Arthur’s Cafe

Well if you want to eat at a real traditional East London café then head on over to Arthur’s Café.
They serve very straightforward traditional café food, as far as I know only during the daytime, never looked to see whether they are open at the weekend.
Very simple décor, serving counter with an old fashioned hot drinks geyser for tea and coffee, tightly packed seating.
My advice is to order a meal that contains both eggs and chips — egg and chips would do it.
The reason being that the chips are home made — none of that frozen muck here thank you very much, and the eggs are seemingly cooked in a frying pan containing a generous three quarters of an inch of fat resulting in a crispy bottom and cooked but still soft yolk.
Good quick service, nice people. Eat here and you’ll be ready to dig up roads, lay bricks, fix roofs etc.