Guidebook for London

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Guidebook for London

Food Scene

Good coffee and pastries
44 locals recommend
Exmouth Coffee Company
83 Algate East
44 locals recommend
Good coffee and pastries
One of the best brunch in the area. Hands down.
57 locals recommend
Trade
160 Old St
57 locals recommend
One of the best brunch in the area. Hands down.
Delicious tacos and margaritas. Very laid back atmosphere, the kind where you order at the counter.
15 locals recommend
DF Tacos
21 Hanbury St
15 locals recommend
Delicious tacos and margaritas. Very laid back atmosphere, the kind where you order at the counter.
Great French restaurant with good food, great atmosphere and a welcoming vibe. Good wines as well.
53 locals recommend
Chez Elles Bistroquet
45 Brick Ln
53 locals recommend
Great French restaurant with good food, great atmosphere and a welcoming vibe. Good wines as well.
Good for a good steak.
152 locals recommend
Hawksmoor Spitalfields
157A Commercial St
152 locals recommend
Good for a good steak.
Good coffee and excellent brunch on weekends
46 locals recommend
Nude Espresso
25 Hanbury St
46 locals recommend
Good coffee and excellent brunch on weekends
Excellent burgers and good choice of beers
59 locals recommend
MEATmission
15 Hoxton Market
59 locals recommend
Excellent burgers and good choice of beers
THE best coffee in London
134 locals recommend
Shoreditch Grind
213 Old St
134 locals recommend
THE best coffee in London
Delicious peruvian
139 locals recommend
Andina Shoreditch
60-62 Commercial St
139 locals recommend
Delicious peruvian
Trendy Indian
475 locals recommend
Dishoom Shoreditch
7 Boundary St
475 locals recommend
Trendy Indian
Excellent very thin crust pizza
11 locals recommend
story deli
515 Cambridge Heath Road
11 locals recommend
Excellent very thin crust pizza
Delicious coffee, good food (highly recommend the lamb sausage roll), and friendly staff.
33 locals recommend
Grounded
9 Whitechapel Rd
33 locals recommend
Delicious coffee, good food (highly recommend the lamb sausage roll), and friendly staff.
Excellent Turkish cuisine, with delicious grilled meat. Highly recommend the grilled lamb skewers.
53 locals recommend
Efes Turkish Restaurant
1 Whitechapel Rd
53 locals recommend
Excellent Turkish cuisine, with delicious grilled meat. Highly recommend the grilled lamb skewers.
Very good Italian option, good pasta and pizza.
La Cucina
52 Bridge St
Very good Italian option, good pasta and pizza.
Good brunch place.
100 locals recommend
Albion
2-4 Boundary St
100 locals recommend
Good brunch place.
Good cafe and brunch place in the most ecclectic space. It has a cafe, a store, a cinema and a hair dresser! Good vibes there.
22 locals recommend
Barber and Parlour
64-66 Redchurch St
22 locals recommend
Good cafe and brunch place in the most ecclectic space. It has a cafe, a store, a cinema and a hair dresser! Good vibes there.

Everything Else

Busy but still very enjoyable. Lots of varieties of flowers and colors.
1660 locals recommend
Columbia Road Flower Market
Columbia Road
1660 locals recommend
Busy but still very enjoyable. Lots of varieties of flowers and colors.
Famous place for gigs and concerts of bands who will become famous in the future.
35 locals recommend
The Old Blue Last
38 Great Eastern St
35 locals recommend
Famous place for gigs and concerts of bands who will become famous in the future.
Cool market on weekends and lots of food stands as well
696 locals recommend
Old Spitalfields Market
16 Commercial St
696 locals recommend
Cool market on weekends and lots of food stands as well
Cool place for shopping with lots of little shops.
377 locals recommend
BOXPARK Shoreditch
2-10 Bethnal Green Rd
377 locals recommend
Cool place for shopping with lots of little shops.
Among the best street art galleries
15 locals recommend
Nelly Duff
156 Columbia Rd
15 locals recommend
Among the best street art galleries
Jack the ripper tours start from here (you can check a tour online there are multiple companies offering them). They are very fun walking tours in the neighborhood with passionate tour guide. ~2hrs
9 locals recommend
Whitechapel High Street
Whitechapel High Street
9 locals recommend
Jack the ripper tours start from here (you can check a tour online there are multiple companies offering them). They are very fun walking tours in the neighborhood with passionate tour guide. ~2hrs

Drinks & Nightlife

Nice rooftop!
179 locals recommend
The Red Lion
Crete Hall Road
179 locals recommend
Nice rooftop!
Nice rooftop!
110 locals recommend
Queen of Hoxton
1 Curtain Rd
110 locals recommend
Nice rooftop!
A pub with good beer selection and a nice garden at the back
36 locals recommend
The Crown and Shuttle
226 Shoreditch High Street
36 locals recommend
A pub with good beer selection and a nice garden at the back
Good pub with a good vibe
98 locals recommend
The Culpeper
40 Commercial St
98 locals recommend
Good pub with a good vibe
Excellent cocktails and nice jazz bands
31 locals recommend
NOLA | Roman Road
Shoreditch High Street
31 locals recommend
Excellent cocktails and nice jazz bands
BBQ food and Jazz
104 locals recommend
The Blues Kitchen
134-146 Curtain Rd
104 locals recommend
BBQ food and Jazz
The pub of the famous brewery
79 locals recommend
BrewDog Shoreditch
51 Bethnal Green Rd
79 locals recommend
The pub of the famous brewery
Good pub with great fish and chips (avoid on Sundays when there is the flower market, it's too busy)
175 locals recommend
The Royal Oak
73 Columbia Rd
175 locals recommend
Good pub with great fish and chips (avoid on Sundays when there is the flower market, it's too busy)
Good cocktails behind the glass...
35 locals recommend
Looking Glass Cocktail Club
49 Hackney Road
35 locals recommend
Good cocktails behind the glass...
Good Pizzas, fun and lively atmosphere
252 locals recommend
Pizza East Shoreditch
56 Shoreditch High St
252 locals recommend
Good Pizzas, fun and lively atmosphere

Shopping

Lots of cute and nice independent shops
142 locals recommend
Redchurch Street
Redchurch Street
142 locals recommend
Lots of cute and nice independent shops

Arts & Culture

Great Street Art Gallery
15 locals recommend
StolenSpace Gallery
17 Osborn St
15 locals recommend
Great Street Art Gallery
Nice art gallery with very avant garde artists and exhibitions.
589 locals recommend
Whitechapel Gallery
77-82 Whitechapel High St
589 locals recommend
Nice art gallery with very avant garde artists and exhibitions.

Essentials

closest grocery store
1336 locals recommend
Tesco Express
179 Shoreditch High St
1336 locals recommend
closest grocery store
Slightly bigger Tesco for grocery shopping. More choices but opened at different hours.
649 locals recommend
Tesco Metro
361 Bethnal Green Rd
649 locals recommend
Slightly bigger Tesco for grocery shopping. More choices but opened at different hours.

Getting Around

District Line Hammersmith & city Line
90 locals recommend
Aldgate East Station
Whitechapel High Street
90 locals recommend
District Line Hammersmith & city Line
Circle Line Metropolitan Line
30 locals recommend
Aldgate Station
Aldgate High Street
30 locals recommend
Circle Line Metropolitan Line
Circle, Hammersmith & City, Metropolitan, Central Lines. Also a train station to get national trains (express to Stansted Airport)
32 locals recommend
Liverpool Street Station
Liverpool Street
32 locals recommend
Circle, Hammersmith & City, Metropolitan, Central Lines. Also a train station to get national trains (express to Stansted Airport)