Guidebook for London
Food Scene
Baker & Spice
20 Clifton RdExcellent coffee, pastries, breakfast and lunches
Very good fresh mediterranean local restaurant. A local haunt for breakfast, lunch and dinners.
36 recommandé par les habitants
Closed
13 Clifton RdVery good fresh mediterranean local restaurant. A local haunt for breakfast, lunch and dinners.
A very pretty canal-side gastropub and restaurant with all year outdoor/indoor seating. Live chilled out music on Thursdays
194 recommandé par les habitants
The Waterway
54 Formosa StA very pretty canal-side gastropub and restaurant with all year outdoor/indoor seating. Live chilled out music on Thursdays
Very good upscale canal-side restaurant with a very local informal feel. Specialises in seafood but a wide mix.
109 recommandé par les habitants
The Summerhouse
Blomfield RoadVery good upscale canal-side restaurant with a very local informal feel. Specialises in seafood but a wide mix.
Very good, authentic, intimate japanese sushi restaurant with dark wood and dim lighting...hidden in a side street, popular with locals. They speak little english.
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Maguro
5 Lanark PlVery good, authentic, intimate japanese sushi restaurant with dark wood and dim lighting...hidden in a side street, popular with locals. They speak little english.
For a chain, this Nero is a really handsome, loungey and friendly cafe where you can sit on couches or at farm tables, read in the sun or work on computer all day. Simples.
153 recommandé par les habitants
Caffè Nero
31-33 Warwick WayFor a chain, this Nero is a really handsome, loungey and friendly cafe where you can sit on couches or at farm tables, read in the sun or work on computer all day. Simples.
There are a range of restaurants around here in this rather unusual and pretty modern development...also an easy pretty walk direct to Paddington station for either the tube or Heathrow Express.
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Paddington Basin
There are a range of restaurants around here in this rather unusual and pretty modern development...also an easy pretty walk direct to Paddington station for either the tube or Heathrow Express.
Essentials
Excellent mediterranean deli for high quality prepared foods for takeaway or ingredients fo cooking at home. Excellent Illy coffee and pastries. A sister shop to the restaurant across the street.
29 recommandé par les habitants
Raoul's Deli
8-10 Clifton RdExcellent mediterranean deli for high quality prepared foods for takeaway or ingredients fo cooking at home. Excellent Illy coffee and pastries. A sister shop to the restaurant across the street.
Award winning wine shop with tasting sessions and very friendly staff - specialising in small producers, very reasonable to exotic.
8 recommandé par les habitants
The Winery
4 Clifton RdAward winning wine shop with tasting sessions and very friendly staff - specialising in small producers, very reasonable to exotic.
The Organic Grocer
A good, small organic grocery store also selling prepared foods for takeaway.
Excellent fresh fruit and vegetable store with very wide range of produce and good prices.
26 recommandé par les habitants
Clifton Greens
16 Clifton RdExcellent fresh fruit and vegetable store with very wide range of produce and good prices.
Excellent organic and free range butchers shop
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Sheepdrove Organic Farm Family Butcher - Maida Vale, London
5 Clifton RdExcellent organic and free range butchers shop
Drinks & Nightlife
An excellent pub with an unusual history - one of the few pubs left in london with divided walled sections - see for yourself and ask about the history. A great chocolate stout on tap.
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Prince Alfred
5A Formosa StAn excellent pub with an unusual history - one of the few pubs left in london with divided walled sections - see for yourself and ask about the history. A great chocolate stout on tap.
A small pub in a tiny local street, very local, intimate.
45 recommandé par les habitants
Warwick Castle
4a Warwick PlA small pub in a tiny local street, very local, intimate.
a restored grand and old lively, chatty pub with a mix of every type of local. Outdoor benches in summer. Good stop on any pub crawl
80 recommandé par les habitants
The Warrington Hotel
93 Warrington Cresa restored grand and old lively, chatty pub with a mix of every type of local. Outdoor benches in summer. Good stop on any pub crawl
lively, youthful local gastropub about 8 minute walk from flat near maida vale tube (the stop after warwick avenue station).
282 recommandé par les habitants
The Eagle
15 Clifton Rdlively, youthful local gastropub about 8 minute walk from flat near maida vale tube (the stop after warwick avenue station).
Shopping
American Dry Cleaning Company
57 Old Brompton Rdlocal dry cleaners
Boots Pharmacy
50 Newington GrnBoots pharmacy
Truly beautiful flower arrangements along with constantly changing vases, rare finds - like a microcosm of the amazing Liberty store off Regent street.
Absolute Flowers
14 Clifton RdTruly beautiful flower arrangements along with constantly changing vases, rare finds - like a microcosm of the amazing Liberty store off Regent street.
Arts & Culture
pub as well as on second floor the longest running improv theatre in london - small venue, topical, a good laugh even if you don't know all the local references.
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Canal Cafe Theatre
13 Westbourne Terrace Rdpub as well as on second floor the longest running improv theatre in london - small venue, topical, a good laugh even if you don't know all the local references.
Excellent, eclectic local cinema serving wine and good tapas food.
101 recommandé par les habitants
Everyman Maida Vale
215 Sutherland AveExcellent, eclectic local cinema serving wine and good tapas food.
Entertainment & Activities
A very well done puppet theatre on a barge in summer time aimed primarily at children, but also has adult themed shows...
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Puppet Theatre Barge
35 Blomfield RdA very well done puppet theatre on a barge in summer time aimed primarily at children, but also has adult themed shows...
Sightseeing
My recommendation for canal boat rides because of the live tour guide. Goes from little venice up to camden. Approx. £8 from spring to Autumn.
17 recommandé par les habitants
Jason's Trip
42 Blomfield RdMy recommendation for canal boat rides because of the live tour guide. Goes from little venice up to camden. Approx. £8 from spring to Autumn.
For those wanting to see cricket, the famous lord's cricket ground is seminal. It also has a pub attached to it.
Note: nearby is also a bus stop that goes to Luton and Stansted.
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Lord's Cricket Ground
Saint John's Wood RoadFor those wanting to see cricket, the famous lord's cricket ground is seminal. It also has a pub attached to it.
Note: nearby is also a bus stop that goes to Luton and Stansted.
For fans of the Beatles' Abbey Road album, this cross is just around the corner from where I live...funny to imagine such a place in a small neighbourhood.
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Abbey Road Zebra Crossing
Abbey RoadFor fans of the Beatles' Abbey Road album, this cross is just around the corner from where I live...funny to imagine such a place in a small neighbourhood.