The Culpeper Rooftop Garden

A genuine working rooftop garden above a Spitalfields gastropub — vegetables grown on-site for the kitchen below, and casual drinks among the actual greenery. Order anything; the kitchen uses what the garden produces, and the drinks are straightforward. Come on summer afternoons when the garden is in full bloom, when it feels more intimate than the party rooftops elsewhere. The pub downstairs is excellent in its own right. It is the rare rooftop that is about growing rather than scene — a small, green, productive space that rewards a slower visit, with proper food waiting one floor down.