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SNAPSHOT
See the The Queen at the Trooping of the Colour on 12 June. Catch it on The Mall between Buckingham Palace and Horse Guards Parade.
FROM AIRPORT TO CITY
Use our P-AIR bus transfer. The cost is €11.50 and €23 return.
FOOD
5th View Bar & Food
Waterstone’s, 203-206 Piccadilly, W1J 9LE, +44 (0)20 7851 2433, www.5thview.co.uk The fifth floor of Waterstone’s offers food for thought. Enjoy a full English breakfast at the lounge bar. The restaurant offers fine views towards the London Eye and Piccadilly.
The Red Fort
77 Dean Street, +44 (0)20 7437 2525, www.redfort.co.uk This elegant and excellent Soho district institution has undergone refurbishment after the area’s fire last year. Expect sumptuous modern takes on Indian cuisine such as Scottish lobster with saffron.
FRIENDS
The Golden Hind
73 Marylebone Lane, W1U 2PN, +44 (0)20 7486 3644 You’ll often see venues advertising “the best fish and chips in town”. This unpretentious café is the real deal. Lunchtime cod, £4.90.
Gaucho
www.gauchorestaurants.co.uk With several restaurants in the capital this is the place to come for the city’s finest Argentinean steaks served in chic surroundings and cooked to perfection.
INSIDER TIP
Watching the World Cup? The Montagu Pyke on Charing Cross Road, Soho, has a pretty big screen. There’s also the Sports Café on Haymarket.
Words Clive Morris/Piers Townley |
