Guidebook for London

Isabel And Paul
Isabel And Paul
Guidebook for London

Food Scene

Great gastro pub overlooking the Thames, frequented by Lord Nelson
99 locals recommend
The Gun
27 Coldharbour
99 locals recommend
Great gastro pub overlooking the Thames, frequented by Lord Nelson
Local bar and restaurant with good Italian coffee. Opens onto the pavement when sunny. It used to be the local fire station dating back to the 1800s, hence the name.
44 locals recommend
The Old Millwall Fire Station Restaurant
463 Westferry Rd
44 locals recommend
Local bar and restaurant with good Italian coffee. Opens onto the pavement when sunny. It used to be the local fire station dating back to the 1800s, hence the name.
Excellent food, dim sum on Sundays, terrace dining available in the summer overlooking the Thames
37 locals recommend
Royal China
30 Westferry Circus
37 locals recommend
Excellent food, dim sum on Sundays, terrace dining available in the summer overlooking the Thames
Deli style eaterie, breakfast available too
22 locals recommend
Tom's Kitchen Canary Wharf
11 Westferry Circus
22 locals recommend
Deli style eaterie, breakfast available too
Thai Restaurant overlooking the Thames
13 locals recommend
Elephant Royale Docklands
Westferry Road
13 locals recommend
Thai Restaurant overlooking the Thames
Italian deli
16 locals recommend
Carluccio's - Canary Wharf
1 Canada Square
16 locals recommend
Italian deli
Next to the park and farm
140 locals recommend
Mudchute Park and Farm
Pier Street
140 locals recommend
Next to the park and farm
Weird and wonderful, if you like cats
32 locals recommend
Lady Dinah's Cat Emporium
Bethnal Green Road
32 locals recommend
Weird and wonderful, if you like cats
Can't decide which cereal to have for breakfast? This will make it worse! So many to choose from.
39 locals recommend
Cereal Killer Cafe
192a Brick Ln
39 locals recommend
Can't decide which cereal to have for breakfast? This will make it worse! So many to choose from.
East End Café with charming staff and fine cooked breakfasts
160 locals recommend
E Pellicci
332 Bethnal Green Rd
160 locals recommend
East End Café with charming staff and fine cooked breakfasts
Mexican fun, established by an award winning chef
34 locals recommend
Wahaca
40 Canada Square
34 locals recommend
Mexican fun, established by an award winning chef
Japanese restaurant
62 locals recommend
ROKA Canary Wharf
40 Canada Square
62 locals recommend
Japanese restaurant
Cosy booths
10 locals recommend
Le Secret des Rôtisseurs
37 Westferry Circus
10 locals recommend
Cosy booths
Indian restaurant
Aniseed
25 Westferry Rd
Indian restaurant
If you must!
47 locals recommend
Nando's Canary Wharf
Bank Street
47 locals recommend
If you must!
Named after the spice turmeric, this restaurant is just a short stroll away and overlooks the quay.
42 locals recommend
Manjal Restaurant
42 locals recommend
Named after the spice turmeric, this restaurant is just a short stroll away and overlooks the quay.
Beautifully prepared food with a terrace and best of all, an enchanting view of Tower Bridge
63 locals recommend
Le Pont de la Tour
36D Shad Thames
63 locals recommend
Beautifully prepared food with a terrace and best of all, an enchanting view of Tower Bridge
Good Italian coffee here
13 locals recommend
Vesuvio Cafe
139 Three Colt St
13 locals recommend
Good Italian coffee here
Overlooking the Thames, owned by Gordon Ramsey
136 locals recommend
The Narrow - Gordon Ramsay
44 Narrow St
136 locals recommend
Overlooking the Thames, owned by Gordon Ramsey
Pizza place overlooking the Thames
47 locals recommend
Zizzi
33 Westferry Circus
47 locals recommend
Pizza place overlooking the Thames
9 mins walk away - we'll give you a shortcut to get there
12 locals recommend
Yokoso Korean & Japanese Restaurant
7 Crews St
12 locals recommend
9 mins walk away - we'll give you a shortcut to get there
Near City Airport in the Royal Docks
15 locals recommend
Yi-Ban
1010 Dockside Rd
15 locals recommend
Near City Airport in the Royal Docks
Spectacular views across London. Enjoy a drink on the rooftop bar before sunset, move to the restaurant, take photos and with the tasting menu you can take your time and get a night time view too.
41 locals recommend
28 West Bar
28 Westferry Circus
41 locals recommend
Spectacular views across London. Enjoy a drink on the rooftop bar before sunset, move to the restaurant, take photos and with the tasting menu you can take your time and get a night time view too.

Sightseeing

Take the DLR line from here to Cutty Sark Greenwich or cross the road to Island Gardens Park to photograph the Royal Naval College
11 locals recommend
Island Gardens DLR Station
11 locals recommend
Take the DLR line from here to Cutty Sark Greenwich or cross the road to Island Gardens Park to photograph the Royal Naval College
This foot tunnel will take you to the Unesco World Heritage Site of Royal Greenwich.
52 locals recommend
Greenwich Foot Tunnel
Greenwich Foot Tunnel
52 locals recommend
This foot tunnel will take you to the Unesco World Heritage Site of Royal Greenwich.
Vintage Market held three times a week
469 locals recommend
Greenwich Market
5B Greenwich Market
469 locals recommend
Vintage Market held three times a week
Incredible architecture used in many films
106 locals recommend
Old Royal Naval College
King William Walk
106 locals recommend
Incredible architecture used in many films
Catch a boat from here to travel along the Thames to the Embankment or Westminster
93 locals recommend
Canary Wharf station
Heron Quays Road
93 locals recommend
Catch a boat from here to travel along the Thames to the Embankment or Westminster
Nearest Pier for commuting or sightseeing with Thames Clippers or Thames Cruises
Masthouse Terrace station
Nearest Pier for commuting or sightseeing with Thames Clippers or Thames Cruises
Known for its collection of fans and recommended afternoon tea
43 locals recommend
The Fan Museum
12 Crooms Hill
43 locals recommend
Known for its collection of fans and recommended afternoon tea
Good for running and seeing the deer
736 locals recommend
Greenwich Park
736 locals recommend
Good for running and seeing the deer
Part Medieval, part 1930s interiors used in many films - a wonderful day out.
697 locals recommend
London
697 locals recommend
Part Medieval, part 1930s interiors used in many films - a wonderful day out.
Created and lived in by William Morris, founder of the Arts and Crafts Movement - a beautiful house.
Red House
Red House Lane
Created and lived in by William Morris, founder of the Arts and Crafts Movement - a beautiful house.
Historic folly built by the widow of the daring seafarer Sir William James - spectacular views
27 locals recommend
Severndroog Castle
Shooters Hill
27 locals recommend
Historic folly built by the widow of the daring seafarer Sir William James - spectacular views
The 17thC lane visited by poets and writers such as Sir John Betjeman "where some fine Georgian merchants' houses have the water washing up to their walls" and where Dickens visited an old pub at no9
7 Coldharbour
7 Coldharbour
The 17thC lane visited by poets and writers such as Sir John Betjeman "where some fine Georgian merchants' houses have the water washing up to their walls" and where Dickens visited an old pub at no9
Walk to the tube station around this picturesque quay with resident swan.
Clippers Quay
Walk to the tube station around this picturesque quay with resident swan.
The speedboat scene in the James Bond film, The World is Not Enough was filmed here.
Millwall Outer Dock
The speedboat scene in the James Bond film, The World is Not Enough was filmed here.
Exhibition about the future of cities.
30 locals recommend
The Crystal
One Siemens Brothers Way
30 locals recommend
Exhibition about the future of cities.
Interesting quay with enclave of artists and a lighthouse
14 locals recommend
Trinity Buoy Wharf
64 Orchard Pl
14 locals recommend
Interesting quay with enclave of artists and a lighthouse
A cable car from the North Side of London to the South at the O2 in North Greenwich
222 locals recommend
Emirates Royal Docks station
27 Western Gateway
222 locals recommend
A cable car from the North Side of London to the South at the O2 in North Greenwich

Entertainment & Activities

Visit the llamas, horses and farm shop or take a stroll in the park.
140 locals recommend
Mudchute Park and Farm
Pier Street
140 locals recommend
Visit the llamas, horses and farm shop or take a stroll in the park.
Victoria and Albert Museum recalling childhood memories
418 locals recommend
V&A Museum of Childhood
Cambridge Heath Road
418 locals recommend
Victoria and Albert Museum recalling childhood memories

Arts & Culture

History of the Docklands with a 'Rum and Sugar' Cafe
217 locals recommend
Museum of London Docklands
Hertsmere Road
217 locals recommend
History of the Docklands with a 'Rum and Sugar' Cafe
Local Multi Screen cinema
99 locals recommend
Cineworld West India Quay
5 Hertsmere Rd
99 locals recommend
Local Multi Screen cinema
Learn how to windsurf and sail here on the tranquil dock and see where some of the scenes from Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies were filmed
10 locals recommend
Docklands Sailing & Watersports Centre
235A Westferry Rd
10 locals recommend
Learn how to windsurf and sail here on the tranquil dock and see where some of the scenes from Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies were filmed
Arthouse cinema
101 locals recommend
Greenwich Picturehouse
180 Greenwich High Rd
101 locals recommend
Arthouse cinema
Nearest Theatre often with good reviews
38 locals recommend
Greenwich Theatre
Crooms Hill
38 locals recommend
Nearest Theatre often with good reviews
Arena for music, film, sport and more
631 locals recommend
The O2
Peninsula Square
631 locals recommend
Arena for music, film, sport and more
Always worth seeing fine art
271 locals recommend
Dulwich Picture Gallery
Gallery Road
271 locals recommend
Always worth seeing fine art
Floodlit Botanical Gardens (1 side from the Eastern Hemisphere with plants that were once imported, the other from the West with a winding path to represent the Meridian Time Line it's situated one.
651 locals recommend
Canary Wharf
1 Bank St
651 locals recommend
Floodlit Botanical Gardens (1 side from the Eastern Hemisphere with plants that were once imported, the other from the West with a winding path to represent the Meridian Time Line it's situated one.
Canary Wharf has plenty of art if you look for it. There are many sculptures that you will see as you stroll around. Their website has a map and description of each one
Artisan Fine Art
34 Canada Square
Canary Wharf has plenty of art if you look for it. There are many sculptures that you will see as you stroll around. Their website has a map and description of each one
Everyman Cinema here and botanical garden
Crossrail
25 Canada Square
Everyman Cinema here and botanical garden
Next to the Blue Print Cafe
330 locals recommend
The Design Museum
224-238 Kensington High St
330 locals recommend
Next to the Blue Print Cafe
If you enjoy art, this is the place to visit.
161 locals recommend
Royal Academy of Arts
Piccadilly
161 locals recommend
If you enjoy art, this is the place to visit.
Luxury cinema at Crossrail Place, near the Botanical Garden
35 locals recommend
Everyman Canary Wharf
Crossrail Place
35 locals recommend
Luxury cinema at Crossrail Place, near the Botanical Garden

Drinks & Nightlife

Local Pub
21 locals recommend
The Lord Nelson
9-11 Enfield Rd
21 locals recommend
Local Pub
juice bar with great selection
6 locals recommend
Crussh Fit Food & Juice Bars
Canada Square
6 locals recommend
juice bar with great selection
People watch by the water, looking over the cobblestones.
16 locals recommend
Rum & Sugar
16 locals recommend
People watch by the water, looking over the cobblestones.
Dickensian? tick Fine pub? tick Intrigue? yep Pirates and smuggling history? Aye An accomplished actor owns it, you say? Sir Ian MacKellen, champion of our area - Gandalf's staff is behind the bar.
156 locals recommend
The Grapes
153 Milton Rd
156 locals recommend
Dickensian? tick Fine pub? tick Intrigue? yep Pirates and smuggling history? Aye An accomplished actor owns it, you say? Sir Ian MacKellen, champion of our area - Gandalf's staff is behind the bar.
A cocktail or two at dusk.
35 locals recommend
The Parlour
40 Canada Square
35 locals recommend
A cocktail or two at dusk.
Historic Pub
77 locals recommend
Lamb & Flag
24 James St
77 locals recommend
Historic Pub
Historic pub
200 locals recommend
The Mayflower Pub
117 Rotherhithe St
200 locals recommend
Historic pub

Essentials

Grocery Store open 24hrs Monday - Friday and normal hours at the weekend.
117 locals recommend
Asda Isle of Dogs Superstore
151 E Ferry Rd
117 locals recommend
Grocery Store open 24hrs Monday - Friday and normal hours at the weekend.
Waitrose Food and Home Store for groceries, flowers, homeware - reliable, good quality
386 locals recommend
Waitrose & Partners
134-152 Balham High Road
386 locals recommend
Waitrose Food and Home Store for groceries, flowers, homeware - reliable, good quality
Excellent quality food
11 locals recommend
M&S Canary Wharf Simply Food
45 Bank St
11 locals recommend
Excellent quality food
Free wifi within the Canary Wharf shopping area on the O2 network
19 locals recommend
Jubilee Park
Bank Street
19 locals recommend
Free wifi within the Canary Wharf shopping area on the O2 network
Food market is often held here with different nationalities of food
Wood Wharf
20 Churchill Pl
Food market is often held here with different nationalities of food
Find the best food you can at this great food market that is a thousand years old
1617 locals recommend
Borough Market
Borough High Street
1617 locals recommend
Find the best food you can at this great food market that is a thousand years old
Foodstore
1336 locals recommend
Tesco Express
179 Shoreditch High St
1336 locals recommend
Foodstore
Exquisite chocolates.
Charbonnel Et Walker
28 Old Bond St
Exquisite chocolates.
Nearby supermarket
Equinox
86 Manchester Rd
Nearby supermarket
Near to Crossharbour DLR
1336 locals recommend
Tesco Express
179 Shoreditch High St
1336 locals recommend
Near to Crossharbour DLR

Everything Else

Old library named after William Cubitt, Mayor of London in 1860
7 locals recommend
Cubitt Town Library
52 Strattondale St
7 locals recommend
Old library named after William Cubitt, Mayor of London in 1860
Local Tube Station a few minutes walk away
7 locals recommend
Mudchute station
Spindrift Avenue
7 locals recommend
Local Tube Station a few minutes walk away
Exhibition Centre
102 locals recommend
ExCel
102 locals recommend
Exhibition Centre
A gym without hefty membership charge
PureGym London Canary Wharf
5 Hertsmere Rd
A gym without hefty membership charge