Guidebook for London

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Guidebook for London

Food Scene

Great food from the famous chef for reasonable prices!
12 locals recommend
Jamie Oliver's Italian Covent Garden
11 Upper St Martin's Ln
12 locals recommend
Great food from the famous chef for reasonable prices!
Fantastic and famous Thai-Restaurant - Excellent Food!
93 locals recommend
Dishoom
12 Upper St Martin's Ln
93 locals recommend
Fantastic and famous Thai-Restaurant - Excellent Food!
Fantastic Italian authentic restaurant which offers Pizza's stonebaked and Neapoletanean way with chewy crust - excellent food and right next to your house!
12 locals recommend
Rossopomodoro Covent Garden
50-52 Monmouth St
12 locals recommend
Fantastic Italian authentic restaurant which offers Pizza's stonebaked and Neapoletanean way with chewy crust - excellent food and right next to your house!
Excellent Breakfast, make sure you are there early or book a table in advance for morning gourmet and reasonable prices!
Kopapa
32-34 Monmouth St
Excellent Breakfast, make sure you are there early or book a table in advance for morning gourmet and reasonable prices!
Famous and exotic coffee! Always queues but very much worth the wait!
91 locals recommend
Monmouth coffee
36 Maltby St
91 locals recommend
Famous and exotic coffee! Always queues but very much worth the wait!
Best Fish and Chips in Covent Garden including outside seating space!
12 locals recommend
Rock and Sole Plaice
47 Endell St
12 locals recommend
Best Fish and Chips in Covent Garden including outside seating space!
Fantastic American Diner excellent for Milk Shakes (non or with alcohol - hard shakes), yummy breakfast and 50's style Rock and Roll interior! Must see!
Diner
23A Shaftesbury Avenue
Fantastic American Diner excellent for Milk Shakes (non or with alcohol - hard shakes), yummy breakfast and 50's style Rock and Roll interior! Must see!
Great and cool coffee and breakfast place offering free WIFI!
40 locals recommend
Seven Dials
Seven Dials
40 locals recommend
Great and cool coffee and breakfast place offering free WIFI!
Contemporary and stylish hotel with great bar "Light Bar" and fantastic restaurant "Asia de Cuba". A must see and try!
Mediterranean Cafe
18 Berwick St
Contemporary and stylish hotel with great bar "Light Bar" and fantastic restaurant "Asia de Cuba". A must see and try!
Cool bar which is usually first call spot for night out in the WestEnd and SoHo!
22 locals recommend
Cafe Boheme
13 Old Compton St
22 locals recommend
Cool bar which is usually first call spot for night out in the WestEnd and SoHo!
Cuban Restaurant, bar and dance venue with Live music - quite often live bands from Cuba arriving and playing! They also have on the front and next to the restaurant entrance famous cigar tasting room
11 locals recommend
100 Wardour Street
100 Wardour Street
11 locals recommend
Cuban Restaurant, bar and dance venue with Live music - quite often live bands from Cuba arriving and playing! They also have on the front and next to the restaurant entrance famous cigar tasting room
Absolute must see and/or try! This is the oldest English Restaurant in town! It has served Kings and Queens and famous people such as Napoleon, Oscar Wilde and Casanova! Londons restaurant institution
17 locals recommend
Rules
34-35 Maiden Ln
17 locals recommend
Absolute must see and/or try! This is the oldest English Restaurant in town! It has served Kings and Queens and famous people such as Napoleon, Oscar Wilde and Casanova! Londons restaurant institution
This is a simple but fantastic for duck place to eat! It is recommended by Chinese friends and have gone many times!
HK Diner
22 Wardour St
This is a simple but fantastic for duck place to eat! It is recommended by Chinese friends and have gone many times!
Florians best "Wurst" in town! The meat is importet from German black forrest butcher and best quality you can get for take away or eat in!
10 locals recommend
Herman ze German
19 Villiers St
10 locals recommend
Florians best "Wurst" in town! The meat is importet from German black forrest butcher and best quality you can get for take away or eat in!
Russina owned great and classic food! The story of the name is that the joint owners (Bob and Ricard) agreed to the name since Bob ownes 2/3 of the restaurant! They have a "press for champagne" buzzer
31 locals recommend
Bob Bob Ricard
1 Upper James St
31 locals recommend
Russina owned great and classic food! The story of the name is that the joint owners (Bob and Ricard) agreed to the name since Bob ownes 2/3 of the restaurant! They have a "press for champagne" buzzer
Seat in or take away Salt Beef, best and only in the area! Very historic and family ran since many decades!
6 locals recommend
Gaby's Deli
30 Charing Cross Road
6 locals recommend
Seat in or take away Salt Beef, best and only in the area! Very historic and family ran since many decades!
Must see and must go on Sundays when they have live opera singers in the afternoon for entertainment whilst having lunch in this very quirky restaurant!
13 locals recommend
Sarastro
126 Drury Ln
13 locals recommend
Must see and must go on Sundays when they have live opera singers in the afternoon for entertainment whilst having lunch in this very quirky restaurant!

Everything Else

Oldest and longest Play right next door to your house! It is by Agatha Christie and its famous hidden Theatre!
St. Martin's Theatre
West Street
Oldest and longest Play right next door to your house! It is by Agatha Christie and its famous hidden Theatre!
Infamous English Restaurant and Members Club!
42 locals recommend
The Ivy
1-5 West St
42 locals recommend
Infamous English Restaurant and Members Club!
Beatiful small shopping street with boutiques and many brands!
15 locals recommend
Dean Street
Dean Street
15 locals recommend
Beatiful small shopping street with boutiques and many brands!
Beatiful and famous Hotel which is favoured by A-list celebrities such as Paris Hilton! Great Breakfast and outside seating space on beatiful pavement!
7 locals recommend
Covent Garden Hotel
10 Monmouth St
7 locals recommend
Beatiful and famous Hotel which is favoured by A-list celebrities such as Paris Hilton! Great Breakfast and outside seating space on beatiful pavement!
Great place for small repairs on clothes or shoes and shoe shine plus dry clean
ShoeMaster
28 Bedfordbury
Great place for small repairs on clothes or shoes and shoe shine plus dry clean
Massive outdoor pool on roof which is the only of its kind in the centre of London!
19 locals recommend
Oasis Sports Centre
32 Endell St
19 locals recommend
Massive outdoor pool on roof which is the only of its kind in the centre of London!
French Boulangerie fresh made food on-site and fantastic sweets and cakes for the sweet tooth! :)
13 locals recommend
Le Restaurant de Paul Covent Garden
Bedford Street
13 locals recommend
French Boulangerie fresh made food on-site and fantastic sweets and cakes for the sweet tooth! :)
Run by Parisien owner whom placed his heart and sould into this beatiful Cafe - Check out their "tea time" double decker bus service which drives you through town whilst having your high tea!
9 locals recommend
B Bakery
6-7 Chandos Pl
9 locals recommend
Run by Parisien owner whom placed his heart and sould into this beatiful Cafe - Check out their "tea time" double decker bus service which drives you through town whilst having your high tea!
Your daily food shopping
M&S Charing Cross Rail Simply Food
Your daily food shopping
Your daily food shopping!
6 locals recommend
Marks & Spencer Covent Garden
107 - 115 Long Acre
6 locals recommend
Your daily food shopping!
Most famous Jazz venue in London! If you are into Jazz then this is a must see and go!
123 locals recommend
Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club
47 Frith St
123 locals recommend
Most famous Jazz venue in London! If you are into Jazz then this is a must see and go!
Beatiful little park and an oasis right next to all the "hustle and bustle" of the centre! Check out the free lunch concerts during summer time and during week only!
12 locals recommend
Victoria Embankment Gardens
Victoria Embankment
12 locals recommend
Beatiful little park and an oasis right next to all the "hustle and bustle" of the centre! Check out the free lunch concerts during summer time and during week only!
The best way to go to Greenwich or the O2 arena or Canary Wharf! Simply go by boat and dont waste time in traffic or underground! :)
14 locals recommend
Embankment Pier station
14 locals recommend
The best way to go to Greenwich or the O2 arena or Canary Wharf! Simply go by boat and dont waste time in traffic or underground! :)
Best contemporary Art in town!
2008 locals recommend
Tate Modern
Bankside
2008 locals recommend
Best contemporary Art in town!
Some of the best aged steaks in London! Upmarket Steak gourmet restaurant!
9 locals recommend
STK London
336-337 Strand
9 locals recommend
Some of the best aged steaks in London! Upmarket Steak gourmet restaurant!
Must see rooftop terrace bar and food! Overlooks Trafalgar Square!
9 locals recommend
The Trafalgar St. James London, Curio Collection by Hilton
2 Trafalgar Square
9 locals recommend
Must see rooftop terrace bar and food! Overlooks Trafalgar Square!
Fantastic first floor terrace overlooking Leicester Square! Extremely recommended during Chinese New Year celebration as it is usually free and you can see all the action below! :)
11 locals recommend
Empire Casino
5-6 Leicester Square
11 locals recommend
Fantastic first floor terrace overlooking Leicester Square! Extremely recommended during Chinese New Year celebration as it is usually free and you can see all the action below! :)
Very stylish and great place to start the night in the lounge bar [fantastic cocktails) or restaurants
6 locals recommend
W London
10 Wardour St
6 locals recommend
Very stylish and great place to start the night in the lounge bar [fantastic cocktails) or restaurants
Stylish NightClub!
8 locals recommend
Drama Park Lane
Hertford Street
8 locals recommend
Stylish NightClub!
This is where Karl Marx written "Das Kapital"! The most Iconic Museum in town!
1546 locals recommend
British Museum
Great Russell Street
1546 locals recommend
This is where Karl Marx written "Das Kapital"! The most Iconic Museum in town!

Sightseeing

Most beatiful part of Covent Garden with many shops and small alleys to explore!
40 locals recommend
Seven Dials
Seven Dials
40 locals recommend
Most beatiful part of Covent Garden with many shops and small alleys to explore!
They are not that "secret" after all and are happy to show this stunning halls on booked tours!
Freemasons' Hall
60 Great Queen St
They are not that "secret" after all and are happy to show this stunning halls on booked tours!
For all book fans out there the most important street in London!
Cecil Court
Cecil Court
For all book fans out there the most important street in London!
Pretty cool and hidden in small alley Pub - must see for all Covent Garden explorers! Check out the small walk throught to Floral Street next to the entrance!
7 locals recommend
The Lamb & Flag
33 Rose St
7 locals recommend
Pretty cool and hidden in small alley Pub - must see for all Covent Garden explorers! Check out the small walk throught to Floral Street next to the entrance!
For all musical instrument fans this is a must see and shopping from Saxophones to e-guitars including some live gig places!
Denmark Street
Denmark Street
For all musical instrument fans this is a must see and shopping from Saxophones to e-guitars including some live gig places!

Entertainment & Activities

Beatiful & famous Piazza on Covent Garden market with many stalls, boutiques and shops within the Piazza. Make sure you go in the afternoon and enjoy the showman and comedy for free! Kids will love it
955 locals recommend
Covent Garden
41 James St
955 locals recommend
Beatiful & famous Piazza on Covent Garden market with many stalls, boutiques and shops within the Piazza. Make sure you go in the afternoon and enjoy the showman and comedy for free! Kids will love it
Great Belgium food including fries with all typical Belgium sauces! The mussels are also great with fries! :)
16 locals recommend
Belgo Centraal
50 Earlham St
16 locals recommend
Great Belgium food including fries with all typical Belgium sauces! The mussels are also great with fries! :)
If it rains, good place to go!
356 locals recommend
SEA LIFE Centre London Aquarium
Westminster Bridge Road
356 locals recommend
If it rains, good place to go!
Beatiful park including great playground for children!
250 locals recommend
St. James's Park
250 locals recommend
Beatiful park including great playground for children!

Drinks & Nightlife

Fantastic spot to watch from the balcony the free comedy and showman action on the piazza whilst drinking re-freshments from this famous Pub
6 locals recommend
Punch & Judy
40 Henrietta St
6 locals recommend
Fantastic spot to watch from the balcony the free comedy and showman action on the piazza whilst drinking re-freshments from this famous Pub
Great Bar/Club - only open till 0100AM but "heaving" from 2100! Good second call when on night out and prior clubs!
7 locals recommend
Lab Bar
12 Old Compton Street
7 locals recommend
Great Bar/Club - only open till 0100AM but "heaving" from 2100! Good second call when on night out and prior clubs!
Very historic wine cellar and olders wine bar in town! Stunning vaults where you feel going back in time by hundreds of years!
114 locals recommend
Champagne Bar
87-135 Brompton Rd
114 locals recommend
Very historic wine cellar and olders wine bar in town! Stunning vaults where you feel going back in time by hundreds of years!
Fantastic little underground piano bar with live music every evening!
Charing Cross Theatre
Villiers Street
Fantastic little underground piano bar with live music every evening!
Hidden and very fun 30's style underground carbaret bar! Very compact and cool place!
14 locals recommend
CellarDoor
Wellington Street
14 locals recommend
Hidden and very fun 30's style underground carbaret bar! Very compact and cool place!
Beatiful and great top floor terrace!
10 locals recommend
ME London
Strand
10 locals recommend
Beatiful and great top floor terrace!
Football and sports large TV screen heaven!
Rileys Sports Bar Haymarket
80 Haymarket
Football and sports large TV screen heaven!
Historic and great Pub!
7 locals recommend
The Salisbury Pub
90 Saint Martin's Lane
7 locals recommend
Historic and great Pub!
Another fine pub with Sherlock Holmes living room upstairs open to public!
8 locals recommend
Sherlock Holmes
10 Northumberland St
8 locals recommend
Another fine pub with Sherlock Holmes living room upstairs open to public!
Whiskey heaven for all connoisseurs out there a must go!
Albannach
66 Trafalgar Square
Whiskey heaven for all connoisseurs out there a must go!

Essentials

Your daily food and drink shopping...
649 locals recommend
Tesco Metro
361 Bethnal Green Rd
649 locals recommend
Your daily food and drink shopping...

Shopping

Fantastic old school cigar tasting shop right in middle of SOHO! Open till late 2230!
11 locals recommend
100 Wardour Street
100 Wardour Street
11 locals recommend
Fantastic old school cigar tasting shop right in middle of SOHO! Open till late 2230!
Check out the food shops and offers they have!
45 locals recommend
China Town London Market
45 locals recommend
Check out the food shops and offers they have!