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 Best Restaurants in Marylebone
Nine restaurants checked at source, including the one every other list still recommends and which is closed after a fire. Plus the Sunday and Monday closures that catch people out.
The Best Restaurants in Covent Garden
Nine restaurants checked against their own published information, plus the two rules the district runs on: turn a corner off the Piazza, and book around the curtain rather than your appetite.
The Best Restaurants in Canary Wharf
Ten restaurants checked against their own published information, and the rule nobody prints: book midweek, walk in at the weekend. Canary Wharf runs on a working week.
Things to Do Near Me in London
Rank the neighbourhoods this guide has checked by how far they are from you, with what is in each. Your position stays in your browser and is sent nowhere.
Immersive Experiences in London: Permanent or Passing Through
The category splits in two: a few permanent installations and a constant churn of touring shows that take a lease and leave. Which is which, what they cost, and how to tell the good from the cash-in.
Fancy Restaurants in London: The Room Is a Separate Booking
Fancy is about the room, not the cooking, and the room is allocated when you book rather than when you arrive. Which rooms are worth asking for by name, and the two most photographed ones that are not currently serving.
The Best Italian Restaurant in London: Two Different Cuisines
Italian in London is two cuisines wearing one word: the pasta counter and the restaurant. Which is which, what each costs, and why the best of it is in Highbury and Hammersmith rather than Soho.
Sky Garden: Is It Free, and How to Get a Ticket
Free, but ticketed, and the tickets are released weekly up to three weeks out. What to do when they have gone, where it actually is, and why the dress code answer is not what their own site says.
Darts Is £10 and Evensong Is Free. Fun Things to Do in London, Priced.
This site takes no bookings and earns no commission, so it can say the thing the voucher sites cannot: most of the best activities in London are not on sale, and the ones sold hardest are the weakest.
London Date Ideas: The Short List That Actually Works
Every date ideas list in London runs to seventy one items and most of them are variations on go for a walk. This one is short, names the place, and tells you what it costs and the catch.
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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.