london faves
Quality Wines
Restaurant · Clerkenwell
Cozy wine bar that doubles as a provisions shop
London Review Bookshop
Bookstore · Bloomsbury
Artwords Bookshop
Bookstore · Haggerston
My favorite bookstore, so fun to browse and discover new things (non-fiction)
Padella
Italian restaurant · Borough
Excellent pasta, very casual and cheap
Tapas Brindisa
Spanish Restaurant · Nine Elms
E5 Bakehouse
Bakery · Hackney Central
Cool bakery, into the triple choc cookie and the hazelnut brownie
Snackbar
Permanently Closed
Casual! Cute patio when it's sunny. They have an amazing chicken caesar salad
Ottolenghi
Restaurant · Notting Hill
Fantastic pastries
Dishoom
Indian Restaurant · South Kensington
So fun!!! Worth the wait + believe the hype. Also great cocktails
Noble Rot
Wine bar · Bloomsbury
FUN and charming wine bar. Definitely get the bread, meat, and cheese, then whatever else is in season. Great wine list, and you can do smaller glasses and try more wines!
Gunpowder
Indian restaurant · Soho
Fun, modern Indian. Lots of small dishes, so you can try more things.
Buns From Home
Bakery · Covent Garden
Cardamom bun is A-1, wanted to try the savories too
St. John Bakery
Bakery · Borough
JELLY. DOUGHNUT.
Stoney Street By 26 Grains
Permanently Closed
Good brunch, get the smoked salmon plate and sit outside
Beam
Cafe · Bayswater
Really good brunch, variations on a full English or Israeli breakfast platter. Pancakes looked good also
Petersham Nurseries Cafe
Café · Petersham
Very very cute greenhouse cafe where you should have lunch in Richmond after walking the gardens. Can do a fancier set menu (amazing bread basket) or get a quick lunch in the Teahouse next door.
Violet
Bakery · Dalston
HOT cappuccino. Good cinnamon roll, but the dense, cinnamon sugar-y kind. On a very cute little side street. Toasties and cakes looked good too
