Guidebook for London

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Guidebook for London

Food Scene

Iconic Italian coffee shop. Really cool and full of character.
29 locals recommend
Bar Italia
22 Frith St
29 locals recommend
Iconic Italian coffee shop. Really cool and full of character.
Excellent Italian restaurant.
27 locals recommend
Bocca di Lupo
12 Archer St
27 locals recommend
Excellent Italian restaurant.
Michelin starred Chinese restaurant with cool interior design. There is also a patisserie on the ground floor (which looks best at night due to their amazing lighting).
56 locals recommend
Yauatcha Soho
15-17 Broadwick St
56 locals recommend
Michelin starred Chinese restaurant with cool interior design. There is also a patisserie on the ground floor (which looks best at night due to their amazing lighting).
Thai restaurant with excellent food and very reasonable prices (the owner is the same as the Michelin starred restaurant Yauatcha).
46 locals recommend
Busaba Soho
106-110 Wardour St
46 locals recommend
Thai restaurant with excellent food and very reasonable prices (the owner is the same as the Michelin starred restaurant Yauatcha).
Great brasserie (particularly good for midweek breakfast/brunch when it's less busy).
40 locals recommend
Balthazar
4-6 Russell St
40 locals recommend
Great brasserie (particularly good for midweek breakfast/brunch when it's less busy).
A culinary institution in London. Highly recommended for elegant pre or post theatre dining.
42 locals recommend
The Ivy
1-5 West St
42 locals recommend
A culinary institution in London. Highly recommended for elegant pre or post theatre dining.
Amazing Swedish bakery. I recommend the levain (white) bread and walnut rolls. Just a 2 minute walk from the apartment making breakfast runs easy!
7 locals recommend
Fabrique Bakery (Covent Garden)
8 Earlham St
7 locals recommend
Amazing Swedish bakery. I recommend the levain (white) bread and walnut rolls. Just a 2 minute walk from the apartment making breakfast runs easy!
The Delaunay is a European café-restaurant. Open for breakfast, lunch, brunch, afternoon tea and dinner. Very chic and grand.
36 locals recommend
The Delaunay
55 Aldwych
36 locals recommend
The Delaunay is a European café-restaurant. Open for breakfast, lunch, brunch, afternoon tea and dinner. Very chic and grand.
My favorite Japanese restaurant in London.
78 locals recommend
ROKA Charlotte Street
37 Charlotte St.
78 locals recommend
My favorite Japanese restaurant in London.
Indian Michelin starred restaurant in Mayfair.
18 locals recommend
Gymkhana
42 Albemarle St
18 locals recommend
Indian Michelin starred restaurant in Mayfair.
Just a 5 minute walk from the apartment is this Sri Lankan restaurant from the same owners as Michelin starred Indian Gymkhana. Excellent food with reasonable prices.
34 locals recommend
Hoppers
49 Frith St
34 locals recommend
Just a 5 minute walk from the apartment is this Sri Lankan restaurant from the same owners as Michelin starred Indian Gymkhana. Excellent food with reasonable prices.
This is Queen Elizabeth's favourite French restaurant and only a 15 or 20 minute walk from the apartment. Belalamy's has also won Tatler magazine’s Most Civilised Restaurant award. Bellamy’s is everything that the modern breed of brash, look-at-me restaurants is not: calm, understated, unobtrusive and charmingly old-fashioned, with a few little quirks to remind you that this is London, not Paris: there are fish fingers and Welsh rarebit on the menu, for instance. If you do see the Queen - say hi from me ;)
Bellamy's
18 Bruton Pl
This is Queen Elizabeth's favourite French restaurant and only a 15 or 20 minute walk from the apartment. Belalamy's has also won Tatler magazine’s Most Civilised Restaurant award. Bellamy’s is everything that the modern breed of brash, look-at-me restaurants is not: calm, understated, unobtrusive and charmingly old-fashioned, with a few little quirks to remind you that this is London, not Paris: there are fish fingers and Welsh rarebit on the menu, for instance. If you do see the Queen - say hi from me ;)
Good 24 hour restaurant just two minutes' walk from the apartment. I like the breakfast / brunch.
39 locals recommend
Balans Soho, No.34
34 Old Compton St
39 locals recommend
Good 24 hour restaurant just two minutes' walk from the apartment. I like the breakfast / brunch.
Poppie’s is renowned for their authentic fish and chips - it's unhealthy but Poppie's have won an award for the best fish and chips in the country! Atmosphere is good (particularly if you book at table at the bar or near the DJ and glitter ball).
8 locals recommend
Poppie's Fish & Chips, Soho
55-59 Old Compton St
8 locals recommend
Poppie’s is renowned for their authentic fish and chips - it's unhealthy but Poppie's have won an award for the best fish and chips in the country! Atmosphere is good (particularly if you book at table at the bar or near the DJ and glitter ball).
The pizza with mushroom, ricotta, pumpkin seeds and chilli flakes is exceptional. It's diffcult to get a table at the Covent Garden restaurant but you can also order home delivery from https://www.supper.london/restaurant/homeslicewestend
48 locals recommend
Homeslice Neal's Yard
13 Neal's Yard
48 locals recommend
The pizza with mushroom, ricotta, pumpkin seeds and chilli flakes is exceptional. It's diffcult to get a table at the Covent Garden restaurant but you can also order home delivery from https://www.supper.london/restaurant/homeslicewestend
Cute causal dining French restaurant
8 locals recommend
Pierre Victoire
5 Dean St
8 locals recommend
Cute causal dining French restaurant
Romantic English restaurant with excellent seasonal menus that change daily. Reservations recommended and I suggest a table on the ground floor near the window (basement is ok but not quite as charming).
16 locals recommend
Andrew Edmunds Restaurant
46 Lexington St
16 locals recommend
Romantic English restaurant with excellent seasonal menus that change daily. Reservations recommended and I suggest a table on the ground floor near the window (basement is ok but not quite as charming).
A classic London venue full of atmosphere. It's a cafe but with a brasserie restaurant serving classic French food. There's daily live music 3-5:30PM. Super cool and just two minutes' walk from the apartment.
22 locals recommend
Cafe Boheme
13 Old Compton St
22 locals recommend
A classic London venue full of atmosphere. It's a cafe but with a brasserie restaurant serving classic French food. There's daily live music 3-5:30PM. Super cool and just two minutes' walk from the apartment.
Sister restaurant to the The Ivy on West Street. The Ivy Soho Brasserie is a larger, more upbeat and modern version of the original fine dining Ivy restaurant on West Street. I recommend visiting both. Art deco interiors and sophisticated dining.
7 locals recommend
The Ivy Soho Brasserie
26-28 Broadwick St
7 locals recommend
Sister restaurant to the The Ivy on West Street. The Ivy Soho Brasserie is a larger, more upbeat and modern version of the original fine dining Ivy restaurant on West Street. I recommend visiting both. Art deco interiors and sophisticated dining.
Incredible Chinese restaurant . Arrive for lunch around 12:00 so you don't wait for a table (you can't reserve). I recommend the fried chicken, lamb shoulder and fried Horlicks ice-cream bao (steamed buns). The hot spiced clementine and ginger tea is really good too.
43 locals recommend
Barrio Soho
6 Poland St
43 locals recommend
Incredible Chinese restaurant . Arrive for lunch around 12:00 so you don't wait for a table (you can't reserve). I recommend the fried chicken, lamb shoulder and fried Horlicks ice-cream bao (steamed buns). The hot spiced clementine and ginger tea is really good too.
Great local coffee
91 locals recommend
Monmouth coffee
36 Maltby St
91 locals recommend
Great local coffee
Excellent vegetarian and vegan restaurant. Sensational. Non-pretentious.
Saravana Bhavan Leicester Square
17 Charing Cross Road
Excellent vegetarian and vegan restaurant. Sensational. Non-pretentious.

Essentials

Organic supermarket including healthy prepared food options.
782 locals recommend
Whole Foods Market
63-97 Kensington High St
782 locals recommend
Organic supermarket including healthy prepared food options.
Standard supermarket offering all groceries.
649 locals recommend
Tesco Metro
361 Bethnal Green Rd
649 locals recommend
Standard supermarket offering all groceries.
High quality supermarket.
18 locals recommend
M&S
Euston Road
18 locals recommend
High quality supermarket.
Closest supermarket to the apartment (small with a limited range of basic groceries)
Sainsbury's Local
Charing Cross Road
Closest supermarket to the apartment (small with a limited range of basic groceries)

Drinks & Nightlife

It's called a cafe but it's actually a bar (and restaurant) serving great margaritas with cool music.
16 locals recommend
La Bodega Negra
9 Old Compton St
16 locals recommend
It's called a cafe but it's actually a bar (and restaurant) serving great margaritas with cool music.
Little English Pub The Lamb and Flag played host to Charles Dickens, who was a regular when working in Catherine Street
7 locals recommend
The Lamb & Flag
33 Rose St
7 locals recommend
Little English Pub The Lamb and Flag played host to Charles Dickens, who was a regular when working in Catherine Street

Parks & Nature

A peaceful little rustic garden minutes from the apartment open during the day
15 locals recommend
Phoenix Theatre
Charing Cross Road
15 locals recommend
A peaceful little rustic garden minutes from the apartment open during the day