Good restaurants locals in London eat at

[Kim]

Hey, I know there's a decent population of brits in TW, so I wanted to reach out to the whole lot of you to help me come up with a good list of restaurants that are worth checking out in London. I'm going to be visiting for a week in mid August for the first time ever. I've been getting a lot of input from people saying there isn't much in terms of culinary treats in London, but I want to prove them wrong through you guys! Ideally, I would like to try some good local restaurants that are not meant for tourists, while also featuring food that is genuinely English. Help me out? Thanks!

[Slum]

a pint and a pub meal at weatherspoons or something, full english breakfast joints, fish and chip restaurants etc, not from lond though, leeds here, but a britishhhh

[Ricko]

slum.....did you really just suggest kim goes and eats at a weatherspoons? he just said he wants to find the best food in london he can, weatherspoons is budget and average at best LOL, no wonder the world thinks we have 0 culinary skills!

Kim - what's your budget? Are you after average priced restaurants, top of the range or budget ones?

[McVicar]

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What Ricko said, if you know what you are looking for in terms of cuisine and the kind of budget you have, I can give you a few suggestions. I have lived in London my whole life.

[Kim]

My range varies from cheap eats to moderately fancy for one special night. Food in Vancouver is relatively cheap even though its considered "fancier". Just comparing the prices, it seems almost impossible to get a great meal for under 20 quid. An above average place in Vancouver is usually around $25-30$, but that translates to about 16 quid. Here's a list that I've compiled so far, any comments about them I would appreciate it (if they are worth checking out). I'm pretty big on brunch, I found a lot of brunch places but don't really know where to go for dinner. The hotel I'm staying at is the Easyhotel on Old St. and Barbican.

Meat fruit at Dinner by Hestin
Lido Café for brunch
Lowry and Baker - Monmouth coffee, blueberry cheesecake, brunch
Pavillion Café at Victoria Park
The Table Café (close to Globe theatre)
Towpath - brunch
Mr. Buckley's - Brunch
Scandinavian Kitchen - Breakfast and Lunch
Foxcroft and Ginger - brunch
Chettinad - cheap indian lunch box
Workers Cafe - filling breakfast
Toff's - fish and chips
Harrington's Pie and Mash
Beigel bake - salt beef bagel
St. John's Bread and Wine - Bacon sandwich for breakfast
Poppies' fish and chips
Pride of Spitalfield - beer cider, great lunch

[Slum]

shut up ricko you work in a biscuit factory