Barge East

Soak up the sun and the surrounding buzzy atmosphere of the Hackney Wick Rivera as you dine on the splendid 120 year old Dutch Barge. It’s an unforgettable laid-back fine dining experience. We enjoyed the Saturday set menu. The food was lovely and the staff super friendly. It's a memorable dining occasion, an excellent choice for a special anniversary or birthday. We ate mainly veggie and fish dishes, everything was well presented, looked pretty and tasted amazing. You can dine on the barge below deck, on the deck, in the top deck dining room, the terrace or garden where they grow ingredients> Next door is the Milk Float and place to buy burgers. You can hire a canoe from Moo Canoes.

The ingredients are interesting. Each dish came with nice decorations. The taste was okay. The portion was small. I ordered fish. The fish skin was not crispy. A lot of big fish bones were in the middle of the fillet. The service was good. All staffs are nice and friendly.

This was my worst experience ever. June 26 was my son's birthday and we had reserved the restaurant in advance. When we arrived we had to wait a little while for the table on the deck to be free. We had two kids as well. The kids menu was the weirdest I have ever seen. Like cabbage steak and leeks. What kind of kid would eat that? We had to wait 1.5 hours for the main course. The children were very hungry and started crying because they wanted to eat. We asked several times to bring the food at least to the children quickly. After 1 hour and 45 minutes the kids got their food. The baked potatoes were so greasy and dried out that it was impossible to even cut them. We ended up asking for bread to be brought to the kids. I ordered a vegan dish with mushrooms and aged tofu. The tofu was one tiny piece about 2 cm dry and very overcooked and some mushrooms. The portion is miniature. The manager didn't even try to make excuses for such service. The birthday party was completely ruined. The room downstairs where the kitchen is smelled awful because someone threw up. I attached the photo of the kids meal and mine. The worst place in London!

We were sat at the table across from the chef so had an incredible view of the kitchen as they made each dish. Each meal was perfection and such great portions. The have a set Sunday menu where you can select 2 or 3 courses. It was so quiet and intimate with only a few other people in the restaurant. The chef was so friendly and took time to speak with us.

The tasting menu was an incredible experience, the food was so interesting and fresh from their garden. We came on a Sunday and the roasts were fantastic. We will really well looked after by faith, thank you! Wine pairing really well done also.

Honestly had the perfect evening at Barge East. Me and my partner went there for our 6th anniversary dinner. What really impressed me was the service and the atmosphere and of course the food and drink. While the lighting made it a little difficult to read the menus other then that the atmosphere was really lovely and romantic. We were served by Faith and she made us feel really welcome and looked after. Would definitely recommend this place and we will hopefully be back again at some point.

Visited end of last year and food was quite good. Returned again recently and whilst food was pleasant, it wasn’t amazing. The presentation, however, was lovely. The vegetarian options are priced the same as those containing meat or seafood. So, 2 x Sunday two course set menu, two lemonades and side of bread came to £85 which didn’t feel like value for money. If the price point was lower or the vege options more exciting this would probably be fine.

Can't say enough nice things about this restaurant on a barge. 1. Staff: from greeting, wait service, chef, manager made our experience comfortable, fabulous, as if we popped into dear friends' home. 2. Chef's take on both their home grown food integrated into the menus, use of entire product, beak to tail so to speak is ecological and arrests our conscience. Inventive and tasty. 3. You ask about the booze. Cocktails again use of their own produce, and OMG slow down as you will be deceived!! Amazing. Wine, curated nicely with the food. Sadly, I came with the wrong person but this is definitely a place to bring that special person. Proposal, 1st date, romanticism abounds.

Lovely sunny lunch on the Barge. Relaxing pace, great drinks, Sunday Roast which was very good. Lamb was a little fatty but beef was great. They were happy to make a smaller portion for our daughter. Staff were simply excellent. Knowledgeable and friendly... especially Faith one of the managers who has now got a new best friend in my daughter. We will be back for the a la carte menu.

We had the Saturday 3 step dinner. The starter was a scallop which I did not find great. The portion was quite small and it needed more seasoning. The mandarin was very mild so the citrus flavour was missing. The main was venison which had great flavour but again it was in the small side. The best dish of the meal was the sticky toffee pudding with milk ice cream. It was very good but the ice cream was a bit icy and not as creamy as it should have been.