Date spot in Shoreditch and Hackney
Netil Market
Pick up lunch from the small huts and containers of independent food traders just off Broadway Market and eat it in the yard.
Westgate Street, London Fields
Address: Netil Market, 13-23 Westgate Street, London E8 3RL- Restaurant
- Outdoors
- Cheap and cheerful
- Best in Spring, Summer, Autumn
- Foodie
Why it's a good date: It's small and properly local, and it pairs well with a wander along Broadway Market and a sit in London Fields. Saturdays are the busiest; traders keep their own hours.
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Hackney Bridge
East Bay Lane, Hackney Wick
Address: Hackney Bridge, East Bay Lane, London E15 2SJ- Restaurant
- Cheap and cheerful
- Foodie
Choose from a row of international street food kitchens at a big canalside hub in Hackney Wick and eat by the water.
Why it's a good date: There's room to spread out, a terrace over the canal and something for everyone, plus regular events and DJ nights. Walk along the towpath from Victoria Park to get there.
Crate Brewery
White Post Lane, Hackney Wick
Address: Crate Brewery, The White Building, Unit 7 Queen's Yard, White Post Lane, London E9 5EN- Restaurant
- Cheap and cheerful
- Foodie
Share stone-baked pizzas and beer brewed on site at a canalside brewery in a former print factory in Hackney Wick.
Why it's a good date: On a warm evening the waterside tables are the place to be, and inside it's cosy and loud in the best way. It gets very busy on sunny weekends, so go early.
Arepa & Co
De Beauvoir Crescent, Haggerston
Address: Arepa & Co, 58a De Beauvoir Crescent, London N1 5SB- Restaurant
- Rain-proof ☔
- Cheap and cheerful
- Foodie
Eat Venezuelan arepas and other home-style dishes in a bright room right on the Regent's Canal in Haggerston.
Why it's a good date: Big windows look straight onto the canal, and the food is generous and full of flavour without costing much. Make a towpath walk of it before or after.