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Perhaps Clerkenwell rd is not the most obvious place for an hotel, but this is a stylish, well-run boutique, that is a perfect oasis. Great service and lovely touches: like pink fluffy hot water bottles. Marvelous views from the penthouse suite too!

Best pizza around here, usually loud and manic if you are there during mealtimes - kids love playing with the dough.

This restaurant closed on 26th September 2008, so don't go.

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Come here at 11am on a Sunday for the best dim sum in London.

This restaurant closed in November 2008, so don't go.

Pretty expensive, but serves a great steak and chips.

This used to be a reliable favourite in the area, but since it changed hands in 2008 it's not worth visiting.

Have the lobster with ginger and spring onion.

Have the "duck and rice".

The best Mousakka i have ever eaten. Great place to eat great Turkish food

Excellent Thai food. Great set lunches, very good value. Have the Ton Yum soup if you like spicy dishes.

Not cheap but really great food served in a very friendly format - sharing at the table. Excellent if oyu want to splash out a little.

No reservations, and you'll definitely have to queue on a Friday/Saturday night, sometimes out the door. But that's because it does excellent vegetarian food for a reasonable price. Recommended.

If there is one place to relax in London its Tate Modern's Rothko Room. One room dedicated to the late great Polish born New Yorker. The massive paintings are meditative and with specially dimmed lighting you will see movement slowed and chatting cut off. Magical!!!

The National Maritime Museum consists of maritime galleries, the Royal Observatory and the 17th-century Queen's House. Set among the beautiful scenery and architecture of the Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site, the Museum incorporates the Prime Meridian of the world and London's only planetarium.

www.nmm.ac.uk

Nice cakes, salads and breakfasts.

Not nice service. Snooty, unhelpful.

Me: 'What type of coffee do you have'

'Waitress': 'Any'

Me: 'I'll have a skinny latte please'

Waitress: 'We don't have skimmed milk'

Thanks.

I'm running way behing with my restaurant reviews and Cook Sister has already posted a very good review, so I'll simply link there: Cook sister!: Comptoir Gascon

I don't have much to add, apart that it's a very good address, a bit tough to get a table (book in advance) and another good reason to go to Smithfields.

Comptoir Gascon 63 Charterhouse Street London EC1M 6HJ

Tel. 020 7608 0851

Ham and eggs are good.

I like it there, at Hard Rock Cafe

You have to love The Pepper Tree. Fast, fresh and friendly and GREAT value. You can't book, so at busy times you have to stand in line but it is definitely worth it. This is the Thai restaurant that reminds me most of eating Thai in Sydney - SOOOOO good, and cheap too. It's not the place for a long intimate dinner for two, as the seating is at long benches, but for quality and value (two people eating, a couple of beers, change from £20) you cannot beat it.

Lovely gardens - don't be put off by the cost of the accomodation, you can just wander around the grounds without actually staying there.

Perfect comfort food. Good for groups (with or without hangovers). A good tip is to phone ahead and check the days they do 'Burnt Ends' which are the best things on the menu but only available on certain days...

I went when they had a deal on - £15 or something.

They wouldn't stop bringing food. Honestly, we were stuffed by the time we'd finished the starters, and they brought dish after dish. Finally when they brought some fruit for dessert, it was a huge entire fruit bowl. Oh then they brought some more dessert...

Fabulous place with great food, but be warned - wear stretch pants!

Best meal I've ever had and the wines were just fantastic. Worth every penny!

While the ambience of Bluebird is amazing, the food is a bit of a let down. Not really worth the money. Good for drinks thought.

Standard fare, not very exciting (a lot of it tastes like it's come out of a jar) - so many better places to ear nearby

Over-rated for food, but the cocktails are amazing. I love drinking here in the afternoon and then coming out of the darkness into the sunlight.

Bowling at All Star lanes provides enjoyable and affordable entertainment for all ages. Whether you are sourcing a venue for a birthday treat, organising a team building event or just looking to have some fun, All Stars makes for a great night out.

The retro décor is effortlessly cool and the staff are extremely welcoming and attentive. There is always a vibrant atmosphere and there are lanes available for private bookings.

Dining at All Stars is all part of the experience. The cream sodas and mini vanilla cheesecakes are a dream and there is a good selection of savoury finger food, burgers and quality wines and beers available. I highly recommend this place for a great night out!

Amazing hotel. The 1 bedroom suites are great for parties. Huge living room.

Love Baglioni's - especially the bar and restaurant. Perfectly placed next to Hyde Park and Kensington

This was, without a doubt, one of my favourite greasy spoons to visit when I lived in London.

Great Place. Great Food mostly, regardless some badmouhting from the press every now and then.

Great for kids.

Maybe the greatest pub in London. Used to be my regular hang out when I lived in Primerose Hill. Classic Modern, locals only, great cheep food for a sunday afternoon with a light hangover.

Hi,

I went to the botanist this weekend (18th of April 2009). It was good fun over there.

Good atmosphere.Don't go there if you are looking for high quality food rather to have a taste of what London offer as a truly vibrant multicultural city with fancy entertainment.

Cheers.

Hi,

I went there this Sunday (19th of April 2009).

As a Chinese, I'm quite difficult concerning chinese food especially Dim Sum. I was going there after one of my friend has recommended it. I ordered the usual dim sum, ha kao, fan ko, Buns.

How can I say that? It was a blast.

One of my best experience so far for Dim Sum in Europe.

Highly recommended.

Andy

Nice burgers and bar-style food in well-lit bar with good tables for meetings etc

Make sure you see the stone horse of Halikarnassos: http://tinyurl.com/clrc9a

Soho House is a classic (and very good) English private club. 4 Floors of different rooms, classic English food and drink, and a very comfortable atmosphere. Met Stefan Glaenzer and the Last.fm founders here on my first visit; Marko Ahtisaari on my second visit. Great meeting place.

Really good Full English breakfast, coffee and cakes in a refurbished train carriage (which can often get quite packed)

If you happen to be near West Hampstead and you feel for Italian food , visit La Brocca. Very authentic and value for money. They have also great chicken salad!

273 West End Lane London 020 7433 1989 NW6 1QS

Wahaca is probably one of the best Mexican-style restaurants in London and it is pretty tasty. Having said that, it's really not enormously authentic or anywhere near as good as the Mexican food you can get on the West Coast of the US or in, I guess, Mexico. However, if you're looking for interesting Wagamama style snacks in London with a Mexican twist, then this is great.

If you want an immaculate, clean and well-designed hotel, with attentive staff and at a good price, you cannot do much better than High Road House.

The wifi worked, the Cowshed toiletries were plentiful, the linen and quality of the room excellent, and the only slight downside was that the rooms were not brilliantly insulated from noise in the corridor. (It is a small hotel with only 14 rooms).

The brasserie and upstairs members area is also beautifully decorated and with great service. Highly recommended.

Wholesome (mostly?) veggie grub.

Takeaway lunches. Filling, tasty and original wraps; daily specials; hot meals; hectic but friendly service. Better than these words make it sound.

Really, really tasty food, a huge range of wines, and friendly service. Every dish has a wine recommended on the menu which is great if, like me, you know nothing about wine.

My favourite place to go for a special meal out. Probably as close as you can get in London to sitting in a wonderful Parisian bistro. Delicious food, friendly French staff... lovely.

One for the design nerds. Not just about home furnishings, but full of great examples of graphic design as well.

Go to visit the dinosaurs!

Good beer, some from Meantime, but the food is pretty overpriced, and not that good.