Guidebook for London

Rebecca
Guidebook for London

Food Scene

It's delicious! N African and Spanish tapas style food. Must visit. Reasonably priced.
162 locals recommend
Morito
195 Hackney Rd
162 locals recommend
It's delicious! N African and Spanish tapas style food. Must visit. Reasonably priced.
Lovely authentic Italian. My fav place to go for lazy eggs in the morning and read.
57 locals recommend
Campania
23 Ezra St
57 locals recommend
Lovely authentic Italian. My fav place to go for lazy eggs in the morning and read.
lots of great wine and the women who work there are wonderful!
9 locals recommend
A Portuguese Love Affair Limited
326 Hackney Rd
9 locals recommend
lots of great wine and the women who work there are wonderful!
Georgian food - good spot for filled pancake breakfasts.
50 locals recommend
Little Georgia Hackney
87 Goldsmiths Row
50 locals recommend
Georgian food - good spot for filled pancake breakfasts.
the only pub in london with a michelin star. not cheap but must do if you are a foodie. if you are not don't bother as it's £50 for dinner without wine.
95 locals recommend
Marksman Public House
254 Hackney Rd
95 locals recommend
the only pub in london with a michelin star. not cheap but must do if you are a foodie. if you are not don't bother as it's £50 for dinner without wine.
162 locals recommend
Brawn
49 Columbia Rd
162 locals recommend
Fermented foods and drinking vinegars, but also a really great restaurant for brunch or lunch - and long tables and lots of lights
65 locals recommend
Rawduck
197 Richmond Rd
65 locals recommend
Fermented foods and drinking vinegars, but also a really great restaurant for brunch or lunch - and long tables and lots of lights

Drinks & Nightlife

Mexican food that is REALLY GOOD TACOS and cheap. And a bar downstairs that is open until 2am. Note - you have to wait for a table to eat but you can do so in the bar
7 locals recommend
Bad Sports
184 Hackney Road
7 locals recommend
Mexican food that is REALLY GOOD TACOS and cheap. And a bar downstairs that is open until 2am. Note - you have to wait for a table to eat but you can do so in the bar
Great local pub - trendy food and nice grub too. In summer people spill out onto the streets - which is very pictureque and often there is filming going on.
175 locals recommend
The Royal Oak
73 Columbia Rd
175 locals recommend
Great local pub - trendy food and nice grub too. In summer people spill out onto the streets - which is very pictureque and often there is filming going on.
experimental music / lots of interesting acts
203 locals recommend
Cafe OTO
18-22 Ashwin Street
203 locals recommend
experimental music / lots of interesting acts
28 locals recommend
MOTH Club
Valette Street
28 locals recommend
Good local pub with bustling scene
302 locals recommend
The Dove
24-28 Broadway Market
302 locals recommend
Good local pub with bustling scene
Pub with LOTS of different beers and ales.
127 locals recommend
The Kings Arms
251 Tooley St
127 locals recommend
Pub with LOTS of different beers and ales.

Arts & Culture

Great art exhibitions, concerts and a cinema. And amazing brutalist architecture.
509 locals recommend
Barbican Centre
Silk Street
509 locals recommend
Great art exhibitions, concerts and a cinema. And amazing brutalist architecture.
A must visit for the best big modern art shows, and right on the thames. Catch the 26 bus and walk across the bridge.
2008 locals recommend
Tate Modern
Bankside
2008 locals recommend
A must visit for the best big modern art shows, and right on the thames. Catch the 26 bus and walk across the bridge.
589 locals recommend
Whitechapel Gallery
77-82 Whitechapel High St
589 locals recommend
Exhibits from new artists
7 locals recommend
SPACE
131 Mare St
7 locals recommend
Exhibits from new artists
234 locals recommend
White Cube Bermondsey
Bermondsey Street
234 locals recommend

Shopping

Iconic shop selling quality retro kitchen and house ware at reasonable prices. You'll recognise lots - what trendy / classic restaurants and homes use.
31 locals recommend
Labour and Wait
85 Redchurch St
31 locals recommend
Iconic shop selling quality retro kitchen and house ware at reasonable prices. You'll recognise lots - what trendy / classic restaurants and homes use.
minimalist clothing store - pricy though
10 locals recommend
A.P.C. Homme and Femme
17 Redchurch St
10 locals recommend
minimalist clothing store - pricy though

Parks & Nature

Great park - go for coffee at The Pavillion near the band stand
1666 locals recommend
Pavilion Cafe
Old Ford Road
1666 locals recommend
Great park - go for coffee at The Pavillion near the band stand
HUGE AND WILD doesn't feel like you are in london. great for a proper wonder.
99 locals recommend
Hackney Marshes Centre
Homerton Road
99 locals recommend
HUGE AND WILD doesn't feel like you are in london. great for a proper wonder.
Best park in london. Wild escape and ponds you can swim in.
1215 locals recommend
Hampstead Heath
1215 locals recommend
Best park in london. Wild escape and ponds you can swim in.
If you really want to feel like you are not in the city
170 locals recommend
Epping Forest
170 locals recommend
If you really want to feel like you are not in the city
Closest park and very sweet walled rose garden that is perfect for picnics.
88 locals recommend
Haggerston Park
Yorkton Street
88 locals recommend
Closest park and very sweet walled rose garden that is perfect for picnics.
Cit farm with animals to pet etc - great for kids.
269 locals recommend
Hackney City Farm
1a Goldsmiths Row
269 locals recommend
Cit farm with animals to pet etc - great for kids.

Entertainment & Activities

445 locals recommend
Hackney Picturehouse
270 Mare St
445 locals recommend
260 locals recommend
Rich Mix
35-47 Bethnal Green Rd
260 locals recommend

Everything Else

Olympic sized outdoor lido - heated and new renovated. My fav spot to go - swim and have a coffee outside afterwards.
591 locals recommend
London Fields
London Fields West Side
591 locals recommend
Olympic sized outdoor lido - heated and new renovated. My fav spot to go - swim and have a coffee outside afterwards.