Guidebook for London

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Guidebook for London

Food Scene

Superb French restaurant, with seasonally changing menu, near vibrant Exmouth Market.
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La Petite Auberge
283-284 Upper Street
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Superb French restaurant, with seasonally changing menu, near vibrant Exmouth Market.
Hard to find tucked away in a small alleyway but exceptional sushi. Turn right before the Zetter and head up past the Modern Pantry.
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Sushi Tetsu
12 Jerusalem Passage
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Hard to find tucked away in a small alleyway but exceptional sushi. Turn right before the Zetter and head up past the Modern Pantry.
Old Victorian gastro pub with good food at reasonable prices.
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The Union Tavern
45 Woodfield Rd
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Old Victorian gastro pub with good food at reasonable prices.
Cheap full English breakfast, a 15 minute walk away (towards Kings Cross)
Cafe Maya
114 Farringdon Road
Cheap full English breakfast, a 15 minute walk away (towards Kings Cross)
Excellent if pricey breakfasts and lunches, with great coffee, down the alleyway next to the Foxtons Estate agents. Weekend brunches get busy.
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J + A Cafe
92A Old St
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Excellent if pricey breakfasts and lunches, with great coffee, down the alleyway next to the Foxtons Estate agents. Weekend brunches get busy.
Cheap breakfast sandwiches and excellent coffee - perfect for an on the go breakfast - the cakes are great too!
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Benugo Clerkenwell
116 St John St
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Cheap breakfast sandwiches and excellent coffee - perfect for an on the go breakfast - the cakes are great too!
Staggeringly good home-made cakes in a cute cafe near Holborn.
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Beauty in Bloomsbury
42 Theobalds Rd
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Staggeringly good home-made cakes in a cute cafe near Holborn.
This is how coffee should be made - slowly & expertly and the guys and girls here really know their stuff.
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Prufrock Coffee
23-25 Leather Ln
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This is how coffee should be made - slowly & expertly and the guys and girls here really know their stuff.
Mediterranean food both from Europe and North Africa. Morito next door is slightly cheaper and just as good.
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Moro
34-36 Exmouth Market
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Mediterranean food both from Europe and North Africa. Morito next door is slightly cheaper and just as good.
How about eating in the dark....I mean the complete pitch black? Served by blind waiters, this is a unique culinary experience.
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Dans Le Noir
30-31 Clerkenwell Grn
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How about eating in the dark....I mean the complete pitch black? Served by blind waiters, this is a unique culinary experience.
Our local Indian restaurant. Great food, reasonable prices.
Maira Indian Cuisine
17B Aylesbury St
Our local Indian restaurant. Great food, reasonable prices.
Another tricky one to find, just off of Charterhouse Square, but with excellent food and an authentic French atmosphere, often including a live pianist.
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Le Café du Marché
22 Charterhouse Square
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Another tricky one to find, just off of Charterhouse Square, but with excellent food and an authentic French atmosphere, often including a live pianist.
When excellent, fancy, delicious French food is calling, this place answers. Prices match the quality.
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Club Gascon - French Michelin Starred Restaurant
57 W Smithfield
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When excellent, fancy, delicious French food is calling, this place answers. Prices match the quality.
Bar on the ground floor, restaurants on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd floors, with prices rising as you do. The top floor is one of London's seminal dining experiences - it's got to be steak....
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Smiths of Smithfield
67-77 Charterhouse St
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Bar on the ground floor, restaurants on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd floors, with prices rising as you do. The top floor is one of London's seminal dining experiences - it's got to be steak....
Vietnamese soups, salads and sandwiches, great for lunch or a good value dinner.
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Pho Clerkenwell
86 St John St
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Vietnamese soups, salads and sandwiches, great for lunch or a good value dinner.

Drinks & Nightlife

Traditional British Pub, with live music and good food.
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The Wilmington Public House and Dining
69 Rosebery Ave
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Traditional British Pub, with live music and good food.
Fantastic cocktails with a roaring open fire in a unique setting of a Victorian House, tucked away in St John Square behind the hotel of the same name.
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The Zetter Townhouse Clerkenwell
49-50 St John's Square
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Fantastic cocktails with a roaring open fire in a unique setting of a Victorian House, tucked away in St John Square behind the hotel of the same name.
One of Shoreditch's most popular cocktail bars, great for a date with excellent cocktails. Go through the wardrobe at the back to find the second hidden bar.....
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Callooh Callay Bar
65 Rivington St
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One of Shoreditch's most popular cocktail bars, great for a date with excellent cocktails. Go through the wardrobe at the back to find the second hidden bar.....
For something completely different, go into the Breakfast Club and ask the hostess if you can speak to the mayor. You'll find yourself in one of the "coolest" bars in the area. Also great for brunch.
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The Mayor of Scaredy Cat Town
12-16 Artillery Ln
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For something completely different, go into the Breakfast Club and ask the hostess if you can speak to the mayor. You'll find yourself in one of the "coolest" bars in the area. Also great for brunch.
Another less well known bar, reminiscent of a 1920s Speakeasy. Excellent cocktails from the knowledgeable bar staff.
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London Cocktail Club
63 Worship Street
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Another less well known bar, reminiscent of a 1920s Speakeasy. Excellent cocktails from the knowledgeable bar staff.
If it's early in the week and everywhere else is a bit quiet, there's normally a bit of life in this excellent hotel bar, now owned by Soho House Group. The restaurant is also great.
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The Hoxton Mix
86-90 Paul St
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If it's early in the week and everywhere else is a bit quiet, there's normally a bit of life in this excellent hotel bar, now owned by Soho House Group. The restaurant is also great.
Housed in an 18th century building, this has only been a pub since the 1990s but it feels much older. Bags of charm and great beers.
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The Jerusalem Tavern
55 Britton St
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Housed in an 18th century building, this has only been a pub since the 1990s but it feels much older. Bags of charm and great beers.

Everything Else

Moments away with great take away Chinese food. Tel 020 7251 1433
Mr Chans
21 Clerkenwell Rd
Moments away with great take away Chinese food. Tel 020 7251 1433
Clothing, crafts, food & drink - the perfect place to pick up a gift for yourself or those back home. Sunday is the main day.
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Régi Spitalfields piac
16 Commercial St
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Clothing, crafts, food & drink - the perfect place to pick up a gift for yourself or those back home. Sunday is the main day.
Great shopping centre, far less crowded than the West End or Westfield, with excellent views of St Pauls and some great restaurants.
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One New Change
New Change
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Great shopping centre, far less crowded than the West End or Westfield, with excellent views of St Pauls and some great restaurants.
A Sunday special - this market has to be seen to be believed - it's very crowded (especially if the sun is shining) but a nice place to spend an hour amongst the flowers.
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Columbia Road Flower Market
Columbia Road
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A Sunday special - this market has to be seen to be believed - it's very crowded (especially if the sun is shining) but a nice place to spend an hour amongst the flowers.
Smithfield or, to give it its official name, London Central Markets, is the largest wholesale meat market in the UK. Arrive before 7am to see it in full flow. Tours run monthly.
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Smithfield Market
Grand Avenue
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Smithfield or, to give it its official name, London Central Markets, is the largest wholesale meat market in the UK. Arrive before 7am to see it in full flow. Tours run monthly.

Sightseeing

In the house where Dickens lived for many years, you can gain a fantastic insight into his life.
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Charles Dickens Múzeum
48-49 Doughty St
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In the house where Dickens lived for many years, you can gain a fantastic insight into his life.

Arts & Culture

The biggest Arts and Exhibition Centre in Europe is just minutes away. Cinema, theatre, concerts and a great cafe overlooking the peaceful lake. Highly recommended.
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Barbican Központ
Silk Street
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The biggest Arts and Exhibition Centre in Europe is just minutes away. Cinema, theatre, concerts and a great cafe overlooking the peaceful lake. Highly recommended.