Best coffee roaster in London. Get beans that have been locally roasted in small batches. Try different beans that best suit your brew method and mood. You will never go back to the big boys.
The V&A is one of the world's most magnificent museums, its foundation stone laid on this site by Queen Victoria in her last official public engagement in 1899. Read more.
"It invites slow saunters, casual leaning against a wall and hours spent exploring. The range is eclectic and international; you're sure to find a book you didn't know you were looking for..." Read more.
Open 24/7, this bakery exudes a rough Cockney charm. Main attractions: salt beef and an entertaining customer mix.
Superb Spanish food with a touch of spice coming via the Moorsih influence. The sit down restaurant is the main event, but the tapas is also first-rate. A nice place to have a glass of Manzanilla and Read more.
This may be the casual, buzzy restaurant of the moment but the efficient service, keen prices and cracking cuisine should ensure it’ll be around for some time to come. Metro gave it 4 out of 5 Stars. Read more.
Boxpark is the world’s first pop-up mall. Made out of old shipping containers, each “box” is its own little self-contained store, gallery or café.
This is the latest venture from 68-year-old fish fryer Pat "Pop" Newland but his sustainability policy is right up to date - Peterhead cod, plaice, rock, mackerel. Handmade mushy peas. Read more.
The gallery’s collection was created by gifts and bequests from Count Antoine Seilern and Samuel Courtauld, who donated many impressionist and post-impressionist artworks. Read more.
Home to one of the world's finest collections of children's toys, dolls' houses, games and costumes. Read more.
The National Gallery is home to more than 2,000 works, with masterpieces from virtually every European school of art. Weekly late-night opening is on Fridays until 9pm, with tours, talks and music. Read more.
The British Museum began from the collection of naturalist Sir Hans Sloane which he left to the nation on his death in 1753. Now it houses 7 million objects including more than 100 Egyptian mummies.
This must-see museum houses over 160,000 portraits of famous Brits (think Mick Jagger, Queen Victoria) dating back to the 16th century. It also is home to a trove of Cecil Beaton images.
The largest bookstore in London, Foyles is the epicenter of London's bibilophilic beaten path. Amidst four floors there is literally no book that you will not find. Kristin Knox, The Clothes Whisperer
A London institution in Borough Market. If you have ventured south of the river you deserve a good brew. Get it Vietnamese drip style.
Missed breakfast? Never fear, the Breakfast Club - as it's name suggests - won't let you down, because "it's always breakfast-time somewhere in the world" Read more.
"It’s not fine dining, but the food is sophisticated and always delicious – there might be a chicken pie or celeriac with mustard leaves." Ilse Crawford in FT How To Spend It http://goo.gl/1syUFu
