Guidebook for London
Food Scene
Tasty pizzas, with a decent price. The place is also really nice with its industrial look. If you want a quiet atmosphere,you'd better go on lunch time as it gets very busy/noisy in the evening :)
252 locals recommend
Pizza East Shoreditch
56 Shoreditch High StTasty pizzas, with a decent price. The place is also really nice with its industrial look. If you want a quiet atmosphere,you'd better go on lunch time as it gets very busy/noisy in the evening :)
Honest Burgers - Liverpool St
12 Widegate StBest burgers in the area! and cheap as well. Love it.
Really nice place for a coffee/brunch with the lovely smell of the roasting coffee in the background
103 locals recommend
Ozone Coffee Roasters
11 Leonard StReally nice place for a coffee/brunch with the lovely smell of the roasting coffee in the background
Cosy restaurant serving good thai food. We especially like the thick red curry chicken and the coconut rice with mango.
45 locals recommend
Rosa's Thai Cafe Spitalfields
12 Hanbury StCosy restaurant serving good thai food. We especially like the thick red curry chicken and the coconut rice with mango.
Very popular so you will probably have to queue a lot. Famous for the English breakfast.
70 locals recommend
Breakfast Club Spitalfields
12-16 Artillery LnVery popular so you will probably have to queue a lot. Famous for the English breakfast.
Another very cosy restaurant, a bit pricey, but serving very good french dishes.
53 locals recommend
Chez Elles Bistroquet
45 Brick LnAnother very cosy restaurant, a bit pricey, but serving very good french dishes.
We're not a big fan of it to be honest, but it's still a very popular fish and chips. The inside looks like an american diner.
131 locals recommend
Poppies Fish & Chips, Spitalfields
6-8 Hanbury StWe're not a big fan of it to be honest, but it's still a very popular fish and chips. The inside looks like an american diner.
Everything Else
Every Sunday from 12pm. You will get the chance to try food from everywhere in the world.
825 locals recommend
Brick Lane Sunday Market
Brick LaneEvery Sunday from 12pm. You will get the chance to try food from everywhere in the world.
On Saturdays only. A village-like market, with small producers and take-away stands. We love the photography-books stand, great selection of books. Try the sweet/salty pop corn stand at the end!!
1735 locals recommend
Broadway Market
Broadway MarketOn Saturdays only. A village-like market, with small producers and take-away stands. We love the photography-books stand, great selection of books. Try the sweet/salty pop corn stand at the end!!
Stocking books on contemporary visual culture, covering fine art, design and fashion. Cool shop.
33 locals recommend
Artwords Bookshop
20-22 Broadway MarketStocking books on contemporary visual culture, covering fine art, design and fashion. Cool shop.
Drinks & Nightlife
Beautiful pub around the corner, often packed but this is how we like it. Apparently Jack the Ripper used to hang out there.
84 locals recommend
The Ten Bells
84 Commercial StBeautiful pub around the corner, often packed but this is how we like it. Apparently Jack the Ripper used to hang out there.
One of the other pubs where we like to go when we have friends over. Really nice in the summer when they open the first floor large windows.
38 locals recommend
Commercial Tavern
142 Commercial StOne of the other pubs where we like to go when we have friends over. Really nice in the summer when they open the first floor large windows.
Nice place if you want to spend the night out. They have a dance floor downstairs, also a restaurant and a table tennis
93 locals recommend
The Book Club
100-106 Leonard StNice place if you want to spend the night out. They have a dance floor downstairs, also a restaurant and a table tennis
Another place to have some late drinks. Dance floor downstairs, table tennis and really cool rooftop.
110 locals recommend
Queen of Hoxton
1 Curtain RdAnother place to have some late drinks. Dance floor downstairs, table tennis and really cool rooftop.
Shopping
Quite expensive but very nice leather jackets, dresses, shirts...the store itself is worth a look.
7 locals recommend
AllSaints
114 Commercial StQuite expensive but very nice leather jackets, dresses, shirts...the store itself is worth a look.
Oliver Spencer - Shoreditch
10-12 Calvert AveFor male only in that store. Beautiful jumpers, shirts, trousers...
Urban Outfitters
36-38 Kensington High StFamous streetwear shop. Some very good deals from time to time.
Essentials
A small grocery : fresh fruits and vegetables, sandwiches, drinks, toothpaste... open till late
922 locals recommend
Tesco Express
116-118 Commercial StA small grocery : fresh fruits and vegetables, sandwiches, drinks, toothpaste... open till late