Nobu Restaurant Review

Following the 2012 Olympics in the neighbouring surrounds, a further array of regenerated warehouses, have transformed into social hubs, bursting at the seams on a sunny weekend.Young Londoners travel in swathes to the area that now promises a mix of rough and ready eateries peppered along the canal, beer halls, music and event spaces. All have an undercurrent of East London creative coolness – with a DIY artsy edge – which the area has always been steeped in.

A few streets back from the renewed overground station is predominantly residential housing, with more new housing developments underway- notably, the new Bagel Factory apartments, a little sleek and high end for the neighbourhood many would comment. Enter Tom Brown, Nathan Outlaw’s young protégée and Great British Menu favourite. In April 2018, his first solo restaurant Cornerstone opened in a new-build, in the heart of residential Hackney Wick- a somewhat surprising site choice. Its opening was closely followed by numerous celebratory reviews from impressed critics, and our first visit had us raving to anyone who would listen about our time there. So good, it was time to return and soak up the lunchtime atmosphere a year on.