We have excellent restaurants, bistros and wine bars within easy walking distance plus first class Indian, Italian, Moroccan, Turkish and Tapas restaurants.

SALUSBURY ROAD AREA

To the East on Salisbury Road (near Queens Park Underground Station) there are many restaurants and cafés:

• Fish'n'chips rsetaurant: Mr Fish (Trip Advsiso)

• Malaysian - pan-Asian Sudu Restaurant
• Trendy, good grub: Alice House (Trip Advisor)

• Good Gastro Pub/restaurant The Salusbury Pub & Dining (Trip Advisor)

• Australian, restuarant, bar, café  Milk Beach (Trip Advisor)

• East Mediterranean all day restaurant & bar (Lonsdale Rd)– Carmel Restaurant (The Guardian)
• On site brewery for tap beers and pizza, (Lonsdale Rd) –The Wolfpack (Restaurantguru)

• A farm to table rotisse Cocotte (Trip Advisor)
• All-day English breakfast, pizza and more: Café Jacks (Trip Advisor)

• Pricey but tasty patisserie and café – eat in or takeaway Gails Bakery & Café  (Yelp)

• All day café/resturant -good food and separate  lunch and dinner menus Bobs' Cafe  (Trip Advisor)

• Traditional yet modern Japanese restaurant – authentic sushi Michiko Sushini (Trip Advisor)

• Excellent, busy, popular and authentic tapas bar - all your favourites: Caldo Tapas Bar (Trip Advisor)

• Good classic Indian Restaurant: - Queen's Indian Restaurant (Trip Advisor)

CHAMBERLAYNE ROAD AREA - Kensal Rise Station

To the West on Chamberlayne Road and Kensal Rise there are many more restaurants and pubs, cafés and eateries.
• Pub, pizza and a lot more The Rise

• Neopolitan Pizzaria The Sacro Cuore (Trip Advisor)

• Authentic Abruzzo cuisine Orfeo  (Trip Advisor)

• One of the upmarket patisseries Gail's  (Trip Advisor)

• Piri-piri chicken chain branch Nando's (Trip Advisor)

• Turkish meze & BBQ Shishlique (Trip Advisor)

• Brazilian + takeaway Frigideira  (Trip Advisor)

• Middles-eastern inspired vegetarian restaurant Comptoir V (Trip Advisor)
• Traditional British fish & chips – eat in or takeaway Micky’s Fish (Google Reviews)

• Authentic pan-Asian dining experience Nonemu (Google Reviews)

• Hawaiian – poke bowls, rice bowls, acai, breakfast Aloha (Google Review)
•  Traditional/modern Indian cuisine Curry Nights (Trip Advisor)
• Traditional British-Indian Indian cuisine Khas Tandoori (Trip Advisor) 

Traditional English pubs transformed into "gastro-pubs" (but they do serve excellent food):

• On Regent Street (Off Chamberlayne Rd) The Parlour  (Trip Advisor)

• On Chamberlayne Rd – American diner all day joint The Whippet Inn (Trip Advisor)

• On Harrow Road – old style pub, good grub + big screen sports The Masons Arms  (Trip Advisor)

• On College Road – Local sourced produce +veg and vegan elements The Island  (Trip Advisor)

• On the Harrow Road, pub, tapas and more William IV  (Trip Advisor)

But this one caps them all - a really, trendy fine-food pub with a Michelin trained chef and entertainment (and queues): - MUST book: • Paradise by way of Kensal Rise  (Trip Advisor)

The Ledbury (2 M stars) – Notting Hill – Chef: Brett Graham
- The Ledbury Website - (Trip Advisor)

River Café – Hammersmith – Maitre Chef: Ruth Rogers
- River Café Website - (Trip Advisor)

Kitchen W8 - Kensington – Props: Phil Howard & Becky Mascarenhas
- Kitchen W8 - (Trip Advisor)

Core  – Notting Hill – Maitre Chef: Clare Smyth -
Core - (Trip Advisor)

Caractère – Notting Hill – Roux and Ferrari
Caractère - (Trip Advisor)

The Electric, Portobello Road opened in February 1911. The original building was completely restored at huge cost in 2001. Key to its relaunch were hi-tech features like the ingenious expanding wide-screen which comes through the original heritage protected proscenium arch. Seating was reduced to 98 leather armchairs keeping the tradition of two-seater sofas at the rear.
Alongside the cinema is the Electric Brasserie. This is real history and a joy to visit.

The Gate, Notting Hill Gate dates from 1865 and was completely restored in 1985, when the ornate Edwardian plasterwork was repaired. There were more upgrades in 2004 with air conditioning, velvet armchair seating and double "love seats". There’s a bar in the lobby selling wines which may be taken inside. We remeber seeing "Moulin Rouge" there - it was difficult to see where the cineam ended and the film began.

The Coronet, Notting Hill Gate opened in 1898. as one of the largest theatres outside the West End. Made famous when Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant filmed a scene there for the movie "Notting Hill". There are 3 tiers of seats - stall,  circle (recommended) and gallery. In need of much refurbishment this cinema still oozes eery old charm.
We remeber seeing "The Artist" there - perfect ambience for the 'silent' French movie.

The Lexi, Kensal Rise - The UK’s first social enterprise independent boutique digital cinema – that ticks quite a few boxes, eh? 100% of the profits go to a charity and it's staffed by passionate, local volunteers. It's a perefect little gem and has a wine bar open throughout, about 60 comfy seats and a few tables. It's only 10 minutes walk and we go there often.

Park. The 30 acre park in the heart of Queen's Park is owned and beautifully maintained by the wealthy corporation of the City of London. It boasts a 9 hole pitch-and-putt golf course, 1st class tennis courts, outdoor table tennis tables, a petanque piste, a splendid Victorian bandstand, a petting zoo, a café, a children's playground, a paddling pool (in summer), an adventure park, even a secluded quiet area with flower beds, shrubs and benches for the enjoyment of 'older folk'.

On a fine day it is an enormously popular space for picnics, sunbathing, jogging, kicking a ball about or chucking a frisbee.



Canals. A great but different way to see London. Take a walk along an old canal towpath. The nearest place from here is just along the way at the top end of Ladbroke Grove - a ten minute walk. Here, there's a walk along the Grand Union Canal to "Little Venice" and on to The Regent's Canal which runs right through to Limehouse and the Thames, well away from the usual tourist hotspots. But you pass through Regent's Park, near by London Zoo and onto Camden Lock and further. On the way you'll see a different London, from multi-million pound villas to rundown council estates, from gasworks to hi-tech offices, from mosques to markets - all London life is here.
Various companies also offer barges 'cruises' along the canals, for example from 'Little Venice" near Warwick Avenue to Camden Lock. Try Jasons Canal Boat Trips

Bikes. That's Bojo Boris, ex Mayor of London, ex Foreign Secretary and now, amazingly to bothe left and right, actually Prime Minister. Those bikes were first called "Boris's Bikes". They're for hire all over London. They're red and sponsored by Santander and the Mayor is now Seddiq Khan. Other branded bikes are also for hire.

You have to be careful cycling round London - it wasn't built with bikes in mind. But if you're an experienced urban cyclist it's a good way to get around town, but take care, wear va helmet and remember to cycle on the LEFT and to be extra careful turning RIGHT.