Guidebook for London

Friederike
Friederike
Guidebook for London

Arts & Culture

Edwardian music hall, perfect acoustics for chamber music, intimate (545 seats), stunning atmosphere...also Jazz on offer and upcoming artists. We love it.
38 locals recommend
Wigmore Hall
36 Wigmore St
38 locals recommend
Edwardian music hall, perfect acoustics for chamber music, intimate (545 seats), stunning atmosphere...also Jazz on offer and upcoming artists. We love it.
Jazz club. Fab.
123 locals recommend
Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club
47 Frith St
123 locals recommend
Jazz club. Fab.
Outstanding. Worth getting the membership just to get into the members cafe and restaurant.
161 locals recommend
Royal Academy of Arts
Piccadilly
161 locals recommend
Outstanding. Worth getting the membership just to get into the members cafe and restaurant.

Shopping

Arts and Crafts half timber building - totally stunning, only the most artful interesting fashion and interiors selected - we prefer over Harrods and Selfridges.
193 locals recommend
Liberty London
Regent Street
193 locals recommend
Arts and Crafts half timber building - totally stunning, only the most artful interesting fashion and interiors selected - we prefer over Harrods and Selfridges.

Food Scene

Kid friendly, best Indian food from Kerala. We know, very good for vegetarian also.
RASA W1
6 Dering St
Kid friendly, best Indian food from Kerala. We know, very good for vegetarian also.
Creditcard crippling and astounding food. Worth it. Japanese. Celebrities.
78 locals recommend
ROKA Charlotte Street
37 Charlotte St.
78 locals recommend
Creditcard crippling and astounding food. Worth it. Japanese. Celebrities.
Japanese people galore cannot be wrong. Totally grotty interior,fabulous food, very intimate and private, we are regulars.
YoiSho
33 Goodge St
Japanese people galore cannot be wrong. Totally grotty interior,fabulous food, very intimate and private, we are regulars.
Fantastic Pizza - takeaway too - 1 min walk from us - kids friendly. Huge pizza oven to look at, great fun for kids. No Menu really - great when you are exhausted of London's overwhelming choices.
13 locals recommend
Homeslice Fitzrovia
52 Wells St
13 locals recommend
Fantastic Pizza - takeaway too - 1 min walk from us - kids friendly. Huge pizza oven to look at, great fun for kids. No Menu really - great when you are exhausted of London's overwhelming choices.
Cute, lovely, intimate Italian. very delicious food.
9 locals recommend
Polpetto
11 Berwick St
9 locals recommend
Cute, lovely, intimate Italian. very delicious food.

Entertainment & Activities

Amazing playground in old georgian orphanage grounds with a guard at the gate. You can read your papers and let the kids run! Safe! Little petting Zoo, cafe, huge sandpit with water for messy play.
67 locals recommend
Coram's Fields
93 Guilford St
67 locals recommend
Amazing playground in old georgian orphanage grounds with a guard at the gate. You can read your papers and let the kids run! Safe! Little petting Zoo, cafe, huge sandpit with water for messy play.
Magic museum for old toys - over several floors - a bit of a maze. Not many tourists know of it.
20 locals recommend
Pollocks Toy Museum
1 Scala St
20 locals recommend
Magic museum for old toys - over several floors - a bit of a maze. Not many tourists know of it.
Great playground - run off steam after museum schlepp.
Crabtree Fields
17 Colville Pl
Great playground - run off steam after museum schlepp.

Everything Else

No need to comment - breathtaking.
1546 locals recommend
British Museum
Great Russell Street
1546 locals recommend
No need to comment - breathtaking.

Sightseeing

A dream: enter a huge vault which contains 65 small vaults, which are all silver shops: the owners know the history of the world through this metal and are great fun to talk to.
The London Silver Vaults
53-64 Chancery Ln
A dream: enter a huge vault which contains 65 small vaults, which are all silver shops: the owners know the history of the world through this metal and are great fun to talk to.
A Grade I high victorian architectural gem of a church - no tourists here, although it has an outstanding choir and organist.
8 locals recommend
All Saints Church
7 Margaret St
8 locals recommend
A Grade I high victorian architectural gem of a church - no tourists here, although it has an outstanding choir and organist.
A magic neoclassical maze. The work of the first serious interior designer of Great Britain - Egyptian tombs, roman busts and vases, Hogarth paintings galore. WE love it.
184 locals recommend
Sir John Soane's Museum
13 Lincoln's Inn Fields
184 locals recommend
A magic neoclassical maze. The work of the first serious interior designer of Great Britain - Egyptian tombs, roman busts and vases, Hogarth paintings galore. WE love it.

Essentials

We go here for Baguette, Bread, Jam - 5 different kinds of chocolate spread.
151 locals recommend
Le Pain Quotidien
70 Parsons Green Ln
151 locals recommend
We go here for Baguette, Bread, Jam - 5 different kinds of chocolate spread.
We go here for fruit and veg.
46 locals recommend
Berwick Street Market
Berwick Street
46 locals recommend
We go here for fruit and veg.
Nicest food supermarket - high quality on a lovely little high street. Do deliveries.
73 locals recommend
Waitrose & Partners Marylebone
101 Marylebone High St
73 locals recommend
Nicest food supermarket - high quality on a lovely little high street. Do deliveries.
Our emergency store across the road. All the necessaries if you can't be bothered to organise anything
34 locals recommend
Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd
92 Walm Ln
34 locals recommend
Our emergency store across the road. All the necessaries if you can't be bothered to organise anything