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Party Earth Review Just a few minutes’ stroll from the vast expanse of Hyde Park, Whiteleys mall provides an easy place to shop free from crowds – as well as a great setting for a post-apocalyptic movie considering its mostly empty halls. Though its sixty-odd stores are housed in a beautiful marble building, complete with intricate spiral ... more
151 Queensway
London W2 4YN
Club / Cuban Bar / Cuban Restaurant
Party Earth Review For a taste of Cuba in London, patrons need look no further than Fiesta Havana, a place where Hemingway himself might have been a regular when he was homesick for Havana. Well, twenty-something Hemingway, anyway. The venue is awash in warm, tropical colors, fake stone patterns, and kitschy fake plants, as well as walls ... more
490 Fulham Road
London SW6 5NH
Hotel Bar / Restaurant
Party Earth Review Located in the luxury boutique Charlotte Street Hotel, Oscar Bar & Restaurant is a swanky but very upbeat watering hole that attracts lots of folks beyond the hotel’s moneyed guests. Though most of these folks still have money, too. Subtle green-gray paint, French doors, striped awnings, and elegant ... more
Charlotte Street Hotel
15 Charlotte Street
London W1T 1RJ
Party Earth Review A cozy neighborhood pub situated directly above the Barons Court Theatre, The Curtains Up is yet another addition to the ever-expanding Geronimo chain, but it definitely has its own personality. Tucked into a residential corner of Baron’s Court, the venue shares much of its clientele – as well as the bathrooms – with the ... more
28A Comeragh Road
London W14 9HR
Historic Bar / Restaurant / Wine Bar
Party Earth Review Situated on a busy street just minutes from Trafalgar Square, Gordon’s Wine Bar is said to be one of the oldest wine bars in the world and a former haunt of luminaries like Rudyard Kipling and Sir Laurence Olivier. Despite its historic prestige and old-timey feel, the wine-only bar remains popular among young vino connoisseurs ... more
47 Villiers Street
London WC2N 6NE
Party Earth Review Although it looks like just another quaint neighborhood pub, The Harwood Arms has become a destination for fine dining – and the owners have the Michelin star to prove it. Hidden away in the residential zone of Fulham, the surprisingly large space is decorated with gentle splashes of white and sage on the walls ... more
Walham Grove & Farm Lane
London SW6 1QP
Party Earth Review The rumored location of Prince Charles’ bachelor party and a favorite haunt for celebs from Madonna to Gwyneth Paltrow, Julie’s Restaurant & Bar has been a trendy hotspot since the late 1960s. Crisp white tables and a bar near the quaint façade belie the size of this place, for a jaunt downstairs reveals Julie’s is much ... more
135 Portland Road
London W11 4LW
Party Earth Review London’s Italian-style pizzerias often adopt a fancy-shmancy attitude that can make grabbing a slice a less-than-casual affair, but not ICCo. The name actually stands for Italiano Coffee Company, a misnomer of sorts even with the steady flow of Fitzrovia’s busy media types stopping in for a caffeine boost ... more
46 Goodge Street
London W1T 4LU
French Restaurant / Lounge / Wine Bar
Party Earth Review An elegant retreat for French-fusion cuisine and bubbling flutes of champagne, Café des Amis is a smart little restaurant and lounge in the heart of London’s theater district. Just north of the Royal Opera House – and right across from the Royal Ballet School – the bi-level venue attracts a variety of dapper theater-goers ... more
11-14 Hanover Place
London WC2E 9JP
Party Earth Review Right in the hippest area of Exmouth Market is Café Kick, a little eatery popular with a jovial mix of students and tourists ready to settle in on mismatched chairs, savor Spanish cuisine, watch sports, and play lots and lots of foosball. Naturally, as evidenced by the memorabilia and colorful pennant flags dangling from ... more
43 Exmouth Market
London EC1R 4QL
Bar / Brasserie / French Restaurant / Rooftop Bar
Party Earth Review The translation from French of Coq d’Argent – a restaurant perched atop the postmodern office and retail building at No. 1 Poultry – is “money rooster” (or “silver cock,” to be literal), a term that makes perfect sense considering The City’s high-flying financial types who flock to this rooftop hotspot. Accessed via two ... more
1 Poultry
London EC2R 8EJ
Rooftop Bar
Party Earth Review Set at the pinnacle of Tower 42 – an enormous skyscraper that rises some six hundred feet above London – Vertigo 42 promises a champagne-fueled gala with panoramic views. Once through the airport-style security at the building’s entrance and then up to the forty-second floor, reservation-wielding patrons are led around ... more
Tower 42
25 Old Broad Street
EC2N 1HQ
Restaurants in London abound, offering a massive range of options from student-friendly budget diners to “Sorry, your highness, you credit card has been declined” French haute cuisine.
Sure, many gastropubs stick to proper British grub, but there are also French bistros, hot Italian favorites, Indian buffets, and an impressive collection of authentic Chinese and other Asian food purveyors keeping busy throughout the city.
It is not an exaggeration to suggest London restaurants have every Continental cuisine imaginable, or that foodies will never have to worry about drowning in bangers and mash.
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