Name: Esters
Item: Esters
Rating: 3
Author: Harden's editor

Harden's survey result

2025

Summary

Price*

£20

Food

Good

Service

Good

Ambience

Average

* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

“Worth the local hype (and the queue)”, says fans of this small, bright and breezy modern café in Stoke Newington, which has become known over the years for its “twists on the classic brunch options” – “imaginative pairings that don’t sound like they should work but really do”.

For 34 years we've been curating reviews of the UK's most notable restaurant. In a typical year, diners submit over 50,000 reviews to create the most authoritative restaurant guide in the UK. Each year, the guide is re-written from scratch based on this survey (although for the 2021 edition, reviews are little changed from 2020 as no survey could run for that year).