Haggerston, French Restaurant Guide

This hip wine clubhouse with a restaurant open to the public is set in a pair of Haggerston railway arches, where it wows pretty much all who visit. Former P Franco chef Seb Myers shapes his modern French-Nordic menu around the wines selected by founder Jonathan Alphandery, while members enjoy priority booking and can store their wines in the club cellar.

This all-day Hackney venue with a “quirky canalside setting” from St John-trained chef Max Rocha (son of fashion designer John) is “accessible and casual by day, and morphs at night into a sexy hotspot for East London’s beautiful young things”. “Breakfast is a stand-out treat”. The “French bistro food” that follows later in the day receives steady but more guarded acclaim. Top Menu Tip – “rabbit rillettes a highlight”.