Coming to London? Or lived here all your life?
Here are my favourites to get the most out of the city:
Best restaurant for all occasions: Opera Tavern
Best fancy restaurant: Hélène Darroze at The Connaught
Best tapas: Jose, Bermondsey street
Best Easy Thai: Rosa’s Thai
Best Fancy Thai: Som Saa
Best burger: Honest Burger
Best steak: CUT
Best flat white: Kaffeine
Best brunch:
North: Sunday, Islington
East: Good Egg, Stoke Newington
South: Milk, Balham
West: Dayrooms Cafe, Notting Hill
Best Japanese:
Best ice-cream: Chin Chin Labs
Best wine: Gordon’s Wine bar
Best Speakeasy: The Luggage Room
Best cocktail: The Gibson
Best macarons: Pierre Herme
Best theatre: The Royal Court
Best Fringe theatre: Arcola
Best concert hall: Royal Albert Hall
Best outside opera (in summer months): Opera Holland Park
Best Park: Hampstead Heath
Best shop: Liberty
Best Flower market: Columbia Road
Best first date: Café Pacifico
Best nail bar: WAH Nails
Best facial: Geilly Green
Best Hairdresser: Taylor Taylor
Best vintage styling: The Painted Lady
Best jewellery shop: Tatty Devine
Best vintage shop: Retro Shops, Notting Hill
Best makeup shop: Shu Uemura
Best Museum: National History Museum
Best free art gallery: Gagosian Gallery
Best cinema: The Electric
Best hotel: Rosewood Hotel
Best clothes market: Portobello
Best food market: Borough market
Best festival: Wilderness
Best event: Secret Cinema
Best club: Maggie’s