The Restaurant Guide for Wine Lovers
The Marksman
We assessed The Marksman in June 2026 and this review is based on the food menu and wine list at the time of the review. As menus and wine lists change, we name styles in order for the information to remain more useful as menus change. If things have slipped you can use the Vinealto Dining app including accessing an up to date reading using 'At the Table' from the wine list in front of you in the restaurant. How we assess
The Marksman is a Michelin-recognised Hackney Road pub cooking serious nose-to-tail British food beneath a genuine low-intervention wine cellar. The wine programme achieves real mutual elevation. Its high-acid, low-oak reds and natural whites are exactly what offal, roast meat and the harder vegetable plates want, with a mature cellar tier and grower Champagne behind the everyday list. It will most reward the curious drinker who likes natural wine and good pub cooking in the same room, and who is happy to follow a knowledgeable floor team.
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Thai-British
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Modern British Great British Brasserie
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Modern British, wood-fired, wine bar
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London, London
Contemporary south-west Indian coastal
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Modern European
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