London recommendation in April

[Mulletizer]

Butter is fucking awesome, what’s the matter with you?

[PNWbrit]

I'm curious if the Brits still have a fascination with butter. They put that shit on everything. Turkey and cheese sandwich, butter. I'd wager you could get a neopolitan pizza topped with butter.

Yes.

[I Skied Bandini Mountain]

Where are you staying? I work in food, might be able to point you to some decent places that won’t break the bank.

Awesome! Any recs are welcome. We're staying in south Kensington, but will be ranging around the city.

[The AD]

The Royals and the English language. Not to mention some pretty damn good music.

Don't forget chicken tikka masala.

[Mulletizer]

Awesome! Any recs are welcome. We're staying in south Kensington, but will be ranging around the city.

South Ken is pretty high rent, there’s not a lot of cheap stuff there. Ranoush is is a Lebanese place; I’ve not been there but the owner’s other places are solid.

Mohsen is a great Persian place.

Dishoom’s not really my vibe (I’m more about the small independent restaurants than the chains) but the food is solid and it is justifiably popular.

Maria G’s is a good upmarket brasserie, reasonable prices for the area.

For the really good value stuff you’ll need to travel a bit. Couple of places off the top of my head: in Soho (both very near Piccadilly Circus which is tourist central) are Brasserie Zedel (a great inexpensive Paris style brasserie) and Speedboat Bar (Thai drinking food, killer lunch deals).

There are plenty of restaurants in central London that do great lunch deals, it’s a really good way to eat at some of the best places without paying top dollar. Noble Rot is a great example, plenty of other options here.

[Timberridge]

Yes.

It's good to know some things don't change.

[BmillsSkier]

It's good to know some things don't change.

Unlike family photos of the royals, things tend not to change quickly over there.

[Mulletizer]

There are plenty of restaurants in central London that do great lunch deals, it’s a really good way to eat at some of the best places without paying top dollar.

More options here including some of the swankier places.

[I Skied Bandini Mountain]

More options here including some of the swankier places.

Awesome, thanks!

[ianpnw]

It’s hard to give recommendations without knowing what you like - there is so much to do. Here are a couple of generic resources that you can use to match your interests.

Walking Tours are guided by actors/students etc and are a great way of seeing parts of London that you might not see otherwise, and learning some history, architecture or just fun facts as you go. There are many companies - here’s one https://www.walks.com/

Another great resource is TimeOut (https://www.timeout.com/london) - choose your fun.

[I Skied Bandini Mountain]

Going to check out the Kew Gardens. It sounds absolutely amazing.

https://www.kew.org/

[Buster Highmen]

https://www.soane.org/

[Schemeboat]

Mother Mash - Carnaby mkt (avoid everything else)

[PNWbrit]

Going to check out the Kew Gardens. It sounds absolutely amazing.

https://www.kew.org/

It is. My grandparents lived a block away from the main entrance. I remember as a little kid being given a penny from grandma's purse to pay the one penny daily admission and pushing the big rotating gate open.

[I Skied Bandini Mountain]

London is super cool, getting my history geek on in a big way. Also crazy to see all the Lambos, Ferrari's, Porsche's, Astons, McLaren's, etc all street parked without a care. That's something you won't see in any large American city.

It was also sunny and 70 degrees today, I am definitely overdressed right now.

[LongShortLong]

I found this old review by a guy named Jeff. Says it rains in London, and the flowers are nice.

Whan that Aprille with his shoures soote,
The droghte of March hath perced to the roote,
And bathed every veyne in swich licóur
Of which vertú engendred is the flour;

[The AD]

What have you seen so far? My own trip is coming up in a couple months and still trying to figure out what to do with my limited time in London.

[mcski]

I found this old review by a guy named Jeff. Says it rains in London, and the flowers are nice.

Jeff knew a good whore or two

[truckeelocal]

^^^^^^ GF Handel said that Dutch girls were whores before they married, French girls were whores after, and English girls ....

He lived next door to Jimi Hendrix by the way.
Not at the same time though.

[dunfree]

^^^^^^ GF Handel said that Dutch girls were whores before they married, French girls were whores after, and English girls ....

He lived next door to Jimi Hendrix by the way.
Not at the same time though.

swiss women cold as frogs as unfit for debauchery as any on the planet

[liv2ski]

We have not been to London in 20 years, but I remember loving the city. We only had three nights there and the first two days I was up at around 3am to go walk about as soon as the sun came up (jet lag). I would love to go back and spend a month or three, as there is so much cool stuff to see in the UK. Enjoy your trips guys.

[I Skied Bandini Mountain]

I could live in Europe solely for the 230 volt toasters.

[Cono Este]

I’ve done london probably 25 times, or more.

Take a day trip to Windsor.
Go see a play
St. Paul’s, and walk the river. The tower, etc.

[OJ]

The King Charles death watch might be fun

[TahoeJ]

Also crazy to see all the Lambos, Ferrari's, Porsche's, Astons, McLaren's, etc all street parked without a care.

Many of these are owned by Russians... you'll see teenagers driving fancy cars around.