Guidebook for London
Food Scene
Beautiful canal-boat café with decent coffee, home-made cakes and muffins, and grilled panini. Seating outside and in (where you're at duck level).
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Waterside Cafe
Warwick CrescentBeautiful canal-boat café with decent coffee, home-made cakes and muffins, and grilled panini. Seating outside and in (where you're at duck level).
Fabulous location and mostly good food. Drinks are expensive though. Come here to see and be seen!
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The Waterway
54 Formosa StFabulous location and mostly good food. Drinks are expensive though. Come here to see and be seen!
Fantastic Persian restaurant. Highly recommended!! Tell them Kate sent you and get them to tell you about the dessert I would kill for :). It is however a bit echoey. You will need to book.
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Kateh
5 Warwick PlFantastic Persian restaurant. Highly recommended!! Tell them Kate sent you and get them to tell you about the dessert I would kill for :). It is however a bit echoey. You will need to book.
Beautiful spot to eat right on the water - the restaurant is actually a canal boat. Food is on the pricey side but excellent, with a focus on fish.
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The Summerhouse
Blomfield RoadBeautiful spot to eat right on the water - the restaurant is actually a canal boat. Food is on the pricey side but excellent, with a focus on fish.
Highly, highly recommended pizza. Wonderful crispy bases and delicious toppings on pizzas the size of flying saucers.
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Italian Pizza Connection
94 Bishop's Bridge RdHighly, highly recommended pizza. Wonderful crispy bases and delicious toppings on pizzas the size of flying saucers.
A Chinese institution in London (there's one in Chinatown too, but this is the original), the Four Seasons is famed for its crispy duck. Oh, and for its extremely bossy head waitress! Expect to queue.
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Four Seasons
84 QueenswayA Chinese institution in London (there's one in Chinatown too, but this is the original), the Four Seasons is famed for its crispy duck. Oh, and for its extremely bossy head waitress! Expect to queue.
Chinese restaurant. Quite dark, formal atmosphere but very good dim-sum.
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Pearl Liang
8 Sheldon SquareChinese restaurant. Quite dark, formal atmosphere but very good dim-sum.
Also known as "Romance in Little Venice". Fabulous, friendly Australian café and now evening bar too. With great coffee, fresh squeezed juices, delicious sandwiches, salads and cakes, and a pimped-up motorcycle rocking horse in the window.
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Beany Green
25 Brock StAlso known as "Romance in Little Venice". Fabulous, friendly Australian café and now evening bar too. With great coffee, fresh squeezed juices, delicious sandwiches, salads and cakes, and a pimped-up motorcycle rocking horse in the window.
The Quince Tree is a beautiful, charming cafe in the middle of the oldest garden centre in London. Clifton Gardens is worth a visit on its own. Expensive but high quality coffee/tea, cakes, lunches and brunches.
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Quince Tree Cafe
5A Clifton VillasThe Quince Tree is a beautiful, charming cafe in the middle of the oldest garden centre in London. Clifton Gardens is worth a visit on its own. Expensive but high quality coffee/tea, cakes, lunches and brunches.
Quirky, romantic French restaurant with a great atmosphere and friendly staff.
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Les Petits Gourmets
18 Formosa StQuirky, romantic French restaurant with a great atmosphere and friendly staff.
Incredible food and a very, very relaxed fun atmosphere at this family-run Greek restaurant. Authentic and delicious. Highly, highly recommended. You should book if you want to go on a Friday or Saturday. Great for parties!
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Tsiakkos & Charcoal
5 Marylands RdIncredible food and a very, very relaxed fun atmosphere at this family-run Greek restaurant. Authentic and delicious. Highly, highly recommended. You should book if you want to go on a Friday or Saturday. Great for parties!
I love this Mexican restaurant and tequila bar. The BEST margaritas and ceviche and funky decor. Well worth a quick stop if you're on your way to explore Portobello Market.
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Santo
299 Portobello RdI love this Mexican restaurant and tequila bar. The BEST margaritas and ceviche and funky decor. Well worth a quick stop if you're on your way to explore Portobello Market.
Drinks & Nightlife
Fantastic pub a 10-min walk away along the canal. London-brewed beers, a great selection of whiskies, great atmosphere, brilliant food (they have their own smoker, and the 12-hour ribs are the best I've ever eaten) and friendly, nice service. Live music on some nights, pub quizzes on others. In summer, sit outside by the canal.
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The Union Tavern
45 Woodfield RdFantastic pub a 10-min walk away along the canal. London-brewed beers, a great selection of whiskies, great atmosphere, brilliant food (they have their own smoker, and the 12-hour ribs are the best I've ever eaten) and friendly, nice service. Live music on some nights, pub quizzes on others. In summer, sit outside by the canal.
Lovely traditional pub with a relaxed atmosphere, great music, friendly staff, fabulous fish & chips, and several tables out on the pavement to enjoy your pint on one of the prettiest streets around.
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Warwick Castle
4a Warwick PlLovely traditional pub with a relaxed atmosphere, great music, friendly staff, fabulous fish & chips, and several tables out on the pavement to enjoy your pint on one of the prettiest streets around.
Quite the most unusually beautiful pub I've ever seen. Cut glass, mosaic floors and amazing stucco ceilings. But the highlight is the way it's structured. You'll see when you get there! Ask the staff about why it was built this way.
Food is good quality and value (although personally I find that the place often smells of cooking which puts me off) and the service is friendly.
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Prince Alfred
5A Formosa StQuite the most unusually beautiful pub I've ever seen. Cut glass, mosaic floors and amazing stucco ceilings. But the highlight is the way it's structured. You'll see when you get there! Ask the staff about why it was built this way.
Food is good quality and value (although personally I find that the place often smells of cooking which puts me off) and the service is friendly.
Essentials
Small supermarket with cashpoint machine on the way to/from Paddington Station.
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Sainsbury's Local
478 Harrow RoadSmall supermarket with cashpoint machine on the way to/from Paddington Station.
Big, high-quality supermarket. About 20 minutes' walk from the apartment.
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Waitrose & Partners
38 Porchester RdBig, high-quality supermarket. About 20 minutes' walk from the apartment.
Sightseeing
A mile long market full of character, quirky stuff, street food, bustle and life! Antique stalls are only on Saturdays. Check out http://www.portobelloroad.co.uk/the-market/.
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Isakhiwo se-Portobello
73a Lewisham High StA mile long market full of character, quirky stuff, street food, bustle and life! Antique stalls are only on Saturdays. Check out http://www.portobelloroad.co.uk/the-market/.