Guidebook for London
Food Scene
Cosy, stylish Spanish tapas eatery featuring an open kitchen and large selection of wine and gin.
Copita del Mercado
60 Wentworth StCosy, stylish Spanish tapas eatery featuring an open kitchen and large selection of wine and gin.
Contemporary Indian restaurant with skylit interior, focused on Pakhtoon cuisine that uses less fat.
The Kasturi
57 Aldgate High StContemporary Indian restaurant with skylit interior, focused on Pakhtoon cuisine that uses less fat.
British and European cuisine served 24/7 in modern, 40th-floor space with floor-to-ceiling windows.
216 locals recommend
Duck & Waffle
110 BishopsgateBritish and European cuisine served 24/7 in modern, 40th-floor space with floor-to-ceiling windows.
Prime cuts of matured beef and other British classics served in stripped-back, bare-brick surrounds.
152 locals recommend
Hawksmoor Spitalfields
157A Commercial StPrime cuts of matured beef and other British classics served in stripped-back, bare-brick surrounds.
Gourmet New French cuisine in grand former Victorian chapel with 30-metre vaulted ceiling.
50 locals recommend
Galvin La Chapelle
35 Spital SquareGourmet New French cuisine in grand former Victorian chapel with 30-metre vaulted ceiling.
Bakery and small plates restaurant from the pioneer of the resurgent interest in offal dishes.
136 locals recommend
St. JOHN Restaurant
26 St John StBakery and small plates restaurant from the pioneer of the resurgent interest in offal dishes.
Drinks & Nightlife
Cosy unchanging boozer with piano and pavement terrace in a cobbled backstreet.
61 locals recommend
The Pride of Spitalfields London
3 Heneage StCosy unchanging boozer with piano and pavement terrace in a cobbled backstreet.
Hip, bar with exposed brick and junkyard decor, craft beers and a large garden with food truck.
36 locals recommend
The Crown and Shuttle
226 Shoreditch High StreetHip, bar with exposed brick and junkyard decor, craft beers and a large garden with food truck.
No-nonsense chain bar specialising in the Scottish brewery's craft beers, with regular guest brews.
79 locals recommend
BrewDog Shoreditch
51 Bethnal Green RdNo-nonsense chain bar specialising in the Scottish brewery's craft beers, with regular guest brews.
Upscale pub fare and creative cocktails served in an airy, industrial-chic space with a roof garden.
98 locals recommend
The Culpeper
40 Commercial StUpscale pub fare and creative cocktails served in an airy, industrial-chic space with a roof garden.
Restored Victorian dispensary with Portland stone with dining room offering classic British cuisine.
13 locals recommend
The Dispensary
19a Leman StRestored Victorian dispensary with Portland stone with dining room offering classic British cuisine.
Parks & Nature
Small public space, formerly St Mary's Park, with a Bengali martyrs monument and old tombstones.
Altab Ali Park
Adler StreetSmall public space, formerly St Mary's Park, with a Bengali martyrs monument and old tombstones.
Essentials
Tesco Express
179 Shoreditch High St