Guidebook for London
Food Scene
Bar Italia
22 Frith StIconic Italian coffee shop. Really cool and full of character.
Bocca di Lupo
12 Archer StExcellent Italian restaurant.
Michelin starred Chinese restaurant with cool interior design. There is also a patisserie on the ground floor (which looks best at night due to their amazing lighting).
56 abantu bendawo batusa
Yauatcha Soho
15-17 Broadwick StMichelin starred Chinese restaurant with cool interior design. There is also a patisserie on the ground floor (which looks best at night due to their amazing lighting).
Thai restaurant with excellent food and very reasonable prices (the owner is the same as the Michelin starred restaurant Yauatcha).
46 abantu bendawo batusa
Busaba Soho
106-110 Wardour StThai restaurant with excellent food and very reasonable prices (the owner is the same as the Michelin starred restaurant Yauatcha).
Great brasserie (particularly good for midweek breakfast/brunch when it's less busy).
40 abantu bendawo batusa
Balthazar
4-6 Russell StGreat brasserie (particularly good for midweek breakfast/brunch when it's less busy).
A culinary institution in London. Highly recommended for elegant pre or post theatre dining.
42 abantu bendawo batusa
The Ivy
1-5 West StA culinary institution in London. Highly recommended for elegant pre or post theatre dining.
Amazing Swedish bakery. I recommend the levain (white) bread and walnut rolls. Just a 2 minute walk from the apartment making breakfast runs easy!
7 abantu bendawo batusa
Fabrique Bakery (Covent Garden)
8 Earlham StAmazing Swedish bakery. I recommend the levain (white) bread and walnut rolls. Just a 2 minute walk from the apartment making breakfast runs easy!
The Delaunay is a European café-restaurant. Open for breakfast, lunch, brunch, afternoon tea and dinner. Very chic and grand.
36 abantu bendawo batusa
The Delaunay
55 AldwychThe Delaunay is a European café-restaurant. Open for breakfast, lunch, brunch, afternoon tea and dinner. Very chic and grand.
ROKA Charlotte Street
37 Charlotte St.My favorite Japanese restaurant in London.
Gymkhana
42 Albemarle StIndian Michelin starred restaurant in Mayfair.
Just a 5 minute walk from the apartment is this Sri Lankan restaurant from the same owners as Michelin starred Indian Gymkhana. Excellent food with reasonable prices.
34 abantu bendawo batusa
Hoppers
49 Frith StJust a 5 minute walk from the apartment is this Sri Lankan restaurant from the same owners as Michelin starred Indian Gymkhana. Excellent food with reasonable prices.
This is Queen Elizabeth's favourite French restaurant and only a 15 or 20 minute walk from the apartment. Belalamy's has also won Tatler magazine’s Most Civilised Restaurant award.
Bellamy’s is everything that the modern breed of brash, look-at-me restaurants is not: calm, understated, unobtrusive and charmingly old-fashioned, with a few little quirks to remind you that this is London, not Paris: there are fish fingers and Welsh rarebit on the menu, for instance.
If you do see the Queen - say hi from me ;)
Bellamy's
18 Bruton PlThis is Queen Elizabeth's favourite French restaurant and only a 15 or 20 minute walk from the apartment. Belalamy's has also won Tatler magazine’s Most Civilised Restaurant award.
Bellamy’s is everything that the modern breed of brash, look-at-me restaurants is not: calm, understated, unobtrusive and charmingly old-fashioned, with a few little quirks to remind you that this is London, not Paris: there are fish fingers and Welsh rarebit on the menu, for instance.
If you do see the Queen - say hi from me ;)
Good 24 hour restaurant just two minutes' walk from the apartment. I like the breakfast / brunch.
39 abantu bendawo batusa
Balans Soho, No.34
34 Old Compton StGood 24 hour restaurant just two minutes' walk from the apartment. I like the breakfast / brunch.
Poppie’s is renowned for their authentic fish and chips - it's unhealthy but Poppie's have won an award for the best fish and chips in the country! Atmosphere is good (particularly if you book at table at the bar or near the DJ and glitter ball).
8 abantu bendawo batusa
Poppie's Fish & Chips, Soho
55-59 Old Compton StPoppie’s is renowned for their authentic fish and chips - it's unhealthy but Poppie's have won an award for the best fish and chips in the country! Atmosphere is good (particularly if you book at table at the bar or near the DJ and glitter ball).
The pizza with mushroom, ricotta, pumpkin seeds and chilli flakes is exceptional. It's diffcult to get a table at the Covent Garden restaurant but you can also order home delivery from https://www.supper.london/restaurant/homeslicewestend
48 abantu bendawo batusa
Homeslice Neal's Yard
13 Neal's YardThe pizza with mushroom, ricotta, pumpkin seeds and chilli flakes is exceptional. It's diffcult to get a table at the Covent Garden restaurant but you can also order home delivery from https://www.supper.london/restaurant/homeslicewestend
Pierre Victoire
5 Dean StCute causal dining French restaurant
Romantic English restaurant with excellent seasonal menus that change daily. Reservations recommended and I suggest a table on the ground floor near the window (basement is ok but not quite as charming).
16 abantu bendawo batusa
Andrew Edmunds Restaurant
46 Lexington StRomantic English restaurant with excellent seasonal menus that change daily. Reservations recommended and I suggest a table on the ground floor near the window (basement is ok but not quite as charming).
A classic London venue full of atmosphere. It's a cafe but with a brasserie restaurant serving classic French food. There's daily live music 3-5:30PM. Super cool and just two minutes' walk from the apartment.
22 abantu bendawo batusa
Cafe Boheme
13 Old Compton StA classic London venue full of atmosphere. It's a cafe but with a brasserie restaurant serving classic French food. There's daily live music 3-5:30PM. Super cool and just two minutes' walk from the apartment.
Sister restaurant to the The Ivy on West Street. The Ivy Soho Brasserie is a larger, more upbeat and modern version of the original fine dining Ivy restaurant on West Street. I recommend visiting both. Art deco interiors and sophisticated dining.
7 abantu bendawo batusa
The Ivy Soho Brasserie
26-28 Broadwick StSister restaurant to the The Ivy on West Street. The Ivy Soho Brasserie is a larger, more upbeat and modern version of the original fine dining Ivy restaurant on West Street. I recommend visiting both. Art deco interiors and sophisticated dining.
Incredible Chinese restaurant . Arrive for lunch around 12:00 so you don't wait for a table (you can't reserve). I recommend the fried chicken, lamb shoulder and fried Horlicks ice-cream bao (steamed buns). The hot spiced clementine and ginger tea is really good too.
43 abantu bendawo batusa
Barrio Soho
6 Poland StIncredible Chinese restaurant . Arrive for lunch around 12:00 so you don't wait for a table (you can't reserve). I recommend the fried chicken, lamb shoulder and fried Horlicks ice-cream bao (steamed buns). The hot spiced clementine and ginger tea is really good too.
Monmouth coffee
36 Maltby StGreat local coffee
Excellent vegetarian and vegan restaurant. Sensational. Non-pretentious.
Saravana Bhavan Leicester Square
17 Charing Cross RoadExcellent vegetarian and vegan restaurant. Sensational. Non-pretentious.
Essentials
Organic supermarket including healthy prepared food options.
782 abantu bendawo batusa
Whole Foods Market
63-97 Kensington High StOrganic supermarket including healthy prepared food options.
Tesco Metro
361 Bethnal Green RdStandard supermarket offering all groceries.
M&S
Euston RoadHigh quality supermarket.
Closest supermarket to the apartment (small with a limited range of basic groceries)
Sainsbury's Local
Charing Cross RoadClosest supermarket to the apartment (small with a limited range of basic groceries)
Drinks & Nightlife
It's called a cafe but it's actually a bar (and restaurant) serving great margaritas with cool music.
16 abantu bendawo batusa
La Bodega Negra
9 Old Compton StIt's called a cafe but it's actually a bar (and restaurant) serving great margaritas with cool music.
Little English Pub The Lamb and Flag played host to Charles Dickens, who was a regular when working in Catherine Street
7 abantu bendawo batusa
The Lamb & Flag
33 Rose StLittle English Pub The Lamb and Flag played host to Charles Dickens, who was a regular when working in Catherine Street
Parks & Nature
A peaceful little rustic garden minutes from the apartment open during the day
15 abantu bendawo batusa
Phoenix Theatre
Charing Cross RoadA peaceful little rustic garden minutes from the apartment open during the day