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Drinks & Nightlife

Best cocktails and jazz in town. Booking is required.
228 locals recommend
Nightjar
129 City Rd
228 locals recommend
Best cocktails and jazz in town. Booking is required.
Great bar with table tennis. Locals hang out. Decent food all day.
93 locals recommend
The Book Club
100-106 Leonard St
93 locals recommend
Great bar with table tennis. Locals hang out. Decent food all day.
Prohibition cocktail bars. Very impressive cocktails and great place for a conversation as its small and music is not loud. Booking essential (via text). Very difficult to find as it is prohibition.
27 locals recommend
Lounge Bohemia
1e Great Eastern St
27 locals recommend
Prohibition cocktail bars. Very impressive cocktails and great place for a conversation as its small and music is not loud. Booking essential (via text). Very difficult to find as it is prohibition.
my favourite bar in london
54 locals recommend
Dream Bags Jaguar Shoes
32-36 Kingsland Rd
54 locals recommend
my favourite bar in london
Very good gastro pub. English food done deliciously.
58 locals recommend
The Princess of Shoreditch
76-78 Paul St
58 locals recommend
Very good gastro pub. English food done deliciously.
Great beer garden. One of our favourites.
36 locals recommend
The Crown and Shuttle
226 Shoreditch High Street
36 locals recommend
Great beer garden. One of our favourites.
Bar with the best view in London. Very busy on Thursday and Friday nights so much sure you get there before the corporates (5.30pm to be safe).
41 locals recommend
Madison
25 Hatton Garden
41 locals recommend
Bar with the best view in London. Very busy on Thursday and Friday nights so much sure you get there before the corporates (5.30pm to be safe).
Most comprehensive sports bar in London
Sports Bar & Grill Farringdon
19-25 Cowcross St
Most comprehensive sports bar in London
This is a personal favourite. Be entertained (and join in) the very talented pianists who play everything from Coldplay to Kanye to Rihanna to frank Sinatra. Tip him to have your request played
Piano Smithfield
14 Long Ln
This is a personal favourite. Be entertained (and join in) the very talented pianists who play everything from Coldplay to Kanye to Rihanna to frank Sinatra. Tip him to have your request played

Food Scene

Best oysters in town. Which is saying a lot.
16 locals recommend
Hix Oyster & Chop House
36-37 Cowcross St
16 locals recommend
Best oysters in town. Which is saying a lot.
Great place to lounge with free wifi.
24 locals recommend
Fix Coffee
161A Whitecross St
24 locals recommend
Great place to lounge with free wifi.
Regarded the best breakfast in London by many. Our personal favourite. There is a queue on the weekends from 10am.
51 locals recommend
Workshop Coffee Clerkenwell
27 Clerkenwell Road
51 locals recommend
Regarded the best breakfast in London by many. Our personal favourite. There is a queue on the weekends from 10am.
Order the avocado and poached eggs for breakfast. You will want to come back. great coffee too.
6 locals recommend
Tuckshop
471-473 Dereham Pl
6 locals recommend
Order the avocado and poached eggs for breakfast. You will want to come back. great coffee too.
Great coffee in the park. open each week day by 8am and weekend 10am.
Giddy Up Coffee
18 Fortune St
Great coffee in the park. open each week day by 8am and weekend 10am.
Great coffee and breakfast and lunch close by.
103 locals recommend
Ozone Coffee Roasters
11 Leonard St
103 locals recommend
Great coffee and breakfast and lunch close by.
Amazing french food and service for a reasonable price. Its a personal favourite.
50 locals recommend
Galvin La Chapelle
35 Spital Square
50 locals recommend
Amazing french food and service for a reasonable price. Its a personal favourite.
Great street food from around the world every week day. Only 100m from the flat. Too good to miss.
53 locals recommend
Whitecross Street Market
132 Whitecross St
53 locals recommend
Great street food from around the world every week day. Only 100m from the flat. Too good to miss.
Only 3 things on the menu - but they really do them well! Controversially my favourite is the lobster roll.
30 locals recommend
Burger & Lobster
30 locals recommend
Only 3 things on the menu - but they really do them well! Controversially my favourite is the lobster roll.
Truly great Vietnamese food. Try the Bun Sa! Walk or catch bus 243 from Old St and get off at Waterson St
59 locals recommend
Viet Grill
58 Kingsland Rd
59 locals recommend
Truly great Vietnamese food. Try the Bun Sa! Walk or catch bus 243 from Old St and get off at Waterson St
Great coffee and breakfast. Very close, but not as good as Workshop in my opinion.
35 locals recommend
Lantana Shoreditch
55 City Rd
35 locals recommend
Great coffee and breakfast. Very close, but not as good as Workshop in my opinion.
Very interesting british food. Highly recommended by all the critics.
136 locals recommend
St. JOHN Restaurant
26 St John St
136 locals recommend
Very interesting british food. Highly recommended by all the critics.
Great that food
71 locals recommend
Busaba Hoxton Square
319 Old St
71 locals recommend
Great that food
Irresistible Italian
6 locals recommend
APULIA
50 Long Ln
6 locals recommend
Irresistible Italian
Always a favourite among critics.
131 locals recommend
Moro
34-36 Exmouth Market
131 locals recommend
Always a favourite among critics.
Delicious tapas
162 locals recommend
Morito
195 Hackney Rd
162 locals recommend
Delicious tapas
Great pub with great food
24 locals recommend
Simmons Bar | Clerkenwell
180 St John St
24 locals recommend
Great pub with great food
Great restaurant on my favourite shoreditch street. I think their fresh unique lunch options are some of the best in London
67 locals recommend
Franze & Evans Cafe Shoreditch
101 Redchurch St
67 locals recommend
Great restaurant on my favourite shoreditch street. I think their fresh unique lunch options are some of the best in London
Steak or chicken? They are both done very well. There is an amazing Damian Hirst art installation to admire whilst you dine.
100 locals recommend
Tramshed
32 Rivington St
100 locals recommend
Steak or chicken? They are both done very well. There is an amazing Damian Hirst art installation to admire whilst you dine.
Most famous Pakistani food in London. It's vibrant, cheap and byo. Order the lamb chops!
381 locals recommend
Tayyabs
83-89 Fieldgate St
381 locals recommend
Most famous Pakistani food in London. It's vibrant, cheap and byo. Order the lamb chops!
Londons famous curry lane. I don't think the currys are particularly good but the experience makes up for it. Be sure to bargain a good price before you sit down.
878 locals recommend
Brick Lane
Brick Lane
878 locals recommend
Londons famous curry lane. I don't think the currys are particularly good but the experience makes up for it. Be sure to bargain a good price before you sit down.
Northern Indian food. Highly recommended.
475 locals recommend
Dishoom Shoreditch
7 Boundary St
475 locals recommend
Northern Indian food. Highly recommended.
Upmarket Tavern, food, atmosphere and drinks get deservedly good reviews. £20-£25 per main course. Booking required.
29 locals recommend
Merchants Tavern
36 Charlotte Rd
29 locals recommend
Upmarket Tavern, food, atmosphere and drinks get deservedly good reviews. £20-£25 per main course. Booking required.
Iconic restaurant which has the best lunch in town. Try have an early lunch to avoid the queues.
364 locals recommend
Ottolenghi Islington
287 Upper St
364 locals recommend
Iconic restaurant which has the best lunch in town. Try have an early lunch to avoid the queues.
Breakfast, lunch or dinner - great spot. Relaxed but chic space.
49 locals recommend
Granger & Co. Clerkenwell
50 Sekforde St
49 locals recommend
Breakfast, lunch or dinner - great spot. Relaxed but chic space.

Sightseeing

The best tourist attraction there is. Make sure you do the tour (its included in the entrance fee)
1372 locals recommend
Tower of London
1372 locals recommend
The best tourist attraction there is. Make sure you do the tour (its included in the entrance fee)
I think the most beautiful cathedral there is! And you can climb to the top. The daily services are free.
845 locals recommend
St. Paul's Cathedral
845 locals recommend
I think the most beautiful cathedral there is! And you can climb to the top. The daily services are free.
Well worth a visit. Rooms are untouched since the Germans surrendered.
125 locals recommend
Churchill War Rooms
King Charles Street
125 locals recommend
Well worth a visit. Rooms are untouched since the Germans surrendered.
Highly recommended museum.
461 locals recommend
Imperial War Museums
Lambeth Road
461 locals recommend
Highly recommended museum.

Essentials

Everything you need and great quality!
67 locals recommend
Waitrose & Partners Barbican
Whitecross Street
67 locals recommend
Everything you need and great quality!
Great coffee and free wifi
134 locals recommend
Shoreditch Grind
213 Old St
134 locals recommend
Great coffee and free wifi

Arts & Culture

Our best art gallery in london. Its small but always has very interesting exhibitions. And there will be no other tourists there!
589 locals recommend
Whitechapel Gallery
77-82 Whitechapel High St
589 locals recommend
Our best art gallery in london. Its small but always has very interesting exhibitions. And there will be no other tourists there!
A brilliant modern gallery with free entry.
2008 locals recommend
Tate Modern
Bankside
2008 locals recommend
A brilliant modern gallery with free entry.
Cinema, shows, exhibitions - always something worth seeing in this controversial brutalist building.
509 locals recommend
Barbican Centre
Silk Street
509 locals recommend
Cinema, shows, exhibitions - always something worth seeing in this controversial brutalist building.

Everything Else

My favourite Sunday activity. After, walk down Brick Lane for further markets. Cool shops and good coffee on every corner.
1660 locals recommend
Columbia Road Flower Market
Columbia Road
1660 locals recommend
My favourite Sunday activity. After, walk down Brick Lane for further markets. Cool shops and good coffee on every corner.
One of the best food markets in the world! (if catching the tube get off at london bridge station (not borough). its about a 20min bus ride or 35min walk. Thursday to Sunday 9m to 2pm.
1617 locals recommend
Borough Market
Borough High Street
1617 locals recommend
One of the best food markets in the world! (if catching the tube get off at london bridge station (not borough). its about a 20min bus ride or 35min walk. Thursday to Sunday 9m to 2pm.
Brilliant east end market. Food and vintage items. Highly recommended. Saturdays only.
1735 locals recommend
Broadway Market
Broadway Market
1735 locals recommend
Brilliant east end market. Food and vintage items. Highly recommended. Saturdays only.
Gym - no membership required
9 locals recommend
Golden Lane Sport & Fitness
Fane Lane
9 locals recommend
Gym - no membership required

Shopping

Please avoid Oxford street - Covent garden is much nicer and has all the same shops!
955 locals recommend
Covent Garden
41 James St
955 locals recommend
Please avoid Oxford street - Covent garden is much nicer and has all the same shops!