[LONDON]

London is a city defined by its rich history and vibrant neighborhoods, where iconic landmarks stand alongside everyday local haunts. With world-class museums, bustling markets, and a dynamic dining scene, the capital offers something for every traveler. A destination in every season, London blends tradition and modern life in a way that feels distinctly its own.

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To EAT

CAFE, BREAKFAST, & DELI

• **Eggbreak [Notting Hill]

• **Panzer’s Deli [St John's Wood] hand-sliced, Scottish smoked salmon

• Farm Girl [multiple locations]

• Sunday in Brooklyn [Notting Hill & Marylebone] breakfast & brunch

• Beam Cafe [multiple locations] 

• Ole & Steen [multiple locations] all-day, Danish bakery

• Cheeky Scone [Notting Hill]

• GAIL’s [multiple locations] bakery 

• Grind [Soho]

• **PAUL [multiple locations]

• EL&N [multiple locations]

• **Sally Clarke [multiple locations]

• **E Pellicci [Bethnal Green] very famous English breakfast

• Le Swine [East Sheen]

• **The Connaught Patisserie by Nicolas Rouzaud [Mayfair]

HIGH TEA

(most are also great hotel bars)

• Kensington Palace [Kensington]

• sketch [Soho] eccentric restaurant  

• **Claridge’s [Mayfair] iconic high tea experience

• The Dorchester [Mayfair] 

• **The Ritz [Piccadilly]

• The Beaumont [Mayfair] 

• The Goring [Belgravia]

• Brown’s Hotel [Mayfair] 

• The Connaught [Mayfair] 

• Raffle’s London at the OWO [Whitehall]

SUNDAY ROAST

• **The Audley Public House [Mayfair]

• Blacklock [Soho]

• The Drapers Arms [Islington]

• The Cleveland Arms [Paddington]

• **The Spaniards Inn [Hampstead]

LUNCH & DINNER

• Park Chinois [Mayfair] opulent, immersive Chinese dining experience with live shows 

• **Dinner by Heston Blumenthal [Knightsbridge] 

• **Isabel [Mayfair] 

• Cocotte [Notting Hill] rotisserie chicken 

• Flat Iron [multiple locations]

• Circolo Popolare [Soho]

• Ave Mario [Covent Garden] sister restaurant to Circolo Poplare

• Salt Yard [Mayfair]

• 28-50 [multiple locations] wine bar & restaurant

• The Ivy Chelsea Garden [Chelsea] all-day London staple

• Sexy Fish [Mayfair] there’s better sushi in London, but the experience is nice and fantastic cocktails

• Beast [Marylebone]

• SUSHISAMBA [Shoreditch]

• Rai Restaurant [Fitzrovia] Japanese

• Chop Chop [Leicester Square] Chinese restaurant located in Hippodrome Casino; famous roast duck

• Veeraswamy [West End] the UK’s oldest Indian restaurant

• BAO [multiple locations] award-winning Taiwanese restaurant; casual

• HUMO [Mayfair]

• **Gymkhana [Mayfair] Michelin Star Indian

• Benares [Mayfair] Michelin Star Indian

• Jikoni [Marylebone]

• Jamavar [Mayfair]

• Jacuzzi [Kensington] Italian

• The Quality Chop House [Clerkenwell]  

• **Ikeda [Mayfair]

• **Al Arez [Knightsbridge] casual Lebanese 

• **St. John [Clerkenwell] British nose-to-tail eating; exceptional bakery

• Fallow [Mayfair]

• Harrods Food Halls [Knightsbridge] iconic food hall located inside Harrods 

• **Chotto Matte [Soho] Japanese-Peruvian fusion

• Chiltern Firehouse [Marylebone]

• Lemonia [Primrose Hill] family-run Greek restaurant 

• **Dishoom [multiple locations] 

• Scott’s [Mayfair] British seafood since 1851

• Casa Cruz [Notting Hill] Argentinian restaurant 

• Sucre [Soho] Latin American traditional fire cooking 

• NOTTO [Piccadilly & Covent Garden] Michelin-starred pasta 

• Arlington [St. James’s] 

• Barrafina [multiple locations] modern Spanish tapas

• The River Cafe [Thames Wharf] Italian restaurant

• The Wolseley [Piccadilly] 

• Royal China [multiple locations] dim sum

TO DRINK

(clubs, pubs, & bars)

• Lyaness [Sea Containers] Sri Lankan cocktail bar 

• O’Neills [Soho] Irish pub

• The Roxy [Soho] 

• Ministry of Sound [Elephant & Castle] night club

• Tape [Mayfair] night club

• **XOYO [Islington] night club

• **Fabric [Farringdon] night club

• Be At One [multiple locations] cocktail bar

• Alchemist [multiple locations] cocktail bar

• **Churchill Arms [Kensington] quintessential, historic British pub (amazing Thai food menu)

• **The Prince Albert [Notting Hill] pub and courtyard beer garden

• The Blackbird [Earls Court] 

• **Viajante87 [Notting Hill] eclectic cocktail bar

• **Mr. Fogg’s [multiple locations] adventurous Victorian-style bars and creative cocktails (each location has a different theme)

• **The French House [Soho] amazing French pub and ‘brasserie’

• Bottle Apostle [multiple locations] wine shop

• Gothic Bar [St. Pancras]

• Berry Bros. & Rudd [St. James’s] Britain’s oldest wine and spirits merchant; family-owned since 1698

• REFER TO: High Tea

• REFER TO: To Stay

To STAY

HOTELS

• **Claridge’s [Mayfair] 

• The Connaught [Mayfair] 

• Raffle’s London at the OWO [Whitehall] 

• **The Ritz [Piccadilly]

• The Dorchester [Mayfair] 

• The Beaumont [Mayfair] 

• Corinthia [Whitehall] 

• The Mandarin Oriental [Hyde Park]

• The London EDITION [Fitzrovia]

• The Ned [Financial District] private members’ club with hotel suites

• Broadwick Soho [Soho]

• One Aldwych [Covent Garden]

• The Chelsea Townhouse [Chelsea]

• Ham Yard Hotel [Soho] Firmdale Hotels

• The Peninsula [Belgravia]

• The Twenty Two [Mayfair] private members’ club with hotel suites

• Covent Garden Hotel [West End] 58-room historic 19th-century hotel with restaurant and cinema; Firmdale Hotels

• …At Sloane [Chelsea]

• The Portobello Hotel [Notting Hill]

To EXPLORE

SHOPPING

•  **Harrods [Knightsbridge] iconic luxury department store

• Liberty [Soho]

• **Portobello Market [Notting Hill] street vendors and vintage shops

• **Camden Market [Camden] vintage and thrift shopping; grunge scene

• [Chelsea]

• [Regents Street]

• [Old Bond Street]

• [Carnaby Street]

• [Covent Garden]

• **Selfridges [Marylebone] upscale department store with many restaurants

• Grace & Thorn [East London] bespoke florist Mount Street Printers [Mayfair] bespoke stationery 

SEE & DO

• **Changing of the Guard [Buckingham Palace]

• **Borough Market [Southwark]

• **Camden Market [Camden Town]

• Colombia Road Flower Market [East End] 

• **Hyde Park

• **Kensington Palace [Kensington Gardens]

• Tate Britain [Millbank]

• Tate Modern [Southwark]

• The National Gallery [Trafalgar Square]

• The Eye [South Bank]

• Big Ben [Westminster]

• **Westminster Abbey [Westminster]

• Regent's Park & Primrose Hill [North-West London]

• **Walk along the Thames River 

• **Churchill War Rooms [Westminster] Winston Churchill’s secret, underground headquarters 

• British Museum [Bloomsbury]

• Victoria and Albert Museum [South Kensington]

• St. James Park [Westminster] the most royal of London’s Royal Parks

• Sky Garden [Sky Garden Walk] London’s highest public garden

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