Guidebook for London

Chris
Guidebook for London

Sightseeing

For architects: Refurbished and privatised excouncil estate by Denys Lasdun (Royal National Theatre, Institute of Education and more) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keeling_House
Keeling House
Claredale Street
For architects: Refurbished and privatised excouncil estate by Denys Lasdun (Royal National Theatre, Institute of Education and more) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keeling_House
Britain's first ever social housing
Arnold Circus
Britain's first ever social housing
Sweet English furniture/design museum free entry
326 locals recommend
Museum of the Home
136 Kingsland Road
326 locals recommend
Sweet English furniture/design museum free entry

Everything Else

Saturdays: Great market selling food clothes etc. Very popular with people taking a stroll and hanging out. Restaurants/bars/boutiques also during the week
1735 locals recommend
Broadway Market
Broadway Market
1735 locals recommend
Saturdays: Great market selling food clothes etc. Very popular with people taking a stroll and hanging out. Restaurants/bars/boutiques also during the week
Columbia Road Flower Market (Sundays until around 3pm) There's also a nice passage between Columbia Road and Ezra St Restaurants, arty shops and boutiques.
1660 locals recommend
Columbia Road Flower Market
Columbia Road
1660 locals recommend
Columbia Road Flower Market (Sundays until around 3pm) There's also a nice passage between Columbia Road and Ezra St Restaurants, arty shops and boutiques.
Bethnal Green Station Central Line
184 locals recommend
Bethnal Green (Stop D) station
184 locals recommend
Bethnal Green Station Central Line
Brick Lane Market Saturdays and especially busy on Sunday Super busy, plenty of market stalls (food, clothing etc.) Brick Lane also has lots of shops and Indian restaurants
825 locals recommend
Brick Lane Sunday Market
Brick Lane
825 locals recommend
Brick Lane Market Saturdays and especially busy on Sunday Super busy, plenty of market stalls (food, clothing etc.) Brick Lane also has lots of shops and Indian restaurants
Nearest station to our flat. Overground
53 locals recommend
Hoxton station
Geffrye Street
53 locals recommend
Nearest station to our flat. Overground
Nice to sit in the park when weather is good! Gets really busy in summer. Also has an outdoor swimming pool (Lido) which is great
591 locals recommend
London Fields
London Fields West Side
591 locals recommend
Nice to sit in the park when weather is good! Gets really busy in summer. Also has an outdoor swimming pool (Lido) which is great
Great local modern restaurant with amazing food. Definitely worth going to!
221 locals recommend
Hoxton Square
Hoxton Square
221 locals recommend
Great local modern restaurant with amazing food. Definitely worth going to!

Arts & Culture

Great local cinema http://www.richmix.org.uk/
260 locals recommend
Rich Mix
35-47 Bethnal Green Rd
260 locals recommend
Great local cinema http://www.richmix.org.uk/
of every month galleries open til late and drinks in this street mainly but the whole area is full of galleries too. http://www.firstthursdays.co.uk/. starts around 6pm and finishes around 9pm.
11 locals recommend
Vyner St
11 locals recommend
of every month galleries open til late and drinks in this street mainly but the whole area is full of galleries too. http://www.firstthursdays.co.uk/. starts around 6pm and finishes around 9pm.

Essentials

Nearest little supermarket
1336 locals recommend
Tesco Express
179 Shoreditch High St
1336 locals recommend
Nearest little supermarket
tThe biggest in the area. Can travel with Overground Oragne line, Whitechapel <> Hoxton
941 locals recommend
Sainsbury's
2 Tulse Hill
941 locals recommend
tThe biggest in the area. Can travel with Overground Oragne line, Whitechapel <> Hoxton

Food Scene

Great quirky little coffee place
27 locals recommend
No.1 Café The Old Shoreditch Station
1 Kingsland Rd
27 locals recommend
Great quirky little coffee place
sweet small Georgian restaurant with great food Big mezze salad plate with cheese bread a must try!
175 locals recommend
The Royal Oak
73 Columbia Rd
175 locals recommend
sweet small Georgian restaurant with great food Big mezze salad plate with cheese bread a must try!
Good food/breakfast and shows. http://www.bistrotheque.com/
271 locals recommend
Bistrotheque
23-27 Wadeson St
271 locals recommend
Good food/breakfast and shows. http://www.bistrotheque.com/
Cheap and nice pizzas good side salads for London pastas not that great
47 locals recommend
Stringray Globe Cafe
109 Columbia Rd
47 locals recommend
Cheap and nice pizzas good side salads for London pastas not that great
Really good but not cheap Argentinian steaks Book in advanced: 020 7275 9900
103 locals recommend
Buen Ayre
50 Broadway Market
103 locals recommend
Really good but not cheap Argentinian steaks Book in advanced: 020 7275 9900
Nice pastries and French goodies, always busy but kind of nice to seat
35-37 Broadway Market
35-37 Broadway Market
Nice pastries and French goodies, always busy but kind of nice to seat
Good Coffee! Yey!!!
122 locals recommend
Climpson & Sons Café
67 Broadway Market
122 locals recommend
Good Coffee! Yey!!!
A nice bakery. Amazing bread. Great for lunch (has seating for eating in)
272 locals recommend
E5 Bakehouse
396 Mentmore Terrace
272 locals recommend
A nice bakery. Amazing bread. Great for lunch (has seating for eating in)
Really good food
80 locals recommend
Rochelle Canteen
16 Playground Gardens
80 locals recommend
Really good food
Good food, quite nice to seat in and have breakfast/lunch
67 locals recommend
Franze & Evans Cafe Shoreditch
101 Redchurch St
67 locals recommend
Good food, quite nice to seat in and have breakfast/lunch
Nice coffe place
113 locals recommend
Allpress Espresso Bar London
58 Redchurch St
113 locals recommend
Nice coffe place
good coffee place
The City Arts & Music Project
70-74 City Rd
good coffee place
nice coffeeplace.
81 locals recommend
Look mum no hands!
49 Old St
81 locals recommend
nice coffeeplace.
great cakes and pastries
28 locals recommend
Beauty in Bloomsbury
42 Theobalds Rd
28 locals recommend
great cakes and pastries
A good burger etc. American style dinner food
172 locals recommend
The Breakfast Club
1 Crossrail Pl
172 locals recommend
A good burger etc. American style dinner food
Nice for breakfast
57 locals recommend
Campania
23 Ezra St
57 locals recommend
Nice for breakfast
Great for a poshed up english breakfast - kiwi style
32 locals recommend
Long White Cloud
151 Hackney Rd
32 locals recommend
Great for a poshed up english breakfast - kiwi style
Great "modern British" type food and they do a fantastic steak..probably one of the best I've had in London! Also a nice place to have a drink.
46 locals recommend
Beagle
397-400 Geffrye Street
46 locals recommend
Great "modern British" type food and they do a fantastic steak..probably one of the best I've had in London! Also a nice place to have a drink.
Tasty Thai food in a stylish setting.
71 locals recommend
Busaba Hoxton Square
319 Old St
71 locals recommend
Tasty Thai food in a stylish setting.
Tasty Thai food in a stylish setting.
36 locals recommend
Busaba Shoreditch
36 Bethnal Green Rd
36 locals recommend
Tasty Thai food in a stylish setting.
French Mezze, a lot of meat not cheap but great! Book in advanced: 020 7729 5692
162 locals recommend
Brawn
49 Columbia Rd
162 locals recommend
French Mezze, a lot of meat not cheap but great! Book in advanced: 020 7729 5692
One of the best Vietnamese Restaurants of the many along Kingsland Road. Cheap and cheerful, with speedy no strings attached service.
110 locals recommend
Sông Quê Café
134 Kingsland Rd
110 locals recommend
One of the best Vietnamese Restaurants of the many along Kingsland Road. Cheap and cheerful, with speedy no strings attached service.
Hidden on the first floor of this recently refurbished Town Hall (now an Hotel) is a fantastic "modern" cuisine restaurant. Expect Michelin quality food for not too expensive.
44 locals recommend
Corner Room
8 Patriot Square
44 locals recommend
Hidden on the first floor of this recently refurbished Town Hall (now an Hotel) is a fantastic "modern" cuisine restaurant. Expect Michelin quality food for not too expensive.
Absolutely AMAZING food. A new style of Michelin stared restaurants being relaxed, trendy and the opposite of stuffy. One of the best meals I've ever had. Expensive but worth it.
106 locals recommend
The Clove Club
380 Old St
106 locals recommend
Absolutely AMAZING food. A new style of Michelin stared restaurants being relaxed, trendy and the opposite of stuffy. One of the best meals I've ever had. Expensive but worth it.
This is a very popular trendy place serving delicious Indian food. Expect to wait for a table if going on Thursday, Friday or Saturday evening but they serve great cocktails whilst you wait at bar!
475 locals recommend
Dishoom Shoreditch
7 Boundary St
475 locals recommend
This is a very popular trendy place serving delicious Indian food. Expect to wait for a table if going on Thursday, Friday or Saturday evening but they serve great cocktails whilst you wait at bar!
Very sweet little Georgian (as in the country) restaurant. The salad for 2 to 4 people is amazing! Family run, definitely worth going to especially if you want somewhere a little quieter.
50 locals recommend
Little Georgia Hackney
87 Goldsmiths Row
50 locals recommend
Very sweet little Georgian (as in the country) restaurant. The salad for 2 to 4 people is amazing! Family run, definitely worth going to especially if you want somewhere a little quieter.

Drinks & Nightlife

Sweet little pub. A bit gritty but nice roof terrace on top
179 locals recommend
The Red Lion
Crete Hall Road
179 locals recommend
Sweet little pub. A bit gritty but nice roof terrace on top
A nice pub, plenty of drought beers food not that great
302 locals recommend
The Dove
24-28 Broadway Market
302 locals recommend
A nice pub, plenty of drought beers food not that great
A nice cocktail bar
108 locals recommend
Off Broadway
63-65 Broadway Market
108 locals recommend
A nice cocktail bar
A really good location for this pub in the summer
162 locals recommend
Pub On The Park
19 Martello Street
162 locals recommend
A really good location for this pub in the summer
A really nice pub with good pies also
58 locals recommend
The Camel
277 Globe Rd
58 locals recommend
A really nice pub with good pies also
A nice pub
57 locals recommend
The Owl & Pussycat
34 Redchurch St
57 locals recommend
A nice pub
Cool bar
54 locals recommend
Dream Bags Jaguar Shoes
32-36 Kingsland Rd
54 locals recommend
Cool bar
Great British Pub. Fab pub food too
95 locals recommend
Marksman Public House
254 Hackney Rd
95 locals recommend
Great British Pub. Fab pub food too

Entertainment & Activities

Cool and old school with plenty of toys free entry
418 locals recommend
V&A Museum of Childhood
Cambridge Heath Road
418 locals recommend
Cool and old school with plenty of toys free entry