Night Tales

Night tales have reinvented themselves under the banner of «Tokyo Nights».
£3 entry after 7pm. Supposedly this is a real and authentic interpretation of the city of Tokyo. Immediately I’m thinking Golden Gai, amazing sushi bars and highly personal drinking experiences. No, I’m completely barking up the wrong tree. More accurately this is all your usual London food pop ups but the signs are now in faux Japanese fonts and the burgers have Japanese mayo on.
Patty & Bun are there, Bubbledogs, Happy Chicken, so decent stuff, just fundamentally food you’ve had elsewhere. I would highlight the fairly tasty Katsu chicken burger I had from Nanny Bill’s. The queues for the food were long given it was the first night but the queues for the bars were gracefully short.
Wandering around the sake bar upstairs is, well its a bar that has sake on the menu. Do explore if you want to sit down as there is plenty of space in the venue.
I can’t really comment on the food and experience in the private Ryokans. Maybe someone else can add some colour on that, the set menu’s do look nice — I assume these are going to be the real highlights but are pre-​book only and much pricier.

Such a great place to go for a night out with friends. Amazing food, really good selection and great atmosphere. The whiskey bar upstairs was a huge hit!

Wasn’t too impressed with the latest incarnation of Night Tales. Having the pop up from Andina was good and the food amazing, but they were the only one.
Given my time again I’d opt to go to Street Feast instead.

Cool and groovy pop-​up in a Dalston carpark. £3 entry. 4 foodstalls all with appetizing and appealing street food. The only drawback to the foodstalls, only 1 of them offers a vegetarian option. 3 bars that offer hot alcoholic drinks, beers and cocktails.
I got there early 1 Friday evening and it was quiet but within half an hour it was filling up fast. Straw covered the ground, fairy lights covered the trees and a shower of them fell from the upstairs bar.
Loved the hip tunes the djs played! a mixed crowd of funky, arty young hipsters.
As the night wore on it continued to fill up. We left around 10.30 and people kept on coming. Great venue with a nice vibe.

Pretty Cool!
Pros:
— really nice vibe
— good food
— awesome music (Seth Troxler spun the first weekend!!); comes complete with a dj booth with cool lights
— lots of bars with some cool cocktails (there’s a dedicated gin bar; had a GnT with a dash of laphroaig)
Cons:
— really cold, even with the heaters
— it gets crowded. We went at 6 sharp and it was perfect. Got a table by a heater and chilled. by 1930 there was no table space and queues for everything
— Great food but limited options (only 4 stalls I believe)
— there’s a £3 entry fee, but given the music that’s alright; however
— the music isn’t loud enough. I kept thinking they’d turn it up but even at 2200 it was still fairly soft. Though given we went on a Thursday, perhaps things were a bit more chill
Next weekend is the last weekend and it’s definitely worth checking out!

Although Night Tales is based at an outdoor parkway, which means cold & freeze, it is really cute!
Little fairly lights, trees, a little graffiti, ‘match box’ sound system with blue & red lights.
They provide heaters, and serve absinth hot chocolate, mulled cider etc. but its cold… feather down jacket at least needed.
Essentially it is few food and drink stalls with house music for hipsters. It’s quirky and well done enough to be successful, but £3 for entry makes you go: ‘?!’