Café 1001

Fast and friendly service! Good selections to snack on. I tried Rose Lemonade for the first time! It is Delicious!

Very good for hanging out if you're just trying to kill time or meeting someone or in need of wifi and a bathroom (which I almost always am!) It's super spacious so it's good if you're just trying to find somewhere to chill for a bit during the day. I'm not sure how it changes at night, but I went several times throughout the two weeks I was in London and it was never very crowded.
Also once I went just to use the bathroom and nobody stopped me or made me buy something. So, that was awesome.

Fun place to people watch midday. The outdoor area is lovely - there are beautiful hanging lights above the walkway and the vintage market was around the corner, many people wearing lots of fun things

On my last trip to London I was looking for a good place to get some work done and get some good food at the same time. This place was perfect for that.
They serve great breakfast with various selections of eggs, veggies and pastries and there's plenty of table space and free wifi.
The tables upstairs even have accessible plugs for charging your laptop. The atmosphere was laid back and quiet enough to think, and the music was uninterruptive.

I ended up staying for hours, going from breakfast through lunch.
The service was pleasant and efficient and I never once felt like I had to leave or buy more to be allowed to stay.

Hot beats in the evening. One of the few late night spots where you can get some work done, if you don't mind fairly loud music.

Solid beers and coffee.

Wifi took a few tries to connect, but otherwise it was perfect.

On London's lively Brick Lane Café 1001 is at the centre of the buzzing atmosphere. This is one of my favourite hang-outs in London town for all of the following reasons: heavy music that no one can resist moving to, an amazing BBQ constantly cooking all day and night, a really cute café offering healthy salads and sandwiches alongside homemade muffins and cakes and there's always a great mix of people enjoying what the café/bar/club has to offer.
This place has everything you could ever want under one roof and you can sit outside and fall in love with the sparkling atmosphere of Brick Lane. I cannot recommend this place enough!!

I come here for their short film movie nights. This place makes a great space for it as it's pretty big and full of couches and chair, although they are well warn. The staff here are friendly, and they have a decent bar with the full cafe out front. I haven't eaten here yet, but they do seem to have a good selection of items to choose from. Basic facility with good prices in a nice location.

1001 became my home over the Summer. Living on Brick Lane, I was pretty much down at 1001 almost daily. Yes, I love it. Sure the drinks are in plastic if you want to go outside, staff never give enough ice in drinks, but my small gripes aside I still love it.

The infamous burger stand out the front seems to be a hit with everyone, but personally I think the burgers are horrific. The pattie is consistently cold, the bun dry-ish and just generally average. The sandwiches and salad range inside are gorgeous and fresh though.

Cafe 1001 is great during the week, but on weekends it gets totally rammed. Bouncers are very strict in checking bags and jackets on the weekends, and due to this there is usually a bit of a wait to get back inside. Upstairs in the back room is another bar and dancefloor, which turns into a full club at night. Fun times all round.

The good bit: Cafe 1001 enjoys an unbeatable location on the Brick Lane side of the Truman Brewery, a spacious interior, plentiful outdoor seating and serves a mean mango juice. The bad bit: Cafe 1001's coffee and food leaves a lot to be desired.

There is something distinctly European about 1001 and it's pretty much always buzzing. During the warmer months Cafe 1001 is great, if only because it has the most outdoor seating of any drinking hole within the Truman Brewery, making this cavernous cafe ideally located for a spot of people watching.

That said, I've always been distinctly unimpressed by 1001's coffee. Which is a shame because 1001 is, an, um, cafe and if this aspect of this popular haunt's performance was improved it would be a shoo-in for a five star rating.

The lounge in this place is amazing. Its full of beat up sofas and the space is amazing. Its full of young lackadaisical people lounging around surfing the web and hanging out drinking the strong coffee and nodding to the beats.

Its one of the only places in London that is filled exclusively with young people. On Wednesday night, there is a free jazz night, which is really good even if the musicians get steadily inebriated through the night.

Its quite an eye opener if you've never been down to East London before. It like a microcosm of the culture on the eclectic and alternative Brick Lane.