Secret London

Unusual Bars & Restaurants

• Author(s): Hannah Robinson, Rachel Howard,
• Publisher: Jonglez Publishing
• Pages: 224
• ISBN_10: 2361952807
  ISBN_13: 9782361952808
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Reference / Directories , Travel / Europe / Great Britain , Travel / Food, Lodging & Transportation / Hotels, Inns & Hostels , Travel / Reference , Travel / Food, Lodging & Transportation / Restaurants ,

Description:... Discover a secret club frozen in time since 1946, press the champagne button to summon the bubbly trolley to your booth, read the infamous list of house rules of a members' club hidden behind a door with no sign outside, join a louche club in the original dressing and rehearsal rooms of a theatre, sweet-talk your way into a secret bar frequented by the Pogues and John Lydon, find a guide who'll squeeze you into an intriguing slice of Soho history that's only accessible from a door behind the bar, meet the members of the glorious Handlebar Moustache Club at their pub, go for serious food at knock-down prices in cookery schools, travel back to the heyday of the USSR in a hidden Polish gem of a restaurant, seek out a bar in a converted subterranean public convenience built for the 1908 Olympic Games, eat curry for free in a Sikh temple, frighten yourself in a haunted bar that contains an ancient stone marking the dead centre of the City, go to the oldest surviving Grand Music Hall in the world, have lunch in secret gardens ... 100+ places with amazing decor, eccentric owners, bizarre food, old-time survivors and more that will please and astonish underground and post-industrial fans, refined gourmets and cocktail drinkers, world food lovers and anyone curious enough to discover the infinite possibilities to have fun in London. An absolute must-have to finally enjoy the amazing hidden London bar/restaurant/pub/club scene.