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.
Frameless: Last Entry Is Two Hours Before It Closes
The doors shut to new visitors at 4pm on a day it closes at 6pm. Plus the earlier 4pm deadline for under-18s on Fridays and Saturdays, and the cap on disabled visitors.
ExCeL London: Blue Badge Parking Costs the Same as Everyone Else’s
£27.50 a day with no concession, plus an £80 fine for not displaying the badge. And the cloakroom will not take a laptop at any time.
London City Airport: Closed for 21 Hours Every Weekend
Shut from 1pm Saturday to 10:30am Sunday, and you cannot stay overnight. Plus £8 for a five-minute drop-off, and why liquids stay in your bag but still have to be 100ml.
London Palladium: The Cheap Seats Are 72 Steps Above the Pavement
The theatre publishes its step counts for every level. Plus the step-free tube that is not the nearest one, and why a lottery ticket cannot be exchanged at all.
Outernet London: Free, and the Opening Hours Change Every Week
The UK's most visited cultural attraction publishes its hours on Instagram rather than a web page. Plus why the screens can be shut without warning, and the dog rule set by advertisers.
Foundling Museum: Your Ticket Lasts a Year, and Eight Groups Go Free
£14.50 buys twelve months of unlimited visits. Care-experienced people and benefits claimants go free, and a National Art Pass gets you in for nothing rather than half price.
Garden Museum: Check the Amended Hours, Because It Closes a Lot
Seven disrupted days in ten weeks, published by the museum itself. Plus weekends that run longer than weekdays, and a £9 unemployed rate that almost no London museum lists.
Ham House: The House Opens for Four Hours, Last Entry 3pm
The garden runs seven hours and the house only four. Plus free council parking, no booking system, and the RHS and Art Fund cards that get you in free.
Hunterian Museum: The Only London Museum That Asks You to Think Twice
Free, and closed Sunday, Monday and every bank holiday. The photography rule is a request rather than a ban, and the free Wednesday tour has either 10 or 12 places depending which page you read.
Ronnie Scott’s: £6 for Students After 11.15pm, Free for MU Members
The Late Late Show is the cheapest way into Britain's most famous jazz club. Plus the Tuesday that closes two hours early, and the four conditions on bringing a teenager.
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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.