Guidebook for London
Food Scene
Banh Mi Bay
4-6 Theobalds RdThe best Vietnamese in town and it's just opposite our flat!
Eat Tokyo
169 King StGreat sushi and Japanese delights.
This was the pub where we had our first date, so it has a special place in our hearts! Plus it has a real buzz with people drinking after work and the beer is good and cheap (well cheap for London!)
15 locals recommend
Princess Louise
208 High HolbornThis was the pub where we had our first date, so it has a special place in our hearts! Plus it has a real buzz with people drinking after work and the beer is good and cheap (well cheap for London!)
Great restaurant if you're looking for something more upmarket. This whole street is beautiful and worth a visit to see where the locals eat.
91 locals recommend
Caravan Exmouth Market | Takeaway & Coffee
11-13 Exmouth MarketGreat restaurant if you're looking for something more upmarket. This whole street is beautiful and worth a visit to see where the locals eat.
Kimchee
71 High HolbornOur fave Korean. Lovely looking restaurant and very reasonably priced.
Everything Else
The Enterprise
38 Red Lion StOur closest pub, always fun with a good atmosphere.
Tiny, fun bar with dancing from 9ish at the weekend. Good cocktails and no cover charge.
43 locals recommend
Barrio Soho
6 Poland StTiny, fun bar with dancing from 9ish at the weekend. Good cocktails and no cover charge.
Apparently NASA ate in this fish and chip. It's a real institution around here. Eat in or take away.
9 locals recommend
The Fryer's Delight
19 Theobalds RdApparently NASA ate in this fish and chip. It's a real institution around here. Eat in or take away.
Drinks & Nightlife
They say that Virginia Wolf and Karl Marx drank here and we know why, it's a lovely, old school pub.
78 locals recommend
The Lamb
94 Lamb's Conduit StThey say that Virginia Wolf and Karl Marx drank here and we know why, it's a lovely, old school pub.
A nice twinkly pub only 2 minutes down one of the coolest streets in Bloomsbury.
22 locals recommend
The Perseverance
63 Lamb's Conduit StA nice twinkly pub only 2 minutes down one of the coolest streets in Bloomsbury.
Hare & Tortoise
11-13 Brunswick SquareAlways busy and very reasonably priced noodle place.
Holborn Whippet
25-29 Sicilian AveGreat choice of local beers in a busy pub.
Traditional cafe that all the local taxi drivers use. It's good for a fry up, eggs, bacon the works!
Becks cafe
28 Red Lion StTraditional cafe that all the local taxi drivers use. It's good for a fry up, eggs, bacon the works!
Essentials
The closest supermarket to our house, good for essentials and not expensive.
941 locals recommend
Sainsbury's
2 Tulse HillThe closest supermarket to our house, good for essentials and not expensive.
The biggest supermarket near to us. More upmarket than Sainsburys.
323 locals recommend
Waitrose & Partners
1 New Union SquareThe biggest supermarket near to us. More upmarket than Sainsburys.
Sightseeing
Quirky little museum in a beautiful house. It's like a mini British Museum and it's free. Ask to see the Hogarth paintings, it's quite unexpected.
183 locals recommend
Sir John Soane's Museum
13 Lincoln's Inn FieldsQuirky little museum in a beautiful house. It's like a mini British Museum and it's free. Ask to see the Hogarth paintings, it's quite unexpected.