Chatsworth Road, Homerton 2015
Chatsworth Road © Kriss Lee

Homerton area guide

Explore Homerton with Time Out's guide to the best restaurants, pubs and things to do in E9
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Homerton is one of those areas in London where you'll hear people muttering: 'oh, hasn't it changed?!', or: 'it's completely irrecognisable', or even: 'I remember when all this used to be fields' (which, incidentally, it did). Gentrification moves quickly in these parts. These parts being, broadly speaking - Chatsworth Road, Well Street, Morning Lane and their surrounding areas. 

E9 has definitely seen a whirlwind of change over the last couple of years. Once a rather down-at-heel destination, it now boasts a growing café scene, and pubs and restaurants aplenty. Bizarrely, it's also home to Hackney's first luxury fashion district (or 'hub' as they'd rather call it). Here's our pick of the best things to do, eat, drink and hunt down in Homerton.

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The best things to do in Homerton

Restaurants in Homerton

Legs
Restaurants

Legs

  • 4 out of 5 stars
Don’t like wine? Don’t worry. Legs, despite the in-joke-for-oenophiles name (the ‘legs’ are the vinous streaks down the inside of your glass), is so much more...
Brooksby's Walk
Restaurants

Brooksby's Walk

  • 4 out of 5 stars
A wildly popular dining room above a Jack the Ripper pub in Shoreditch: how do you top that? By taking over the roof of a public toilet in Homerton, silly....
Well Street Kitchen
Restaurants

Well Street Kitchen

  • price 1 of 4
A highly loved local café-deli that adds oodles of charm to the market street it resides in. The modest space contains a few...
Hatch
Restaurants

Hatch

A super cool little café/bar that hosts a variety of events, as well as hot desks and a barber.

Bars and pubs in Homerton

Adam & Eve
Bars and pubs

Adam & Eve

  • 3 out of 5 stars
Would you believe it? Homerton’s become a fashionable drinking destination. In fact, you could even plan yourself a little E9 pub crawl, stopping off at...
Machine No. 3
Bars and pubs

Machine No. 3

  • 3 out of 5 stars
  • price 2 of 4
Machine No 3 is a Hackney launderette-turned-cocktail joint, so when, on approach, we noticed that the windows were steamed up, we had high hopes for an...
Jackdaw and Star
Bars and pubs

Jackdaw and Star

This Homerton pub is from the company that also runs The Star of Bethnal Green. They stock craft beers including two from the Camden Brewery as well as the...
The Gun
Bars and pubs

The Gun

  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • price 2 of 4
The Gun is that rarity in London: a ‘proper pub’. Though it was gussied up by new owners in 2014, its uncovered original signage remain evocative...

The perfect weekend in Homerton