The Hackney Pearl - Carte

I have a friend here for her birthday. the cocktails started the meal well. eating was great, and the service friendly and relaxed

Food was nice though the bacon could have been crispier. Friendly service. Food took a long time to arrive, luckily we weren't in a hurry.

I have been here a few times and the food is always excellent and reasonably priced. Great little place with a good wine/beer list, fresh homemade bread and good service. Voir le carte

Once again great food and an excellent choice of drinks.. It was a quiet night but really good selection of specials.. Go for the sharing vegetarian mezze starter if you get stuck

had a fantastic birthday brunch here, 6 of us enjoyed various items from the menu and everyone was satisfied with their choice. really friendly staff and welcoming atmosphere. I talked about the eggs and the speck all week. a real gem in hackney wicks utter.

I booked a table for six on Saturday afternoon and we had to lunch in an hour I mentioned at the booking. I was a little worried after reading reviews that the service can be slow. the service was very efficient and friendly. we enjoyed eating that really was fresh and homemade. the mezze was just as good as in istanbul! Voir le carte

It was really busy after the Hackney half marathon so I would go back if it were less hectic, but on this occassion the service was not up to the numbers there, and the food was OK but really not at all good value £11.50 for a small portion of bubble squeak and a couple of strips of streaky bacon egg is a shocker. The charcouterie plate was overpriced and poor as well. Both might be put down to the crowds on the day I suppose, but if it's like that normally I'd avoid at all costs.

four of us went to dinner on Friday night and to pick up. the ambiente and the service were nice, but unfortunately the veggie curry was that they were 12 pfunds for terrible. like something they would put together as a student, completely bought with package and shop naan. the worst was a very stone, stone and excessively hard-protected dahl, which none of us touched three. really disappointing I would be ashamed to serve it friends at home. we received some free desserts when we complained about the curry on our waiter what was appreciated. but I'd rather not have cleared 24 pounds for such bad eating.

Having been to the Hackney Pearl for food previously I was expecting the usual good food but we were really disappointed with the standard of our meal especially the main courses. We ordered the lamb leg kebab and risotto, the kebab was very basic with poor quality pieces of meet, large amounts of onion with stodgy rice to accompany it and a tomato sauce which looked like it had come straight out of a tin, to be honest it felt like a student dinner not a £16 main course. It was really poor and for value for money compares very badly to restaurants such as Mission and 10 Greek Street where a main course/large plate mighty be this price but is of far higher quality. The risotto was ok but good... Voir le carte