Harden's survey result
Summary
Charlie Mellor’s (ex-Brawn and Elliot’s) cute Hackney wine bar and merchant provides a high- quality fixed-price modern European menu, accompanied by artisan wines from small producers. There’s also ‘The Cave’, for evening DJ sets, behind the off licence.
Summary
“Quirky but delightful” Hackney wine bar and merchant, whose funky small-plates menu is, to its fans, “perfect in every way”. “The owner (Charlie Mellor, ex-Brawn and Elliot’s) is a king of the London wine scene, and his list drifts into natural territory without ever going down the stinky route”.
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Have you eaten at The Laughing Heart?
277 Hackney Road, London, E2 8NA
Restaurant details
Prices
| Availability | 2 courses | 3 courses |  |
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| Lunch | £39.00 |  |
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| Dinner | £49.00 | |
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| Drinks |
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| Wine per bottle | £35.00 |
| Filter Coffee | £3.00 |
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| Service | 12.50% |
277 Hackney Road, London, E2 8NA
Opening hours
| Monday | CLOSED |
| Tuesday | CLOSED |
| Wednesday | CLOSED |
| Thursday | 6:30 pm‑2 am |
| Friday | 6:30 pm‑2 am |
| Saturday | 6:30 pm‑2 am |
| Sunday | 6:30 pm‑2 am |
