OREN
Bar & grill · Dalston
89 Shacklewell Ln, London E8 2EB, United Kingdom
Highlights
Eastern Mediterranean sharing plates with chargrilled meats & seafood
Eastern Mediterranean sharing plates with chargrilled meats & seafood
"There is breadth in Oren’s offering. Breadth. You can can’t spell breadth without you know what. The Israeli-influenced spot in Dalston serves many brilliant breads, essential to mopping up its many delicious dishes. There are stone baked flatbreads, blistered with little black bubbles and covered in olive oil and mushed tomatoes. There’s homemade challah, its glaze gleaming in the candlelight, waiting to be torn apart. And then there’s the pitta. Grilled to a blackened char, the juice of lamb fat running through it—on the (hot) rocks, if you will. Warm and pillowy, it’s even more irresistible combined with the luscious house hummus." - jake missing
"The Mediterranean food at Oren is made for sharing and the same goes for their to-go menu. There’s challah bread, dips, pickles, koftas, salads, and a whole spiced roast chicken with rice too. Organise delivery or collection here." - heidi lauth beasley, jake missing, rianne shlebak
"Oren’s menu is eastern Mediterranean, calling on Israeli and Greek influences, plus some hybrid-type dishes. But the thing to know about this corridor-ish restaurant is that everything is really very good. Stone-baked flatbread still warm at the table, pickled vegetables and standout tzatziki ready to be piled on. A whole pork chop with roast garlic and preserved lemon perfect and a little pink inside. Much of the menu reads fairly simple, but tastes fantastic." - heidi lauth beasley, jake missing, daisy meager, sinead cranna
"Eastern Mediterranean-inspired restaurant, Oren, is extending the discount with the same rules throughout September. It’s also opening on Mondays so you can get a whole extra day of 50% off." - oliver feldman, rianne shlebak
"There’s much to be said about lighting when it comes to choosing a date night restaurant and, in Oren, Dalston has the most delicious, dimly lit restaurant in east London. It’s a tiny space where knees touch and hearts flutter—whether it’s to do with the person opposite you, or the Jerusalem mixed grill remains to be seen. Everything at the Israeli spot, from heritage tomatoes, to the sensation of securing one of the very limited alfresco tables, is tremendous. " - jake missing, rianne shlebak, sinead cranna, heidi lauth beasley
