Guidebook for London
Food Scene
Low-lit Thai chain restaurant with a modern dark wood interior and square communal tables.
36 locals recommend
Busaba Shoreditch
36 Bethnal Green RdLow-lit Thai chain restaurant with a modern dark wood interior and square communal tables.
Buzzy destination for Indian street food in Bombay-style digs with vintage decor & upscale touches.
475 locals recommend
Dishoom Shoreditch
7 Boundary StBuzzy destination for Indian street food in Bombay-style digs with vintage decor & upscale touches.
Pizzeria with industrial looks, serving rustic pizza, antipasti, weekend brunch and Sunday roast.
252 locals recommend
Pizza East Shoreditch
56 Shoreditch High StPizzeria with industrial looks, serving rustic pizza, antipasti, weekend brunch and Sunday roast.
Minimalist-style white space with wood tables specialising in creatively topped gourmet pizza.
11 locals recommend
story deli
515 Cambridge Heath RoadMinimalist-style white space with wood tables specialising in creatively topped gourmet pizza.
Cocktails and dim sum, with low lighting courtesy of paper lanterns and regular DJs.
13 locals recommend
The Drunken Monkey
Cocktails and dim sum, with low lighting courtesy of paper lanterns and regular DJs.
Drinks & Nightlife
Cocktail lounge where red and gold detailing dominates an opulent boho chic interior.
34 locals recommend
Beach Blanket Babylon Shoreditch
19-23 Bethnal Green RdCocktail lounge where red and gold detailing dominates an opulent boho chic interior.
Low-lit Shoreditch bar with Lewis Carroll-themed interior and long menu of innovative cocktails.
132 locals recommend
Callooh Callay Bar
65 Rivington StLow-lit Shoreditch bar with Lewis Carroll-themed interior and long menu of innovative cocktails.
Eclectic, industrial space offers areas for live blues music, dancing and Cajun-BBQ dining.
104 locals recommend
The Blues Kitchen
134-146 Curtain RdEclectic, industrial space offers areas for live blues music, dancing and Cajun-BBQ dining.
Entertainment & Activities
Community arts hub staging music, dance and spoken word performance, art shows and film screenings.
260 locals recommend
Rich Mix
35-47 Bethnal Green RdCommunity arts hub staging music, dance and spoken word performance, art shows and film screenings.
Luxury, single-screen cinema with bar and velvet furniture, showing mainstream and indie films.
120 locals recommend
Electric Cinema
64-66 Redchurch StreetLuxury, single-screen cinema with bar and velvet furniture, showing mainstream and indie films.
Spitalfields City Farm
Buxton StreetShopping
Shipping container, pop-up mall for independent and global, fashion and lifestyle stores and cafes.
377 locals recommend
BOXPARK Shoreditch
2-10 Bethnal Green RdShipping container, pop-up mall for independent and global, fashion and lifestyle stores and cafes.
Weekly outdoor market with an array of vendors selling books, clothing & other eclectic items.
825 locals recommend
Brick Lane Sunday Market
Brick LaneWeekly outdoor market with an array of vendors selling books, clothing & other eclectic items.
Daily fashion and vintage stalls in renewed Victorian covered market with restaurants and boutiques.
696 locals recommend
Old Spitalfields Market
16 Commercial StDaily fashion and vintage stalls in renewed Victorian covered market with restaurants and boutiques.
Columbia Road Flower Market
Columbia RoadArts & Culture
Whitechapel Gallery
77-82 Whitechapel High StMuseum of the Home
136 Kingsland RoadSadlers Wells Theatre (Stop UB) station
Parks & Nature
Pavilion Cafe
Old Ford Road