Guidebook for London

Michael
Guidebook for London

Arts & Culture

The flower market on Sundays
80 locals recommend
Columbia Road
Columbia Road
80 locals recommend
The flower market on Sundays
Interesting less populist films and good bar
109 locals recommend
BFI Southbank
0 Belvedere Rd
109 locals recommend
Interesting less populist films and good bar
See films on this, as far as I know, world's third largest screen, may have to book in advance
134 locals recommend
ODEON BFI IMAX
134 locals recommend
See films on this, as far as I know, world's third largest screen, may have to book in advance
Great independent cinema
244 locals recommend
Genesis Cinema
93-95 Mile End Rd
244 locals recommend
Great independent cinema
ice skating !
Exchange Street
Exchange Street
ice skating !
great building, thousands of books, and you can sit and read comfortably and get a coffee or tea
44 locals recommend
Waterstones
82 Gower St
44 locals recommend
great building, thousands of books, and you can sit and read comfortably and get a coffee or tea
films and good price
244 locals recommend
Genesis Cinema
93-95 Mile End Rd
244 locals recommend
films and good price

Everything Else

Sunday market, and if you wait until about 1700 hours food prices drop
878 locals recommend
Brick Lane
Brick Lane
878 locals recommend
Sunday market, and if you wait until about 1700 hours food prices drop
The site is now open to the public and is amidst a park area, worth walking around
755 locals recommend
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
755 locals recommend
The site is now open to the public and is amidst a park area, worth walking around
If you like shopping, this place has almost everything and covered so OK if raining
173 locals recommend
Currys PC World Featuring Carphone Warehouse
173 locals recommend
If you like shopping, this place has almost everything and covered so OK if raining
Famous art gallery, interesting collections and FREE
589 locals recommend
Whitechapel Gallery
77-82 Whitechapel High St
589 locals recommend
Famous art gallery, interesting collections and FREE
Historic, especially good on a sunny day
1372 locals recommend
Tower of London
1372 locals recommend
Historic, especially good on a sunny day
Food, food and cheese ;) Though not so cheap
36 locals recommend
Borough Mini Market
36 locals recommend
Food, food and cheese ;) Though not so cheap
Original East End hip hangout from 1996
221 locals recommend
Hoxton Square
Hoxton Square
221 locals recommend
Original East End hip hangout from 1996
Good venue for music, film and cafe
260 locals recommend
Rich Mix
35-47 Bethnal Green Rd
260 locals recommend
Good venue for music, film and cafe
Amazing architecture and your train ride to France or Brussels
253 locals recommend
St Pancras International station
Euston Road
253 locals recommend
Amazing architecture and your train ride to France or Brussels
Great opera, you can also get cancelled tickets, check the website
252 locals recommend
Royal Opera House
Bow Street
252 locals recommend
Great opera, you can also get cancelled tickets, check the website
Really good opera often easier to get tickets, and cheaper, than royal opera house
30 locals recommend
English National Opera
Saint Martin's Lane
30 locals recommend
Really good opera often easier to get tickets, and cheaper, than royal opera house
Interesting, open late, good Chinese food
138 locals recommend
Chinatown
Gerrard Street
138 locals recommend
Interesting, open late, good Chinese food
One of the world's great museums for free
1546 locals recommend
British Museum
Great Russell Street
1546 locals recommend
One of the world's great museums for free
Another one of the world's great museums for free
1694 locals recommend
Victoria and Albert Museum
Cromwell Road
1694 locals recommend
Another one of the world's great museums for free
Go on a Sunday
21 locals recommend
Speakers Corner
21 locals recommend
Go on a Sunday
Great coffee and natas (Portuguese cake)
94 locals recommend
Lisboa Patisserie
57 Golborne Rd
94 locals recommend
Great coffee and natas (Portuguese cake)
Relaxing park and interesting local neighbourhood
736 locals recommend
Greenwich Park
736 locals recommend
Relaxing park and interesting local neighbourhood
Farmers market on Sat mornings !
41 locals recommend
Stepney Green tube station
41 locals recommend
Farmers market on Sat mornings !
Nice for a walk
Burdett Road
Burdett Road
Nice for a walk
Hipster HQ
1735 locals recommend
Broadway Market
Broadway Market
1735 locals recommend
Hipster HQ
Good West Indian food
324 locals recommend
Brixton Rooftop
Atlantic Road
324 locals recommend
Good West Indian food
Collection of Vorticists
656 locals recommend
Tate Britain
Millbank
656 locals recommend
Collection of Vorticists
Can go over the Thames on a gondola using your tube card
115 locals recommend
Emirates Greenwich Peninsula station
Edmund Halley Way
115 locals recommend
Can go over the Thames on a gondola using your tube card
Worth visiting for other worldly sounds and interesting concept
Longplayer
64 Orchard Pl
Worth visiting for other worldly sounds and interesting concept
Try the lahmajun
101 locals recommend
Rüyam Turkish Restaurant
230 Commercial Rd
101 locals recommend
Try the lahmajun
Antiques and jewellery, art etc from cultures abroad
860 locals recommend
Portobello Market
73a Lewisham High St
860 locals recommend
Antiques and jewellery, art etc from cultures abroad
One of the best parks and on the river
935 locals recommend
Battersea Park
Battersea Park Road
935 locals recommend
One of the best parks and on the river
ultimate academic book shop
44 locals recommend
Waterstones
82 Gower St
44 locals recommend
ultimate academic book shop
famous university campus
8 locals recommend
University of London
32 Russell Square
8 locals recommend
famous university campus
DLR station
45 locals recommend
Limehouse station
Commercial Road
45 locals recommend
DLR station
Stepney Green tube station
E1 4AQ
Mile End Road
Stepney Green tube station
One of London's biggest and most diverse market, rock n roll style, on Saturday and Sunday
1028 locals recommend
Camden Market
54-56 Camden Lock Pl
1028 locals recommend
One of London's biggest and most diverse market, rock n roll style, on Saturday and Sunday
food, food, and drinks! plus historic location, SATURDAY
1617 locals recommend
Borough Market
Borough High Street
1617 locals recommend
food, food, and drinks! plus historic location, SATURDAY
food, and antiques older trendy Sunday
65 locals recommend
Bermondsey Antique Market
11 Bermondsey Square
65 locals recommend
food, and antiques older trendy Sunday
food and hipsters Saturday
1735 locals recommend
Broadway Market
Broadway Market
1735 locals recommend
food and hipsters Saturday

Drinks & Nightlife

There are about 10 Vietnamese restaurants on this part of Kingsland Rd, check around for good prices, watch for those that charge a high bottle fee, great food, line-ups on Friday and Sat night
59 locals recommend
Viet Grill
58 Kingsland Rd
59 locals recommend
There are about 10 Vietnamese restaurants on this part of Kingsland Rd, check around for good prices, watch for those that charge a high bottle fee, great food, line-ups on Friday and Sat night
Best pub in London but do not tell your friends cause place can be crowded ;)
156 locals recommend
The Grapes
153 Milton Rd
156 locals recommend
Best pub in London but do not tell your friends cause place can be crowded ;)
Amazing Jazz, can be difficult to obtain tickets but definitely worth going
123 locals recommend
Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club
47 Frith St
123 locals recommend
Amazing Jazz, can be difficult to obtain tickets but definitely worth going
good Vietnamese food
110 locals recommend
Sông Quê Café
134 Kingsland Rd
110 locals recommend
good Vietnamese food

Food Scene

Good Italian restaurant, busy but good to sit for a while, there can be some time to find tables on Thurs, Fri and Sat night
52 locals recommend
Princi
135 Wardour St
52 locals recommend
Good Italian restaurant, busy but good to sit for a while, there can be some time to find tables on Thurs, Fri and Sat night
Really good food, can be busy on weekend, but can book tables on-line
381 locals recommend
Tayyabs
83-89 Fieldgate St
381 locals recommend
Really good food, can be busy on weekend, but can book tables on-line
Great steak, good price for London about £10
69 locals recommend
Flat Iron
17 Beak St
69 locals recommend
Great steak, good price for London about £10
Good restaurant, good vibe
14 locals recommend
Eat Tokyo (Soho)
16 Old Compton St
14 locals recommend
Good restaurant, good vibe
trendy burger place
86 locals recommend
Chicken Shop & Dirty Burger Whitechapel
27a Mile End Rd
86 locals recommend
trendy burger place
good Vietnamese food
14 locals recommend
Hanoi Cafe
98 Kingsland Rd
14 locals recommend
good Vietnamese food
listed restaurant for its 1930 architecture
160 locals recommend
E Pellicci
332 Bethnal Green Rd
160 locals recommend
listed restaurant for its 1930 architecture
good and inexpensive Chinese take-away
Wonderful House
132 Aylward St
good and inexpensive Chinese take-away

Shopping

Good cafe, nice location, worth the walk
63 locals recommend
Counter Cafe
7 Roach Road
63 locals recommend
Good cafe, nice location, worth the walk
One of the worlds best museums, FREE
2008 locals recommend
Tate Modern
Bankside
2008 locals recommend
One of the worlds best museums, FREE
You could spend the afternoon in this book store it is quite big with nice chairs for reading
44 locals recommend
Waterstones
82 Gower St
44 locals recommend
You could spend the afternoon in this book store it is quite big with nice chairs for reading

Essentials

farmers market on saturdays
58 locals recommend
Stepney City Farm
Stepney Way
58 locals recommend
farmers market on saturdays

Sightseeing

one of the oldest churches in London with parts that are 1000 years old
7 locals recommend
St Dunstan and All Saints
Stepney High Street
7 locals recommend
one of the oldest churches in London with parts that are 1000 years old
Great market on Saturday
860 locals recommend
Portobello Market
73a Lewisham High St
860 locals recommend
Great market on Saturday