The Premises Cafe & Bistro is a family run restaurant at 209 Hackney Road, attached to the recording studios of the same name. Its warm, informal room and music memorabilia reflect a long connection with the local creative community, while service from breakfast into the evening makes it a practical all day neighbourhood venue.
The daytime menu includes a substantial English breakfast alongside pancakes, omelettes, sandwiches and salads. Turkish breakfast choices such as menemen add a different direction, and vegetarian or vegan versions ensure the morning selection works for more than diners looking for bacon and sausages.
Homemade Turkish dishes become more prominent through lunch, with mezze, moussaka, köfte and grilled food joined by pasta and fish. From early evening the bistro combines Turkish and Latin favourites with grill platters, tapas and smaller sharing plates, allowing a table to build either a light meal or a broader spread.
Draft beer, cocktails and an extensive drinks selection support the later service, while coffee and fresh juices remain available during the day. Group bookings and event hire add to the cafe’s flexibility, but its enduring appeal is the straightforward combination of generous food, familiar staff and a distinctive music studio setting.
Address: 209 Hackney Road, London E2 8JL, England
Premises Cafe Menu
Breakfast
Includes white or brown toast, or bread and butter or fried slice and grilled or tinned tomatoes. Free range eggs available extra 50p.
Db bacon, Db Cumberland sausage, large fried egg hash brown, mushrooms, beans and tomatoes
Db bacon, Db Cumberland sausage, large fried egg chips, beans and tomatoes
Vegetarian Breakfast
Cooked in separate oil.
Veggie sausage, hash brown, bubble and squeak mushroom, fried egg, onion rings, beans and tomatoes
Pan fried scrambled eggs, spinach, bubble and squeak mushroom, beans and tomatoes
Vegan Breakfast
Vegan Cumberland sausage, breaded onion rings, avocado bubble and squeak, spinach, mushrooms, beans and tomatoes
Pancake Menu
All pancakes are served with mixed berry and fruit, fresh cream and maple syrup.
Mixed berry and fruit
Veggie Pancake
Veggie sausage, hash brown, onion rings, mushrooms, egg, beans and tomatoes
Premises Pancake
Bacon, sausage, hash brown, mushrooms, egg, beans and tomatoes
Menemen
A typical Turkish breakfast dish – tomato and pepper sauce thickened with eggs and melted cheese. All served with toasted Turkish bread.
Plain
Vegetarian Menemen
Spinach and mushrooms
Turkish spicy Sausage (Sucuk)
Eggs Benedict
Poached eggs with sprinkle of cheese on a toasted muffin served with hollandaise sauce.
Salmon
Spinach
Ham
B. Sandwiches
Cumberland sausage
Sausage and egg
Bacon
Bacon and egg
Veggie sausage and egg
Veggie sausage
Vegan sausage
Avocado on toast
On Toast
Poached egg
Poached egg and beans
Scrambled egg
Scrambled egg & beans
Db fried egg
Db fried egg and beans
Smoked salmon & Scrambled egg
Omelettes of three eggs
Served with chips and salad garnish.
Cheese
Bacon and cheese
Mushroom and cheese
Ham and cheese
Spinach and cheese
Spanish Omelette
Wraps, Paninis, Baguettes, Sandwiches
50p for melt (with cheese) or just toasted for 30p. Also you can make your own wraps or sandwiches.
BLT and avocado
Bacon, brie and cranberry
Tuna continental, avocado and salad
Mozzarella, houmous and grilled veg
Houmous, falafel, feta cheese & salad
Chicken, mozzarella, sun-dried tomato & pesto
Halloumi, aubergine, kisir & salad
Salmon, avocado and cream cheese
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Soup of the day
With toasted bread + butter
Mezze
Consists of Houmous, Tzatziki, Aubergine ala Turca, Kisir, Wine Leaves, Spinach and feta Triangles, Falafel, Halloumi, Feta Cheese, Olives, Toasted Turkish Pide bread.
Mezze for 1
Mezze for 2
Vegan Mezze
Humus, aubergine ala turca, kisir, wine leaves falafel, spinach, avocado and olives on top of mix salad + toasted Turkish pide bread
Salads
Consists of mixed leaves, cherry tomatoes, red onion, kisir, coleslaw, boiled egg, toasted Turkish pide bread, butter.
Tuna continental and avocado
Avocado and houmous
Chicken breast and avocado
Halloumi and avocado
Smoked salmon and avocado
Jacket Potatoes
Served with salad garnish.
Cheese and beans
Cheese and coleslaw
Tuna continental
Ham and cheese
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1/2 pounder. Served in a bun with fried onion, chips and salad garnish. Grated Cheddar cheese an extra 50p. Egg or Bacon an extra £1.50.
Beef
Spicy lamb
Spicy Chicken
Beef Burgers
Served in a bun with fried onion, chips and salad garnish. Grated Cheddar cheese an extra 50p. Egg or bacon an extra £1.50.
Quarter Pounder
Half Pounder
Veggie Burger
Vegan Burger
Vegan Burger
Pure vegan burger with mix vegs + Chips
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Apple Pie with custard
Banoffee Pie
Baklava with ice cream
Chocolate cake with cream
Carrot Cake with walnuts, fig and cinnamon
Starters
Portabello Mushrooms
With melt smoked cheese
Calamari
Deep fried squid with tartar sauce
Spicy Tiger Prawns
Prawns cooked in wine tomato & chilli sauce
Octopus
Grilled octopus with salad garnish
King Prawns
Grilled king prawn honey mustard
Mezze Selection
Vegan available. Mezze for 1 £15.95, Mezze for 2 £27.95. All single portions of mezzes £4.95.
Mezze for 1
Houmous, tzatziki, kisir, stuffed vine leaves, aubergine alaturca, falafel, spinach and feta triangles, halloumi
Mezze for 2
Houmous, tzatziki, kisir, stuffed vine leaves, aubergine alaturca, falafel, spinach and feta triangles, halloumi
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Soup of the day
With toasted bread & butter
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All burgers come with Brioche Bun with tomato relish and baby gem.
Beef Burger
Fat 15% – beef 85%
Chicken Burger
Whole chicken breast marinated in Cajun sauce
Halloumi Burger (V)
Grilled Cypriot cheese, roasted peppers, Portobello mushroom & coleslaw
Vegan Burger
Gourmet Vegan burger, tomato relish and gherkin with vegan mayo
Pasta Dishes
Penne or Spaghetti with parmesan.
Vegetarian Pasta
Chicken Broccoli Pasta
Seafood Pasta
House Specials – Musakka
Musakka
With bechamel sauce, rice and salad
House Specials – Chicken
Chicken Shish
Diced chicken fillet, rice and salad garnish
Poussin Baby Chicken
Oven cooked whole chicken fries & Coleslaw (piripiri sauce)
Chicken Kofte
Minced chicken with tomato garlic sauce, rice or chips
House Specials – Lamb
Lamb Kofte
Minced lamb with tomato garlic sauce, rice or chips
Lamb Fillet
Fillet lamb with veg and baby potato with choice of sauce
Lamb Cutlet
Served on mash potato with veg and mint sauce
House Specials – Fish
Seabass
200gr fillet served with mix veg / baby potato with garlic butter sauce
Salmon
Scottish salmon fillet with creamy spinach sauce and mix vegetables & baby potato
House Specials – Steak
Sirloin Steak
12 oz prime scottish steak with fries, flat mushrooms, tomato choice of sauce (Peppercorn sauce, Mint sauce, Garlic mushrooms, blue cheese sauce)
Side Dishes
French Fries
Rice
Chef Salad
Mixed Vege
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Bonoffee Pie
Cheese Cake
Chocolate Cake with cream or ice cream
Mixed Fruit with fresh cream
Baklava with ice cream
Freshly Squeezed Juices
Mixed Juices extra 20p, Ginger available 50p.
Orange
Carrot
Apple
Grapefruit
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Flavoured Coffee Available (Vanilla, Caramel, Hazelnut) 0.50. Soya & oat milk 0.50.
Breakfast Tea
Earl Grey Tea
Herbal Tea
Fresh Mint Tea
Cappuccino
Flat White
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Champagne Cocktail
Bitters soaked sugar cube, hennesey & prosecco
Rossini
Strawberry topped up with prosecco
Kir Royal
Creme de cassis topped up with prosecco
Bucks Fizz
Fresh Orange Juice topped up with prosecco
Bellini
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All cocktails £9.95.
Aperol
Daiquiri
Margarita
Mojito
Ameretto or Whiskey Sour
Prosecco Based Cocktails
Rossini
Bellini
Mimosa
Kir Royale
Champagne Cocktail
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Flavours £0.50, Milk Options £0.50.