Guidebook for London
Food Scene
Amazing Korean food, you get to cook stuff on your table and rather delicious
10 locals recommend
KOBA
11 Rathbone StAmazing Korean food, you get to cook stuff on your table and rather delicious
The rooms are visible from our flat, and if you're lucky you'll see a celebrity in the suite. But we did not tell you to look! :-D They do a great breakfast or have a cocktail on their porch in the evening.
47 locals recommend
Charlotte Street Hotel
15-17 Charlotte St.The rooms are visible from our flat, and if you're lucky you'll see a celebrity in the suite. But we did not tell you to look! :-D They do a great breakfast or have a cocktail on their porch in the evening.
Nice french restaurant that does English breakfast!
20 locals recommend
Côte Brasserie - St Katherine's Docks
1 Saint Katharine's WayNice french restaurant that does English breakfast!
Great Italian place to get breakfast or a quick meal or just some lovely cakes.
52 locals recommend
Princi
135 Wardour StGreat Italian place to get breakfast or a quick meal or just some lovely cakes.
Bubbledogs
They serve champagne and hot dogs!!
Arts & Culture
Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery
2a Fitzroy SquareBoutique gallery
Donmar Warehouse
41 Earlham StOne of our favourite theatres
National Theatre
Upper GroundLiterally try and see every show they have there! Phenomenal
Prince Charles Cinema
7 Leicester PlArtsy cinema
More of a hip cinema, a bit more expensive but they have a selection of blockbusters to more artsy stuff
29 locals recommend
Curzon Soho
99 Shaftesbury AveMore of a hip cinema, a bit more expensive but they have a selection of blockbusters to more artsy stuff
Rosenfeld
37 Rathbone StBoutique Gallery
Tate Modern
BanksideAmazing building and obviously phenomenal artwork
White Cube Mason's Yard
25-26 Masons YardLovely gallery, different exhibitions quarterly. Free!
One of the world's greatest Museums is just a hop skip and a jump away from where you'll be staying.
1546 locals recommend
British Museum
Great Russell StreetOne of the world's greatest Museums is just a hop skip and a jump away from where you'll be staying.
Shopping
Trendy clothes at really affordable prices. 90% of our guests come back with the iconic primark shopping bag after a day out
55 locals recommend
Primark
14-28 Oxford StTrendy clothes at really affordable prices. 90% of our guests come back with the iconic primark shopping bag after a day out
Amazing department store for the rich, but a bit of a secret from tourists compared to Harrods. Much more refined and tasteful though :)
193 locals recommend
Liberty London
Regent StreetAmazing department store for the rich, but a bit of a secret from tourists compared to Harrods. Much more refined and tasteful though :)
Great department store, with high end and high street stuff. Pretty iconic on Regent Street
554 locals recommend
Selfridges
400 Oxford StGreat department store, with high end and high street stuff. Pretty iconic on Regent Street
Sightseeing
Pollocks Toy Museum
1 Scala StReally cool toy store with a lot of old toys!
The Cartoon Museum
63 Wells StQuirky little museum
Worth doing a tour round if you can spare the time. Otherwise a beautiful walk along the southbank and they do great shows in season.
449 locals recommend
Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
21 New Globe WalkWorth doing a tour round if you can spare the time. Otherwise a beautiful walk along the southbank and they do great shows in season.
Drinks & Nightlife
London Cocktail Club Shaftesbury Avenue
224a Shaftesbury AveGreat Cocktails!
Such a cool bar, gin cocktails in teapots! Need I say more!
6 locals recommend
Bourne & Hollingsworth Bar
28 Rathbone PlSuch a cool bar, gin cocktails in teapots! Need I say more!
Reverend JW Simpson
32 Goodge StAmazing cocktail bar with a rustic, 1920's vibe. Great cocktails
Essentials
Tesco Metro
224-226 Portobello RdWell-stocked local supermarket
Sainsbury's
1 Cambridge Heath RdLarge super-market
Getting Around
Nearest tube station. Less than a 5 minute walk. Use for the Northern Charing Cross branch line (black) or the Central Line (red)
43 locals recommend
Tottenham Court Road station
Oxford StreetNearest tube station. Less than a 5 minute walk. Use for the Northern Charing Cross branch line (black) or the Central Line (red)
Nearest tube station on the Northern Charing Cross branch (black) line.
17 locals recommend
Goodge Street station
72 Tottenham Court RdNearest tube station on the Northern Charing Cross branch (black) line.
Oxford Circus Underground Station
Oxford StreetUse for the Victoria Line (light blue)