London
London, UK
East London leanings — wine bars, bakeries, curry houses, and a good pub.
Food
- The Tamil Prince Islington lamb curry and coconut rice
- BRAT Shoreditch wood-fired everything — go for dinner
- Rochelle Canteen Shoreditch cozy farm-to-table
- Dishoom Shoreditch worth the hype; any branch
- Hoppers Soho Sri Lankan hoppers and kari
- Padella London Bridge fresh pasta at the counter
- Koya Bar Soho udon
- Barrafina Soho Spanish tapas at the bar
- Flat Iron Soho one great steak
- Bambi Hackney wine bar — get the chef's special
- Rose Bakery Marylebone pistachio cheesecake
- Painted Heron Chelsea chicken tikka
Bakeries & coffee
- Jolene Shoreditch French bakery and coffee
- Fortitude Bakehouse Bloomsbury the morning bun
- Pophams London Fields bakery and coffee
- Ozone Coffee Roasters Shoreditch brunch or coffee
- Monmouth Coffee Covent Garden
- Omotesando Koffee Soho
- The Watch House Seven Dials
Drinks
- Satan's Whiskers Bethnal Green consistently among the city's best cocktails
- Oranj Shoreditch natural wine
- Bruno Hackney a wine bar
- American Bar at The Stafford Mayfair old-school cocktails
- Noble Rot Mayfair wine and dinner
- Dukes Bar Mayfair the martini
- Experimental Cocktail Club Chinatown
- Sketch Mayfair the pink room and the egg-pod loos
- The Adam & Eve Fitzrovia a pint of Guinness
Shop
- Labour and Wait Shoreditch homeware and vintage-inspired goods
- Garmsutra Shoreditch vintage Burberry — ask for Rory
- Rokit Vintage Shoreditch
- Blitz London Shoreditch a vintage department store
- Liberty London Soho a classic, in a beautiful building
To-do
- Columbia Road Flower Market Bethnal Green Sundays
- Spitalfields Market Shoreditch
- Brick Lane Shoreditch bagels, curry, and vintage
- Borough Market London Bridge
- Camden Market Camden
- British Museum Bloomsbury see the Rosetta Stone
- Tower of London Tower Hill
- Westminster Abbey Westminster