Streetfeast - Central Dr, Hornchurch

Second time around, wanting to like it more than the first time. And I did. Because of the atmosphere. Foodwise now, started with scallops. Nice, but at 4 pounds each? Expensive much? This is a street event, not a michelin starred restaurant (tho this was the only dish that was worth its money). 2nd, pulled pork buns nothing special, just pork dumped into a bun. No salads or anything. indifferent. Rage levels are slowly increasing as we hit the pasta stall, where I was fed some overcooked fettucine with salmon and cuttlefish ink and something that resembled peas. Let me tell you this dish did NOT look good. Off to the final plate, the doughnuts that were lovely albeit a bit on the small side. Meantime beers were a safe bet, their cocktails are bad. Don't if you mustn't.

Came here with my friend for the Time Out preview on Thursday, it wasn't massively busy which was nice and free entry and we got a free gin cocktail and a free craft beer, free is always a win but both drinks were really good, gin cocktail was really refreshing and the beer was quite light (since I'm not a lager drinker this was a bonus). Now the good bit, the food. So we shared the pizza sliders, we got one of each (mushroom, pepperoni and goats cheese and beetroot), they were delicious, I loved the beetroot and goats cheese, they put the beetroot in the pizza base so you get a purple pizza, it was great, fun, pretty and flavoursome. The mushroom was a fairly average topping but the bases were really good, just the right amount of bread to soak up the alcohol (I am veggie so didn't try the pepperoni but it looked good). However, the best part was definitely the salted caramel brownie from Bad Brownie, I think I will dream about this brownie forever, it was HUGE and it had gold on it! It was the perfect texture, dense moist with a layer of salted caramel in the middle. As it wasn't very busy the atmosphere was a little lacking, but the variety of food options was great, they had good veggie choices, they had fires and heaters in areas, helping people to keep a little warmer in the April wintry cold (lol British weather). I felt the pricing was quite fair similar to other street food places, I'm not sure I would pay the £3 entry fee though, it seems a little unnecessary to pay to stand in a car park in Dalston when you are paying for all the stalls.

Just great for many reasons. Firstly it's so well organised and curated. The selection of street food vendors is good (they are all good) and the offerings are varied and quiet exciting. My favourite go to spot is Yum Bun. The chicken and the pork are the best. Consistently good. Also like the Korean burritos and Bleecker St burger (sadly no longer seems to be at this site now). If you arrive before 7 it's free entry. The bars are good and they all take contactless payment so it's fast. The venue itself is perfect. Car park during the week, street food at the weekend with some covered areas if there is a shower. I like the wood barrel fires for an outdoor smokey atmosphere. The toilets are good and well organised and they have a team of people constantly clearing up so it never looks tawdry. Last summer they told me it was probably going to be the last one under threat of developers as every open space in London seems to be right now but I am happy it's back for summer 2016. Great crowd and mix of people and ages which is good too. Music but not too loud although I think they turn the volume up a bit later but I go for the early shift usually. Prices are a little on the high side but I will let that go since the organisation and staffing is so well done. I've been to the sister market at Dinerama but Dalston is my favourite.

Came here on the first Saturday reopening so it was probably a lot busier than usual. There were queues to get in, queues for a the bar, and queues for the food which is quite different from my dinerama experience. Having hardly any space to move combined with the fact that we didn't have any food that was truly delicious/worth waiting for means that I'm going to have to give this place an average 3 star rating.

Fun and yummy food!! I was visiting London, and my cousin mentioned this place, I was very excited to do more local stuff while in London. Open only during the summer, its a closed area with lots of food trucks, stands, and bars. If you come before 7pm its free, otherwise charge you £3 to enter. Lots of great food options while we were here from pizza, several bbq options, modern Indian, gourmet burgers, hot dogs, cupcakes and sweet treats, lots of bars selling great drinks to quench your thirst!! Try the mojitos, at £10 a pop pricey but tasty! For dinner we had BBO pork ribs from Hot box, it was nice came with a slaw and help your self pickled condiments. The ribs were very tasty, I wanted the sauce to have a little more kick but the meat was tender so thats all that matters. We picked up some cupcakes for some sweets at Kooky Bakes, large cupcakes!! Icing was very yummy! At about 8ish the place was packed good luck trying to find seating. Its a pretty happening place, lots of locals, food, and drinks what else can you ask for.