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Drinks & Nightlife
Faux Rococo-style bar and vaulted Modern European cellar restaurant in Georgian townhouse. One of the neighbourhood's destinations for the ultra-hip, trustafarians, supermodels and fashion types in the most wave of Notting Hill being at the height of fashion.
162 locals recommend
Beach Blanket Babylon
45 Ledbury RdFaux Rococo-style bar and vaulted Modern European cellar restaurant in Georgian townhouse. One of the neighbourhood's destinations for the ultra-hip, trustafarians, supermodels and fashion types in the most wave of Notting Hill being at the height of fashion.
Food Scene
Modelled roughly on an American diner, complete with red leather booths, it's effectively the restaurant of the Electric Cinema, having been installed during the most recent renovations. A popular local hangout, it serves food throughout the day, predominantly of the quality comfort food variety.
272 locals recommend
Electric Diner
191 Portobello RdModelled roughly on an American diner, complete with red leather booths, it's effectively the restaurant of the Electric Cinema, having been installed during the most recent renovations. A popular local hangout, it serves food throughout the day, predominantly of the quality comfort food variety.
Pan-Asian restaurant/cocktail bar with an emphasis on fresh, healthy ingredients and a range of sushi, tempura, dim sum as well as a menu of wok-cooked fish, seafood and poultry dishes served up in a space with clean, contemporary lines. It has a reputation for good cocktails and also has an impressive wine list.
275 locals recommend
e&o Pan Asian Restaurant Notting Hill
14 Blenheim CrescentPan-Asian restaurant/cocktail bar with an emphasis on fresh, healthy ingredients and a range of sushi, tempura, dim sum as well as a menu of wok-cooked fish, seafood and poultry dishes served up in a space with clean, contemporary lines. It has a reputation for good cocktails and also has an impressive wine list.
Despite the contemporary, continental-style bar, Portobello Star presents itself as very much a real Londoner: Victorian graphics and more authentic London gins than you imagined existed—they even run their own "ginstitute" for budding connoisseurs. The English traditional fare is mixed up with Mediterranean on the menu. Cocktails, DJs and lots more besides.
99 locals recommend
Portobello Star
171 Portobello RdDespite the contemporary, continental-style bar, Portobello Star presents itself as very much a real Londoner: Victorian graphics and more authentic London gins than you imagined existed—they even run their own "ginstitute" for budding connoisseurs. The English traditional fare is mixed up with Mediterranean on the menu. Cocktails, DJs and lots more besides.
The Notting Hill branch of Australian Bill Granger's London eateries. International dining with an Aussie accent in airy, no-reservations dining room with large windows.
306 locals recommend
Granger and Co.
175 Westbourne GroveThe Notting Hill branch of Australian Bill Granger's London eateries. International dining with an Aussie accent in airy, no-reservations dining room with large windows.
Notting Hill branch of the shops and cafés supplied by the eponymous organic farms in Staffordshire and the Cotswolds. The on-site facilities include a baker, butcher and fishmonger. The chic, all-day café-deli, with natural wood stools and tables, offers seasonal organic comfort foods and healthy salads.
205 locals recommend
Daylesford Organic
208-212 Westbourne GroveNotting Hill branch of the shops and cafés supplied by the eponymous organic farms in Staffordshire and the Cotswolds. The on-site facilities include a baker, butcher and fishmonger. The chic, all-day café-deli, with natural wood stools and tables, offers seasonal organic comfort foods and healthy salads.
A well established local Italian "osteria" serving a traditional Italian menu with plenty of choices from pizza and pastas to meat and fish dishes, as well as a good range of options for vegetarians. Regional favourites and Italian wines in warm dining room with rustic theme.
147 locals recommend
Osteria Basilico
29 Kensington Park RdA well established local Italian "osteria" serving a traditional Italian menu with plenty of choices from pizza and pastas to meat and fish dishes, as well as a good range of options for vegetarians. Regional favourites and Italian wines in warm dining room with rustic theme.
Gastropub that's popular with the local young, affluent set. Offers lunch and dinner menus that change daily and traditional bar snacks and tapas. Traditional ales and lagers, Belgian beers, fine wines, cocktails and a good selection of non-alcoholic beverages. Also has a popular and attractive terrace.
156 locals recommend
The Westbourne
101 Westbourne Park VillasGastropub that's popular with the local young, affluent set. Offers lunch and dinner menus that change daily and traditional bar snacks and tapas. Traditional ales and lagers, Belgian beers, fine wines, cocktails and a good selection of non-alcoholic beverages. Also has a popular and attractive terrace.
Something of a West London institution, Geale's has been around since 1939 and remains committed to serving up the best of the famous English tradition of fish and chips. The fresh fish and classic accompaniments are served up in a smart, restrained dining room.
16 locals recommend
Geales
2 Farmer StSomething of a West London institution, Geale's has been around since 1939 and remains committed to serving up the best of the famous English tradition of fish and chips. The fresh fish and classic accompaniments are served up in a smart, restrained dining room.
One of the establishments of the small modern chain of Japanese fast food eateries using sustainably sourced fish for eat-in or takeaway sushi, sashimi and tempura.
30 locals recommend
Feng Sushi
218 Fulham Rd.One of the establishments of the small modern chain of Japanese fast food eateries using sustainably sourced fish for eat-in or takeaway sushi, sashimi and tempura.
An elegant, modern Indian restaurant offering a wide selection of carefully-prepared dishes served up in a pared down, simple interior, it opened over thirty years ago. With a comprehensive wine list and a buffet lunch on Sundays, Malabar remains a popular local "insider" destination.
21 locals recommend
Malabar Restaurant
27 Uxbridge StAn elegant, modern Indian restaurant offering a wide selection of carefully-prepared dishes served up in a pared down, simple interior, it opened over thirty years ago. With a comprehensive wine list and a buffet lunch on Sundays, Malabar remains a popular local "insider" destination.
A persistently critically acclaimed Indian restaurant that takes its cue from Vedic ideas of a healthy balance of energy. Those lofty ideals aside, it serves up delicious Indian cuisine with a contemporary twist. It also organises regular special events such as inviting noted guest chefs to take over the kitchen.
18 locals recommend
Chakra Indian Restaurant Kensington
1 Kensington High StA persistently critically acclaimed Indian restaurant that takes its cue from Vedic ideas of a healthy balance of energy. Those lofty ideals aside, it serves up delicious Indian cuisine with a contemporary twist. It also organises regular special events such as inviting noted guest chefs to take over the kitchen.
Arts & Culture
12,000-strong collection of packets, adverts and items from the Victorian era to the present day. Presenting the collection of consumer historian Robert Opie, assembled over half a century, the museum first opened in Gloucester and moved to London in 2005, relocating to larger premises in 2015.
84 locals recommend
Museum of Brands
111-117 Lancaster Rd12,000-strong collection of packets, adverts and items from the Victorian era to the present day. Presenting the collection of consumer historian Robert Opie, assembled over half a century, the museum first opened in Gloucester and moved to London in 2005, relocating to larger premises in 2015.
Founded in a former print warehouse, the Print Room theatre opened in 2010 as an intimate performance and arts space and quickly built a reputation for the ambition and quality of its productions. WIth a new, permanent home in the heart of Notting Hill, the organisation plans to pursue its eclectic artistic vision and restore The Coronet, a beautiful Victorian playhouse, over time.
46 locals recommend
The Coronet Theatre
103 Notting Hill GateFounded in a former print warehouse, the Print Room theatre opened in 2010 as an intimate performance and arts space and quickly built a reputation for the ambition and quality of its productions. WIth a new, permanent home in the heart of Notting Hill, the organisation plans to pursue its eclectic artistic vision and restore The Coronet, a beautiful Victorian playhouse, over time.
Entertainment & Activities
The Electric Cinema is a movie theatre in Notting Hill, London, one of the oldest working cinemas in the country and one of the first buildings in the UK designed specifically designed for showing film; today a listed building. From the 1960s onwards, it developed a reputation for showing top avant-garde, art and independent films. A major facelift in the 1990s saw the arrival of its on-site diner.
402 locals recommend
Electric Cinema
191 Portobello RdThe Electric Cinema is a movie theatre in Notting Hill, London, one of the oldest working cinemas in the country and one of the first buildings in the UK designed specifically designed for showing film; today a listed building. From the 1960s onwards, it developed a reputation for showing top avant-garde, art and independent films. A major facelift in the 1990s saw the arrival of its on-site diner.
Parks & Nature
Once the grounds of an historically important stately home, Holland House, destroyed by firebombing during the Blitz in 1940, it became a public park in the 1950s. It's particularly child-friendly with numerous playgrounds for all ages, as well as a child-only nature garden. Other highlights include two Japanese gardens, a rose garden, a youth hostel and a café. The park is also home to an ecology centre, Opera Holland Park and the Design Museum, housed in the remodelled former Commonwealth Institute.
839 locals recommend
Holland Park
Ilchester PlaceOnce the grounds of an historically important stately home, Holland House, destroyed by firebombing during the Blitz in 1940, it became a public park in the 1950s. It's particularly child-friendly with numerous playgrounds for all ages, as well as a child-only nature garden. Other highlights include two Japanese gardens, a rose garden, a youth hostel and a café. The park is also home to an ecology centre, Opera Holland Park and the Design Museum, housed in the remodelled former Commonwealth Institute.