Guidebook for London

Ellie
Guidebook for London

Drinks & Nightlife

Fantastic local pub. Great for a quiet pint or a good read. Quiz nights on Tuesdays and traditional Sunday roasts.
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The Swimmer at the Grafton Arms
13 Eburne Rd
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Fantastic local pub. Great for a quiet pint or a good read. Quiz nights on Tuesdays and traditional Sunday roasts.
Just re-opened. Free folk on Tuesdays, live jazz with roasts on Sundays. Exposed brick, dim lights, ironic beards, beautiful beer/ale selection.
The Bedford Tavern
16 Sydenham Rd
Just re-opened. Free folk on Tuesdays, live jazz with roasts on Sundays. Exposed brick, dim lights, ironic beards, beautiful beer/ale selection.
Jaw-droppingly beautiful pub. Restaurant-quality food without the usual gastropub fare, free biscuits for dogs, offering anything from bring-your-own vinyl DJ nights to black & white movie nights.
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Shaftesbury Tavern
534 Hornsey Rd
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Jaw-droppingly beautiful pub. Restaurant-quality food without the usual gastropub fare, free biscuits for dogs, offering anything from bring-your-own vinyl DJ nights to black & white movie nights.
Sweet little family-owned pub. Very warm and welcoming, despite the location, with a nice Sunday roast.
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North Nineteen
Sussex Way
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Sweet little family-owned pub. Very warm and welcoming, despite the location, with a nice Sunday roast.
A gorgeous, quiet coffee shop + pub + restaurant + contemporary art gallery. The huge skylight makes it an excellent place to work during the day, and it often has a Ruby Violet ice cream van outside!
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Tufnell Park Tavern
162 Tufnell Park Rd
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A gorgeous, quiet coffee shop + pub + restaurant + contemporary art gallery. The huge skylight makes it an excellent place to work during the day, and it often has a Ruby Violet ice cream van outside!
A hidden gem of a pub with outdoor seating facing a local park. Offers Spanish tapas as pub food. The restaurant room, under a beautiful glass-roofed Victorian arcade, serves modern British.
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The Landseer Arms
37 Landseer Rd
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A hidden gem of a pub with outdoor seating facing a local park. Offers Spanish tapas as pub food. The restaurant room, under a beautiful glass-roofed Victorian arcade, serves modern British.

Food Scene

If it's been in business for 30 years, you know it's a winner. The grilled paneer is especially delicious, and the private booths are marvellous.
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Indian Ocean Tandoori
359 Holloway Rd
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If it's been in business for 30 years, you know it's a winner. The grilled paneer is especially delicious, and the private booths are marvellous.
Surprisingly authentic Japanese. I think all chefs and waitstaff are Japanese, which may explain the authenticity. Always a pleasure.
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Hana London
150A Seven Sisters Rd
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Surprisingly authentic Japanese. I think all chefs and waitstaff are Japanese, which may explain the authenticity. Always a pleasure.
Delicious food and coffee in a freelancer-friendly atmosphere. The back garden is lovely in summer (if you can find it), and the highly creative events programme keeps it interesting in the evenings.
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Blighty - a Commonwealth of Nations cafe
35-37 Blackstock Rd
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Delicious food and coffee in a freelancer-friendly atmosphere. The back garden is lovely in summer (if you can find it), and the highly creative events programme keeps it interesting in the evenings.
One of London's favourite and most daring ice cream shops. Mulled wine ice cream in December? Yes please!
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Ruby Violet
3 Wharf Road
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One of London's favourite and most daring ice cream shops. Mulled wine ice cream in December? Yes please!
Bicycle-friendly coffee deliciousness. Freelancer-friendly, child-friendly, quirky and comfy. Not the cheapest coffee around, but very possibly the nicest. I've heard Benedict Cumberbatch is a fan...
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The Spoke
710 Holloway Rd
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Bicycle-friendly coffee deliciousness. Freelancer-friendly, child-friendly, quirky and comfy. Not the cheapest coffee around, but very possibly the nicest. I've heard Benedict Cumberbatch is a fan...
The mothership of The Spoke cafe. A sweet little treasure of a cafe, with quirky touches and indulgent cakes.
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Bread & Bean
37 Junction Rd
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The mothership of The Spoke cafe. A sweet little treasure of a cafe, with quirky touches and indulgent cakes.

Essentials

A standard little Tesco, open fairly late.
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Tesco Express
179 Shoreditch High St
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A standard little Tesco, open fairly late.
Positively giant Waitrose
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Waitrose & Partners
366 Holloway Rd
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Positively giant Waitrose
A mammoth Morrisons
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Morrisons
The Grove
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A mammoth Morrisons
Late-night convenience store + grocery, always with a large selection of cheap, fresh veg
Holloway Food Centre London
59-61 Seven Sisters Rd
Late-night convenience store + grocery, always with a large selection of cheap, fresh veg
The most magical fruiterer in London! Offers everything you can imagine, from prickly pears to heritage tomatoes. Head-sized bundles of herbs for a few pence. Fresh-baked Cretan breads on weekends.
Michaels Fruiterers
56-58 Seven Sisters Rd
The most magical fruiterer in London! Offers everything you can imagine, from prickly pears to heritage tomatoes. Head-sized bundles of herbs for a few pence. Fresh-baked Cretan breads on weekends.
A goldmine if you like seasonal fruit and veg! Covered and open-air daily market featuring £1/large bowl offers for diverse fruit and veg, from vendors both in and around the market hall.
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The Nags Head Shopping Centre
402 Holloway Road
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A goldmine if you like seasonal fruit and veg! Covered and open-air daily market featuring £1/large bowl offers for diverse fruit and veg, from vendors both in and around the market hall.
Asian grocery with Chinese, Japanese, Thai, Vietnamese and other products
Hua Run
122 Seven Sisters Rd
Asian grocery with Chinese, Japanese, Thai, Vietnamese and other products
Cut-price groceries, often eye-wateringly cheap
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Lidl
27 Well St
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Cut-price groceries, often eye-wateringly cheap

Shopping

In case you forget anything, there's an Argos around the corner.
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Argos
368-374 Holloway Rd
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In case you forget anything, there's an Argos around the corner.
One of London's last family-owned department stores. Full of surprisingly good concessions, including Warehouse, TopShop, Miss Selfridge, SuperDry, White Stuff, Benetton and the usual beauty brands.
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Selbys
400 Holloway Rd
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One of London's last family-owned department stores. Full of surprisingly good concessions, including Warehouse, TopShop, Miss Selfridge, SuperDry, White Stuff, Benetton and the usual beauty brands.
One of the two large drugstores with the usual beauty concessions just around the corner.
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Boots
222-224 Stamford Hill
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One of the two large drugstores with the usual beauty concessions just around the corner.
One of the two large drugstores with the usual beauty concessions just around the corner.
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Superdrug
371-375 Walworth Rd
35 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
One of the two large drugstores with the usual beauty concessions just around the corner.

Sightseeing

If you love football, you'll love that the Emirates Stadium is just a 10-minute walk away.
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Emirates Stadium
Hornsey Road
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If you love football, you'll love that the Emirates Stadium is just a 10-minute walk away.
One of the largest parks in London. Great for running, strolling, and getting away from it all without being more than 15 minutes' walk from home.
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Finsbury Park
Station Place
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One of the largest parks in London. Great for running, strolling, and getting away from it all without being more than 15 minutes' walk from home.
Grade II*-listed art deco 1930s theatre where Jimi Hendrix burned his first guitar. It's now a church, but its original 3,000seat auditorium styled on an Andalucian village at night is newly restored.
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232 Seven Sisters Road
Grade II*-listed art deco 1930s theatre where Jimi Hendrix burned his first guitar. It's now a church, but its original 3,000seat auditorium styled on an Andalucian village at night is newly restored.
One of the largest and most beautiful parks in London. Gospel Oak station is at the base of Parliament Hill, where stars of all London-based romcoms admire London's skyline and fall in love.
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Gospel Oak station
Gordon House Road
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One of the largest and most beautiful parks in London. Gospel Oak station is at the base of Parliament Hill, where stars of all London-based romcoms admire London's skyline and fall in love.
While you're in town, pop by this Grade I-listed site to say hello to Karl Marx, Douglas Adams, George Eliot, Charles Dickens' family, Christina Rossetti, and everyone else you've ever heard of.
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Waterlow Park
Highgate Hill
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While you're in town, pop by this Grade I-listed site to say hello to Karl Marx, Douglas Adams, George Eliot, Charles Dickens' family, Christina Rossetti, and everyone else you've ever heard of.

Arts & Culture

A new, award-winning theatre with ambitious programming, a curated wine bar, and a wonderful cafe serving hipster-quality coffee. £12 tickets for local residents on Tuesdays.
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Park Theatre
13 Clifton Terrace
100 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
A new, award-winning theatre with ambitious programming, a curated wine bar, and a wonderful cafe serving hipster-quality coffee. £12 tickets for local residents on Tuesdays.
Bizarrely, there's an incredible resource and display centre for hand-weaving on Seven Sisters Road. If you've nothing else to do one day, why not?
Handweavers Studio & Gallery
140 Seven Sisters Rd
Bizarrely, there's an incredible resource and display centre for hand-weaving on Seven Sisters Road. If you've nothing else to do one day, why not?
Beautiful 1930s art deco cinema with all the mainstream movies.
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Odeon Cinema Holloway
419-427 Holloway Rd
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Beautiful 1930s art deco cinema with all the mainstream movies.

Everything Else

Victoria line & Piccadilly lines + National Rail
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Finsbury Park
Station Place
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Victoria line & Piccadilly lines + National Rail
Tube station with the Piccadilly line
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Holloway Road station
Holloway Road
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Tube station with the Piccadilly line
Tube station Victoria line; overground station with many connections
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Highbury & Islington station
Holloway Road
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Tube station Victoria line; overground station with many connections
A basic but nice gym, £19/month all-in
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PureGym London Holloway Road (Temporarily closed)
Mercers Road
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A basic but nice gym, £19/month all-in
A basic but nice gym, £19/month all-in
iQ Student Accommodation Highbury
201 Isledon Rd
A basic but nice gym, £19/month all-in
If anything goes badly wrong, one of London's largest hospitals is a 10-minute drive away.
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The Whittington Hospital
Magdala Avenue
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If anything goes badly wrong, one of London's largest hospitals is a 10-minute drive away.