Guidebook for Greater London
Food Scene
Hip hangout with timber and iron decoration, offering renowned burgers, craft beer and shakes.
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Chicken Shop & Dirty Burger Whitechapel
27a Mile End RdHip hangout with timber and iron decoration, offering renowned burgers, craft beer and shakes.
Unpretentious Middle Eastern-style venue for charcoal-grilled halal kebabs, Turkish stews and pide.
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Rüyam Turkish Restaurant
230 Commercial RdUnpretentious Middle Eastern-style venue for charcoal-grilled halal kebabs, Turkish stews and pide.
Large, popular Pakistani restaurant serving grills, curries and kebabs in cafe setting.
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Lahore Kebab House
Umberston StreetLarge, popular Pakistani restaurant serving grills, curries and kebabs in cafe setting.
Foxcroft & Ginger is a great bar in the foyer of this co-working space for the tech scene in the East End.
69 Mile End Rd
69 Mile End RoadFoxcroft & Ginger is a great bar in the foyer of this co-working space for the tech scene in the East End.
Drinks & Nightlife
Chic cocktail lounge with large rooftop terrace overlooking Tower Bridge and Tower of London.
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Savage Garden LDN
7 Pepys StChic cocktail lounge with large rooftop terrace overlooking Tower Bridge and Tower of London.
Industrial chic bar with designer lampshades, colourful pop art and a small enclosed garden.
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Apples & Pears
26 Osborn StIndustrial chic bar with designer lampshades, colourful pop art and a small enclosed garden.
Pub with over 700 years of history from literary greats to early appearances by famous bands.
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George Tavern
373 Commercial RdPub with over 700 years of history from literary greats to early appearances by famous bands.
Great pizza in a cosy arty bar. Visit on your way back from walking around the East End
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Indo
133 Whitechapel RdGreat pizza in a cosy arty bar. Visit on your way back from walking around the East End
Hip area with bars, restaurants and clubs.
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Shoreditch High Street
Shoreditch High StreetHip area with bars, restaurants and clubs.
Arts & Culture
Arthouse cinema showing blockbuster and independent films in a renovated 19th-century building.
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I-Jenesis Cinema
93-95 Mile End RdArthouse cinema showing blockbuster and independent films in a renovated 19th-century building.
Parks & Nature
Canal side pub. People sit all round this freestanding pub, and listen to live jazz in the lounge at weekends.
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The Palm Tree Pub
127 Grove RdCanal side pub. People sit all round this freestanding pub, and listen to live jazz in the lounge at weekends.
Large Victorian park, stretching from buzzy Bethnal Green all the way to the vast Olympic Park in Stratford. Walk along to the canal all the way. Visit Victoria Park village (E9) shops and cafes on the way.
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Pavilion Cafe
Old Ford RoadLarge Victorian park, stretching from buzzy Bethnal Green all the way to the vast Olympic Park in Stratford. Walk along to the canal all the way. Visit Victoria Park village (E9) shops and cafes on the way.
Shopping
Cool and varied market with designer shops, restaurants, bars and casual dining.
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I-Market ye-Old Spitalfields
16 Commercial StCool and varied market with designer shops, restaurants, bars and casual dining.
Sightseeing
Beautiful Georgian streets formerly owned by the first Huguenot silk weavers to Britain.
The houses mainly date from the 1720s and together they form one of the most important and best preserved collections of early Georgian domestic town-houses in Britain
Fournier Street
Fournier StreetBeautiful Georgian streets formerly owned by the first Huguenot silk weavers to Britain.
The houses mainly date from the 1720s and together they form one of the most important and best preserved collections of early Georgian domestic town-houses in Britain
Varied and colourful East End neighbourhood featuring Bengali restaurants, street art, hip bars, independent shops and markets.
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Brick Lane
Brick LaneVaried and colourful East End neighbourhood featuring Bengali restaurants, street art, hip bars, independent shops and markets.
Thames side walk from Wapping to Limehouse and Canary Wharf. Georgian and Victorian pubs, warehouses and cobbled streets all the way to the Docklands skyscrapers and shopping.
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Wapping
Thames side walk from Wapping to Limehouse and Canary Wharf. Georgian and Victorian pubs, warehouses and cobbled streets all the way to the Docklands skyscrapers and shopping.
Getting Around
One stop West to City/Bank/central london, and a great overground line to historic Greenwich via Canary Wharf / Docklands to the East.
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Shadwell DLR Station
One stop West to City/Bank/central london, and a great overground line to historic Greenwich via Canary Wharf / Docklands to the East.