We had a wonderful lunch at Cafe Cecilia. Each dish was delicious and packed with flavours. We really enjoyed the sage & anchovy fritti, the mozzarella & figs, the lemon sole and the pork leg. Attentive and friendly service. A must-visit restaurant in east London!!

an amazing meal. the bread and butter was lovely (especially the guinness bread), and the onglet was incredible. the sauce was so good we scraped it all up!! the deep fried bread pudding alone definitely is worth coming for.

From start to finish, a perfect meal. We had the sage and anchovy and the zucchini flower starters, both bursting with flavor. For our mains, the ravioli was perfection on a plate, and the Guinea fowl special with sweet corn and the wing rib were absolutely delectable. For dessert, the Guinness ice cream exceeded my expectations, and the deep-fried bread and butter was the perfect ending to our meal.

Everything we had in Cafe Cecilia was perfection, I had so much of their bread and butter it's embarrassing, then stuffed zucchini flower, guineafowl with polenta, sage stuffed with anchovies which was attacked immediately so no photo available, wing rib steak and chips, bone marrow, zucchini pasta, deep fried bread and butter pudding and Guinness bread ice-cream is a MUST. Chef is talented and it's clear that he loves what he does. Give it a go, I promise, you will enjoy every second of it.

Even in such a crowded French-inspired-British-classics and nose-to-tail restaurant scene, Cafe Cecilia manages to stand out. Each dish was exceptional: the flavours are familiar but everything felt elevated — because of how well-executed each dish is and the quality of the ingredients. The standout dishes were the mackerel and the bread pudding. I don’t have the exact statistics but just based on my own experiences of dining out, this is one of the rare restaurants where at least half the chef are women.