Eating & drinking Archives

The best Chinese restaurants around Poplar

Everyone loves a Chinese, so here are the best Chinese restaurants around Poplar, Limehouse, and the Isle of Dogs. China

A satellite of Hackney’s e5 Bakehouse, this unassuming spot on Bartlett Park is many things rolled into one; a bakery,

‘We didn’t want it to turn into more flats’. The Queen’s Head re-opens with big ambitions to be a traditional

Historic riverside gastropub The Gun offers traditional British food and an unbeatable riverside location. Sitting down at a table on

Authentic Chinese fare, especially spicy mala xiang guo, is served up at New Beijing restaurant on East India Docks Road

With its elegant style, you’d be mistaken for thinking La Chi is more Paris than Poplar. But its secret is

Adapting L.A.’s smashburger sensation, Bun & Sum creates the ultimate meaty crust making fat patties a thing of the past.

Tucked away on the unassuming Burdett Street, The Orange Room is a taste of Lebanon in the heart of Mile

From a bar in a church vestry to Lord Nelson’s favourite boozer, the Isle of Dogs is home to a

Why Alan Nguyen left his career as an accountant to run the family shop set up by his parents 23

The Tommy Flowers Pub on Aberfeldy Street was originally a meanwhile space but with an extension added to its lease

With its friendly service, mellow atmosphere and most importantly, good curry Poplar’s family-run Ravaa Fine Fusion rivals the curry houses