Canning Town

Canning Town is a neighbourhood built around food. The restaurants here span Italian, Japanese, Spanish, Chinese and pizza in various styles—MYMA Japanese Restaurant & Cocktails stands out with a rating of 4.8 from around 1,300 reviews, while Pepenero, Pizza Popolare and Zzetta all sit at 4.4. Tapa Tapa offers Spanish small plates (4.3 from 1,259 reviews) and China Palace rounds out the selection. Whether you're after sushi and cocktails, wood-fired sourdough or straightforward Italian, there is somewhere to eat here most nights of the week.

Canning Town draws people who want to eat well without fuss, and who don't need much beyond that. If you're looking for museums, galleries or tourist landmarks, you'd be better served elsewhere. But if the prospect of trying multiple well-reviewed restaurants in one neighbourhood appeals, or if you simply need a decent hotel base in this area of the city, there is enough here to make it work.