Guidebook for London
Food Scene
Brixton Village Market
Unit 74 Coldharbour LnOval Farmers' Market
Kennington Park RoadReally lovely farmers market!
Borough Market
Borough High StreetFamous food market - everything you want you can find here!
Absolutely love this place - bars, food, backyard cinema, cheese, wine, pastries, what more could you want!?
227 locals recommend
Mercato Metropolitano
42 Newington CausewayAbsolutely love this place - bars, food, backyard cinema, cheese, wine, pastries, what more could you want!?
Nice little food market and O'meara is a great bar which is open until late and has some great music
60 locals recommend
Flea at Flat Iron Square
45 Southwark StNice little food market and O'meara is a great bar which is open until late and has some great music
Really nice and reasonable steak house - Highly recommend...
Can be quite a long wait, so get there before you want to eat, expect to wait 2 hours for a table, but there is a pub next door and they text you when your table is ready.
31 locals recommend
Flat Iron Covent Garden
17-18 Henrietta StReally nice and reasonable steak house - Highly recommend...
Can be quite a long wait, so get there before you want to eat, expect to wait 2 hours for a table, but there is a pub next door and they text you when your table is ready.
Lovely pizza restaurant right on the river with fantastic views!!!
6 locals recommend
Gourmet Pizza Co
56 Upper GroundLovely pizza restaurant right on the river with fantastic views!!!
Stunning restaurant in Piccadilly and the set menu is very reasonable. When I have been they have had a string quartet playing, nice place to pretend you are classy!
49 locals recommend
Brasserie Zédel
20 Sherwood StStunning restaurant in Piccadilly and the set menu is very reasonable. When I have been they have had a string quartet playing, nice place to pretend you are classy!
Adulis
44-46 Brixton RdLove this place! £20 for Lobster and all you can eat fries/salad £20 for a steak and all you can eat fries/salad
7 locals recommend
Steak & Lobster Warren Street
6-7 Warren StLove this place! £20 for Lobster and all you can eat fries/salad £20 for a steak and all you can eat fries/salad
German Gymnasium
1 King's BlvdFull of character - really cool place
Caravan King's Cross
1 Granary SquareNice little brunch place
Drinks & Nightlife
Little bit out of the way and not too touristy... Food market next door, great spot.
13 locals recommend
OMEARA
6 O'Meara StLittle bit out of the way and not too touristy... Food market next door, great spot.
Love this little bar. Quite strange, little bit seedy, sometimes expensive to get in, but they have jazz bands on every night until about 3am... many a good night in here
Jazz After Dark
9 Greek StLove this little bar. Quite strange, little bit seedy, sometimes expensive to get in, but they have jazz bands on every night until about 3am... many a good night in here
This bar turns in to a great little club. Great night and cheesy music!
21 locals recommend
Market House
443 Coldharbour LnThis bar turns in to a great little club. Great night and cheesy music!
Dogstar
389 Coldharbour LnThe Old Thameside Inn
Clink StreetGreat pub, right on the river in London Bridge - a favourite pub of mine
Lovely pub, 10 minute walk from the flat (or 1 stop on the bus towards Brixton if you are lazy!!)
78 locals recommend
Crown and Anchor
246 Brixton RdLovely pub, 10 minute walk from the flat (or 1 stop on the bus towards Brixton if you are lazy!!)
Arts & Culture
Imperial War Museums
Lambeth RoadGreat Museum, just a short bus ride away
My favourite museum in the world!!!
Most museums in London are free too which is great, you do have to pay if there is a particular exhibition though...
1954 locals recommend
Natural History Museum
Cromwell RoadMy favourite museum in the world!!!
Most museums in London are free too which is great, you do have to pay if there is a particular exhibition though...
Churchill War Rooms
King Charles StreetI love this place. Peaceful and beautiful, great spot to go to get out of the rain!
353 locals recommend
National Portrait Gallery
Saint Martin's PlaceI love this place. Peaceful and beautiful, great spot to go to get out of the rain!
Parks & Nature
St. James's Park
Beautiful park, huge lake with tons of birds.
Kennington Park
Kennington Park RoadGreat park just up the road to go for a little wander round/jog.
Essentials
Tesco Express
179 Shoreditch High St3 minute walk from the flat
Shopping
Literally everything you could want in terms of shopping - absolutely packed all the time, so not to everyone's taste!
1427 locals recommend
Oxford Street
Oxford StreetLiterally everything you could want in terms of shopping - absolutely packed all the time, so not to everyone's taste!
Regent Street
Regent StreetGreat again for shopping, very busy all the time.
Getting Around
Oval station
310 Kennington Park RdNorthern Line (Zone 2)
Brixton Station
Brixton RoadVictoria Line (Zone 2)
This is the stop to get off at for the flat, coming from Oval and the stop to get on at if you want to get a bus to Brixton
Vassall Road (Stop RH) station
This is the stop to get off at for the flat, coming from Oval and the stop to get on at if you want to get a bus to Brixton