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Angelina

• Fusion• Dalston

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About the restaurant

Fusion might be better associated with the food of the 90s and 2000s, but at Angelina, it’s less overblown and more interesting. Founder Joshua Owens-Baigler is a Japanophile who spent time cooking in Italy and at the River Cafe, resulting in this mashing of styles and flavours.

The restaurant is neighbourhood-style in feel. While the food is taken very seriously and the ambition is evident, white tablecloths are nowhere to be seen. The atmosphere is buzzy and vibrant, keeping up with upscale East London restaurants like Pidgin and Perilla.

Menus are available in four courses or ten and fairly priced given the length of time you’ll be at the table and the quality of the cooking. While the menu changes regularly, expect the fusion of flavours to present itself in dishes like scallop crudo with blood orange kosho, and tortelloni pasta with kombu.

Reviews from the Web

Critic reviews

Time Out

This Italo-Japanese mash-up – itameshi – is the MO at Angelina, an elegant addition to Dalston Lane Terrace’s restaurant strip.

The Guardian

A marriage of Italian and Japanese cuisine could so easily be a disaster, but here it is a happy union

The Independent

Inside its Japanese decor with hanging lanterns and tiny glasses with oversized waxy green leaves. It’s very 2019. You’d see it on an Instagram account near you very soon, if phones and photos were allowed

The Nudge

Perched a little way down Dalston Lane, away from the busy thoroughfare, the restaurant is a suave little number dressed in black and white.