london faves

@vzw
 on 2022.05.03
17 Places
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Quality Wines

Wine shop · 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 · Dalston

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

Restaurant · 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