Guidebook for London
Sightseeing
Columbia Road Flower Market
Columbia RoadGalleries, market, restaurants etc
Drinks & Nightlife
The Florist Arms
255 Globe RdGreat atmosphere & Pizzas
Food Scene
Andina Shoreditch
60-62 Commercial StPeruvian food - healthy - quinoi etc.
Hawksmoor Spitalfields
157A Commercial StGood steakhouse
Merchants Tavern
36 Charlotte RdClassic French, Spanish, Italian dishes
famous for Damian Hirst's cow in formaldehyde and a great gallery downstairs. Funky place.
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Tramshed
32 Rivington Stfamous for Damian Hirst's cow in formaldehyde and a great gallery downstairs. Funky place.
The Princess of Shoreditch
76-78 Paul StSunday lunch but also every day
Cay Tre Hoxton Shoreditch
301 Old Stgreat vietnamese
open 24 hours a day since 1977 - classic Jewish bagels
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Beigel Bake
159 Brick Lnopen 24 hours a day since 1977 - classic Jewish bagels
Poppies Fish & Chips, Spitalfields
6-8 Hanbury Stgreat fish and chips
Pizza East Shoreditch
56 Shoreditch High Strun by team behind Soho House
Irani cafe of Bombay - brings hints of India to Shoreditch. Tasty small plates
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Dishoom Shoreditch
7 Boundary StIrani cafe of Bombay - brings hints of India to Shoreditch. Tasty small plates
Hoi Polloi
100 Shoreditch High Strecommended
Palmers, Globe Town
238 Roman RoadNot expensive, family run, worth a try
Nice to have a coffee somewhere that isn't a chain. Delightful place full of objets d'art.
Roman Road Art Cafe
426 Roman RdNice to have a coffee somewhere that isn't a chain. Delightful place full of objets d'art.
Really nice place for a vegetarian lunch - sunny garden
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The Larder, Bethnal Green
Globe RoadReally nice place for a vegetarian lunch - sunny garden
Great burgers and chicken as well
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Chicken Shop & Dirty Burger Whitechapel
27a Mile End RdGreat burgers and chicken as well
Dirty Burger Shoreditch
13 Bethnal Green RoadFoxcroft & Ginger Whitechapel
69-89 Mile End RoadModern, good atmosphere, all day
Never been there but looks like a good Chinese - big, smartly laid tables (all seen from the street)
Sinh Le
Never been there but looks like a good Chinese - big, smartly laid tables (all seen from the street)
Arts & Culture
Rich Mix
35-47 Bethnal Green Rdcinema and arts theatre
I-Jenesis Cinema
93-95 Mile End RdGreat arts cinema
Everything Else
Pavilion Cafe
Old Ford Roadfabulous and large park with lots going on