Guidebook for London
Food Scene
*** £Best Viet canteen! Low key fresh and delicious.Crispy pancake, beef balls in betel leafs,fresh prawn rolls, papaya salad,pork noodles bun(n60) & the pho! Service can be so ruthless,it is funny.
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Sông Quê Café
134 Kingsland Rd*** £Best Viet canteen! Low key fresh and delicious.Crispy pancake, beef balls in betel leafs,fresh prawn rolls, papaya salad,pork noodles bun(n60) & the pho! Service can be so ruthless,it is funny.
Beagle
397-400 Geffrye Street***££ Very nice continental menu.Nice service and atmosphere.
Swedish bakery and coffee shop. fantastic bread and delicious cinnamon rolls.
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Fabrique Bakery
385 Geffrye StSwedish bakery and coffee shop. fantastic bread and delicious cinnamon rolls.
*** Best Coffee Just new door.Great atmosphere! And the wahouu smell from the coffee roaster !
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Allpress Espresso Bar London
58 Redchurch St*** Best Coffee Just new door.Great atmosphere! And the wahouu smell from the coffee roaster !
Highly recommended! Posh all day British canteen. Very good food for brunch, tea and cakes, or Pie. Unique bakery on site, *best croissant* in town and delicious cakes.
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Albion
2-4 Boundary StHighly recommended! Posh all day British canteen. Very good food for brunch, tea and cakes, or Pie. Unique bakery on site, *best croissant* in town and delicious cakes.
Highly recommended! Iranian Indian cafe'! Very nice atmosphere.
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Dishoom Shoreditch
7 Boundary StHighly recommended! Iranian Indian cafe'! Very nice atmosphere.
***£££ New 1 star Michelin! Worth it! Stay at the bar or go for lunch (3 courses £35) to keep it cheap. £55/5 courses menu in the resto.Perfect for vegetarians.My fav:Buttermilk fried chicken
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The Clove Club
380 Old St***£££ New 1 star Michelin! Worth it! Stay at the bar or go for lunch (3 courses £35) to keep it cheap. £55/5 courses menu in the resto.Perfect for vegetarians.My fav:Buttermilk fried chicken
***£ open 24/7 a 200years old institution beigel take away.Best are salmon and cream cheese or the famous saltbeef beagel,. The rest can be dissapointing. cheap and filling, dont expect to much though
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Beigel Bake
159 Brick Ln***£ open 24/7 a 200years old institution beigel take away.Best are salmon and cream cheese or the famous saltbeef beagel,. The rest can be dissapointing. cheap and filling, dont expect to much though
Tas Firin Restaurant
160 Bethnal Green Rd** £ Cheap & cheerful busy Turkish barbecue
*** £ Full English breakfast anyone? fry ups? Traditional British caff run by 3rd generation Italian family. Go for the vibe and unique atmosphere.Down to earth comfort food. Always packed.
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E Pellicci
332 Bethnal Green Rd*** £ Full English breakfast anyone? fry ups? Traditional British caff run by 3rd generation Italian family. Go for the vibe and unique atmosphere.Down to earth comfort food. Always packed.
Poppies Fish & Chips, Spitalfields
6-8 Hanbury St***£ Best Fish and chips!
** ££ cool pizza place. good food, really nice vibe and set up
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Pizza East Shoreditch
56 Shoreditch High St** ££ cool pizza place. good food, really nice vibe and set up
*** ££ Peruvian resto! My new favorit! Ceviche ceviche! Quinoa salad! Great service and atmosphere. Very good fruit juices and smoothies.Reasonable price for the quality.
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Andina Shoreditch
60-62 Commercial St*** ££ Peruvian resto! My new favorit! Ceviche ceviche! Quinoa salad! Great service and atmosphere. Very good fruit juices and smoothies.Reasonable price for the quality.
*** ££ THE BEST resto wine bar I know.Chefs are amazing. Cheap for the amazing quality of the wine and food. Rough settings,be prepare to eat on wood pallets table! :-)don't get lost!
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40 Maltby Street
40 Maltby St*** ££ THE BEST resto wine bar I know.Chefs are amazing. Cheap for the amazing quality of the wine and food. Rough settings,be prepare to eat on wood pallets table! :-)don't get lost!
*** ££ Spanish Tapas JAMON JAMON JAMOOON! Hand carved spanish ham on the bone!Great wine. £10 for a little ham sounds ludicrous but the bellotta is cheaper than a trip to madrid! great cave arches
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Bar Tozino
Maltby Street*** ££ Spanish Tapas JAMON JAMON JAMOOON! Hand carved spanish ham on the bone!Great wine. £10 for a little ham sounds ludicrous but the bellotta is cheaper than a trip to madrid! great cave arches
Fika
161 Brick Lane**£ Swedish restaurant. Quirky and friendly peeps! Honest food
London’s first cat café! Tea and cats, and hairy? cakes...euuh Maybe I let you go first, you let me know ! :-) Meow meow
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Lady Dinah's Cat Emporium
Bethnal Green RoadLondon’s first cat café! Tea and cats, and hairy? cakes...euuh Maybe I let you go first, you let me know ! :-) Meow meow
***£ MUST Café breakfast/brunch. Lovely local place. So much love and care. Simple and delicious food. Omelletes, brownies, coffee all so nice. Next door check Leila grocery shop.
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Leila's Shop
Calvert Avenue***£ MUST Café breakfast/brunch. Lovely local place. So much love and care. Simple and delicious food. Omelletes, brownies, coffee all so nice. Next door check Leila grocery shop.
***££ Best sushi in the area at reasonable price. Next door Barbican cultural center and cinema.
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Pham Sushi
159 Whitecross St***££ Best sushi in the area at reasonable price. Next door Barbican cultural center and cinema.
£ Great italian restaurant next nice Porcupine pub
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Sartori - Italian Restaurant & Pizzeria
15 Great Newport St£ Great italian restaurant next nice Porcupine pub
Yalla Yalla
1 Green's CtNice Lebanese food
SHORYU RAMEN Soho
3 Denman St£ Great Ramen! Japanese noodle soup!
Flat White
17 Berwick StGreat kiwi coffee shop
££ Excellent new Israeli-Palestinian restaurant. Book in advance or prepare to wait to be seated.
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The Mulwray
28 Rupert St££ Excellent new Israeli-Palestinian restaurant. Book in advance or prepare to wait to be seated.
£££ 1 star michelin, amazing dim sum and french cakes. It is quiet expensive but so nice
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Yauatcha Soho
15-17 Broadwick St£££ 1 star michelin, amazing dim sum and french cakes. It is quiet expensive but so nice
*** £££ Simon Rogan new restaurant in this iconic luxury hotel. 1star michelin already! Very expensive but there is a secret £34 / 3 courses lunch everyday! Shuuu... Ask for it when booking
Fera at Claridge's
Brook Street*** £££ Simon Rogan new restaurant in this iconic luxury hotel. 1star michelin already! Very expensive but there is a secret £34 / 3 courses lunch everyday! Shuuu... Ask for it when booking
£ Sichuan chinese canteen. Very spicy but excellent and cheap
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My Old Place
88-90 Middlesex St£ Sichuan chinese canteen. Very spicy but excellent and cheap
Dirty Burger Shoreditch
13 Bethnal Green Road£ Great burger on the go!
Cool hang out and nice food , Chicken or burger
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Chicken Shop & Dirty Burger Whitechapel
27a Mile End RdCool hang out and nice food , Chicken or burger
Arts & Culture
**Great night club! Check the prog & gigs! Young crowd mostly under 25.
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XOYO
32-37 Cowper St**Great night club! Check the prog & gigs! Young crowd mostly under 25.
Rich Mix
35-47 Bethnal Green RdCinema & arty center. Good cinema 1 minute away
*** Excellent dance center, always great shows. Book tickets in a hurry!
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Sadlers Wells Theatre (Stop UB) station
*** Excellent dance center, always great shows. Book tickets in a hurry!
***Excellent independent local cinema. Movies, music and poetry! Check what's on! Great snacks food, hot dogs and cronuts! Lux it up in studio 5
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Genesis Cinema
93-95 Mile End Rd***Excellent independent local cinema. Movies, music and poetry! Check what's on! Great snacks food, hot dogs and cronuts! Lux it up in studio 5
One of the best cultural center in London! gigs, talks, exhibition, cinema, etc. This ugly/beautiful complex building is worth a detour!
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Barbican Centre
Silk StreetOne of the best cultural center in London! gigs, talks, exhibition, cinema, etc. This ugly/beautiful complex building is worth a detour!
Drinks & Nightlife
The Owl & Pussycat
34 Redchurch St***£ Great pub
Well & Bucket
143 Bethnal Green Rd***£ Great pub
Callooh Callay Bar
65 Rivington St*** ££ very good cocktail bar
** PUB great and little! awesome staff, beer and food. excellent sunday roast but always hard to get a seat on sundays
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Carpenters Arms The Public Houses
91 Black Lion Ln** PUB great and little! awesome staff, beer and food. excellent sunday roast but always hard to get a seat on sundays
Commercial Street
Commercial Street*** great pub
** Great Pub. Hey babe! Nice old-fashion boozer
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The Golden Heart Public House
110 Commercial St** Great Pub. Hey babe! Nice old-fashion boozer
PUB Big and great to watch football matches and sport and Beer garden terrace
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The Water Poet
9-11 Folgate StPUB Big and great to watch football matches and sport and Beer garden terrace
Princi
135 Wardour StNice Italian canteen
Great view on the Thames especially at sunset! Perfect on a sunny day. It is a gastropub owned by Gordon Ramsay, no fine dining here, food is ok. Nice walk on the Thames path or Limehouse Basin Marina
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The Narrow - Gordon Ramsay
44 Narrow StGreat view on the Thames especially at sunset! Perfect on a sunny day. It is a gastropub owned by Gordon Ramsay, no fine dining here, food is ok. Nice walk on the Thames path or Limehouse Basin Marina
Sightseeing
*** Saturday morning tasty food market off the beaten track.Small & less touristy than Borough market. Reuben sandwich,French cheese and patisserie, burgers .Get a map or get lost!
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40 Maltby Street
40 Maltby St*** Saturday morning tasty food market off the beaten track.Small & less touristy than Borough market. Reuben sandwich,French cheese and patisserie, burgers .Get a map or get lost!
***Unmissable! MUST! FREE! walk the bridge. Awesome view both side!
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Tower Bridge
Tower Bridge Road***Unmissable! MUST! FREE! walk the bridge. Awesome view both side!
** City hall.Same architect as the Gherkin, Norman Foster...nicknamed " the glass testicle ". Sometimes the topfloor is open to public.Go try your luck if you walk by.
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City Hall
Kamal Chunchie Way** City hall.Same architect as the Gherkin, Norman Foster...nicknamed " the glass testicle ". Sometimes the topfloor is open to public.Go try your luck if you walk by.
*** MUST Little garden/bandstand The neighborhood crown jewel. A gem just behind the building.
Read all about it's history on Friends of Arnold circus website
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Arnold Circus
Arnold Circus*** MUST Little garden/bandstand The neighborhood crown jewel. A gem just behind the building.
Read all about it's history on Friends of Arnold circus website
Old Spitalfields Market
16 Commercial StBest on sunday. Lots of shops and resto!
Walk off the beaten track around those Georgian houses in Princelet, Fournier and Wilkes street.Have a look online. Some much history! Hugenot, Jewish, Bengali, and now movies stars
19 Princelet Street
19 Princelet StWalk off the beaten track around those Georgian houses in Princelet, Fournier and Wilkes street.Have a look online. Some much history! Hugenot, Jewish, Bengali, and now movies stars
*** FREE Quirky exceptional little gem of a museum! Eclectic collection arranged by an architect in 1830's of paintings, sculptures, ruins fragment, books and even an Egyptian sarcophagus and more!
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Sir John Soane's Museum
13 Lincoln's Inn Fields*** FREE Quirky exceptional little gem of a museum! Eclectic collection arranged by an architect in 1830's of paintings, sculptures, ruins fragment, books and even an Egyptian sarcophagus and more!
FREE Interesting museum, showcasing well how London was built and evolved along the century. The shop inside is perfect for souvenirs or books to take back home
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Museum of London
Museum of LondonFREE Interesting museum, showcasing well how London was built and evolved along the century. The shop inside is perfect for souvenirs or books to take back home
Everything Else
*£ Craft brewery. Far away/hard to find not much open but the best craft beer I know! Open only Saturday from 9am to 2pm. during Maltby market.Check all the nearby Spa terminus food wholesalers
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The Kernel Brewery
Dockley Road*£ Craft brewery. Far away/hard to find not much open but the best craft beer I know! Open only Saturday from 9am to 2pm. during Maltby market.Check all the nearby Spa terminus food wholesalers
Book online for the best rate! dont forget your passport. BestForeignExchange.com
Thomas Exchange Global
Unit 17 The Arcade Liverpool Street EC2M 7PN
020 7183 8370 info@bestforeignexchan
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Thomas Exchange Global Ltd
33 Liverpool StBook online for the best rate! dont forget your passport. BestForeignExchange.com
Thomas Exchange Global
Unit 17 The Arcade Liverpool Street EC2M 7PN
020 7183 8370 info@bestforeignexchan
Shopping
£££ Antiques and salvage shop. great and unique pieces ...a bit pricey but worth a look.
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LASSCO Ropewalk
7 Maltby St£££ Antiques and salvage shop. great and unique pieces ...a bit pricey but worth a look.
***Vintage clothes warehouse. A must for any shoppers! worth the 5 minutes walk of Bricklane
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Beyond Retro Cheshire Street
Cheshire Street***Vintage clothes warehouse. A must for any shoppers! worth the 5 minutes walk of Bricklane
*** Timeless functional quality domestic goods shop.Have a look 1 minute from the flat!
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Labour and Wait
85 Redchurch St*** Timeless functional quality domestic goods shop.Have a look 1 minute from the flat!
**££ jewellery shop. Plastic is fantastic! Inventive quirky fun. Always ahead of their cheap imitators: butterfly, london bus necklaces, bow tie ring,...
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Tatty Devine
236 Brick Ln**££ jewellery shop. Plastic is fantastic! Inventive quirky fun. Always ahead of their cheap imitators: butterfly, london bus necklaces, bow tie ring,...
Hat shop. East london best head-dressers! A must see for all fashionistas! tiny but nice
Bernstock Speirs
Hat shop. East london best head-dressers! A must see for all fashionistas! tiny but nice
Good value vintage, out the beaten track worth the trip for the fashionistas. Rundown prices in a rundown warehouse
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East End Thrift Store
4 Assembly PassageGood value vintage, out the beaten track worth the trip for the fashionistas. Rundown prices in a rundown warehouse
Absolute Vintage
14 Hanbury StGreat vintage store
Essentials
Food wholesalers opening their warehouse railway arches to the public on saturday 9am-2pm only Get a map or get lost! Not much street food, cooks heaven!
spa-terminus co uk
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Spa Terminus
Dockley RoadFood wholesalers opening their warehouse railway arches to the public on saturday 9am-2pm only Get a map or get lost! Not much street food, cooks heaven!
spa-terminus co uk
Nearest small supermarket + Free cash machine
Open 0700- 2300 everyday! Cheap bakery section inside
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Sainsbury's Local
29-31 Blackstock RdNearest small supermarket + Free cash machine
Open 0700- 2300 everyday! Cheap bakery section inside
small supermarket open 0600-2300 everyday + free cash machine
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Tesco Express
179 Shoreditch High Stsmall supermarket open 0600-2300 everyday + free cash machine
Big Tesco supermarket Open 24hrs Monday to Saturday and Sunday 1200-1800
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Tesco Metro
361 Bethnal Green RdBig Tesco supermarket Open 24hrs Monday to Saturday and Sunday 1200-1800
Cheddar!!!!! Best British cheese shop in Borough market, try a slice of Stichelton, like Stilton but better!
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Neal's Yard Dairy
8 Park StCheddar!!!!! Best British cheese shop in Borough market, try a slice of Stichelton, like Stilton but better!
Borough Market
Borough High StreetAmazing food and street food market!