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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.
London Restaurants With a View: Height, Water, or Neither
Thirty floors up, low cloud is the whole evening. At the river it is not. The three kinds of London view, which one suits your booking, and what has closed.
Private Dining Rooms in London: The Numbers That Matter
One room seats 24 at a single table, 32 across four, or 45 standing. Real capacities for London's private dining rooms, and why the minimum spend is the price.
Pre Theatre Dinner in London: Work Backwards From the Curtain
West End curtain up is 7pm or 7.30pm, not 8pm. Where to eat before a show, how long you actually have, and the one sentence to say when you book.
Set Menu Restaurants in London: The Same Kitchen for Less
Three courses at Medlar are 57 pounds at lunch and 83 at dinner. Two Michelin stars are 65. Where London's set menus actually are, with current prices.
The Best Restaurants in Shoreditch: Book Around the Hours
Rochelle Canteen serves supper for two hours and clears the room by ten. Where to eat in Shoreditch, and why the hour matters more than the restaurant.
Every London Exhibition List Is Undated. Here Are the Closing Dates.
The permanent collections are free and always have been. Only the temporary shows charge. How timed entry works, when membership pays, and what to do when it is sold out.
Things to Do in London This Weekend: The Ones Always On
Columbia Road is Sundays only. Broadway Market runs 52 weeks a year. What is on every London weekend, which day each thing runs, and what shuts early.
The Best Day Trips from London: Which Ones Survive Being Done in a Day
Windsor works in half a day, Bath needs the whole one, and Brighton is better overnight. Which trips are worth the fare, and why booking on the day costs more.
London Travel Guide for Americans: What Is Actually Different
You now need a 20 pound ETA before you fly, your restaurant bill already includes the tip, and your trainers will fail the door. What Americans get wrong in London.
The Best Breakfast in London: Where to Go Early
Breakfast is not brunch. The grand cafes that open at seven, the hotel rooms that take non-residents, and the 11.45am deadline that catches people out.
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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.
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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.