11_598260 bindex.qxd 10/11/05 11:42 AM Page 200

Index

See also Accommodations and Restaurant indexes below.

GENERAL INDEX Barcode, 197 Bar Rumba, 186 Bars and cocktail lounges, 196–197 bbey Treasure Museum, 133 A Bath and body products, 163–164 ACAVA, 162 Bayswater, 31 Accessorize, 168 accommodations, 66–69 Accommodations, 42–71. See also restaurants, 111–112 Accommodations Index shopping, 159 Bayswater, 66–69 Beauchamp Tower, 129 Belgravia, 60 Beau Monde, 166 , 43, 46–48 Belgravia, 29, 60 Chelsea, 60–62 Belinda Robertson, 164–165 and the Strand, Berk, 165 48–50 Market, 173 Knightsbridge, 57–60 Big Ben, 120 Marylebone, 63–66 Black Friar, 189 Notting Hill Gate, 69–70 Bloody Tower, 128–129 Paddington, 66–69 Bloomsbury, 24 St. James’s, 53–54 accommodations, 43, 46–48 , 50–51 restaurants, 81–83 South Kensington, 62–63 The Body Shop, 163 Trafalgar Square, 50 Bond Street Antiques Centre, 161 Victoria, 54–57 Boots the Chemist, 163 The West End, 43–54 Bow Wine Vaults, 189 Westminster, 54–57 The Box, 197 , 197 British Library, 140–141 Airlines, 12–14 British Museum, 114–115, 118 Alfie’s Antique Market, 161 Buckingham Palace, 118 Almeida Theatre, 180 The Bull & Gate, 183 American Bar, 196 Bull’s Head, 184 American Express, 5, 36 Burberry, 166 Anchor, 189 Business hours, 36 Annie’s Vintage Clothes, 170 Bus tours, 154–155 Antiques, 161–162 Bus travel, 34–35 Apple Market, 173 Apsley House, 139–140 The Armouries, 129 The AscotCOPYRIGHTED Festival, 9–10 Cabinet War MATERIAL Rooms, 135–136 ATMs, 4–5 Cabs, 35–36 Austin Reed, 166 Calendar of events, 6–10 Canary Wharf, 23 restaurants, 79–80 Candy Bar, 197–198 anqueting House, 135 B Cantaloupe, 196 Barbican Centre, 181 Carlyle’s House, 138 Barbican Theatre-Royal Shakespeare , 168 Company, 178 11_598260 bindex.qxd 10/11/05 11:42 AM Page 201

GENERAL INDEX 201

Car travel, 16–17 Edward the Confessor, shrine of, 132 Cashmere and woolens, 164–165 Egg, 168 Cecil Sharpe House, 185–186 Electricity, 37 Ceremony of the Keys, 130 Embassies and high commissions, 37 Changing of the Guard Emergencies, 37 Buckingham Palace, 118–119 England & Co., 162 Horse Guards, 137 English National Opera, 181–182 Chelsea, 29–30 Entry requirements, 2 accommodations, 60–62 Equinox, 186–187 restaurants, 104–106 shopping, 158–159 Chelsea Flower Show, 7 Fashion, 165–170 Children’s Book Centre, 164 First Out Café Bar, 198 Churchill Museum, 136 Floris, 163 , 189–192 Fortnum & Mason, 160 The City, 17, 21–22 Foyle’s Bookshop, 164 restaurants, 72–77 Friendly Society, 198 City Hall, 136 Clarence House, 119 Classical music, 180–183 Gabriel’s Wharf, 162 Climate, 6 Gatwick Airport, 15 College Garden, 133 G.A.Y., 198–199 The Conran Shop, 170 Gay and lesbian travelers, 11 Contemporary Applied Arts, 162 nightlife, 197–199 Covent Garden, 25 Gay’s the Word, 164 accommodations, 48–50 George, 192 restaurants, 83–85 Gilbert Collection, 142 Crafts Council Gallery, 162 Glass Bar, 199 Credit cards, 5 Global Refund, 157 Crown Jewels, 129 Grays Antiques and Grays Mews, 161 Cuba, 186 Green Park, 153 Culpeper the Herbalist, 163 Grenadier, 192–193 Customs regulations, 2 Grosvenor Prints, 163 Tavern, 192 Guildhall Art Gallery, 142–143

Dalí Universe, 141–142 Hamleys, 172 Dance clubs, 186–189 Harrods, 160 Dentists, 36 Harvey Nichols, 160 Department stores, 159–161 Hatchards, 164 Designer Sale UK, 166 Heathrow Airport, 14–15 Designers Guild, 170 Heaven, 199 Dickens House, 139 Henry VII Chapel, 132 Disabilities, travelers with, 10–11 Hermitage Rooms, 143 Docklands, 22–23 Hilditch & Key, 166–167 restaurants, 77–79 Hippodrome, 187 Doctors, 36 Holborn, 24–25 Dog & Duck, 192 Holidays, 6 Drugstores, 37 Horse Guards, 136–137 Hospitals, 37–38 Houses of Parliament, 120–121 East End, The, 22 Hyde Park, 152–153 The Edge, 198 11_598260 bindex.qxd 10/11/05 11:42 AM Page 202

202 INDEX

Mayfair, 27–28, 52–53 Imperial War Museum, 143 restaurants, 95–100 Ministry of Sound, 188 Miss Selfridge, 169 , 193 Money matters, 4 Jazz, 184 Museum of , 146–147 Jewelry, 171 , 193 Jewel Tower, 121 Jewish Museum, 145 Jigsaw, 167 Nag’s Head (Covent Garden), 194 Johnson, Samuel, House of, 139 Nag’s Head (Hyde Park), 193–194 Jubilee Market, 173 National Army Museum, 147 National Gallery, 124–125 National Gardens Scheme, 7 Kensington, 30–31 National Portrait Gallery, 125 restaurants, 106–108 Natural History Museum, 147–148 shopping, 159 Neighborhoods in brief, 21–32 Kensington Gardens, 124, 153 Next, 167 Kensington Palace, 121–124 Nightlife, 175–199 Kenwood Lakeside Concerts, 8–9, 181 Notting Hill, 31–32, 159 Knightsbridge, 29 Notting Hill Art Club, 188 accommodations, 57–60 Notting Hill Carnival, 9 restaurants, 103–104 Notting Hill Gate, 32 shopping, 158–159 accommodations, 69–70 restaurants, 112–113 Notting Hill Portobello Market, 174 Lamb & Flag, 193 Lawn Tennis Championships (Wimbledon), 8 O100 Club, 184 Leicester Square, 25–26 Organized tours, 154–155 restaurants, 85–88 Liberty, 160–161 The Library, 169, 196 Paddington, 31 Limelight, 187 accommodations, 66–69 Lincoln’s Inn, 137 restaurants, 111–112 Liquor laws, 38 Pandora, 170 London Brass Rubbing Centre, 135 Parks and gardens, 152–153 London Coliseum, 181–182 Parliament, Houses of, 120–121 London Parade, 6 Passports, 39 London Pass, 140 Paul Smith’s Westbourne House, 169 London Silver Vaults, 165 Penhaligon’s, 163–164 London Symphony Orchestra, 181 Percival David Foundation of Chinese Lord Mayor’s Procession and Show, 10 Art, 148 Lost and found, 38–39 Peter Jones, 161 The Phoenix Artist Club, 196–197 Piccadilly Circus, 25–26 Madame Tussaud’s, 145–146 restaurants, 85–88 Mall at Camden Passage, 161–162 Pizza Express, 184–185 Marylebone, 27 Poets’ Corner, 132 accommodations, 63–66 Post offices, 39 restaurants, 109–111 The Proms, 9 Match EC1, 196 Prospect of , 194 , 189–196 11_598260 bindex.qxd 10/11/05 11:42 AM Page 203

GENERAL INDEX 203

St. Martin-in-the-Fields, 134 Queen’s Gallery, The, 148–149 St. Martin-in-the-Fields Market, 173 St. Paul’s Cathedral, 126 Salisbury, 194 Red Lion, 194 Samuel Johnson’s House, 139 Regent’s Park, 153 Science Museum, 150–151 Reject China Shop, 165 Senior travel, 11–12 Restaurants, 72–113. See also The Serpentine, 152 Restaurant Index The Seven Stars, 194–195 Canary Wharf, 79–80 Shadow Lounge, 199 Chelsea, 104–106 Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre & The City, 72–77 Exhibition, 151, 179 Covent Garden & the Strand, 83–85 Shakespeare Under the Stars, 8 Docklands, 77–79 Shepherd’s Tavern, 195 Kensington and South Kensington, Sherlock Holmes, 195 106–108 Shopping, 6, 156–174 Knightsbridge, 103–104 Sir John Soane’s Museum, 151–152 Marylebone, 109–111 606 Club, 185 Mayfair, 95–100 Soane’s Museum, Sir John, 151–152 Notting Hill Gate, 112–113 Soho, 26–27 Paddington and Bayswater, 111–112 accommodations, 50–51 Piccadilly Circus and Leicester restaurants, 88–94 Square, 85–88 Sound, 183–184 St. James’s, 100–101 South Bank, 23 Soho, 88–94 restaurants, 80–81 South Bank, 80–81 South Kensington Trafalgar Square, 94–95 accommodations, 62–63 The West End, 81–101 restaurants, 106–108 Westminster and Victoria, 101–103 Speakers Corner, 153 Restrooms, 39 Spencer House, 138 River cruises along the Thames, 154 Stanfords, 164 Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, 185 The Strand, 25 Rotten Row, 152 accommodations, 48–50 Royal Academy of Arts, 149 restaurants, 83–85 Royal Air Force Chapel, 132 Stranger’s Galleries, 120 Royal Albert Hall, 182 Summerill & Bishop, 170–171 The Royal Ballet, 183 Royal Doulton, 165 Royal Festival Hall, 182–183 Tate Britain, 126–127 Royal Mews, 149 Tate Modern, 127–128 Royal National Theatre, 178–179 Taxes, 39–40 The Royal Opera, 183 Taxis, 35–36 Royal Shakespeare Company, 178 Telephone, 40–41 Terrorist attacks of 7/7/05, 20 Thames River cruises, 154 Saatchi Gallery, 149–150 Thames Barrier, raising of the, 9 Sainsbury African Galleries, 115 Theater, 175–180 St. Etheldreda’s, 134 Thomas Goode, 165 St. James’s, 28 Thomas Pink, 167 accommodations, 53–54 Tipping, 41 restaurants, 100–101 Tours, 154–155 St. James’s Park, 153 Tower Bridge, 128 11_598260 bindex.qxd 10/11/05 11:42 AM Page 204

204 INDEX

Tower Green, 129 , 128 Ye Olde Cheese, 139 Tower Records, 171–172 Ye Olde Watling, 195–196 Trafalgar Square, 122–123 Young Vic, 180 accommodations, 50 restaurants, 94–95 Train travel, 16 Zoo Bar, 188–189 Traitors’ Gate, 129 Transatlantic Telephone Room, 136 Transportation, 32–36 ACCOMMODATIONS Trap, 188 The Academy , 43, 46 Travelcards, 32–33 Aster House, 58–59 Traveler’s checks, 5 Avonmore Hotel, 62 Trooping the Colour, 7–8, 137 The Beaufort, 57–58 Blooms Town House Hotel, 46 Boston Court Hotel, 65–66 Underground (Tube), 20, 32–34 Brown’s Hotel, 52 Unknown Warrior, tomb of the, 133 The Cadogan, 60–61 The Capital Hotel, 58 Caswell Hotel, 56 Value-added tax (VAT), 39–40, 157 Claverley Hotel, 59 Victoria Collin House, 56–57 accommodations, 54–57 , 48 restaurants, 101–103 Crescent Hotel, 48 Victoria and Albert Museum, 130–131 The Diplomat Hotel, 60 Virgin Megastore, 172 Dukes Hotel, 53 Visitor information, 1, 17 , 64 Vivienne Westwood, 169 Edward Lear Hotel, 66 Fairways Hotel, 68–69 The Fielding Hotel, 49, 54 Walking tours, 155 The Gallery, 62–63 Wallace Collection, 152 Garden Court, 69 Websites, 1–2 The Gate Hotel, 70–71 The Wellington Museum, 139–140 Guesthouse West, 69–70 The West End, 17, 20–21 Harlingford Hotel, 47 accommodations, 43–54 Hart House Hotel, 64–65 neighborhoods, 24–29 Hazlitt’s 1718, 50–51 restaurants, 81–101 James House/Cartref House, 57 shopping, 156–158, 173–174 The Jenkins Hotel, 48 Western Union, 38 Knightsbridge Hotel, 59–60 Westminster, 28–29 The Langham Hilton, 63–64 accommodations, 54–57 Lime Tree Hotel, 55 restaurants, 101–103 London Elizabeth Hotel, 66–67 Westminster Abbey, 131–133 The Main House, 71 Westminster-Greenwich Thames Miller’s Residence, 67 Passenger Boat Service, 154 Mornington Hotel, 67–68 Westminster Passenger Association The Pavilion, 68 (Upriver) Ltd., 154 The Phoenix Hotel, 68 White Tower, 128 The Portobello Hotel, 70 Wimbledon Tennis Championships, 8 Renaissance London Chancery Court, 46–47 Royal Adelphi Hotel, 50 11_598260 bindex.qxd 10/11/05 11:43 AM Page 205

RESTAURANT INDEX 205

St. George Hotel, 65 Greenhouse, 98 The Sanctuary House Hotel, 55 Greens Restaurant & Oyster Bar, 101 Sheraton Park Lane Hotel, 52–53 Hakkasan, 91 The Sloane Hotel, 61 Halepi, 111 The , 51 “hush,” 98–99 Hotel, 53–54 The Ivy, 86 Ten Manchester Street, 65 Jenny Lo’s Teahouse, 102–103 The Trafalgar, 50 Joe’s, 108 The Vicarage Hotel, 63 J. Sheekey, 85 Willett Hotel, 61 Le Gavroche, 96 Windermere Hotel, 55–56 Le Metro, 104 Le Pont de la Tour, 78–79 Lindsay House, 89 RESTAURANTS Livebait’s Café Fish, 86–87 Admiral Codrington, 108 Mash, 110 Alastair Little, 88 Mildreds, 93–94 Allium, 101–102 Momo, 99 Archipelago, 81 Nahm, 97–98 Assaggi, 109 Noble Rot, 99 Atlantic Bar & Grill, 89–90 Nobu, 96 Back to Basics, 81–82 Orrey, 109 Balans, 92–93 Oxo Tower Restaurant, 80 Bibendum/The Oyster Bar, 106–107 Plateau, 79 Blue Bird, 105 Poons in the City, 76 Blue Elephant, 107–108 Porter’s English Restaurant, 84 The Bridge, 73 The Portrait Restaurant, 94–95 Brown’s, 87 Prince Bonaparte, 112 Bush Bar & Grill, 110 Prism, 72–73 Butler’s Wharf Chop House, 77 Quo Vadis, 89 Café Spice Namaste, 73, 76 Rasa Samundra, 91–92 Cantina Vinopolis, 80–81 Rules, 83 Chelsea Kitchen, 105–106 Sarastro, 84–85 Chuen Cheng Ku, 90 Satsuma, 92 Circus, 100–101 Shampers, 92 Clarke’s, 107 Simpson’s-in-the-Strand, 83–84 The Collection, 103–104 Sketch, 97 Cork & Bottle Wine Bar, 87–88 Sri Nam, 79–80 The Court Restaurant, 82 The Stockpot, 88 The Cow, 112 Suze, 100 Crivelli’s Garden, 94 Tamarind, 99–100 Drones, 104 Tate Gallery Restaurant, 102 Dumpling Inn, 86 Tom Aikens, 106 Ed’s Easy Diner, 93 Veronica’s, 111–112 , 76 Vertigo 42, 77 Fung Shing, 85 Villandry, 111 The Gay Hussar, 90–91 Wagamama, 82–83 Gordon Ramsay, 104–105 Yauatcha, 94 Gordon Ramsay at Claridge’s, 95–96 , 77 Zafferano, 103