prince is a done-up neighbourhood pub in Stoke Newington with simple but solid food.

Romeo e Giulietta is a seriously good gelato spot in Stoke Newington.

Oddono’s is a seriously good gelato spot with several locations in London. Their Stoke Newington spot is our favourite because it has indoor seating.

Moio is a European sharing plates restaurant that’s big on ceramics and food that threatens to be very good.

Yield N16 is a wine shop and bar on Newington Green with bench seating and a small terrace.

Wander is a great dinner spot serving natural wines and small plates of the modern Australian variety in Stoke Newington,

Bergen House is a neighbourhood bar on Newington Green serving a selection of modern sharing plates and a pretty good steak.