Guidebook for London

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Guidebook for London

Food Scene

London's most authentic Mexican restaurant (Mexica City) serving a wide selection of tacos, quesadillas, enchiladas, burritos & more!
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Lupita
60-62 Commercial St
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London's most authentic Mexican restaurant (Mexica City) serving a wide selection of tacos, quesadillas, enchiladas, burritos & more!
In 1911 a Ukrainian Jew who emigrated to Britain set up his bakery, 102 years later it’s still going strong and still family run. East End salt beef beigels, challa bread and fabulous pastries!
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Rinkoff Bakery
222-226 Jubilee St
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In 1911 a Ukrainian Jew who emigrated to Britain set up his bakery, 102 years later it’s still going strong and still family run. East End salt beef beigels, challa bread and fabulous pastries!
I know, I know.....but it's open 24 hours. There. I've said it.
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McDonald's
302/304 Pentonville Rd
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I know, I know.....but it's open 24 hours. There. I've said it.
A chain Portuguese piri-piri restaurant that is cheap and cheerful and good for families.
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Nando's
9-25 Mile End Rd
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A chain Portuguese piri-piri restaurant that is cheap and cheerful and good for families.
Cavell Cafe - perfect greasy spoon! open 6:30am - 2:30pm. Wonderful breakfast and you can call ahead to pre-order if you like
Cavell Cafe
47A Cavell St
Cavell Cafe - perfect greasy spoon! open 6:30am - 2:30pm. Wonderful breakfast and you can call ahead to pre-order if you like
Authentic South Indian, different from all the others on Brick lane. Ebi the young owner will serve you favourite curries that his Grandmother used to cook for him.
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Dosa World
46 Hanbury St
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Authentic South Indian, different from all the others on Brick lane. Ebi the young owner will serve you favourite curries that his Grandmother used to cook for him.
Genuinely authentic and the best Sichuanese Chinese I have had in London
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Sichuan Folk
32 Hanbury St
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Genuinely authentic and the best Sichuanese Chinese I have had in London
Serves a selection of authentic Japanese dishes, with an emphasis on sushi, including omakase and other moriawase. Very authentic cuisine and quirky room
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Sushinoen
2 White Church Ln
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Serves a selection of authentic Japanese dishes, with an emphasis on sushi, including omakase and other moriawase. Very authentic cuisine and quirky room
Dirty Burger serves sinful breakfast burgers and cheeseburgers with crinkle cut and onion fries. Bird fans are in luck, too: there’s a Chicken Shop under the same roof
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Chicken Shop & Dirty Burger Whitechapel
27a Mile End Rd
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Dirty Burger serves sinful breakfast burgers and cheeseburgers with crinkle cut and onion fries. Bird fans are in luck, too: there’s a Chicken Shop under the same roof
Traditional Turkish dishes such as variety of grill /kebab dishes and also authentic stews and rice dishes. Bring your own alcohol, they don't sell it!
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Rüyam Turkish Restaurant
230 Commercial Rd
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Traditional Turkish dishes such as variety of grill /kebab dishes and also authentic stews and rice dishes. Bring your own alcohol, they don't sell it!
Traditional clay charcoal-fired ovens - Tandooris. Fresh and delicious Pakistani food. Bring your own alcohol, they don't sell it!
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Lahore One London
218 Commercial Rd
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Traditional clay charcoal-fired ovens - Tandooris. Fresh and delicious Pakistani food. Bring your own alcohol, they don't sell it!
Amazing Punjabii food! You have to wait, but it's worth it! Lambchops and Paneer Tikka especially wonderful! Bring your own alcohol, they don't sell it! Shelley's on Whitechapel is closest for that.
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Tayyabs
83-89 Fieldgate St
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Amazing Punjabii food! You have to wait, but it's worth it! Lambchops and Paneer Tikka especially wonderful! Bring your own alcohol, they don't sell it! Shelley's on Whitechapel is closest for that.
Ice cream, cakes and coffees in all-day cafe with a Motown theme serving sweet desserts until late
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Motown Desserts
157 Bethnal Green Rd
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Ice cream, cakes and coffees in all-day cafe with a Motown theme serving sweet desserts until late
I know it's an odd choice, but RIGHT next door and has a good restaurant with classic English/American food, a Starbucks and a cocktail bar
Holiday Inn London - Whitechapel
5 Cavell St
I know it's an odd choice, but RIGHT next door and has a good restaurant with classic English/American food, a Starbucks and a cocktail bar
Decent coffee and pastries
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Coffee Republic
6 Marble Arch
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Decent coffee and pastries
Gusta Coffee is an independent owned company specializing in the creation of high quality Italian coffee. Great pastries too!
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91 Fieldgate Street
Gusta Coffee is an independent owned company specializing in the creation of high quality Italian coffee. Great pastries too!

Drinks & Nightlife

This dive bar is beloved of East London bohemians for its thrown-together, edgy decor and late opening (until 3am at weekends), but it also does surprisingly good 12-inch pizzas
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Indo
133 Whitechapel Rd
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This dive bar is beloved of East London bohemians for its thrown-together, edgy decor and late opening (until 3am at weekends), but it also does surprisingly good 12-inch pizzas
Notorious pub famous for its connection to East End gangsters, the Kray twins. Also the location of William Booth's first sermon, which led to the creation of The Salvation Army
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The Blind Beggar
337 Whitechapel Rd
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Notorious pub famous for its connection to East End gangsters, the Kray twins. Also the location of William Booth's first sermon, which led to the creation of The Salvation Army
Legendary venue, public house and constant foundation for a thriving artistic community. 700 year old tavern mentioned in the writing of Charles Dickens, Samuel Pepys and Geoffrey Chaucer
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George Tavern
373 Commercial Rd
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Legendary venue, public house and constant foundation for a thriving artistic community. 700 year old tavern mentioned in the writing of Charles Dickens, Samuel Pepys and Geoffrey Chaucer
Mid 19th Century Gin Bar with over 100 different types of gin to choose from, you're going to seriously challenge your liver and wallet working your way through this junipernium
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The Oliver Conquest
70 Aldgate
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Mid 19th Century Gin Bar with over 100 different types of gin to choose from, you're going to seriously challenge your liver and wallet working your way through this junipernium
This pub has existed in one guise or other since at least the middle of the 18th century. Jack the Ripper met his victims here
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The Ten Bells
84 Commercial St
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This pub has existed in one guise or other since at least the middle of the 18th century. Jack the Ripper met his victims here

Sightseeing

One of the largest mosques in the Europe. It holds the UK’s largest Friday congregational prayer service and hosts weekly attendance of 35,000 worshippers
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East London Mosque & London Muslim Centre
82-92 Whitechapel Rd
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One of the largest mosques in the Europe. It holds the UK’s largest Friday congregational prayer service and hosts weekly attendance of 35,000 worshippers
Founded in 1570, the oldest manufacturing company in Great Britain and the world's most famous bell foundry, makers of Big Ben and the Liberty Bell.
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Whitechapel Bell Foundry
34 Whitechapel Road
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Founded in 1570, the oldest manufacturing company in Great Britain and the world's most famous bell foundry, makers of Big Ben and the Liberty Bell.

Arts & Culture

FREE! For over a century premiering world-class artists such as Pablo Picasso, Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko and Frida Kahlo to Sophie Calle, Lucian Freud, Gilbert & George and Mark Wallinger
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Gallerija tal-Whitechapel
77-82 Whitechapel High St
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FREE! For over a century premiering world-class artists such as Pablo Picasso, Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko and Frida Kahlo to Sophie Calle, Lucian Freud, Gilbert & George and Mark Wallinger
FREE! Part of the Victoria & Albert Museum, the museum has been amassing childhood-related objects since 1872. lots of hand-on stuff for kids dotted about the many cases of historic artefacts.
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Mużew tal-Isfli V&A
Cambridge Heath Road
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FREE! Part of the Victoria & Albert Museum, the museum has been amassing childhood-related objects since 1872. lots of hand-on stuff for kids dotted about the many cases of historic artefacts.

Shopping

Century old street market with fresh produce, Asian fashion, household goods and oddities
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Watney Market
Watney Street
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Century old street market with fresh produce, Asian fashion, household goods and oddities
Awesome cultural area! Famous for the many curry houses, antique sales, designers, street art, galleries and clubs. On Sunday there's UpMarket, a massive street fair with amazing cuisine.
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Suq il-Ħadd ta' Brick Lane
Brick Lane
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Awesome cultural area! Famous for the many curry houses, antique sales, designers, street art, galleries and clubs. On Sunday there's UpMarket, a massive street fair with amazing cuisine.
Westfield London is the ultimate place to shop in London and is home to more than 300 shops, with brands ranging from high street to designer, all under one roof in an architecturally exquisite space. There are 60 places to eat and drink, providing a global choice of cuisine.
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Westfield Stratford City
157 Montfichet Rd
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Westfield London is the ultimate place to shop in London and is home to more than 300 shops, with brands ranging from high street to designer, all under one roof in an architecturally exquisite space. There are 60 places to eat and drink, providing a global choice of cuisine.
By 1600, this road became a commercial district where second-hand clothes and bric-à-brac were sold and exchanged, known as 'Peticote Lane. A prominent businessman, Alan Sugar, got his start as a stall holder in the market. The market remains busy and vibrant, reflecting both its immigrant history and its continuing popularity with locals and tourists.
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Petticoat Lane Market
119-121 Middlesex St
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By 1600, this road became a commercial district where second-hand clothes and bric-à-brac were sold and exchanged, known as 'Peticote Lane. A prominent businessman, Alan Sugar, got his start as a stall holder in the market. The market remains busy and vibrant, reflecting both its immigrant history and its continuing popularity with locals and tourists.
Spitalfields Markets, once a Sunday-only mainstay, are open every day. Spitalfields Markets offer cutting edge fashion and interiors and original artworks as well as food. There has been a market on the site since 1638 when King Charles gave a licence for flesh, fowl and roots to be sold on Spittle Fields, which was then a rural area on the eastern outskirts of London.
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Il-Market l-Antik tal- Spitalfields
16 Commercial St
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Spitalfields Markets, once a Sunday-only mainstay, are open every day. Spitalfields Markets offer cutting edge fashion and interiors and original artworks as well as food. There has been a market on the site since 1638 when King Charles gave a licence for flesh, fowl and roots to be sold on Spittle Fields, which was then a rural area on the eastern outskirts of London.

Essentials

Small grocery store for basics, and the closest place to buy alcohol
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Sainsbury's Local
165-167 Romford Rd
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Small grocery store for basics, and the closest place to buy alcohol
Large Supermarket for all your home shopping
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Sainsbury's
2 Tulse Hill
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Large Supermarket for all your home shopping
Frozen delights and some great new marketing means there's quality surprises aeound every corner. Great value!
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Iceland Foods
1/11 Watney St
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Frozen delights and some great new marketing means there's quality surprises aeound every corner. Great value!
Asian supermarket offering high-quality fish, Halal meat and Fresh Fruits & vegetables items at incredibly low prices.
PRIYO BAZAAR
25-29 Watney Mkt
Asian supermarket offering high-quality fish, Halal meat and Fresh Fruits & vegetables items at incredibly low prices.
Small grocery store for basics, and the closest place to buy alcohol
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Tesco Express
179 Shoreditch High St
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Small grocery store for basics, and the closest place to buy alcohol
Philpot Street Sub Post Office
12 Philpot St
Closest Post Office

Getting Around

There's the overground here going North and South all the way to Clapham Junction and the DLR heading to Canary Wharf or one stop to Bank in The City, a central hub!
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Shadwell Station (Stand A)
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There's the overground here going North and South all the way to Clapham Junction and the DLR heading to Canary Wharf or one stop to Bank in The City, a central hub!
Catch the District line and Hammersmith & City as well as the Overground heading North and South all the way to Clapham Junction
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Whitechapel Station
263c Whitechapel Rd
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Catch the District line and Hammersmith & City as well as the Overground heading North and South all the way to Clapham Junction
Bus Stop where you can catch the 15 straight to Westminster
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Watney Market (Stop E) station
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Bus Stop where you can catch the 15 straight to Westminster