"There are plenty of low-lit, wine-led, aspirational-feeling restaurants in Hackney, but Brawn was one of the first and is still the standout. It’s on the corner of Columbia Road and the whitewashed room has always got a bit of a buzz about it. The food is of the European-leaning sharing plates variety, and their parmesan panisse is the stuff of candlelit, date night legend." - jake missing, rianne shlebak, sinead cranna, heidi lauth beasley