Hampton by Hilton London Park Royal. Eccleston Square Hotel. Lansbury Heritage Hotel. Charlotte Street Hotel, Firmdale Hotels. The Milestone Hotel. The Portobello Hotel. Rose and Crown Stoke Newington. San Domenico House. James Hotel and Club Mayfair. Batty Langley's. Ham Yard Hotel, Firmdale Hotels. The Henrietta Hotel. The Dorchester - Dorchester Collection. Draycott Hotel by Mantis. The Franklin London - Starhotels Collezione. Want to go to India? Head to Brick Lane. Fancy a trip to Jamaica?
Brixton is your best bet. But for a truly foreign experience there's no better place than Fulham. English they may be, but if you can make out what Tarquin is communicating to Ralph pronounced "Rafe" when he says, "Yah, I don't know what her chap is but she's not getting any of mine! Snort," you're doing better than us. You can 'borrow' a bike from the mayor. Launched in , London's bicycle sharing program is officially called the Santander Cycles Hire Scheme. The Santander Cycles are also known as "Boris bikes," after Boris Johnson, the mayor-turned-foreign-secretrary who launched the scheme.
They cost only a few quid and London is a surprisingly good biking city. Banh mi that's better in London than in Vietnam. Apparently the debate comes down to the bread, which is less roof-of-mouth scrapingly crisp in the London version. Although when talking Vietnamese in London it's hard to ignore the Viet hotspot of Kingsland Road, where restaurant after restaurant offers steaming bowls of deliciousness for a few quid.
One of the best bowlfuls in all London is the beef pho at Song Que. They pair salmon and smoked haddock in a light sauce with just the right amount of creamy mash and a crispy topping. Another brick in the wall Yes, there's often a wait for everything from tables at restaurants to public services.
An easy way to get Londoners to lose their biscuits is to stand to the left of an escalator, go to the front of a queue or try to get on a packed tube before everyone's gotten off. Cue the aggressive tutting. Views come with thrills. Back in London hosted the Olympics. Four years later, newspapers-worth of opinions have been written about the Games' epic cultural legacy.
One aspect of this legacy is ArcelorMittal Orbit , the world's longest tunnel slide. Eton Mess -- the sweet kind. It's also a delicious dessert. In British politics men that attended the elite Eton public school are caricatured as blustering red-faced bullies and buffoons. The current coalition government has many old Etonians in its number.
But the words Eton Mess were coined long before this political era and describe a melange of meringue, strawberries and cream first made and sold in the Eton tuck shop. Drinks means drinks. If someone suggests going for a drink after work, they mean drink and nothing else. Booze will be bought in quantity and at no time will the issue of dinner raise its ugly head. To avoid a woozy stagger home via a frightening fast food outlet, the sensible socialite takes dietary precautions.
It is acceptable to order pre-packaged bar snacks such as crisps potato chips or peanuts to soak up some of the alcohol. In some bars you may see something called "pork scratchings" for sale. These are not for you. London's public lavatories get a makeover. Anyone can become a local in two seconds. The secret to blending in with locals lies solely in the use of one word -- "innit" -- a colloquial abbreviation of "isn't it?
Confusingly, although "innit" implies a query, this uniquely London method of punctuating sentences is purely rhetorical. Thus, "time for drink, innit? The Thames and the times. Almost a millennia after London was founded, the Thames is still the soul of the city. You can have a beer on its banks, walk its length or stand on a bridge and stare into its murky depths, feeling all the layers of history from the Romans to Ricky Gervais.
You can even see the mudlarks of Dickens' day at work at low tide, only now they use metal detectors rather than rakes and hands. Cockle warmers. One of the best and longest established speakeasies is New York import Milk and Honey.
But for the truly Anglicized secret boozer, go to the Worship Street Whistling Shop which, with its "cockle warmers" whiskey cocktails harks back to UK Victorian dram shops, rather than U. Royal servitude. A shop with a big crest outside, also known as a royal warrant, means that the establishment has supplied goods for at least five years to HM The Queen. Shops with the royal warrant include: raincoat manufacturer Burberry New Bond St.
Even crowded moments can be intensely private. Despite massive crowds and dense population, it's easy to find privacy. The sardine-tin peak-hour tube ride is the best place for some personal time. Despite a briefcase, knee, elbow or arse pressing into you, no Londoner will dare bother or even look at you, allowing you to focus on the morning's paper conveniently left on the train by a previous passenger without distraction.
The best Sunday meal anywhere. Thinking of eating Sunday lunchtime in a place overlooking the river or bordering a park? This month? Good luck, mate!
Sunday lunch is a main event, and also something very specific -- roast meat, roast potatoes and a green all drowned in gravy and followed by a sturdy pudding. Valuable concrete walls. Street art has turned the entire city into an exhibition space. Best places to spot a Banksy, El Chivo or a Robbo, which taken indoors and hung on a wall would sell for thousands, are along the banks of the Regents canal, around Old Street or in the Waterloo arches, which hosts the annual "war of the cans.
Tapas are part of the tapestry. Spanish restaurateurs have taken over London in a way that makes the conquistadores look like folk dancers.
Actually, ceviche is the new tapas. Peruvian restaurants are springing up over the West End, but the eponymous one that started the trend for ceviche and sours still rules. Ceviche 's tiger milk the chili-laced lime marinade in which the fish "cooks" is good enough to drink, the fish is fresh and firm, and the red onion gives a slight crunch. Ceviche, 17 Frith St.
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