While vacationing in the capital of Great Britain, any traveler will invariably face the question: "Where to eat in London?" For gourmets there are more than 7000 restaurants of different cuisines of the world (most of all restaurants are concentrated in the West End and Soho).
It is worth noting that you have to pay a lot for good food in London, but at lunchtime many restaurants with national cuisine offer their guests cheap menus.
In the British capital, you will be able to taste traditional English tea (16: 00-17: 30). For example, for a tea ceremony (it is advisable to book places for this event in advance), you can go to the Ritz Hotel's Palm Court - here you will be served sandwiches and biscuits for tea. If you wish, you can drink tea in any tea or coffee establishment with a bite with a sandwich, cake or pastry.
Where to eat inexpensively in London?
A high-quality and inexpensive menu is offered by restaurants of Chinese, Caribbean, Indian cuisine.
On a budget, you can have a snack at the chain restaurants “Coffee Rebublik”, “Costa”, “Aroma”, “” Starbucks, “Pret a Manger” (sandwiches cost 2, 5-3 pounds, coffee - 1, 8-2 pounds, soup - 3 pounds).
You can try a variety of beers and snacks in English pubs. You can also dine right there: as a rule, you can find potato pudding, fried beef, fish and chips on their menu.
Where to eat delicious in London?
- St. John: In this restaurant you can taste traditional English dishes - smoked eel with bacon and mashed potatoes, bovine tongue with chicory, real English pudding.
- Hakkasan: This Chinese restaurant offers its guests specialties - Peking duck with royal beluga caviar, silver cod soaked in Chinese honey and champagne.
- Le Gavroche: This 2-Michelin-starred French restaurant has dishes such as cinnamon and foie gras pie, venison fillet with spicy cranberry sauce, and truffle scallops on its menu.
- Louis Hungarian Patisserie: Sweet tooths will love this patisserie with almonds and biscuits with marzipan, eclairs, almond pretzels and more.
Gastronomic tours of London
If you go on a gastronomic tour of London, designed for several days, you can stroll around the City of London, visit pubs of the 17-19 centuries (here you will be offered to taste English ales), go on an evening river cruise on the Thames (on board the ship you will be waiting for an exquisite 4-5 course English dinner, aperitif, tea / coffee, musical accompaniment, dancing after dinner), attend a tea ceremony in one of the restaurants, as well as a master class in one of the local culinary schools.
While vacationing in London, you can taste not only traditional, but also dishes from almost all cuisines of the world.
