Journal
Every guide we publish, newest first. London restaurants, bars, pubs, hotels, afternoon tea, spas and nightlife, each one checked against the venue's own published information rather than against other guides.
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We take no bookings, sell nothing, and accept no payment for inclusion. Where a price or a rule appears here, it came from the venue.
The Wallace Collection: Free Museum, Free Lockers
The V&A charges 5 pounds to store the same bag. Fragonard's The Swing, Titian and Velazquez in a Marylebone townhouse, and the two-and-a-half-hour window when you can book lunch.
London Stadium: No Bag Bigger Than A4, and Nowhere to Leave One
There is no left luggage at all, so a rucksack cannot be fixed at the gate. The 1.90 pound fee on every ticket, and why the island shuts three hours before kick-off.
HMS Belfast: A 29.50 Pound Ticket Is 3 Pounds on Universal Credit
And 3 pounds covers five people, so a family of five pays 15 instead of 103. Plus the 10 per cent donation built into the headline price, and which decks a wheelchair can reach.
London Transport Museum: There Is No Day Ticket
Every adult ticket is a twelve month pass and children go free, so one visit costs a family what twelve do. The 5 pound credit rate, and the Off Peak pass that excludes half term.
V&A Museum: The Fashion Gallery Is Closed Until 2028
Room 40 and the South Asia galleries are both shut until 2028, and the notice sits on a sub-page. Free to enter, 5 pounds to check a wheeled bag, and the galleries clear 30 minutes before closing.
Alexandra Palace: The Car Park Stops Letting You In at Eight
It opens out until 12.30am but admits nobody after 8pm. Parking is free for 30 minutes, watching someone skate costs 2.50, and the longest session is a term-time weekday.
All Star Lanes: Holborn Does Not Open Until Three in the Afternoon
Four hours later than Stratford on the same Monday. The Sunday closing spread, the offer that is not the cheapest, and the fourth London branch missing from their own homepage.
Kingly Court: Three Entrances, and Most People Only Know One
Carnaby Street, Beak Street and Kingly Street all open into it. The courtyard is covered through winter, the toilets are for diners only, and Padella has opened on the Kingly Street side.
Greenwich Market Closes for the First Six Mondays of Every Year
Their own rule, so traders can recover from Christmas. Plus the alternating timetable that leaves Tuesday and Thursday with no arts and crafts at all.
Mercato Metropolitano: The Bar Shuts Half an Hour Before the Market
Thirty minutes, every day, at all three London sites. Which one opens at eight, which runs to one, and the banner on their homepage nobody has explained.
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Questions we get asked
How often is the guide updated?
Continuously, and each page records the month it was last checked rather than only the date it was first written. Opening hours and prices in London change often enough that an unchecked guide is worse than none.
How do you decide what goes in?
Every entry is verified against the venue's own published information, not against other guides. Nothing is included in exchange for payment, and nothing is excluded for refusing it.