Quiet outdoor garden with bar and pizza meters away from the busy and vibrant Dalston main roads.

Take Monday off! Enjoy a kids-free lunch date with your baby daddy in Barrafina is always a good idea!

This is a very quiet Polish Club, which acts in sharp contrast with busy Exhibition Road.

Slightly biased as this is where I live, but Stoke Newington is great place to spend lazy saturday / sunday afternoons getting sloshed with friends. There are 10 + pubs within walking distance who all are great places for one reason or another. I'll pick out the White Hart for its huge beer garden...

Since The Columbo Group took over The Jazz Cafe, it's become the best programmed venue in the city, focusing on jazz, soul, funk, disco and afrobeat.