Guidebook for Bloomsbury and surroundings, in London
Essentials
Waitrose & Partners
1 New Union SquareThe People's Supermarket
72-76 Lamb's Conduit StCo-op Food
116-118 Pitshanger LnEntertainment & Activities
Bloomsbury Square
Bloomsbury SquareTen pin bowling and karaoke!
Bounce Farringdon
121 HolbornTable tennis tables and nightlife
Getting Around
Grays Inn Road Theobalds Road (Stop CP) station
Buses into the West End
Guilford Street (Stop HD) station
Buses to King's Cross St. Pancras and King's Quarter.
Arts & Culture
British Museum
Great Russell Street
The British Library
96 Euston RdParks & Nature
Nearby green space, popular with the legal profession, open during business hours.
Gray's Inn Square and South Square Gardens
9 Gray's Inn SquareNearby green space, popular with the legal profession, open during business hours.
Spa Fields Park
91 Skinner StRecreational area for activities and childrens' play.
Drinks & Nightlife
Bar and restaurant, serving cocktails and bites afternoon, evening and night.
36 locals recommend
Bourne & Hollingsworth Buildings
42 Northampton RdBar and restaurant, serving cocktails and bites afternoon, evening and night.
The Lady Ottoline
11A Northington StNearby characterful bar, serving food.
[Closed for refurbishment, but with a great pop-up on nearby Clerkenwell Green] Tucked away vibrant pub, serving food. LGBTQ+ friendly.
8 locals recommend
The Apple Tree
45 Mount Pleasant[Closed for refurbishment, but with a great pop-up on nearby Clerkenwell Green] Tucked away vibrant pub, serving food. LGBTQ+ friendly.
The Queens Head
66 Acton StPopular tiny Victorian pub in a mid-terraced location.
Good old boozer with a cocktail bar on the upper floor, liked by locals and bright young things.
19 locals recommend
The Exmouth Arms
23 Exmouth MarketGood old boozer with a cocktail bar on the upper floor, liked by locals and bright young things.
A large pub serving food across two floors, popular with tourists.
11 locals recommend
The Marquis Cornwallis
31 Marchmont StA large pub serving food across two floors, popular with tourists.
The Enterprise
38 Red Lion StStandard pub but a nice one for the area.
Plenty of nooks and crannies in the Victorian pub, with a tiny outside space out back.
78 locals recommend
The Lamb
94 Lamb's Conduit StPlenty of nooks and crannies in the Victorian pub, with a tiny outside space out back.
A Victorian pub with plenty of snugs for privacy, lots of wooden panelling, cut glass and tile work. Even the toilets are ornate. Worth a snoop around.
19 locals recommend
Princess Louise
208 High HolbornA Victorian pub with plenty of snugs for privacy, lots of wooden panelling, cut glass and tile work. Even the toilets are ornate. Worth a snoop around.
[Possibly closed for refurbishment] Bar selling non-branded alcohol and soft drink, with table tennis tables, dart board and board games. Open late for London.
10 locals recommend
The Old China Hand
8 Tysoe St[Possibly closed for refurbishment] Bar selling non-branded alcohol and soft drink, with table tennis tables, dart board and board games. Open late for London.
An original 1930s pub with swing music crackling from the gramophone. The food isn't the highlight.
40 locals recommend
The Duke, Deptford
125 Creek RdAn original 1930s pub with swing music crackling from the gramophone. The food isn't the highlight.
Food Scene
French restaurant with outstanding cheese sold at the front, alongside other preserves, wine and fresh goods.
8 locals recommend
La Fromagerie Bloomsbury
52 Lamb's Conduit StFrench restaurant with outstanding cheese sold at the front, alongside other preserves, wine and fresh goods.
The Quality Chop House
92-94 Farringdon RdExcellent meats
Burger chain with an amazing vegan burger tasting just like meat.
51 locals recommend
Honest Burgers - King's Cross
251 Pentonville RdBurger chain with an amazing vegan burger tasting just like meat.
Expensive, old school, fine-dining, French restaurant, hosted by the gregarious Otto.
23 locals recommend
Otto's French Restaurant
182 Grays Inn RdExpensive, old school, fine-dining, French restaurant, hosted by the gregarious Otto.
Moro
34-36 Exmouth MarketWell made Spanish food.