Guidebook for Mayfair & further afield

Jem
Guidebook for Mayfair & further afield

Food Scene

Great for Breakfast Eggs Benedict, Florentine or Royale a must!
The Old Express
Great for Breakfast Eggs Benedict, Florentine or Royale a must!
Romantic relaxed Bistro. Perfect for a glass of wine and Steak-frites after a day at the galleries.
L'artiste Muscle
1 Shepherd Market
Romantic relaxed Bistro. Perfect for a glass of wine and Steak-frites after a day at the galleries.
Some of the freshest noodles in London prepared before your eyes. Delicious!
Lanzhou Lamian Noodle Bar
33 Cranbourn St
Some of the freshest noodles in London prepared before your eyes. Delicious!
Delicious Gambas among other classic Spanish dishes and a wide selection of sherry. 5 minutes walk from flat
El Pirata of Mayfair - Tapas Bar Español
5 - 6 Down St
Delicious Gambas among other classic Spanish dishes and a wide selection of sherry. 5 minutes walk from flat
3 minutes walk from flat
12 locals recommend
Burger & Lobster Mayfair
29 Clarges St
12 locals recommend
3 minutes walk from flat
The most beautiful dining room in the world! 5 minutes walk.
37 locals recommend
The Ritz London
150 Piccadilly
37 locals recommend
The most beautiful dining room in the world! 5 minutes walk.

Shopping

Very good, friendly Newsagent for papers, cards and stationary
Mayfair News
28 Shepherd Market
Very good, friendly Newsagent for papers, cards and stationary
Expensive but good fashion shops, cafes and pubs, inc. Purdeys, Jimmy Choo, Marc by 10 minutes walk
8 locals recommend
Mount Street
Mount Street
8 locals recommend
Expensive but good fashion shops, cafes and pubs, inc. Purdeys, Jimmy Choo, Marc by 10 minutes walk

Everything Else

A lovely quiet garden to sit and read the papers on a sunny Sunday or just a peaceful place to sit and contemplate before going to Mayfair library for a good book!
Mount Street Gardens
Mount Street
A lovely quiet garden to sit and read the papers on a sunny Sunday or just a peaceful place to sit and contemplate before going to Mayfair library for a good book!
Not the closest but possibly the nicest local supermarket. 15 minutes walk from flat
34 locals recommend
Waitrose & Partners Belgravia
27 Motcomb St
34 locals recommend
Not the closest but possibly the nicest local supermarket. 15 minutes walk from flat
chemist w/pharmacy. 2 minutes from flat
11 locals recommend
Covent Garden Social Club
6-7 Great Newport Street
11 locals recommend
chemist w/pharmacy. 2 minutes from flat
Excellent, Arts house Cinema w/nice bar. A perfect place to spend a rainy, or not so rainy, evening. 3 minutes walk from flat
17 locals recommend
Curzon Mayfair
38 Curzon St
17 locals recommend
Excellent, Arts house Cinema w/nice bar. A perfect place to spend a rainy, or not so rainy, evening. 3 minutes walk from flat
Need I introduce Bond Street? Destination street for fashionable shopping. 10 minutes walk
45 locals recommend
New Bond Street
New Bond Street
45 locals recommend
Need I introduce Bond Street? Destination street for fashionable shopping. 10 minutes walk
World culture par excellence. 20 mins by bike. 40 mins walk.
1546 locals recommend
British Museum
Great Russell Street
1546 locals recommend
World culture par excellence. 20 mins by bike. 40 mins walk.
The far side of St James's Park 15 - 20 minutes walk from flat. Lovely Horses on guard and Parade. Good for photos and to watch the changing of the Horse Guards.
120 locals recommend
Horse Guards Parade
13 Macclesfield St
120 locals recommend
The far side of St James's Park 15 - 20 minutes walk from flat. Lovely Horses on guard and Parade. Good for photos and to watch the changing of the Horse Guards.
Changing the Guard at about 11.30am most mornings 5 minutes walk from flat
1912 locals recommend
Buckingham Palace
1912 locals recommend
Changing the Guard at about 11.30am most mornings 5 minutes walk from flat
This is the South East Corner of Hyde Park. 5 minutes walk from flat. Cycle hire docking station. A couple of minutes walk from the Serpentine lake, boat hire, cafes, art galleries and Rose Garden.
86 locals recommend
Hyde Park Corner station
Knightsbridge
86 locals recommend
This is the South East Corner of Hyde Park. 5 minutes walk from flat. Cycle hire docking station. A couple of minutes walk from the Serpentine lake, boat hire, cafes, art galleries and Rose Garden.
3 minutes walk from the flat. Turn right out of front door&walk straight across Piccadilly into the green splendour of your closest Royal Park. (Walk straight through the park for Buckingham Palace)
183 locals recommend
Green Park
Green Park
183 locals recommend
3 minutes walk from the flat. Turn right out of front door&walk straight across Piccadilly into the green splendour of your closest Royal Park. (Walk straight through the park for Buckingham Palace)
10 minutes walk to another beautiful Royal park. More formal than the Green Park, walk through this park for Big Ben, Horse Guards and the River.
250 locals recommend
St. James's Park
250 locals recommend
10 minutes walk to another beautiful Royal park. More formal than the Green Park, walk through this park for Big Ben, Horse Guards and the River.
1/2 hour walk from flat. Spectacular views of the Thames and the City. Must be pre booked!
2099 locals recommend
London Eye
2099 locals recommend
1/2 hour walk from flat. Spectacular views of the Thames and the City. Must be pre booked!
15 minutes walk. FREE Wonderful Permanent collection open to the public.
796 locals recommend
The National Gallery
Trafalgar Square
796 locals recommend
15 minutes walk. FREE Wonderful Permanent collection open to the public.
World class theatre. Look out for the Travelex £10 - 15 tickets for some plays.
218 locals recommend
National Theatre
Upper Ground
218 locals recommend
World class theatre. Look out for the Travelex £10 - 15 tickets for some plays.
St Paul's Cathedral
845 locals recommend
St. Paul's Cathedral
845 locals recommend
St Paul's Cathedral
The Tower is open most days and takes a few hours to see everything. A good rainy day option!
1372 locals recommend
Tower of London
1372 locals recommend
The Tower is open most days and takes a few hours to see everything. A good rainy day option!
Wonderful Elizabethan and Jacobean Theatres.
449 locals recommend
Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
21 New Globe Walk
449 locals recommend
Wonderful Elizabethan and Jacobean Theatres.
Great Boutique shops. The Royal Opera House too many other things to mention!
955 locals recommend
Covent Garden
41 James St
955 locals recommend
Great Boutique shops. The Royal Opera House too many other things to mention!
15 minutes walk from flat. Traditional area for public speaking since the 1800s. Protected by Act of Parliament since 1872. On a Sunday people will proclaim many things from the soapboxes here.
21 locals recommend
Speakers Corner
21 locals recommend
15 minutes walk from flat. Traditional area for public speaking since the 1800s. Protected by Act of Parliament since 1872. On a Sunday people will proclaim many things from the soapboxes here.
Art Gallery
23 locals recommend
Serpentine North Gallery
West Carriage Drive
23 locals recommend
Art Gallery
is the world's largest museum of decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 4.5 million objects.
1694 locals recommend
Victoria and Albert Museum
Cromwell Road
1694 locals recommend
is the world's largest museum of decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 4.5 million objects.

Drinks & Nightlife

A lovely though often noisy pub.
23 locals recommend
French House
49 Dean St
23 locals recommend
A lovely though often noisy pub.
Delicious, though pricey, Bloody Mary's at this ancient pub in a characterful old mews 15 minutes walk from flat
26 locals recommend
The Grenadier
18 Wilton Row
26 locals recommend
Delicious, though pricey, Bloody Mary's at this ancient pub in a characterful old mews 15 minutes walk from flat
A fantastic cocktail bar. Good place to meet friends if going to East London
189 locals recommend
Satan's Whiskers
343 Cambridge Heath Rd
189 locals recommend
A fantastic cocktail bar. Good place to meet friends if going to East London

Essentials

5 - 10 minutes walk from flat
644 locals recommend
Sainsbury's
1 Cambridge Heath Rd
644 locals recommend
5 - 10 minutes walk from flat
5 - 10 minutes from flat
9 locals recommend
Marks and Spencer
Piccadilly
9 locals recommend
5 - 10 minutes from flat
Excellent ladies hairdresser. Jamal is the tops.
Alkhemy London
3 White Horse St
Excellent ladies hairdresser. Jamal is the tops.

Arts & Culture

Wonderful Cinema plus restaurants and bars on a fantastic location by the river.
109 locals recommend
BFI Southbank
0 Belvedere Rd
109 locals recommend
Wonderful Cinema plus restaurants and bars on a fantastic location by the river.
Art Gallery
240 locals recommend
Serpentine Galleries
240 locals recommend
Art Gallery
Art Gallery
61 locals recommend
Hayward Gallery
Belvedere Road
61 locals recommend
Art Gallery

Entertainment & Activities

Swimming in the Summer. Outdoor cafe bar
25 locals recommend
Serpentine Lido
25 locals recommend
Swimming in the Summer. Outdoor cafe bar
Trains to Scotland AND The Railway Children play.
323 locals recommend
King's Cross
323 locals recommend
Trains to Scotland AND The Railway Children play.
A pricey but wonderful day out. Go early and stay all day.
713 locals recommend
ZSL London Zoo
Outer Circle
713 locals recommend
A pricey but wonderful day out. Go early and stay all day.
1/2 hour walk from flat across Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens. Lovely place to sail model boats and then go and visit Kensington Palace!
Round Pond
1/2 hour walk from flat across Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens. Lovely place to sail model boats and then go and visit Kensington Palace!
This is a great museum for children with ever changing life sized street scenes from Roman times to Victorian times. London through the ages.
300 locals recommend
Museum of London
Museum of London
300 locals recommend
This is a great museum for children with ever changing life sized street scenes from Roman times to Victorian times. London through the ages.
Wonderful hands on experiments and things to see and do. Free.
1157 locals recommend
Science Museum
Exhibition Road
1157 locals recommend
Wonderful hands on experiments and things to see and do. Free.