Guidebook for Greater London
Food Scene
Great coffee, food and atmosphere. Its one of the areas hipster cafes. Free wi-fi.
81 recommandé par les habitants
Look mum no hands!
49 Old StGreat coffee, food and atmosphere. Its one of the areas hipster cafes. Free wi-fi.
Good food, great coffee and service with a smile. HAlf a minute from the front door.
7 recommandé par les habitants
Ask For Janice
50-52 Long LnGood food, great coffee and service with a smile. HAlf a minute from the front door.
Smiths of Smithfield
67-77 Charterhouse StAmazing food, round the corner!
Great cocktails and you know what you are getting on the menu.
68 recommandé par les habitants
Burger & Lobster Soho
36-38 Dean StGreat cocktails and you know what you are getting on the menu.
Dose
70 Long LnAmazing coffee to grab before a day shopping or sightseeing.
Great food stalls here on the weekends, a lovely short walk along the thames great to do on a saturday morning.
1617 recommandé par les habitants
Borough Market
Borough High StreetGreat food stalls here on the weekends, a lovely short walk along the thames great to do on a saturday morning.
Great food, lovely for a fancy brunch. Highly recommended.
83 recommandé par les habitants
The Modern Pantry
47-48 St John's SquareGreat food, lovely for a fancy brunch. Highly recommended.
Amico Bio
44 Cloth FairHealthy, vegetarian gluten free Italian. Heaven! And on the doorstep - literally.
Good for a classic low cost lunch or brunch and very close.
7 recommandé par les habitants
Carluccio's - Smithfield
12 W SmithfieldGood for a classic low cost lunch or brunch and very close.
APULIA
50 Long LnGorgeous classic Italian food from Puglia. Excellent service.
Great Vietnamese in the heart of Shoreditch.
69 recommandé par les habitants
Cay Tre Hoxton Shoreditch
301 Old StGreat Vietnamese in the heart of Shoreditch.
Arts & Culture
Arts Centre for Art Galleries, Cinemas, Concerts and Theatre. Everything you need for a cultural day or evening just minutes away.
509 recommandé par les habitants
Barbican Centre
Silk StreetArts Centre for Art Galleries, Cinemas, Concerts and Theatre. Everything you need for a cultural day or evening just minutes away.
Excellent (free of charge) permanent collection & usually top quality exhibitions. Great location on the river with views from the cafes & members room.
2008 recommandé par les habitants
Tate Modern
BanksideExcellent (free of charge) permanent collection & usually top quality exhibitions. Great location on the river with views from the cafes & members room.
One of my favourite cinemas. In the 60s Brunswick centre they have a great selection of art house films.
70 recommandé par les habitants
Curzon Bloomsbury
One of my favourite cinemas. In the 60s Brunswick centre they have a great selection of art house films.
Incredibly interesting collection of an eccentric architect and collector. AMazing picture gallery with Turners and Canalettos as well as the Hogarth's The Rake's Progress. Worth a visit.
183 recommandé par les habitants
Sir John Soane's Museum
13 Lincoln's Inn FieldsIncredibly interesting collection of an eccentric architect and collector. AMazing picture gallery with Turners and Canalettos as well as the Hogarth's The Rake's Progress. Worth a visit.
Shopping
Stylish quick and easy shopping centre hardly ever super busy.
86 recommandé par les habitants
One New Change
New ChangeStylish quick and easy shopping centre hardly ever super busy.
Daunt Books
158-164 Fulham Rd.Great independent bookshop nearby.
Sightseeing
Needs no introduction surely! Wren's classical, imposing Cathedral.
845 recommandé par les habitants
St. Paul's Cathedral
Needs no introduction surely! Wren's classical, imposing Cathedral.
My favourite church in London, its on the doorstep. Amazing for Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve, its one of the oldest surviving churches in London surviving the great fire. Its a must see.
30 recommandé par les habitants
St Bartholomew the Great
West SmithfieldMy favourite church in London, its on the doorstep. Amazing for Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve, its one of the oldest surviving churches in London surviving the great fire. Its a must see.
Interesting museum, plenty of interactive exhibits for children. Gives a great sense of how London has evolved.
300 recommandé par les habitants
Museum of London
Museum of LondonInteresting museum, plenty of interactive exhibits for children. Gives a great sense of how London has evolved.
Interesting amphitheatre that was discovered only relatively recently - good for fans of Roman architecture/history. Nice pre-raphealites paintings in the collection.
8 recommandé par les habitants
Guildhall
71 Basinghall StInteresting amphitheatre that was discovered only relatively recently - good for fans of Roman architecture/history. Nice pre-raphealites paintings in the collection.
Original Bow Bells - where cockneys needed to be born within the sound of to be worthy of the name. Lovely church with a cafe downstairs.
St Mary-le-Bow
CheapsideOriginal Bow Bells - where cockneys needed to be born within the sound of to be worthy of the name. Lovely church with a cafe downstairs.
Drinks & Nightlife
The Jerusalem Tavern
55 Britton StLovely cosy pub. Good beers and feels very old.
Good friendly hidden pub, a bit of a walk but worth it for the juke box.
15 recommandé par les habitants
The Three Kings
7 Clerkenwell CloseGood friendly hidden pub, a bit of a walk but worth it for the juke box.
Great pub. Has monthly folk sessions, good beer and knowledgable staff.
7 recommandé par les habitants
Betsey Trotwood
56 Farringdon RdGreat pub. Has monthly folk sessions, good beer and knowledgable staff.
Lovely wood panelled pub, very smart and great selection of wines and spirits. Very near.
7 recommandé par les habitants
Fox and Anchor
115 Charterhouse StLovely wood panelled pub, very smart and great selection of wines and spirits. Very near.