Guidebook for London
Food Scene
Jamie Oliver's restaurant. Everyone goes for special dinners and lunches and has to book but the secret is that it's really good for breakfast!
91 locals recommend
Fifteen
15 Westland PlJamie Oliver's restaurant. Everyone goes for special dinners and lunches and has to book but the secret is that it's really good for breakfast!
Great old style London caff, perfect for a breakfast fry up, always bustling.
6 locals recommend
Shepherdess Cafe
221 City RdGreat old style London caff, perfect for a breakfast fry up, always bustling.
Little Austrian cafe, great for a sausage and sauerkraut lunch, breakfast, or just coffee and cake. (Closed Mondays)
49 locals recommend
Kipferl Cafe & Kitchen
20 Camden PassageLittle Austrian cafe, great for a sausage and sauerkraut lunch, breakfast, or just coffee and cake. (Closed Mondays)
Good place for a coffee/breakfast/lunch after a nice walk down the canal to hipster hangout Broadway Market.
52 locals recommend
Market Cafe
2 Broadway MarketGood place for a coffee/breakfast/lunch after a nice walk down the canal to hipster hangout Broadway Market.
Towpath Café
42 De Beauvoir CresLovely food in a great canal side location.
TY Old Street
61-67 Old StGreat for breakfast or a long coffee with free wifi.
Shoreditch Grind
213 Old StCoffee in the day, cocktails at night, buzzy all the time.
Bodean's BBQ Old Street
Old StreetRibs and slaw, Southern style.
The Three Crowns
8 East RdDelicious gastropub
Ceviche Old St
2 Baldwin StYummy Peruvian restaurant in beautiful old bank building
Drinks & Nightlife
Classic traditional London pub. Famous for real-ale, different varieties to try every week. Popular with locals, visitors and real ale lovers. Also has jazz evenings, usually on Saturday nights.
44 locals recommend
The Wenlock Arms
26 Wenlock RdClassic traditional London pub. Famous for real-ale, different varieties to try every week. Popular with locals, visitors and real ale lovers. Also has jazz evenings, usually on Saturday nights.
It's not easy getting a table at Fergus Henderson's glorious St John restaurant (named one of the best in the world), but why bother when you can eat and drink at tables in the bar.
38 locals recommend
Saint John Restaurant
26 Saint John StreetIt's not easy getting a table at Fergus Henderson's glorious St John restaurant (named one of the best in the world), but why bother when you can eat and drink at tables in the bar.
The Charles Lamb Pub
16 Elia StGood pub with great food.
Arts & Culture
Private art gallery with regularly changing, always interesting, exhibitions.
95 locals recommend
Victoria Miro Gallery
16 Wharf RdPrivate art gallery with regularly changing, always interesting, exhibitions.
Parasol unit foundation for contemporary art
32 Fitzroy SquarePublic gallery with changing shows
Shopping
Camden Passage
Camden PassageOutdoor antiques market open daily.
Sightseeing
Sunday morning flower market on coffee shop lined street, lovely on a sunny day.
1660 locals recommend
Columbia Road Flower Market
Columbia RoadSunday morning flower market on coffee shop lined street, lovely on a sunny day.
Essentials
Co Op
136 New N RdBigger local grocery store
Co-op Food - Petrol The Angel
257 City RdGood local supermarket
Texaco
219 Caledonian Rd24-hour store