Guidebook for London
Food Scene
Fashionable restaurant with delicious food and cocktails. All times are great, but weekend breakfast is my favourite. Be prepared to wait at the ample bar space!
475 locals recommend
Dishoom Shoreditch
7 Boundary StFashionable restaurant with delicious food and cocktails. All times are great, but weekend breakfast is my favourite. Be prepared to wait at the ample bar space!
Fabrique Bakery
385 Geffrye StLove their cinnamon, saffron and cardamom buns!
Healthy and substantial Vietnamese salads (Bun) are their speciality. The Monkfish one is my favourite.
49 locals recommend
BunBunBun Vietnamese Food
134B Kingsland RdHealthy and substantial Vietnamese salads (Bun) are their speciality. The Monkfish one is my favourite.
Can't go wrong with this lovely Thai chain. Always friendly service. I love their juice based drinks - Koh Samui and Guava Collins.
71 locals recommend
Busaba Hoxton Square
319 Old StCan't go wrong with this lovely Thai chain. Always friendly service. I love their juice based drinks - Koh Samui and Guava Collins.
The Bridge
204 CastelnauAs quirky as it gets. Good for a late night coffee, tipple or Baklava!
Good quality street food and plenty of restaurants and cafes to choose from when the street market is not on. Right next to the Canal and London fields park which make perfect picnic spots on a nice day
1735 locals recommend
Broadway Market
Broadway MarketGood quality street food and plenty of restaurants and cafes to choose from when the street market is not on. Right next to the Canal and London fields park which make perfect picnic spots on a nice day
Drinks & Nightlife
They get an artist to re-do their interior every few weeks! The ambience is always quirky and fun to get one in the mood for the night ahead.
54 locals recommend
Dream Bags Jaguar Shoes
32-36 Kingsland RdThey get an artist to re-do their interior every few weeks! The ambience is always quirky and fun to get one in the mood for the night ahead.
The Glory
281 Kingsland RdNew addition to the quirky gay bar scene. Often host drag performances.
The French House is perfect for a weekday evening. Can be quite busy early on but relaxes by 8 or so. Try upstairs near the window so you can look at London going by!
15 locals recommend
Dean Street
Dean StreetThe French House is perfect for a weekday evening. Can be quite busy early on but relaxes by 8 or so. Try upstairs near the window so you can look at London going by!
Cocktails specialists with an extensive, different menu. The place for the 'in' crowd in Shoreditch. Can feel a bit overpriced, so can be the starting point for a longer night out elsewhere, or for a cool cocktail to end the night.
132 locals recommend
Callooh Callay Bar
65 Rivington StCocktails specialists with an extensive, different menu. The place for the 'in' crowd in Shoreditch. Can feel a bit overpriced, so can be the starting point for a longer night out elsewhere, or for a cool cocktail to end the night.
Sightseeing
The view of the icons of London from Waterloo bridge at night time is my personal favourite. Big Ben and London eye on one side, and St. Paul's and the City on the other.
46 locals recommend
Waterloo Bridge
The view of the icons of London from Waterloo bridge at night time is my personal favourite. Big Ben and London eye on one side, and St. Paul's and the City on the other.
The new Sky Garden in the Walkie Talkie building in Fenchurch Street is a must see! It's a very big space and you can walk around to get 360 views of London. Has a restaurant but you can just visit for a drink if you like.
300 locals recommend
Sky Garden
The new Sky Garden in the Walkie Talkie building in Fenchurch Street is a must see! It's a very big space and you can walk around to get 360 views of London. Has a restaurant but you can just visit for a drink if you like.
Parks & Nature
Vast open space in North London. Parliament Hill is perfect to view London and maybe some flying kites on a sunny day. Has everything from swimming in the ponds to endless picnic spots and strolling in the woods
1215 locals recommend
Hampstead Heath
Vast open space in North London. Parliament Hill is perfect to view London and maybe some flying kites on a sunny day. Has everything from swimming in the ponds to endless picnic spots and strolling in the woods
Nice local park for a sunny picnic next to the flower beds or an early morning run
88 locals recommend
Haggerston Park
Yorkton StreetNice local park for a sunny picnic next to the flower beds or an early morning run
Arts & Culture
Museum of the home. Get a feel of English homes from the days gone by.
326 locals recommend
Museum of the Home
136 Kingsland RoadMuseum of the home. Get a feel of English homes from the days gone by.
Strolling along Shoreditch streets, one gets to see so much street art and interesting history. Borrow my book of London walks!
620 locals recommend
Shoreditch
Strolling along Shoreditch streets, one gets to see so much street art and interesting history. Borrow my book of London walks!
Shopping
Bright pedestrianized area with some independent shops and fashion stores
83 locals recommend
Carnaby Street
Carnaby StreetBright pedestrianized area with some independent shops and fashion stores
Sunday morning flower market. Exceptionally busy, but worth it for all the flowers! Also great to grab morning coffee in one of the eclectic cafes.
1660 locals recommend
Columbia Road Flower Market
Columbia RoadSunday morning flower market. Exceptionally busy, but worth it for all the flowers! Also great to grab morning coffee in one of the eclectic cafes.
Good ambience and plenty of market stalls to browse around.
696 locals recommend
Old Spitalfields Market
16 Commercial StGood ambience and plenty of market stalls to browse around.
Essentials
Sainsbury's Local
13-14 Bermondsey SquareGreat for groceries and ready meals!
Tesco Metro
361 Bethnal Green RdLarger supermarket opposite Liverpool street station