Food in London or restaurants london can be dreadful, and can be fantastic (generally if money is no object.) However, unlike Paris where you're guaranteed decent food for about £10 a head, in London be prepared to spend double that - and the quality varies so much you can't just walk in and expect to eat well, unless you're from America's 'fly-over states'.
Every pubs london listed has been visited by reviewers - they don't just review the best pubs and bars, they tell you about the not-so-good places too. London has the whole range – bargain eateries, takeaways, organic and vegetarian corners, and exclusive and expensive Michelin-starred restaurants. London used to be the world's largest metropolis and although it has ceded that title to the sprawling cities Eros' Statue in Piccadilly Circus - the least cool place to hang out in Londonof the southern hemisphere, it's still a huge bewildering place if it's your first visit.
London may be packed with exciting attractions, from the London Eye and Madame Tussauds to Buckingham Palace and the British Museum, but it can be unpleasantly expensive for the visitor. Accommodation costs are high, attraction entrance fees can be extortionate (although many of the best attractions are free) and as for the restaurants…
Not many pubs offer the type of food found in The Eagle and most modern pubs use cheap ingredients, easy cooking methods such as microwaving and they have a cook who might or might not have any culinary skills. Rather than fresh pub food, you can expect something that has been made in a factory, packaged in plastic wrap, boxed and deep frozen for a year. To find a restaurants and for general advice we recommend http://www.qype.co.uk/ , which is now online. One step down from the restaurants are the pubs, which are very much a mixed bag. Some London pub food is absolutely delicious, some dire and most palatably in-between. Picking which is which is the hard part. A recent trend has been for gastro-pubs, which are restaurants by any other name. These tend to be rather expensive, but pleasant.
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