A lovely pub in theatreland. I was there for a glass after a long time and it lived up to the memory.
Great beer selection and good overall pub. It can get busy though. Be sure to check thoroughly for seats, especially the basement.
This is a great place to grab a beer as they have a large selection of guest ales and cider. If it's lunch time you must get one of the legendary sausages.
Love Dishoom! Recs. include lamb chops, boti kabab, chicken tikka, pau bhaji, chicken berry biryani w/ raita, black daal w/ rice, chilli cheese toast.. get a virgin bombalada. Do not miss out on chai!
Fabulous value, unique thali with a constantly changing range of street food. Lovely decoration and atmosphere too...
In the Covent Garden area, Rock & Sole Plaice is a local favorite. Great fish and chips with huge portions but a little on the pricey side.
The Savoy Hotel, which completed a £220m renovation in October 2010, was the first hotel to have lifts when it opened in 1889. Its first chef, Auguste Escoffier, led to the verb ‘to scoff’, as in eat
'Thrills' downstairs... They make an amazing Collins and Sour. Read more.
Pleasant hotel in the middle of westend W1. Try famous italian restraunt Locanda Locatelli on the groundfloor as well.www.locandalocatelli.com
Spotted: Madonna is a regular here and this is a favoured spot of Tony Blair. For Tony Blair’s FT interview here... Read more.
Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club opened on nearby Gerrard St in 1959, moved here in 1965 and is now the most famous jazz club in Britain. Jimi Hendrix’s played his last public performance here in 1970.
This 18th century pub stands on the site of an earlier inn used by playwrights and actors of The Globe theatre. From here Samuel Pepys watched the Great Fire of 1666 destroy the city on the far bank.
The hotel opened in 1904, named after the Swiss hotelier César Ritz who also opened Ritz hotels in Paris (1898) and Madrid (1910). He was known as ‘king of hoteliers, hotelier to kings’.
In his diary for 1662 Samuel Pepys makes the first written record of a Punch and Judy show in Britain, by an Italian puppet showman. It was performed under the east portico of St.Paul’s Church
It's not just a meeting place before descending into the Underworld, it's also a great pub. It's also massive so it's not the best meeting place. Read more.
Go now. Oh god, go now. This place is incredible, but is far too small once the commuting crowds know about it.
Opening shortly after the Great Fire, this ancient pub was regularly visited by Dr Johnson when he was taking a break from writing the first English dictionary, at his home in nearby Gough Square.
Make sure to ask the 'special menu' as it's a fraction of the cost of the normal menu. Available Sunday to Friday.
Gorgeous and often quiet place to sit and drink with friends after dark if it's warm.
Brilliant views over the rooftops of London towards Big Ben & the Houses of Parliament.
Flat White opened in Soho in 2005 and was the first of a new wave of coffee shops in London to champion the Antipodean way of starting the day... Read more.
Best, and most honest, Japanese spot in town. It really is like being in an izakaya in Tokyo.
This is a great place to watch the Thames traffic move past, which is exactly what Charles Dickens and William Gladstone came here for. The current building dates from 1837.
Soak up the atmosphere, read the historical information on the walls and imagine the place rammed with sailors 300 years ago. Hang out in the beer garden in summer, or by the fire place in winter.
