Guidebook for London

Carla
Guidebook for London

Drinks & Nightlife

Always cool regardless of who is in the Kitchen. Current residency is Som Saa, cooking up authentic Thai food on the massive outdoor BBQ.
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Brat x Climpson's Arch
374 Helmsley Pl
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Always cool regardless of who is in the Kitchen. Current residency is Som Saa, cooking up authentic Thai food on the massive outdoor BBQ.

Food Scene

A floating breakfast place within a rather cool gallery. Great coffee and an excellent bacon and avocado sandwich, just remember to ask for it on sourdough.
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Counter Cafe
7 Roach Road
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A floating breakfast place within a rather cool gallery. Great coffee and an excellent bacon and avocado sandwich, just remember to ask for it on sourdough.
Our favourite restaurant, always stunning food and quite a good wine list, go on a Tuesday and you can BYO from Bottle Apostle opposite as well.
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The Empress
130 Lauriston Rd
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Our favourite restaurant, always stunning food and quite a good wine list, go on a Tuesday and you can BYO from Bottle Apostle opposite as well.
Best local coffee and a damn fine avo on toast.
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Climpson & Sons Café
67 Broadway Market
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Best local coffee and a damn fine avo on toast.
The best healthy restaurant we have ever been to. Amazing simple food, small sharing dishes that leave you satiated but able to move. Highly recommend.
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Rawduck
197 Richmond Rd
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The best healthy restaurant we have ever been to. Amazing simple food, small sharing dishes that leave you satiated but able to move. Highly recommend.
Posh restaurant and fish smokery..easy walk from home! The coffee is not as good as Stour Space, this is the type of place I'd take my parents
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Forman's
Stour Road
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Posh restaurant and fish smokery..easy walk from home! The coffee is not as good as Stour Space, this is the type of place I'd take my parents
Hard to get into but worth it if you do. The staff are as good looking as the food is good.
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The Clove Club
380 Old St
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Hard to get into but worth it if you do. The staff are as good looking as the food is good.
Tucked away on a back street in Shorditch, this favourite lunch spot is a secret London Gem. Hard to find but always worth it.
Arnold & Henderson
Tucked away on a back street in Shorditch, this favourite lunch spot is a secret London Gem. Hard to find but always worth it.
This is home cooking at it's best. Xabi is a passionate chef and his Spanish cuisine is worth writing home about. Good bio-dynamic wine options too.
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Tranga Market x Tapería
61 Newington Grn
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This is home cooking at it's best. Xabi is a passionate chef and his Spanish cuisine is worth writing home about. Good bio-dynamic wine options too.
One of my favourite Westend foodie joints, another by Yotam Ottolenghi, it is worth sitting at the bar and taking a break from sightseeing or shopping.
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Nopi
21-22 Warwick St
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One of my favourite Westend foodie joints, another by Yotam Ottolenghi, it is worth sitting at the bar and taking a break from sightseeing or shopping.
The most famous coffee shop in Soho, old school Italian at it's best, open 24 hours, you can always pull up a pew and watch the hoards walk by.
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Bar Italia
22 Frith St
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The most famous coffee shop in Soho, old school Italian at it's best, open 24 hours, you can always pull up a pew and watch the hoards walk by.
If the market has taken it's toll, nip into Elliot's for some piece and quiet and excellent food, wine or coffee. Best food at the market
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Elliot's
12 Stoney St
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If the market has taken it's toll, nip into Elliot's for some piece and quiet and excellent food, wine or coffee. Best food at the market
This restaurant is one of our favourites...really special, world class cuisine....not cheap but within easy walking distance from our home!
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Cornerstone by Chef Tom Brown
3 Prince Edward Rd
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This restaurant is one of our favourites...really special, world class cuisine....not cheap but within easy walking distance from our home!

Shopping

This is where you buy wine for a special night in.
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Bottle Apostle
95 Lauriston Rd
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This is where you buy wine for a special night in.
HUGE SHOPPING CENTRE/MALL... you can get pretty much anything you want here
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Westfield Stratford City
157 Montfichet Rd
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HUGE SHOPPING CENTRE/MALL... you can get pretty much anything you want here
top brands at cheap prices...and quite close!
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Aquascutum Chatham
7-9 Chatham Pl
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top brands at cheap prices...and quite close!
Local street market, multicultural food...a real East End experience. Easy walk.
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Roman Road
Roman Road
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Local street market, multicultural food...a real East End experience. Easy walk.

Everything Else

If you fancy a morning swim, booking in here is worth the effort. 10minute walk across the park, this is one of the many local Olympic legacies.
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Centro Acuático de Londres
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If you fancy a morning swim, booking in here is worth the effort. 10minute walk across the park, this is one of the many local Olympic legacies.
You can book in here for a ride around this famous space or just pop in and watch.
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Lee Valley VeloPark
Abercrombie Road
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You can book in here for a ride around this famous space or just pop in and watch.
seven minutes walk away, over the pedestrian bridge and turn right...this is your nearest station - linking you up with the whole of London
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Hackney Wick Rail Station
White Post Lane
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seven minutes walk away, over the pedestrian bridge and turn right...this is your nearest station - linking you up with the whole of London
This is about 15 minutes walk away - across the lovely Olympic Park
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Stratford International station
International Way
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This is about 15 minutes walk away - across the lovely Olympic Park
Carla's second shop offering you any holiday beauty or holistic health needs.
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Shine on the Green
20 Newington Grn
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Carla's second shop offering you any holiday beauty or holistic health needs.
Carla's first shop. Hair - Health and beauty under one roof, from massage to acupuncture or just some simple waxing or a blow dry.
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Shine Holistic
52 Stoke Newington Church St
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Carla's first shop. Hair - Health and beauty under one roof, from massage to acupuncture or just some simple waxing or a blow dry.

Sightseeing

Love it or hate it, it is here and worth a look. Personally we love this red beacon. If you can see this, you are close to home.
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ArcelorMittal Orbit
5 Thornton St
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Love it or hate it, it is here and worth a look. Personally we love this red beacon. If you can see this, you are close to home.
A Saturday must do, walk along the canal to this popular street market. It is crammed with excellent street food options or in summer grab a pizza and pull up some grass in the local London Fields.
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Broadway Market
Broadway Market
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A Saturday must do, walk along the canal to this popular street market. It is crammed with excellent street food options or in summer grab a pizza and pull up some grass in the local London Fields.
Carla's favourite market, she goes here nearly every Sunday to buy flowers or bacon and coffee. Open until about 2pm, this is the best way to kick off your Sunday.
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Columbia Road Flower Market
Columbia Road
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Carla's favourite market, she goes here nearly every Sunday to buy flowers or bacon and coffee. Open until about 2pm, this is the best way to kick off your Sunday.
Open Thursday, Friday and Saturday, though now partially open all week, this is a must do London trip, close to so much more along the river, go hungry.
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Borough Market
Borough High Street
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Open Thursday, Friday and Saturday, though now partially open all week, this is a must do London trip, close to so much more along the river, go hungry.

Entertainment & Activities

One of our favourite breakfast spots, great coffee and food while watching the bird life on the boating lake. A pleasant 20 min stroll from our front door.
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Pavilion Cafe
Old Ford Road
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One of our favourite breakfast spots, great coffee and food while watching the bird life on the boating lake. A pleasant 20 min stroll from our front door.

Arts & Culture

A local fav.
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Museo de la Infancia del V&A
Cambridge Heath Road
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A local fav.