Adam's London guidebook

Adam And Christel
Adam And Christel
Adam's London guidebook

Shopping

Probably the best food market in London. Open Wednesday to Saturday. Best buys are at Ginger Pig, Ted's Veg, Sussex Fish, Bread Ahead, Monmouth Coffee, Normandie a Londres and Neal's Yard.
1617 residents recomanen
Borough Market
Borough High Street
1617 residents recomanen
Probably the best food market in London. Open Wednesday to Saturday. Best buys are at Ginger Pig, Ted's Veg, Sussex Fish, Bread Ahead, Monmouth Coffee, Normandie a Londres and Neal's Yard.
Very cool market of pop up food stalls and bars.
99 residents recomanen
40 Maltby Street
40 Maltby St
99 residents recomanen
Very cool market of pop up food stalls and bars.
Cool antiques and flea market at weekends - part of the village London feel
65 residents recomanen
Bermondsey Antique Market
11 Bermondsey Square
65 residents recomanen
Cool antiques and flea market at weekends - part of the village London feel
Cool covered market with lots of bars and restaurants as well. Worth a visit at the weekend.
696 residents recomanen
Vell Mercat de Spitalfields
16 Commercial St
696 residents recomanen
Cool covered market with lots of bars and restaurants as well. Worth a visit at the weekend.
While you're here, do check out one of the many authentic Indian restaurants. There are too many to mention here but check trip advisor and notfortourists.com. You should also check out the Old Truman Brewery website for pop up bars, festivals, events and some of the top brand sample sales that happen every weekend.
825 residents recomanen
Mercat dominical de Brick Lane
Brick Lane
825 residents recomanen
While you're here, do check out one of the many authentic Indian restaurants. There are too many to mention here but check trip advisor and notfortourists.com. You should also check out the Old Truman Brewery website for pop up bars, festivals, events and some of the top brand sample sales that happen every weekend.
Market with all kinds of clothes and oddities.
61 residents recomanen
Petticoat Lane Market
119-121 Middlesex St
61 residents recomanen
Market with all kinds of clothes and oddities.
Fantastic flower market.
1660 residents recomanen
Columbia Road Flower Market
Columbia Road
1660 residents recomanen
Fantastic flower market.

Sightseeing

Visit Sir Francis Drake's ship that defeated the Spanish Armada 500 years ago.
51 residents recomanen
Golden Hinde
Cathedral Street
51 residents recomanen
Visit Sir Francis Drake's ship that defeated the Spanish Armada 500 years ago.
The original castle of medieval kings and queens. Book online but think about the www.londonpass.com if you really want to do the tourist thing as it should save money on hideously overpriced tickets
1372 residents recomanen
Torre de Londres
1372 residents recomanen
The original castle of medieval kings and queens. Book online but think about the www.londonpass.com if you really want to do the tourist thing as it should save money on hideously overpriced tickets
Very chic village feel filled with great bars, cafe's and restaurants.
263 residents recomanen
Bermondsey Street
Bermondsey Street
263 residents recomanen
Very chic village feel filled with great bars, cafe's and restaurants.
Walk from the Tate Modern to St Pauls
129 residents recomanen
Pont del Mil·lenni
129 residents recomanen
Walk from the Tate Modern to St Pauls
This will be on anyone's to do list for sightseeing.
845 residents recomanen
St. Paul's Cathedral
845 residents recomanen
This will be on anyone's to do list for sightseeing.
Cool area with restaurants and pop up bars and events, view over the Tower of London and right next to "The Onion" City Hall. Also has a great pop-up culture in the summer with bars and stalls.
38 residents recomanen
More London Riverside
More London Place
38 residents recomanen
Cool area with restaurants and pop up bars and events, view over the Tower of London and right next to "The Onion" City Hall. Also has a great pop-up culture in the summer with bars and stalls.
Cool boutiques in this 14th century beautiful ornate market, right in the heart of the financial district. Worth a look.
47 residents recomanen
Mercat de Leadenhall
Gracechurch Street
47 residents recomanen
Cool boutiques in this 14th century beautiful ornate market, right in the heart of the financial district. Worth a look.
Commemorates the start of the great fire of London
107 residents recomanen
El Monument al Gran Incendi de Londres
Fish Street Hill
107 residents recomanen
Commemorates the start of the great fire of London
A tourists must see.
2099 residents recomanen
London Eye
2099 residents recomanen
A tourists must see.
If you've watched the Da Vinci Code you'll recognise the church. Not often open and Temple is a beautiful quiet part of London with lots of legal chambers, secret gardens and alleys. Worth a stroll.
9 residents recomanen
Església del Temple
9 residents recomanen
If you've watched the Da Vinci Code you'll recognise the church. Not often open and Temple is a beautiful quiet part of London with lots of legal chambers, secret gardens and alleys. Worth a stroll.
7th Century cathedral.
33 residents recomanen
Catedral de Southwark
London Bridge
33 residents recomanen
7th Century cathedral.

Arts & Culture

Reconstructed like the original theatre and has year round plays that you can book.
449 residents recomanen
Teatre Globe de Shakespeare
21 New Globe Walk
449 residents recomanen
Reconstructed like the original theatre and has year round plays that you can book.
The famous museum.
2008 residents recomanen
Tate Modern
Bankside
2008 residents recomanen
The famous museum.
Very cool local museum. Travel over to Knightsbridge for the big museums.
330 residents recomanen
Museu del Disseny
224-238 Kensington High St
330 residents recomanen
Very cool local museum. Travel over to Knightsbridge for the big museums.
Cool small museum of the buliding that used to be a prison - one of many in London Bridge in Elizabethen times.
43 residents recomanen
Clink Prison Museum
1 Clink St
43 residents recomanen
Cool small museum of the buliding that used to be a prison - one of many in London Bridge in Elizabethen times.
A very random experience
48 residents recomanen
El Museu del Vell Teatre d'Operacions i Herb Garret
9a St Thomas St
48 residents recomanen
A very random experience
Random experience.
89 residents recomanen
Fashion and Textile Museum
83 Bermondsey St
89 residents recomanen
Random experience.
Nice small contemporary gallery
11 residents recomanen
Jerwood Space
171 Union St
11 residents recomanen
Nice small contemporary gallery
Dedicated to all the great wars and situated inside a beautiful park in South London - 15 minutes walk from the apartment.
461 residents recomanen
Museus de Guerra Imperial
Lambeth Road
461 residents recomanen
Dedicated to all the great wars and situated inside a beautiful park in South London - 15 minutes walk from the apartment.
A very interesting looking into the local area in the Middle Ages and how cruel it was to live in London Bridge.
43 residents recomanen
Clink Prison Museum
1 Clink St
43 residents recomanen
A very interesting looking into the local area in the Middle Ages and how cruel it was to live in London Bridge.
Very local and interesting, new exhibition space, focused on medicine and science.
Science Gallery London
Great Maze Pond
Very local and interesting, new exhibition space, focused on medicine and science.

Drinks & Nightlife

The world famous nightclub is a short walk away - but far enough to hear nothing.
197 residents recomanen
Ministry of Sound
103 Gaunt St
197 residents recomanen
The world famous nightclub is a short walk away - but far enough to hear nothing.
On the 42nd floor of the new Heron Tower you have Sushi Samba for 24 hour drinking and eating - London's beautiful people can be found there on Fridays and Saturdays. Beware, its not cheap.
237 residents recomanen
SUSHISAMBA Londres
Bishopsgate
237 residents recomanen
On the 42nd floor of the new Heron Tower you have Sushi Samba for 24 hour drinking and eating - London's beautiful people can be found there on Fridays and Saturdays. Beware, its not cheap.
Watch the English after work fill this pub with cool covered outdoor area where beer is served from an old VW van.
7 residents recomanen
The Sheaf
24a Southwark St
7 residents recomanen
Watch the English after work fill this pub with cool covered outdoor area where beer is served from an old VW van.
16th Century Coaching Inn (where Dickens and Shakespeare stayed). Authentic building with massive outdoor courtyard filled with the English drinking and socialising after work on weekdays
45 residents recomanen
George
Borough High Street
45 residents recomanen
16th Century Coaching Inn (where Dickens and Shakespeare stayed). Authentic building with massive outdoor courtyard filled with the English drinking and socialising after work on weekdays
A very cool rooftop bar on the ME hotel. Fantasic views and seating inside and out. Highly recommended.
30 residents recomanen
Radio Rooftop
336-337 Strand
30 residents recomanen
A very cool rooftop bar on the ME hotel. Fantasic views and seating inside and out. Highly recommended.
Great rooftop bar along with great shopping and another great Jamie Oliver restaurant.
86 residents recomanen
One New Change
New Change
86 residents recomanen
Great rooftop bar along with great shopping and another great Jamie Oliver restaurant.
Historic pub, well hidden away in Redcross street. Curiously opposite a historic mass grave for the poor executed criminals and local prostitutes.
36 residents recomanen
The Bootlegger
25-26 Lime St
36 residents recomanen
Historic pub, well hidden away in Redcross street. Curiously opposite a historic mass grave for the poor executed criminals and local prostitutes.
Stunning views over London in this restaurant, which serves breakfast lunch and dinner. Or sit in the fantastic cocktail bar. Really a must to visit. You can avoid the queues without a reservation by just walking straight in but don't wear sneakers.
124 residents recomanen
Aqua Shard
31 St Thomas St
124 residents recomanen
Stunning views over London in this restaurant, which serves breakfast lunch and dinner. Or sit in the fantastic cocktail bar. Really a must to visit. You can avoid the queues without a reservation by just walking straight in but don't wear sneakers.
Beautiful riverside cocktail bar and restaurant with great views.
40 residents recomanen
Skylon
40 residents recomanen
Beautiful riverside cocktail bar and restaurant with great views.
This cocktail bar and restaurant is on the eighth floor of this luxury riverside apartment block - great views.
106 residents recomanen
OXO Tower Restaurant
Barge House Street
106 residents recomanen
This cocktail bar and restaurant is on the eighth floor of this luxury riverside apartment block - great views.
Nicely renovated pub with garden and full of local young Bermondseyites
92 residents recomanen
The Woolpack
98 Bermondsey St
92 residents recomanen
Nicely renovated pub with garden and full of local young Bermondseyites
16th century bar. Historic, touristic, worth a visit to say you've been but average food.
12 residents recomanen
Anchor Bankside
34 Park St
12 residents recomanen
16th century bar. Historic, touristic, worth a visit to say you've been but average food.
Cool bar at the theatre.
6 residents recomanen
The Cut Bar and Restaurant, Young Vic
66 The Cut
6 residents recomanen
Cool bar at the theatre.
Plenty of cool kids, cool bars and cool restaurants here. Take your pick in the whole Shoreditch area.
221 residents recomanen
Hoxton Square
Hoxton Square
221 residents recomanen
Plenty of cool kids, cool bars and cool restaurants here. Take your pick in the whole Shoreditch area.
Very cool speakeasy
10 residents recomanen
Cecil's
8 Holyrood Street
10 residents recomanen
Very cool speakeasy
Brilliant authentic latino bar with great mojito and latin music and dancing. Hideously busy, especially in the summer.
51 residents recomanen
Cubana
48 Lower Marsh
51 residents recomanen
Brilliant authentic latino bar with great mojito and latin music and dancing. Hideously busy, especially in the summer.
Authentic Bavarian Beer Kellar.
8 residents recomanen
Katzenjammers
24 Southwark St
8 residents recomanen
Authentic Bavarian Beer Kellar.
Uber cheap, slightly pikey 70s style council estate pub, absolutely teeming with medical students during the week for cheap beer and inde bands playing upstairs.
11 residents recomanen
The Miller
96 Snowsfields
11 residents recomanen
Uber cheap, slightly pikey 70s style council estate pub, absolutely teeming with medical students during the week for cheap beer and inde bands playing upstairs.
Where all the cool kids hang out.
14 residents recomanen
93 Feet East
150 Brick Ln
14 residents recomanen
Where all the cool kids hang out.
Nicely revamped very English pub. Fair priced cocktails and slightly better quality pub menu. Good young crowd - god bless the smoking ban.
The Leather Exchange
15 Leathermarket St
Nicely revamped very English pub. Fair priced cocktails and slightly better quality pub menu. Good young crowd - god bless the smoking ban.
Very classy, always busy with the beautiful people. Book in advance if yu're going to eat.
57 residents recomanen
Antico Restaurant
214 Bermondsey Street
57 residents recomanen
Very classy, always busy with the beautiful people. Book in advance if yu're going to eat.
Funky pub. Decent prices, good crowd - Bermondsey Street a great village feel.
128 residents recomanen
The Garrison Public House
99 Bermondsey St
128 residents recomanen
Funky pub. Decent prices, good crowd - Bermondsey Street a great village feel.
Flat Iron Square is really the buzzing new place in Borough. It's under railway arches, has pop up food trucks, indoor canteen with half a dozen food counters, a pancake house and the new O'Meara cocktail back and intimate concert venue, owned and managed by Ben Lovett of Mumford & Sons - licenced til 6am at weekends and expect all kinds of last minute concerts this summer.
60 residents recomanen
Flea at Flat Iron Square
45 Southwark St
60 residents recomanen
Flat Iron Square is really the buzzing new place in Borough. It's under railway arches, has pop up food trucks, indoor canteen with half a dozen food counters, a pancake house and the new O'Meara cocktail back and intimate concert venue, owned and managed by Ben Lovett of Mumford & Sons - licenced til 6am at weekends and expect all kinds of last minute concerts this summer.
Very cool way to turn a deconsecrated church into a night spot for live music and drinks. Just a few minutes from the apartment.
Amazing Grace London
Very cool way to turn a deconsecrated church into a night spot for live music and drinks. Just a few minutes from the apartment.
Great mix of bars, restaurants and a nightclub.
60 residents recomanen
Flea at Flat Iron Square
45 Southwark St
60 residents recomanen
Great mix of bars, restaurants and a nightclub.

Food Scene

Get a great traditional English breakfast or lunch in this posh restaurant in the heart of Borough Market.
30 residents recomanen
Roast
Stoney Street
30 residents recomanen
Get a great traditional English breakfast or lunch in this posh restaurant in the heart of Borough Market.
Great bar and restaurant owned by Gordon Ramsey and frequented by David Beckham when in London. Cocktails excellent and high class Italian menu. There's a great cocktail bar in the basement as well.
32 residents recomanen
Union Street Café by Gordon Ramsay
47-51 Great Suffolk Street
32 residents recomanen
Great bar and restaurant owned by Gordon Ramsey and frequented by David Beckham when in London. Cocktails excellent and high class Italian menu. There's a great cocktail bar in the basement as well.
Cool basement bar and steak restaurant
18 residents recomanen
Hixter
16 Great Guildford St
18 residents recomanen
Cool basement bar and steak restaurant
Fantastic Malaysian restaurant - great menu and decoration
32 residents recomanen
Champor-Champor
62-64 Weston St
32 residents recomanen
Fantastic Malaysian restaurant - great menu and decoration
Great French restaurant with posh riverside location.
63 residents recomanen
Le Pont de la Tour
36D Shad Thames
63 residents recomanen
Great French restaurant with posh riverside location.
Authentic Spanish food, always busy, right on the corner of Borough Market.
31 residents recomanen
Tapas Brindisa London Bridge
18-20 Southwark St
31 residents recomanen
Authentic Spanish food, always busy, right on the corner of Borough Market.
This is one of London's original pie & mash shops.
40 residents recomanen
M.Manze
87 Tower Bridge Rd
40 residents recomanen
This is one of London's original pie & mash shops.
Really great food and atmosphere.
136 residents recomanen
Village East
171-173 Bermondsey St
136 residents recomanen
Really great food and atmosphere.
Great tapas place and Spanish restaurant in Bermondsey Street.
160 residents recomanen
José
104 Bermondsey St
160 residents recomanen
Great tapas place and Spanish restaurant in Bermondsey Street.
Great place - book early.
52 residents recomanen
Zucca
184 Bermondsey Street
52 residents recomanen
Great place - book early.
Great Asian restaurant in a hidden walk of three or four very busy bars and restaurants. Part of a chain but good quality food.
6 residents recomanen
Thai Silk
94-95 Isabella St
6 residents recomanen
Great Asian restaurant in a hidden walk of three or four very busy bars and restaurants. Part of a chain but good quality food.
Great place, good sushi. Overpriced.
Feng Sushi
13 Stoney Street
Great place, good sushi. Overpriced.
Famous Argentinian steak restaurants but this one is in old Bank of England gold vaults. Cool idea. Posh restaurant.
Gaucho City
1 Bell Inn Yard
Famous Argentinian steak restaurants but this one is in old Bank of England gold vaults. Cool idea. Posh restaurant.
Great for weekend English and American style brunches.
12 residents recomanen
Joe's Kitchen
5-7 Marshalsea Rd
12 residents recomanen
Great for weekend English and American style brunches.
Great noodle bar chain that always has a 50% sale on its fresh sushi at 7.30pm every evening if you can't be bothered to cook or go out. There's also a great Marks & Spencers food market opposite to pick up some good quality wine and desserts.
itsu
65 Southwark St
Great noodle bar chain that always has a 50% sale on its fresh sushi at 7.30pm every evening if you can't be bothered to cook or go out. There's also a great Marks & Spencers food market opposite to pick up some good quality wine and desserts.
Restaurant and bar that is decorated like an old school gymnasium. Food selected from Borough Market but bit pricey.
31 residents recomanen
Tanner & Co
50 Bermondsey St
31 residents recomanen
Restaurant and bar that is decorated like an old school gymnasium. Food selected from Borough Market but bit pricey.
Chain of noodle bars, this one is huge and built under a railway arch. Very busy but really good food and not overpriced.
Wagamama Clink Street
1 Clink Street
Chain of noodle bars, this one is huge and built under a railway arch. Very busy but really good food and not overpriced.
Beautiful location, atrium, champagne and oyster bar and Sauterelle restaurant on the first floor. Do take a look at all the shops like Bulgari, Hermes, Montblanc and Tiffanys.
9 residents recomanen
Royal Exchange Jewellers
29A Threadneedle St
9 residents recomanen
Beautiful location, atrium, champagne and oyster bar and Sauterelle restaurant on the first floor. Do take a look at all the shops like Bulgari, Hermes, Montblanc and Tiffanys.
Posh coffee shop attracting the Bermondsey Streeters
85 residents recomanen
Casse-Croûte
109 Bermondsey St
85 residents recomanen
Posh coffee shop attracting the Bermondsey Streeters
Great high quality French restaurant by Liverpool Street Station. Menu is fantastic and built in a de-consecrated church.
50 residents recomanen
Galvin La Chapelle
35 Spital Square
50 residents recomanen
Great high quality French restaurant by Liverpool Street Station. Menu is fantastic and built in a de-consecrated church.
Hip and trendy cafe serving typical English Breakfasts. Worth a visit as close to Borough Market but always a queue outside after 9am on weekends with all London's hungover twentysomethings.
49 residents recomanen
The Breakfast Club London Bridge
11 Southwark Street
49 residents recomanen
Hip and trendy cafe serving typical English Breakfasts. Worth a visit as close to Borough Market but always a queue outside after 9am on weekends with all London's hungover twentysomethings.
This is new and a really good mix of breakfast and brunch, workspace for all day coffee, great lunch and dinner menu with tapas and other great plates and an excellent cocktail bar. This isn't really known yet but one of the new buzzing places in the area.
22 residents recomanen
Caravan
30 Great Guildford St
22 residents recomanen
This is new and a really good mix of breakfast and brunch, workspace for all day coffee, great lunch and dinner menu with tapas and other great plates and an excellent cocktail bar. This isn't really known yet but one of the new buzzing places in the area.
This place is really random because its a morning cafe where you can buy a full English breakfast and in the afternoon and evening turns into a Lebanese shisha bar. Brilliant ix.
The Island Cafe
Union Street
This place is really random because its a morning cafe where you can buy a full English breakfast and in the afternoon and evening turns into a Lebanese shisha bar. Brilliant ix.

Entertainment & Activities

Home to the British Film Institute, you can also see the latest movies in 3D at the Imax
109 residents recomanen
BFI Southbank
0 Belvedere Rd
109 residents recomanen
Home to the British Film Institute, you can also see the latest movies in 3D at the Imax
A very very cool area, particularly in summer with lots of arts, festivals, pop up bars and food stalls. Also great Christmas market all along the Thames.
436 residents recomanen
Southbank Centre
436 residents recomanen
A very very cool area, particularly in summer with lots of arts, festivals, pop up bars and food stalls. Also great Christmas market all along the Thames.
Indoor skatepark with a difference. Underneath Waterloo Station, it has music, arts and bars and all kinds of cool stuff. You'll recognise the place as Skyfall was filmed there (new MI6 headquarters)
House of Vans London
228-232 Station Approach Rd
Indoor skatepark with a difference. Underneath Waterloo Station, it has music, arts and bars and all kinds of cool stuff. You'll recognise the place as Skyfall was filmed there (new MI6 headquarters)
Great location and experience. Book tickets online in advance.
217 residents recomanen
Somerset House
Strand
217 residents recomanen
Great location and experience. Book tickets online in advance.

Essentials

Open from 7/11 seven days a week and two minutes walk from the apartment.
1048 residents recomanen
TESCO Express
275-277 Battersea Park Rd
1048 residents recomanen
Open from 7/11 seven days a week and two minutes walk from the apartment.
Open from 7am to 11 seven days a week. Very well stocked for food, drink, toiletries and all you'll possibly need.
328 residents recomanen
Sainsbury's Local
1-3 Bryanston St
328 residents recomanen
Open from 7am to 11 seven days a week. Very well stocked for food, drink, toiletries and all you'll possibly need.
Top hospital with full accident and emergency unit 24/7 if necessary and less than five minutes walk.
18 residents recomanen
Guy's Hospital
Great Maze Pond
18 residents recomanen
Top hospital with full accident and emergency unit 24/7 if necessary and less than five minutes walk.
Cracking English cheeses. If you like strong, buy Stinking Bishop - but please make sure you don't leave it too long in my fridge.
18 residents recomanen
Neal's Yard Dairy
8 Park St
18 residents recomanen
Cracking English cheeses. If you like strong, buy Stinking Bishop - but please make sure you don't leave it too long in my fridge.