Massive meaty portions here, even the starters! Expect excellent execution of classic things, in a lovely rustic interior. Especially loved the lentil & sausage starter. read more

The best meat in England for sure service his very good staff very helpful know every cut of meat in the shop

Lunchtime. Burger and chips. £6.50. Not a manky burger. Or a dry burger. Not a burger with limp dressing. Not a burger sans cheesy cheese. Not a burger with horsemeat or meat from the anus. Not a tiny handful of chips. Not soggy chips. Not £6.50 plus service charge. Not £6.50 plus a small cover charge. Just a great burger and chips for £6.50. The Ginger Pig is a butcher that trades on great quality meat so I'm presuming this sweet scruffy cafe is supplied with the good stuff. Service is friendly, atmos is homely. A great burger and chips is £6.50. Ring the bargain bell. Dilly ding dilly dong. read more

The Ginger Pig Café - British Near Me - London, XGL

Great greasy spoon. Perfect full english and delicious fresh juice. Setting is unpretentious. Staff is friendly, gentle and effective. What else do you want from a café??? !! read more

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The ginger pig cafe is a cosy place on hoxton street within hoxton market. The cafe is open for brunch and dinner. We dined on a Sunday afternoon, I was hoping to try the lunch menu however was informed that as they were busy the brunch menu would be served an hour longer until 4pm. Be warned everything comes in huge portions at the ginger pig cafe. The full Monty English breakfast is massive, unless you are super hungry or have a large appetite it is sufficient for two people. So massive that it requires 3 dishes to serve the full Monty breakfast including a huge trough of baked beans! I chose the healthier option of poached eggs with smoked salmon on toast. Again the portion was generous but manageable. I was also able to help eat 1 of the 3 slices of bacon and pork & leek sausages from the full Monty breakfast. The pork & leek sausage was particularly tasty made with good quality ingredients. Apart from the typical breakfast and brunch dishes there are burgers and rib eye steak on the brunch menu. The burgers looked quite appealing and were enormous as well. read more

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Great local spot that is casual and cozy that's great for dinners with good food and good portions. Ordered the duck salad and there were actual duck pieces (and not fatty). Typically you get a couple tiny pieces and the rest greens. This salad was filling and appropriate to be on the Mains list. I've heard good things about their brunch so will be back. Does not take reservations. read more

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WARNING: Even though they serve tapas, the portion is not small. My friend and I ordered four plates, and we couldn't finish everything. The meat here was delicious. We got the lamb skewers, pork belly (with crispy skin), and Spanish black pudding with potatoes. We didn't realize that each of these dishes also came with lentil and tabbouleh, so our vegetable mezze was a bit too much. I highly recommend this place if you are hungry and in the mood for some meat. read more

Fairly average full english for the price - expect better sausage and bacon given its credentials. Also had an an egg based breakfast which had overcooked, hard yolks! Cute setting though and great soundtrack, would give it a try for dinner but wouldn't return for breakfast. read more

The Ginger Pig Café - British Near Me - London, XGL

Visited last night with a group of 4 and were simply amazed by the quality of food for the price. Great quality cuts of meat, prepared well with simple, but tasty sides. I had the smoked pork belly, which came with a side of purple slaw, pickles and chips. The meat was tender, fall apart and nicely flavoured, albeit with a few bits that were a bit crispy for my liking, and served with a tangy sauce. Service was a bit slow, but with only one very friendly yet overstreched waitress, you have to give her a bit of a break! Besides, £66 for 4 for dinner including a few drinks, you can't really beat that. Have heard that their brunch is great as well, so look forward to coming back to try that. read more

Wonderful food - french style cuisine, great meats. Good value for the fresh food and great quality. Romantic atmosphere with dripping candles everywhere. The service is sometimes a little blunt, but that just adds to the French ambience! They don't serve diet coke but allowed me to go buy my own. read more

Went for Sunday brunch after some friends recommended it and was massively disappointed. I went for the Half Nelson which was their version of a cooked breakfast. I got half a tomato, 2 of the smallest poached eggs I've ever seen, 3 rashers of bacon, a single slice of sourdough toast and more beans that this breakfast should have warranted. Along with this there was some kind of chorizo sausage that was lukewarm at best. After complaining about this it was replaced however by this point I'd finished the rest of my breakfast. I'd expect a lot more for £8! The friends who had recommended it remarked that was the first time they had visited in 6 months and the food had gone downhill so hopefully they can return to their old standards read more

Went for Brunch after looking at the menu online- huge menu. Looked amazing. Had already decided what to eat before I had arrived! Upon arrival was disappointed that the menu had been reduced to 4 main choices. I ordered a sourdough bacon and fried egg sandwich. I asked for egg whites and a coffee with milk. My friend ordered a mocha with half Monty. 25 minutes later we had yet to get any beverage- even water. When my coffee finally came my friend was told they didn't do mocha. She got black coffee 8 minutes later. A few minutes after that I was told they couldn't do egg whites! Are you kidding me!? Once the meals finally came her full English included a luke warm chorizo kind of sausage. My sourdough bread, egg, and bacon was disappointing as the bacon was barely cooked. Would not return. read more

Amazing. First of all, we were greeted as soon as we arrived by an extremely friendly and attentive waitress. After we ordered our bottle, we had our starter: I had shrimps with an amazing citrusy dressing. The chargrilled chicken was probably among the best I've ever tasted, and it came with mouthwatering guacamole and a good portion of chips. Great overall portion sizes, too, and also there's the option for take-out bags after your meal which was handy. An overall great atmosphere here and the chef was super friendly and made sure everything was okay, holding the door open for us as we left. If only everywhere could be like this. Will definitely be returning soon! read more

I cannot complement this place enough! A refreshingly modest hidden gem! I ordered the burger - surprise - and my friend ordered the lamb! The burger didn't have all the bells and whistles of some of the new glossy burger chains springing up around London, but it didn't need it, it was a good well cooked portion and very reasonably priced. The lamb did not disappoint either, my friend reported that it was to die for, and it looked it! For the price of the food and drinks you really couldn't ask for better. I don't know a great deal about the back story of this place but we were informed that they source much of the meat and other produce locally. They have a really extensive selection at the bar and the friendly staff can guide your choices. It's also within great proximity of the bars of Hoxton and Shoreditch when you're done. read more

We are staying a few doors down from the Ginger Pig, courtesy Airbnb. We used to live (10 years ago) in Hackney/Islington and can't tell you how excited we are about the regeneration of this area. We were real fans of The Eagle in Clerkenwell and the second time we visited The Ginger Pig (in three days) we weren't surprised to learn of its Eagle origins. What amazing food and cocktails especially for the price. The general ambience and staff were so relaxed, friendly and welcoming. Top spot. A real find. Just before our first visit this week, we were peering at the menu tentatively from outside when a local resident prodded us and said we couldn't go wrong, how right he was! read more

The Ginger Pig is an excellent restaurant - been here a couple of times and had very high quality food, huge portions and very reasonably priced. The breakfasts are among the best I've eaten. I'm surprised it isn't busier really. A significant drawback though is that there are no gluten-free alternatives to bread on the menu - or to be more accurate, there are (potatoes, chips) but don't bother asking if you can have them instead, because the chef won't substitute or replace any item at all. You can have chips as an extra with the burger for example, for £2.50. Can you have them as an extra with the smoked salmon and eggs? Nope. Why not? Because you can't. Right, thanks for that. Very frustrating; so good, but one can see why the place isn't packed while other restaurants nearby, some of which aren't anywhere near as good, are heaving. read more

Love this place. Beautiful decor and really friendly staff. The delicious food and well-priced, have to come back!

I have a mixed opinion after our visit to The Ginger Pig. We didn't have to wait for a table as there are no bookings and waitress was quick to take our drink order - tap water is supplied at no charge. The menu on our visit was brunch which was not what we were told over the phone (told that the lunch menu would also be available) and not what was advertised on the internet. I opted for the salmon which was lovely, served with lots of scrambled egg but merely 1 slice of sour dough. The volume of food (and price) warranted at least 2. All in all however a nice dish. My friends opted for the half monty and this is where it all went wrong. The food arrived barley warm - sausages were sent back. The portion was small and did not live up to any English breakfast standard. Again 1 slice of toast. Very disappointing. The boys left hungry which is NOT a good start to a Sunday! read more

The last time I visited here for brunch I was not particularly impressed. The service was appalling and slow, if it was busy I would be understand, but there was us and two other tables. We ordered drinks which took a long time to get, and then when we got them they forgot half of the essential materials to make tea! I ordered the vegetarian breakfast and asked if I could have a sausage on the side and I was told they weren't allowed to do that! Ridiculous. I was obviously willing to pay the extra money for it. I just really fancied a sausage and I wasn't allowed. My boyfriend asked for some brown sauce. They didn't have any. He was not happy. Overall, I think the food is pretty average but you do get large portions, poor, slow service and not accommodating. The only thing I really enjoyed was the company I chose to dine with. Sorry Ginger Pig, I was really hoping for better. read more

The breakfast is very good although the beans were cold on my breakfast! It is also very expensive. A full english with tea and toast is £10! I also have to say, I really do not like it when cafe's have quality condiments like HP sauce bottles - but re-fill them with cheap cash n carry brown sauce. For 10 quid I'd like proper HP sauce. The burgers are also very tasty although you will need a huge mouth or have to eat it with a knife and fork which isn't the same. There is a great bustling atmosphere when its busy and this is actually preferable to when its quiet. This is because the staff have a habit of talking about their customers and don't seem to care whether they are heard are not. Very rude and unprofessional. read more

I love walking down Hoxton Street market on a weekend, it's that glorious mix of the new and trendy, that is still at glaring odds with the old school, proper east end 'true grit' stalls and establishments dotted down here. It's difficult to say which end of the street you should start at to be honest, at one end you have the infamous gangland chicken and pizza parlour which is flanked on a Saturday by the very best Carribean caravan food stall you will ever come across in London (or quite possibly this hemisphere) In the middle of the street you have the well known and established Bacchus, outside of which a few farmers market hipster types have set out their food stalls in a brave attempt to build the triangle link between Broadway Market and Dalston (don't get too excited, there's a long way to go yet on that front) At the far end of the street you find the Ginger Pig cafe. As if to prove the juxtaposition of my first sentence, it is next door to the living embodiment of the Cafe off Eastenders. The food here is good. It's actually excellent and everything I enjoy - local, good quality and easy going. It's the perfect place to enjoy a bit of what you fancy - brunch is my fave. My only gripe is that it will get so popular bookings will be required to get near the place soon but don't let that stop you - and don't forget to visit the cafe next door to pick up some cakes to go, they're actually very good. read more

asked for some chicken got a free lemon with it really good value for money

i went here for a breakfast with my girlfriend and one of her friends. we sat down with all the 'east london cool' people with their beards and sloanie accents. the decor was fine. the staff were useless (please see below) and very unattentive. but then you get to the most important bit of a cafe...the food. the quality of the food is ok. however, if you want to add extra items (my girlfriend wanted an extra sausage to accompany her food and i wanted a couple of pancakes for an after full english breakfast snack). apparently the staff were unable to do this. how hard is it to put an extra item of food on a plate and charge extra?! what made the matter worse was that the staff then decided to eat their breakfast just as we were finishing ours and they had pancakes, bacon, susages and toast all on individual side plates. my girlfriend, her friend and myself were completely flabbergasted. i also was disappointed at the fact that they did not have any HP Sauce (brown sauce which compliments a full english breakfast to perfection). isn't it meant to be a cafe?! i shall not be revisiting the ginger pig cafe and i suggest to steer clear of the place until they put the customer first. after all, the customer is king. read more