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Hardens Guide to the Best Restaurants in London Dalston

Hardens guides have spent 25 years compiling reviews of the best Dalston restaurants. On Hardens.com you'll find details and reviews of 15 restaurants in Dalston and our unique survey based approach to rating and reviewing Dalston restaurants gives you the best insight into the top restaurants in every area and of every type of cuisine.

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1. Rotorino Italian restaurant in Dalston 434 Kingsland Rd - E8

Stevie Parle’s Italian-inspired outfit in Dalston can still impress, but all feedback this year (which was quite limited) was shot through with pluses and minuses: “great local eatery, maybe losing its shine”, was typical; “it felt technically great but could do with some more soul” was another.

Price £49

Food Average

Service Very Good

Ambience Average

2. Mangal 1 Turkish restaurant in Dalston 10 Arcola St - E8

“Absolutely the best kebabs this side of Istanbul” have turned this Turkish grill into a “Dalston institution” over 20 years. “Exceptional meat from the barbecue” is backed up by “good salads and BYO (keeping the price down)”. “Despite the proliferation of Mangal offshoots, the Arcola street original is still the best!”

Price £28

Food Exceptional

Service Very Good

Ambience Average

3. Faulkner’s Fish & chips restaurant in Dalston 424-426 Kingsland Rd - E8

2015 Review: An old-school chippy that has remained impervious to Dalston’s trendification; all reports agree, though, that it still knocks out “great” fish and chips.

Price £30

Food Very Good

Service Good

Ambience Average

4. Chick 'n' Sours Chicken restaurant in Dalston 390 Kingsland Rd - E8

“Everything you could wish for in a crunchy-fried, tender, perfectly cooked chicken” gets a big thumbs up for this “really fun” Dalston joint (now with a Covent Garden branch); “accoutrements to die for” too (“surprisingly, the outstanding dish didn’t involve chicken – the amazing Sichuan aubergine stole the show”).

Price £42

Food Good

Service Good

Ambience Good

5. Huong-Viet, An Viet House Vietnamese restaurant in Dalston 12-14 Englefield Rd - N1

2015 Review: “After two decades, I’m still a fan”; this Vietnamese fixture, in a community centre – built as De Beauvoir’s public baths – remains pretty much as it ever was; BYO.

Price £35

Food Good

Service Average

Ambience Average

6. Salvation In Noodles Vietnamese restaurant in Dalston 122 Balls Pond Rd - N1

“Authentic tasting pho” wins limited but positive feedback for these modern Vietnamese noodle cafés, in Dalston and Finsbury Park.

Price £38

Food Good

Service Average

Ambience Average

7. Lucky Chip Burgers, etc restaurant in Dalston 25 Ridley Rd - E8

2017 Review: “Might they be London’s best burgers?” query fans of this new foodster-favourite: the permanent, diner-style home by Dalston’s Ridley Road Market of a pop-up that’s been spotted at various Hackney sites. (One or two other menu options too: steak, chicken parmigiana, and some funky, dude-ish bites).

Price £42

Food Good

Service Average

Ambience Average

8. Pond American restaurant in Dalston Stamford Works, 3 Gillett St - N16

2015 Review: Dalston says “aloha” to this restaurant that promises New Hawaiian cuisine; the initial press was encouraging.

9. The Vincent British, Modern restaurant in Dalston 3 Atkins Sq, Dalston Lane - E8

The trio who previously ran Bethnal Green boozer The Sebright Arms together opened this airy all-day Hackney spot in May 2017. Local beers, coffee, Sunday brunches and roasts aim to make it a linchpin of the local scene.

Price £31