Nest Restaurant Hackney

We are Nest: three friends applauding Britain’s world-class produce from our cosy London restaurant in Hackney.

Nest

http://www.nestfood.co.uk

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The bartenders are friendly and helpful and there are a number of tasty looking cocktails to choose from, although I opted for a beer and a glass of fizz, which came to a reasonable £10.

The cocktails were also only £8-10, which is cheaper than some.

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Put Nest on your list of restaurants to visit in Hackney.

It is the first restaurant from three lifelong friends, Johnnie, Luke and Toby, who all have a passion for showcasing the best British produce.

Highlights from our lunch at Nest included a comforting bowl of Squash, rosemary and goat’s cheese, and the Onion broth with Lincolnshire Poacher Dumplings – a totally unique dish with a deeply flavoured broth filled with tiny cheesy delights.

We finished our meal with Nest’s take on a bread and butter pudding… a magical mix of sourdough ice-cream, textured crumb and sweet sugary caramel sauce.

Nest is not particularly easy to get to, but when you do reach the restaurant you’ll be rewarded with special food, an inventive wine list, and genuinely warm and friendly service.

Nest – Review

After a year of pop-ups and festival gigs, these three fledgeling restauranteurs have found a home for Nest in the heart of hipster Hackney serving British small plates alongside low-intervention wines.

The ethos of the restaurant is sustainability and with its reclaimed wood tables decorated with your very own bird’s nest and birdsong in the loo, Nest has the feel of a small rural idyll in the heart of the city.

Mixing drinks seems to be a thing at the moment so before trying some wine from the intriguing looking list we launched proceedings with glasses of Oliver’s Herefordshire Perry and sparkling Cider.

The dish was a surprisingly robust call to arms with the vinegary crunch of this winter’s on-trend root soothed by the richness of the truffle.

After a glass of sweet Yarlington Mill cider as a digestif, it struck me that we had eaten through a consistently delicious and intriguing tasting menu for way less than the price of the main course in many London restaurants.