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  Other food guides and reviews - and also pub guides
Food guides
  • Curry Pages - 'UK's premier Indian restaurant guide' containing listings and reviews, many in London
  • Restaurant Spy - restaurant reviews for bits of London and elsewhere from Australia to the Maldives, as well as food-related articles
  • London Evening Standard - Insider Guide contains extensive restaurant and pub listings - now free to access but the site requires registration
  • London South Central - has a page for restaurants in the Waterloo and Southwark areas
  • London - What'sHappening - listings and reviews for London restaurants, bars, pubs and clubs
  • Edible London - the 'only web site devoted to the traditional quality foods, drinks and eating establishments of London'
  • LondonEats - another London restaurant review site for readers' comments, with some additional information
  • Ladies Who Lunch in Hampshire - reviews from a circle of female friends who appreciate good food and service. OK, it's not strictly London but there are a couple of London venues reviewed, and they asked really nicely
  • Urban Passport - Texas based guide for London's restaurants, pubs and bars, as well as hotels and attractions
  • Restaurant Services - a free advisory and reservation service on eating out in London and its environs. Previously known as Restaurant Switchboard
  • Eat Out Go Out - featuring restaurants in Chinatown, the West End and Islington
  • Eat in London - restaurant database with brief descriptions
  • London Restaurant Database - impressive listing of restaurants with many reviews
  • London Curry - listings and a few reviews of Indian restaurants within the M25 orbital
  • Classic Cafes - over 100 vintage greasy spoons and 'formica palaces' reviewed, many in London - a gem of a site
  • Eat Now - the UK's 'premier online restaurant directory' it says
  • London-eating - 'hand picked listings of the best London has to offer'. Short descriptions with comments from visitors
  • Lammas - a guide to some of Ealing's (west London) restaurants
  • Guide to restaurants, pubs and bars in Camden, north London
  • A list of Leon Brocard's restaurant reviews. Last updated February 1998
  • London Restaurant review - guide to many London restaurants that 'tells it like it is'
  • The Dining Club - real dining websites by real diners around the world, run by Foodie.net
  • Dining out UK - reviews of restaurants across the UK, including four of London's more obscure venues
  • @UK - The UK Travel Guide - At UK - UK travel search engine and directory
  • Restaurant Guides - reviews of London restaurants
  • Restaurants.co.uk - listings of UK restaurants including a few reviews - not much on this site
  • Dining guide to London - a 'single source for restaurant information for metropolitan London', primarily a listings guide with brief descriptions
  • Japanweb - listings for Japanese food and restaurants in London, plus lots of background information on Japanese cuisine
  • Fairly priced London restaurants - a guide by the Earl of Bradford who also runs Porters, a restaurant serving traditional British food in Covent Garden, central London. I've listed him - he hasn't listed me!
  • Restaurant Guide - another one from the Earl of Bradford covering the UK
  • TopTable - possibly the largest free restaurant booking and advisory service where you can search, book online, get expert advice, and get deals at over 1,100 great venues in London, Paris and 30 UK cities
  • Dine Online - lengthy reviews of restaurants in the Greater London area
  • CuisineNet - an order taking, delivery and table booking service
  • AA - the Automobile Association's descriptions of UK restaurants - look under the travel and leisure heading
  • London UK - includes virtual tour, what's on guide, brief restaurant listings, classified ads and where to stay
  • Square Meal - London and the UK’s most comprehensive independent guide to restaurants bars and venues
  • London restaurants guide - a guide to restaurants in London - quite extensive

Pub guides

  • Harbottle's pub guide - excellent pub guide with photos covering London as well as the West Country, the South East and East Anglia
  • Beer in the Evening - lots of London pubs reviewed by Beer In the Evening (BITE)
  • Fluid Foundation - excellent London pub and bar guide. Includes lots of '10 best' lists for different geographical areas
  • London Pub Club Guide - find bars, pubs or clubs in and around London
  • Passport to the Pub - very useful and often hilarious guide for visitors to the UK about pub etiquette
  • Boozemonkey - 'comprehensive' overview of drinking dens in East London it says, but actually only features about 20 venues
  • Mordeduras - news and views about pubs in London (I think) on this BITE related blog
  • Pubs.com - guide to traditional and historic london pubs with some photos and reviews
  • Sportspubs - best UK pubs for watching sports
  • Big Beers - guide to pubs, bars and clubs in London
  • Fancy a pint - find out where to drink at this pub listing site
  • Virtual Pub - quick guide to lots of pubs in London. Last updated 1997

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  • Time Out - web based content from London's main listing magazine and associated guides
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