Itchy City guide to London. Food, drink, film, music, stage, events, shopping, offers and competitions within London, Great Britain.

Serves additctivr salt beef with a traditional family vibe

It's a bar! No, it's a club! No, it's a restaurant! Oh my God.... It's a Bar/Club/Restaurant!

A low-key night out with spot-on music.

Popular local bar with a studenty, kitsch feel.

Fin-fans with time to linger will love this Fitzrovia fish restaurant.

Late opening cafe that's excellent for breakfast.

Great breakfasts anytime.

Brasserie open 'til 1am.

Excellent food with a dash of Essex charm... whatever that is.

Balham This pub is a like an adult version of those big...

City boy wine bar.

Slick as you like bar with plenty of vodkas

Where money comes from.

Great sarnies on the run.

Former dive gets a refurb but still needs some soul.

A hit with the visiting TV and movie fashionistas, everything about Bar...

Arguably the smartest gay bar in town with a crowd to match.

Lively Thai restaurant where fun, it seems fair to posit, will be had.

Bar which gets 10 out of 10 for literal naming.

Bar and restaurant with salsa dancing lessons

Sophisticated and romantic restaurant

Even if you can get your hands on the outside seating, you should stay inside for the buzz.

Top drinking den with an on-the-continent feel.

Bar with late licence but lots of better options around

Do not go here. Why? The huge portions of good value, Italian...

Spanish themed bar that's open 'til 3am.

Café/bistro/bar that's a staple for local workers.

Local trendy bar. Not trendy, but OK.

Small, laid back and very hip bar.

No wankery in the Barley Mow. No sir.

Fairly standard boozer with great views of the river.

Novel classical music bar - cool and classy.

Plain and simple boozer with a great wine selection.

Blink and you'll miss it Indian restaurant.

Ideal meeting place bar - slap-bang opposite the tube.

Caribbean restaurant for the whole family. Al Fresco summer option for a lucky few.

Rickety seafood & tapas restaurant

Not a bad pub the choices area.

Funny little French pub in the heart of London.

Bar that's an absolute vision in ethnic, a bit dull and dark.

Funky, unpretentious bar with bed in corner.

More pricey, not so posh Lebanese.

A good break from Camden mania on market days.

Top riverside boozer come rain or shine and mouthwatering pub fodder to boot.

Decent local cinema with quirky film choices

Make some new Guatamalan friends whose names you've forgotten by morning.

Get all merry with many a new continental chum.

Where else can you find 7 deadly sins cocktails served in test...

Up-market Indian eaterie with superb award-winning cuisine.

Refurbed Kentish Town Indian.

Decent curry house with the occasional Elvis night.

Literally thousands of toys from the seventeenth century to the present day.

Old school Italian

This is clever – combine the rather obvious pairing of beer and an...

Come and have a go if you think you're hard enough? No...

Impressive American restaurant with amazing steaks

Laid-back gay cabaret bar.

Not a touch of class in sight but great for cheap drinks

Friendly gay cafe /bar.

A welcoming boozer with a wood fire to top off a laid back afternoon

A fab pub, plain and simple. Tranquility for post-work drinkers.

Shop dedicated to urban music.

So much more than just a bookshop, this place has everything. Well...

Come and blag some Eton connections for concupiscent ends.

Excellent veggie restaurant

Pub with a bistro/wine bar.

Sate your Kray-vings for local gangster history.

A gorgeous Thai restaurant, but definitely not for the faint-of-wallet

This is an alright pub and round these parts, that's really saying something.

Another trendy Indian restaurant for the SW6 gang.

Gals pad gay bar that's great for lounging in.

One of the best bars in all Hoxtonia

Very good massage parlour

Modern but cosy Soho restaurant/bar.

Gastro-esque food washed down with decent wines.

Slight trek to Wandsworth, but worth it.

Flash Indian & cocktails till late

Hair and beauty for men and women. Late night re-thatches on Thursdays.

Get a slice of that boarder-cool action.

Smoking apparatus galore.

Bustling, frantic cafe with modern art fish tank.

Fantastic service.

All manner of artistic delights to augment that pint of bitter.

Books do feature here, despite a name that suggests a cavalier disregard...

Massive bookstore for all your fiction, non-fiction, magazine, music and video needs.

Expand your mental borders at, er, Borders.

Excellent Italian run cafe.

Stylish gay bar ideal for just hanging out.

Good value shiny bar, perfect for weekend all day sessions.

The trendy bar chain arrives in Wanstead.

Top pub, roof garden, woodfired pizza.

Amazing beer garden and some good events. Excellent Sunday Lunch 1pm-4pm for around £8.50.

Fetish wear in the Stables Market

There's millions (says Jeffrey) all under one roof.

Brentford Football Club play here. - Obviously -

Park setting, divine fry-ups.

Bargain 24 hr bagels to take-away on Brick Lane.

Proper East End banter.

Quality boozer with a buzzing bar downstairs and fancy restaurant upstairs.

Decent boozer filled with the W1 after-work crowd.

Great fish and chips.

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Sex shop selling hardcore stuff.

Venue where Madonna performed her legendary one-off gig.

Cycle fanatics run this bike and skate shop.

THE place to go for Caribbean foodstuffs and other bargains.

Practice your potting skills.

Approach the much–loved Windmill without having been there before and you'll...

Caribbean food, jazz and cigars

Swanky Caribbean bar/restaurant.

Outdoor ice skating rink.

Classic caff £1.70 egg & bacon.

Low key bar and live music venue.

Wannabe exclusive members club.

1 Hackney Road, E2 7NX 020 7739 3565 If you thought that...

Traditional English food in a pseudo-swanky setting.

Dodgy-ish strip joint on the 'Titty Mile'.

God save the Queen.

The Bug Bar IS Brixton.

You'll be tucking into gastro food with models, actresses and heirs to spectacular fortunes.

As distinguished and well-preserved as its fine ales.

Trendy trainers for fashion concious kickabouts.

There’s interesting beers to work your way through, booze-soaking bar food.

Central London afro hair specialists.

Stylish clobber for men.

Rough diamond of a boozer

An overflowing treasure chest of fantastic retro jewellery. Prices aren't as steep...