Guidebook for London

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Guidebook for London

Food Scene

Reyhana restaurant is a contemporary Persian restaurant offering freshly made wholesome food. The restaurant has a highly qualified team of employees that offer exceptional quality dishes and, uphold Reyhana restaurant’s aim of dedicated customer satisfaction.
Reyhana Restaurant
20 Malden Road
Reyhana restaurant is a contemporary Persian restaurant offering freshly made wholesome food. The restaurant has a highly qualified team of employees that offer exceptional quality dishes and, uphold Reyhana restaurant’s aim of dedicated customer satisfaction.
Buzzy all-day eatery turning out an eclectic menu of simple bistro dishes in colourful surrounds.
7 locals recommend
Cafe Renoir
244 Kentish Town Rd
7 locals recommend
Buzzy all-day eatery turning out an eclectic menu of simple bistro dishes in colourful surrounds.
Bring your own booze to this rustic wooden cafe serving Eclectic Latin and Caribbean dishes.
20 locals recommend
Guanabana Restaurant
85 Kentish Town Rd
20 locals recommend
Bring your own booze to this rustic wooden cafe serving Eclectic Latin and Caribbean dishes.
Italian chain restaurant for pizza and calzone on wooden boards, plus traditional pastas.
Zizzi
Italian chain restaurant for pizza and calzone on wooden boards, plus traditional pastas.
Haché is one of the best burger joints in London. The menu speaks for itself , with a plethora of both basic and more inventive options, such as the steak forest – a burger topped with gigantic portobello mushroom and basil pesto – or the steak Sicilian, topped with parma ham and premium mozzarella cheese. Recommend making a reservation as queues are often long.
31 locals recommend
Haché Burgers Camden
24 Inverness St
31 locals recommend
Haché is one of the best burger joints in London. The menu speaks for itself , with a plethora of both basic and more inventive options, such as the steak forest – a burger topped with gigantic portobello mushroom and basil pesto – or the steak Sicilian, topped with parma ham and premium mozzarella cheese. Recommend making a reservation as queues are often long.

Drinks & Nightlife

Classic gastropub serving modern menu in Victorian townhouse with leather chairs and vintage lamps.
35 locals recommend
The Oxford Tavern
256 Kentish Town Rd
35 locals recommend
Classic gastropub serving modern menu in Victorian townhouse with leather chairs and vintage lamps.
Gastropub with industrial and vintage touches, chic dining room and roof terrace with sofas.
17 locals recommend
The Driver
2-4 Wharfdale Rd.
17 locals recommend
Gastropub with industrial and vintage touches, chic dining room and roof terrace with sofas.
Blues Kitchen offers the winning combination of a Southern-style menu with live rhythm & blues music seven nights a week. A restaurant and late bar, Blues Kitchen has established itself as the go-to place when you're looking for the whole American experience in Camden. The menu relies heavily on burgers and barbecue food; highlights include short beef ribs slow smoked for 16 hours and over one-hundred varieties of rare Bourbon and rye. Dancing goes on till late on Fridays and Saturdays.
101 locals recommend
The Blues Kitchen
111-113 Camden High St
101 locals recommend
Blues Kitchen offers the winning combination of a Southern-style menu with live rhythm & blues music seven nights a week. A restaurant and late bar, Blues Kitchen has established itself as the go-to place when you're looking for the whole American experience in Camden. The menu relies heavily on burgers and barbecue food; highlights include short beef ribs slow smoked for 16 hours and over one-hundred varieties of rare Bourbon and rye. Dancing goes on till late on Fridays and Saturdays.

Parks & Nature

The Regent’s Park, 166 hectares (410 acres) in area, was designed in 1811 by renowned architect John Nash and includes stunning rose gardens. The Park is the largest outdoor sports area in London catering for football, softball, rugby, and it also has a cricket pitch.
1607 locals recommend
The Regent's Park
1607 locals recommend
The Regent’s Park, 166 hectares (410 acres) in area, was designed in 1811 by renowned architect John Nash and includes stunning rose gardens. The Park is the largest outdoor sports area in London catering for football, softball, rugby, and it also has a cricket pitch.
ZSL London Zoo has been educating and inspiring visitors since opening to the public in 1847. With over 750 incredible species, exciting and innovative exhibits it’s a great day out in the capital for all ages.
713 locals recommend
ZSL London Zoo
Outer Circle
713 locals recommend
ZSL London Zoo has been educating and inspiring visitors since opening to the public in 1847. With over 750 incredible species, exciting and innovative exhibits it’s a great day out in the capital for all ages.

Arts & Culture

When the British Museum was opened in 1759 it was the first national museum to be open to the public anywhere in the world. It was free to visit (and still is) so that any ‘studious and curious persons’ could pass through its doors and look upon the strange objects collected from all over the globe.
1546 locals recommend
British Museum
Great Russell Street
1546 locals recommend
When the British Museum was opened in 1759 it was the first national museum to be open to the public anywhere in the world. It was free to visit (and still is) so that any ‘studious and curious persons’ could pass through its doors and look upon the strange objects collected from all over the globe.

Shopping

Open-air and indoor markets, each with its own distinctive flavour, complete with numerous street shops, bars and restaurants
1028 locals recommend
Camden Market
54-56 Camden Lock Pl
1028 locals recommend
Open-air and indoor markets, each with its own distinctive flavour, complete with numerous street shops, bars and restaurants

Entertainment & Activities

Built in 1934 and nestled in Kentish Town, The Forum is a beautiful art deco building that has played host to some of the music industry’s biggest names since becoming a live music venue in the 1980s.
57 locals recommend
O2 Forum Kentish Town
9-17 Highgate Rd
57 locals recommend
Built in 1934 and nestled in Kentish Town, The Forum is a beautiful art deco building that has played host to some of the music industry’s biggest names since becoming a live music venue in the 1980s.

Sightseeing

Christopher Wren’s masterpiece is an architectural marvel. Come and test your hearing in the Whispering Gallery and stay for evensong
845 locals recommend
St. Paul's Cathedral
845 locals recommend
Christopher Wren’s masterpiece is an architectural marvel. Come and test your hearing in the Whispering Gallery and stay for evensong
Despite the exhausting crowds and long climbs up stairways, the Tower of London remains one of Britain's finest historical attractions. After all, who wouldn’t want a close-up with the crown of Queen Victoria or the prodigious codpiece of King Henry VIII?
1372 locals recommend
Tower of London
1372 locals recommend
Despite the exhausting crowds and long climbs up stairways, the Tower of London remains one of Britain's finest historical attractions. After all, who wouldn’t want a close-up with the crown of Queen Victoria or the prodigious codpiece of King Henry VIII?
2099 locals recommend
London Eye
2099 locals recommend