With its low lighting, small plates, film projector and steel countertops, Cafe Kowloon, a chic Cantonese restaurant in the hipster area of London Fields, from the team behind Daddy Bao and Wonton Charlie, is easily one of east London’s coolest openings of 2026.
If you walked past the restaurant on a balmy evening in June, you might expect to hear electronic cantopop (correct) and the clinking of cocktail glasses. More surprising as you lean your ear further into the hubbub? The therapeutic clicks and clacks of melamine tiles knocking against each other as dozens of young people gather to play mahjong.
