"If ‘friendly house party’ is the energy you’re going for this year, Mexican Seoul in Hackney is the place for you. Excellent rum cocktails flow and tables are pushed together for last-minute groups. The friendly staff all but dance around, dropping off rounds of lychee daiquiris, complimenting your outfit, then moving on to make another person’s night. Dishes are an excellent mashup of Mexican and Korean street food, like bulgogi beef tacos, elote ribs, and gochujang wings, and suit a crowd. " - jake missing, rianne shlebak, sinead cranna, heidi lauth beasley