Harden's survey result
Summary
A “bloody great night out” is reported by a fan from W12, who made the trip to hang with the hipsters at this “local favourite” off the Holloway Road, near Arsenal’s Emirates, with its blackboard menu of “excellent Mediterranean cooking” and “consistently superb service”, all in a so-now, post-industrial setting (built in the 1950s as a big commercial laundry). An early adopter of the sharing-plates format, it also uses sharing tables to squeeze guests in, but nobody seems to mind too much – “the natural wine list is a bit hit and miss”… isn’t it always?
Summary
This “super-cool local” off the Holloway Road near the Emirates stadium has been a kingpin of the hip sharing-plates dining scene since it opened seven years ago, making stylish use of a post-industrial space where diners are “packed in like sardines... which are delicious here!”. The “healthy modern British” small plates menu always has “quite a few vegetarian dishes” and low intervention wines are a big feature.
Summary
“Heavily embracing the post-industrial vibe” – this “buzzy” hipster feature not far from the Emirates and Drayton Park station (“did they go out of their way to make it difficult to find?”) makes elegant and appealing use of the high-ceilinged space it occupies (originally, of course, a laundry). Five years old now, it’s something of a classic of the contemporary East End genre – “a small plates outlet of quality” combining funky tapas with low intervention wines. It does attract the odd more downbeat critique though: “the food, service and ambience are all fine but in no way justify the prices”.
Summary
“Beautifully prepared fish-centric tapas and a super-cool setting” make this “fab Holloway Road local” small-plates venue “a perfect place to impress your out-of-towner mates… or even those that live in London!” There’s a “small but interesting list” of “brilliant orange and other low-intervention wines”. Top Tip – “leave space for the rum baba – you’ll need to share”.
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34 Drayton Park, London, N5 1PB
Restaurant details
Prices
 Drinks |
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|---|---|
| Wine per bottle | £50.00 |
| Filter Coffee | £5.00 |
 Extras |
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| Bread | £0.00 |
| Service | 13.00% |
34 Drayton Park, London, N5 1PB
Opening hours
| Monday | CLOSED |
| Tuesday | 5:30 pm‑10:30 pm |
| Wednesday | 5:30 pm‑10:30 pm |
| Thursday | 5:30 pm‑10:30 pm |
| Friday | 5:30 pm‑10:30 pm |
| Saturday | 12 pm‑2:30 pm, 5:30 pm‑10:30 pm |
| Sunday | 12 pm‑2:30 pm, 5:30 pm‑9 pm |
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