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Drinks & Nightlife

My favourite little secret bar - tricky to spot. Down the stairs of the black doorway you'll find a tiny brickwork gem with amazing cocktails and great tunes. Not open Sundays.
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Discount Suit Company
29A Wentworth St
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My favourite little secret bar - tricky to spot. Down the stairs of the black doorway you'll find a tiny brickwork gem with amazing cocktails and great tunes. Not open Sundays.
A beautiful bar - all windows, brickwork, and plants give it an industrial feel. Great beers and wines. Good for coffee, Sunday roast or late night glass of wine.
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The Culpeper
40 Commercial St
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A beautiful bar - all windows, brickwork, and plants give it an industrial feel. Great beers and wines. Good for coffee, Sunday roast or late night glass of wine.
Hipster spot for drinks in the evening.
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Ace Hotel London
100 Shoreditch High St
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Hipster spot for drinks in the evening.
Hipster spot great for afternoon brunch or drinks in the evening. Big couches, massive fireplaces and good crowds. Go here for the Pornstar Martini alone.
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The Hoxton Mix
86-90 Paul St
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Hipster spot great for afternoon brunch or drinks in the evening. Big couches, massive fireplaces and good crowds. Go here for the Pornstar Martini alone.
Prohibition bar. Jazz, sophistication and the most incredible cocktails ever.
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Nightjar
129 City Rd
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Prohibition bar. Jazz, sophistication and the most incredible cocktails ever.

Food Scene

Brilliant, affordable spot for brunch - delicious avo and feta on sourdough and homemade cakes!
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Trade
160 Old St
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Brilliant, affordable spot for brunch - delicious avo and feta on sourdough and homemade cakes!
Delicious Vietnamese food in buzzing little restaurant.
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Pho
48 Brushfield St
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Delicious Vietnamese food in buzzing little restaurant.
Grab a great coffee and sit on the benches outside this picture perfect cafe for a spot of people watching.
Verde+Co
40 Brushfield St
Grab a great coffee and sit on the benches outside this picture perfect cafe for a spot of people watching.
Incredible Indian/Iranian restaurant. Not your average fare - just won best restaurant in London. Delicious food and cocktails in beautiful surroundings. Highly recommended!
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Dishoom Shoreditch
7 Boundary St
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Incredible Indian/Iranian restaurant. Not your average fare - just won best restaurant in London. Delicious food and cocktails in beautiful surroundings. Highly recommended!
Foodie heaven. Nose to tail dining with simple ingredients. May need booking.
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St. JOHN Restaurant
26 St John St
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Foodie heaven. Nose to tail dining with simple ingredients. May need booking.
Tiny, unsophisticated fondue joint with good wine, friendly service and occasional live music. I love it.
walluc bistrot
40 Redchurch St
Tiny, unsophisticated fondue joint with good wine, friendly service and occasional live music. I love it.
Delicious, cheap pizza.
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Pizza Union
246-250 Pentonville Rd
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Delicious, cheap pizza.
This place does the best breakfasts in town. Prepare for a queue at weekends though. At night - enter and ask for the mayor of scardycat town... a hidden, underground bar awaits!
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Breakfast Club Spitalfields
12-16 Artillery Ln
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This place does the best breakfasts in town. Prepare for a queue at weekends though. At night - enter and ask for the mayor of scardycat town... a hidden, underground bar awaits!
A nice spot to eat on a pretty little square. Lots of amazing restaurants and bars all around here.
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Bill's Shoreditch Restaurant
1 Hoxton Square
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A nice spot to eat on a pretty little square. Lots of amazing restaurants and bars all around here.
My favourite tapas restaurant. Everything is good.
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Tapas Brindisa Shoreditch
152 Curtain Rd
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My favourite tapas restaurant. Everything is good.

Sightseeing

Beautiful big covered market with local venders. Different stalls on different days and plenty of restaurants and food stalls too. Open every day, starts to wind down by 5pm.
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Spitalfields Arts Market
1 Market St
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Beautiful big covered market with local venders. Different stalls on different days and plenty of restaurants and food stalls too. Open every day, starts to wind down by 5pm.
A fabulous street for people watching - with a bustling market on Sundays and famous cheap curries every night of the week.
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Imarike yaseBrick Lane
Brick Lane
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A fabulous street for people watching - with a bustling market on Sundays and famous cheap curries every night of the week.
Take a walk or grab a bike and get up here on a sunny Saturday - there's nowhere better! A tourist-free market with amazing food, coffee and independent shops - this is where locals spend Saturday.
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Broadway Market
Broadway Market
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Take a walk or grab a bike and get up here on a sunny Saturday - there's nowhere better! A tourist-free market with amazing food, coffee and independent shops - this is where locals spend Saturday.
Grab a bike or walk up - this place is packed every Sunday with fresh flowers, amazing independent shops and galleries, and locals sitting out. Starts to wind down by 4pm.
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Columbia Road Flower Market
Columbia Road
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Grab a bike or walk up - this place is packed every Sunday with fresh flowers, amazing independent shops and galleries, and locals sitting out. Starts to wind down by 4pm.
The most majestic bridge in the world.
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Ibridge yeTower
Tower Bridge Road
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The most majestic bridge in the world.
The old residence of Kings and Queens of England - and where the crown jewels are kept today. Worth a visit.
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Itafula yeLondon
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The old residence of Kings and Queens of England - and where the crown jewels are kept today. Worth a visit.

Shopping

If you like chocolate you must go here.
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Dark Sugars
141 Brick Ln
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If you like chocolate you must go here.
Centre of Shoreditch - wander through the pop up shops and restaurants in shipping containers and discover surrounding Shoreditch.
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BOXPARK Shoreditch
2-10 Bethnal Green Rd
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Centre of Shoreditch - wander through the pop up shops and restaurants in shipping containers and discover surrounding Shoreditch.