Guidebook for London
Food Scene
The Wolseley
160 PiccadillyExcellent venue and good brasserie menu
Dean Street Townhouse
69-71 Dean StPleasing restaurant
Yalla Yalla
1 Green's CtLocal lebanese with take away option
Herman ze German
19 Villiers StCheap hot dogs
Brasserie Zédel
20 Sherwood StReasonably cheap grand restaurant
Ceviche Soho
17 Frith StGreat food
Cafe Monico
39-45 Shaftesbury AveA lot of the restaurants here are great, just make sure you head for those with Chinese people in them, not just tourists.
36 locals recommend
London Chinatown Restaurant
27 Gerrard StA lot of the restaurants here are great, just make sure you head for those with Chinese people in them, not just tourists.
Bar Italia
22 Frith StThe best place to see Soho folk walk by.
Drinks & Nightlife
French House
49 Dean StOld school Soho bar
Randall & Aubin, Soho
16 Brewer StGreat, lively fish restaurant
HIX Soho
66-70 Brewer StLate night basement cocktail bar
The Faraday Museum
57 Rupert StGay bar with open air smoking area
Arts & Culture
National Portrait Gallery
Saint Martin's PlaceMy favourite London gallery - well one of them
The National Gallery
Trafalgar SquareA must visit.
British Museum
Great Russell Street
Grant Museum of Zoology
21 University StA quirky English museum full of animal curios.
Shopping
Cecil Court
Cecil CourtGreat antiquarian books
Essentials
Berwick Street Market
Berwick StreetLocal market for fresh vegetables and meals
Marshall Laundry
10 Marshall StreetTesco Metro
224-226 Portobello RdWhole Foods Market
63-97 Kensington High StEverything Else
Leicester Square Station
Nearby tube
Oxford Circus Underground Station
Oxford Streetnearby tube
Getting Around
Piccadilly Circus
Piccadilly CircusTube station down the road.
Tottenham Court Road station
Oxford StreetNearby tube station