Guidebook for London

Lauren
Guidebook for London

Food Scene

An amazing steak restaurant that was featured on Gordon Ranseys TV programme "The F Word". Great steak, wine and atmosphere
67 locals recommend
Santa Maria del Sur
129 Queenstown Rd
67 locals recommend
An amazing steak restaurant that was featured on Gordon Ranseys TV programme "The F Word". Great steak, wine and atmosphere
A great BYO Thai restaurant - do an amazing Thai red curry. Do delivery too.
14 locals recommend
Bangkok Bay
246 Battersea Park Rd
14 locals recommend
A great BYO Thai restaurant - do an amazing Thai red curry. Do delivery too.
A very popular Italian restaurant, bar and karaoke venue - very popular with the Chelsea crowd and Prince William
63 locals recommend
Bunga Bunga London
37 Battersea Bridge Rd
63 locals recommend
A very popular Italian restaurant, bar and karaoke venue - very popular with the Chelsea crowd and Prince William
A great little Italian off Kings Road/Sloane Square with a lovely outdoor seating area
10 locals recommend
Manicomio Chelsea Restaurant
83-85 Duke Of York Square
10 locals recommend
A great little Italian off Kings Road/Sloane Square with a lovely outdoor seating area
A wonderful fresh, cheap and healthy Vietnamese restaurant
77 locals recommend
Mien Tay
106-108 Kingsland Rd
77 locals recommend
A wonderful fresh, cheap and healthy Vietnamese restaurant
Enough said!
65 locals recommend
Restaurant Gordon Ramsay
68 Royal Hospital Rd
65 locals recommend
Enough said!
Great, well respected restaurant and bar
17 locals recommend
No. Fifty Cheyne
50 Cheyne Walk
17 locals recommend
Great, well respected restaurant and bar
Posh Indian nosh - the black cod is amazing
18 locals recommend
The Painted Heron
112 Cheyne Walk
18 locals recommend
Posh Indian nosh - the black cod is amazing
Great local Italian
41 locals recommend
San Gennaro
22 Battersea Park Rd
41 locals recommend
Great local Italian
Great local French restaurant
23 locals recommend
Le Pot Lyonnais
36-40 Queenstown Rd
23 locals recommend
Great local French restaurant
Greta place for people spotting - the steak tartar is really good
108 locals recommend
Colbert
50-52 Sloane Square
108 locals recommend
Greta place for people spotting - the steak tartar is really good
Great Italian
Tinello
87 Pimlico Rd
Great Italian
An amazing Indian restaurant only 2 stops away on the train. Great Indian street food. Recommend the Saag
61 locals recommend
Claude's Kitchen
51 Parsons Green Ln
61 locals recommend
An amazing Indian restaurant only 2 stops away on the train. Great Indian street food. Recommend the Saag
Good Lebanese restaurant in Battersea Square. In summer they often have live bands playing and there is lovely ambiance
18 locals recommend
Mazar Restaurant
11-12 Battersea Square
18 locals recommend
Good Lebanese restaurant in Battersea Square. In summer they often have live bands playing and there is lovely ambiance
Great steaks - if feeling flush go to eh Chateaubriand! Their home made sauces are amazing too
70 locals recommend
Sophie's Steakhouse, Chelsea
311-313 Fulham Rd.
70 locals recommend
Great steaks - if feeling flush go to eh Chateaubriand! Their home made sauces are amazing too
Amazing tapas restaurant
31 locals recommend
Tapas Brindisa London Bridge
18-20 Southwark St
31 locals recommend
Amazing tapas restaurant
Great oysters, bloody marys. Recommend the Japanese oysters which come with wasabi, ginger and soy - to die for.
30 locals recommend
Wright Brothers Borough Market
11 Stoney St
30 locals recommend
Great oysters, bloody marys. Recommend the Japanese oysters which come with wasabi, ginger and soy - to die for.
Great place to overlook the Thames and sip a glass of champagne
40 locals recommend
Skylon
40 locals recommend
Great place to overlook the Thames and sip a glass of champagne
Lovely to sit out on a nice day and enjoy the people spotting
305 locals recommend
Bluebird Chelsea
350 King's Rd
305 locals recommend
Lovely to sit out on a nice day and enjoy the people spotting

Drinks & Nightlife

A very eclectic and unusual pub with a big "secret" garden out the back.
75 locals recommend
The Magic Garden
231 Battersea Park Road
75 locals recommend
A very eclectic and unusual pub with a big "secret" garden out the back.
A lovely pub with good food and good wine list
62 locals recommend
The Lighthouse Bar
441 Battersea Park Rd
62 locals recommend
A lovely pub with good food and good wine list
Good local pub
25 locals recommend
The Prince of Wales
51 St George's Rd
25 locals recommend
Good local pub
A very fun and different arty bar
36 locals recommend
The Doodle Bar
60 Druid St
36 locals recommend
A very fun and different arty bar
Good pub
19 locals recommend
Phat Phuc Noodle Bar
151 Sydney St
19 locals recommend
Good pub
A fun, lively Mexican restaurant and bar - late finish and famous for their lock ins!
Margarita Loca
Battersea Park Road
A fun, lively Mexican restaurant and bar - late finish and famous for their lock ins!
A lovely pub with award winning food (their scotch egg is famous!) and great on Sunday nights when they have live jazz music
23 locals recommend
The Mason's Arms
169 Battersea Park Rd
23 locals recommend
A lovely pub with award winning food (their scotch egg is famous!) and great on Sunday nights when they have live jazz music
A good pub and restaurant on the lovely Pimlico Road which is lined with antique shops
100 locals recommend
The Orange Public House & Hotel Victoria
37 Pimlico Rd
100 locals recommend
A good pub and restaurant on the lovely Pimlico Road which is lined with antique shops
A nice bar and restaurant
13 locals recommend
Ebury Restaurant & Wine Bar
139 Ebury St
13 locals recommend
A nice bar and restaurant
Good restaurant and bar
161 locals recommend
Sloane Square
Sloane Square
161 locals recommend
Good restaurant and bar
A late night bar where you are always going to have a fun night!
11 locals recommend
Cafe Sol
56 Clapham High St
11 locals recommend
A late night bar where you are always going to have a fun night!
Good pub
28 locals recommend
The Alma Wandsworth
499 Old York Rd
28 locals recommend
Good pub
Good pub
38 locals recommend
Lost Society
339 Battersea Park Rd
38 locals recommend
Good pub
A little slice of "Made In Chelsea" - great people spotting of attractive 20 somethings
193 locals recommend
The White Horse
31 Uxbridge Rd
193 locals recommend
A little slice of "Made In Chelsea" - great people spotting of attractive 20 somethings
Great pub featured on "Made In Chelsea"
54 locals recommend
The Phene
9 Phene St
54 locals recommend
Great pub featured on "Made In Chelsea"
Pub
74 locals recommend
The Victoria
10A Strathearn Pl
74 locals recommend
Pub
Great live music venue and restaurant. Open mic night on Tuesday
35 locals recommend
Le QuecumBar & Brasserie
42-44 Battersea High St
35 locals recommend
Great live music venue and restaurant. Open mic night on Tuesday
Tom Aitkens restaurant - great for brunch and lunch. On the pricey side.
55 locals recommend
Tom Aikens
55 locals recommend
Tom Aitkens restaurant - great for brunch and lunch. On the pricey side.

Essentials

A local well stocked Tesco supermarket right opposite the apartment
405 locals recommend
Tesco Metro
224-226 Portobello Rd
405 locals recommend
A local well stocked Tesco supermarket right opposite the apartment

Shopping

A great department store
120 locals recommend
Peter Jones & Partners
Sloane Square
120 locals recommend
A great department store
An upmarket department store with restaurant and bar as well. Overlooking the prestigious One Hyde Park development (which incidentally I worked on!)
Diesel
109-125 Knightsbridge
An upmarket department store with restaurant and bar as well. Overlooking the prestigious One Hyde Park development (which incidentally I worked on!)
The famous department store with a bus from my aparmtent taking you directly there
1522 locals recommend
Harrods
87-135 Brompton Rd
1522 locals recommend
The famous department store with a bus from my aparmtent taking you directly there
The second oldest Botanical Garden in the UK (after Oxford) a lovely quiet garden to take a tour, potter or enjoy the lovely tea and cake they serve at the cafe and sit and read the papers.
91 locals recommend
Chelsea Physic Garden
66 Royal Hospital Rd
91 locals recommend
The second oldest Botanical Garden in the UK (after Oxford) a lovely quiet garden to take a tour, potter or enjoy the lovely tea and cake they serve at the cafe and sit and read the papers.
UPMARKET DELI AND CAFE
205 locals recommend
Daylesford Organic
208-212 Westbourne Grove
205 locals recommend
UPMARKET DELI AND CAFE

Entertainment & Activities

Great park where can rent bikes, pedalos, take in the fresh air and enjoy some greenery and walk by the Thames
935 locals recommend
Battersea Park
Battersea Park Road
935 locals recommend
Great park where can rent bikes, pedalos, take in the fresh air and enjoy some greenery and walk by the Thames

Arts & Culture

An institute on the Kings Road, private members club for a small intimate night of dancing and crack baby shots
46 locals recommend
Raffles Chelsea
287 King's Rd
46 locals recommend
An institute on the Kings Road, private members club for a small intimate night of dancing and crack baby shots
A famous art gallery with free entry to most of the exhibitions
585 locals recommend
Saatchi Gallery
King's Rd
585 locals recommend
A famous art gallery with free entry to most of the exhibitions
A great theatre with small productions
102 locals recommend
Battersea Arts Centre
Lavender Hill
102 locals recommend
A great theatre with small productions
Always worth seeing if you can see a performance here on your visit, acoustics are wonderful
674 locals recommend
Royal Albert Hall
Imperial College Road
674 locals recommend
Always worth seeing if you can see a performance here on your visit, acoustics are wonderful
Always a good place to have a cultural afternoon. At weekends there is always a food market there too to grab some yummy cakes or other goodies.
130 locals recommend
Royal Festival Hall
Belvedere Road
130 locals recommend
Always a good place to have a cultural afternoon. At weekends there is always a food market there too to grab some yummy cakes or other goodies.
A great place on a Saturday to try out lovely delicacies and buy some lovely foods and unusual products. I usually get train to Waterloo and wander down the South Bank there - a lovely day out
1617 locals recommend
Borough Market
Borough High Street
1617 locals recommend
A great place on a Saturday to try out lovely delicacies and buy some lovely foods and unusual products. I usually get train to Waterloo and wander down the South Bank there - a lovely day out
Theatre
19 locals recommend
Royal Court Bar & Kitchen
50-51 Sloane Square
19 locals recommend
Theatre

Everything Else

Close by for getting to the apartment
94 locals recommend
Victoria Coach Station
2b Elizabeth St
94 locals recommend
Close by for getting to the apartment
A magestic hotel. If you have time on your stay, book into the spa in the hotel. They offer lovely relaxing Jacuzzis, saunas and the most amazing hot lava shell massages. Treat yourself!
16 locals recommend
Mandarin Bar at Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, London
66 Knightsbridge
16 locals recommend
A magestic hotel. If you have time on your stay, book into the spa in the hotel. They offer lovely relaxing Jacuzzis, saunas and the most amazing hot lava shell massages. Treat yourself!
To entertain the children
79 locals recommend
Battersea Park Children's Zoo
79 locals recommend
To entertain the children
Go check out one of the many exhibitions they have on
1694 locals recommend
Victoria and Albert Museum
Cromwell Road
1694 locals recommend
Go check out one of the many exhibitions they have on
Culture vulture
1954 locals recommend
Natural History Museum
Cromwell Road
1954 locals recommend
Culture vulture
If fancy a swim or a workout
19 locals recommend
Nuffield Health Fitness & Wellbeing Gym
9 Endell St
19 locals recommend
If fancy a swim or a workout
A beautiful building
305 locals recommend
Palace of Westminster
305 locals recommend
A beautiful building
Incredible collection of artifacts and architectural detailing
183 locals recommend
Sir John Soane's Museum
13 Lincoln's Inn Fields
183 locals recommend
Incredible collection of artifacts and architectural detailing