- Sunday Roast
- English Breakfast
- Craft beer pub
- Tea
- British desserts
- Cocktail bar
- Pie and mash
- great, but not authentic: Battersea Pie Station. Authentic, but not to everyone's taste: M Manze's
- Fish and chips
- pricey, but good: The Fish & Chip Shop, Rock and Sole Plaice
- Curry
- still looking
- Neals Yard Dairy (either Covent Garden or Borough Market)
- The most amazing store in all of England
- Bao
- Amazing Taiwanese street food. Bit of a queue, but never found anything like it before
- Prufrock
- Best coffee I've had in London, one of the best anywhere. Never had mediocre coffee here
- Night Jar
- A world-class cocktail bar. Okay, London has a lot of those, but this one is really special
- Borough Market
- An ancient street market that is the largest I've seen of its kind
- Pig & Butcher
- Listed here because it's convenient, and one of the best examples of good British food in a pub atmosphere
- Dishoom
- Bombay-style cafe/street food. Amazing food and great drinks, but not typical of UK curry.
- Princess Louise
- One of most beautiful pubs I've seen, beer is okay
- The Vintage House (soho)
- the most amazing whisky store I've ever been to. They have a private club upstairs you might be able to talk your way into, with a mind-boggling selection
- The George (southwark)
- A historic landmark. The only remaining galleried inn in London. Great to walk around in. Only one decent beer as I recall
- The Modern Pantry
- great place for brunch.
- Walking along the south bank is nice. Can walk from Borough.
- Tate Modern
- Shakespeare's Globe
- Southbank Centre, etc.
- Sunday Roast
- Hawksmoor (fancy)
- Pig & Butcher (less fancy)
- The Narrow Boat (less fancy)
- English Breakfast
- Talk to Matt Tennant. I hear Hawksmoor Guildhall are amazing
- Great cafés (in order from best to good):
- Prufrock (already mentioned)
- Workshop Coffee (Marylebone)
- Monmouth Street Coffee (a landmark coffee shop)
- Craft Beer
- Craft (Islington or Leather Lane)
- Holborn Whippet
- Earl of Essex
- Hop & Berry
- Euston Tap
- Great cocktail bars:
- Nightjar (already mentioned)
- 69 Colebrook Row
- Worship St. Whistling Stop
- Artesian at the Langham (very fancy)
- The American Bar at the Savoy (old, very fancy)
- Berner's Tavern (very classy)
- Nolo
- Callooh Callay
- The Mayor of Scaredy-Cat Town
- Great places for tea:
- The Palm Court at the Langham (my favourite)
- Diamond Jubilee Tea Salon at Fortnum & Mason (also amazing)
- Museums:
- British Museum
- National Gallery
- Imperial War Museum (Connor's recommendation)
- Victoria & Albert Museum
- Parks that are great for walking:
- Regent Park
- Hyde Park
- Primrose Hill
- Hampstead Heath
- Kew Gardens (largest botanical garden in the world)
- Greenwich
- Greenwich market is very nice
- Royal Observatory (this is where the Prime Meridien is)
- Royal Naval Academy (beautiful college campus to walk around)
- Movies
- BFI Southbank
- Yipin China
- my favourite Szechuan/Hunanese place in London. Better than I've had in the states
- Zen Mondo
- my favourite place for Japanese lunch that I've had outside Japan
- Koya
- really nice udon specialty restaurant
- Ramen
- all decent, none great: Ippudo, Kanada-ya, Bone Daddies, Shoryu
- Koba - nice Korean barbeque. Pricey.