Riz's Local Guidebook
Favourite Coffee Shops
My current top 3 cafes for coffee and bites around Notting Hill.
My fave place in the whole area. Great service, community spirit and serves killer coffee. The cafe is also a great deli. Plus you can order food to sit in with
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Golborne Deli
100-102 Golborne RdMy fave place in the whole area. Great service, community spirit and serves killer coffee. The cafe is also a great deli. Plus you can order food to sit in with
The small courtyard at the back of the cafe is a true hidden gem. This cafe is never too busy , it’s refined yet laidback.
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The Tin Shed
33 All Saints RdThe small courtyard at the back of the cafe is a true hidden gem. This cafe is never too busy , it’s refined yet laidback.
This is a little further away from the flat by Notting Hill Gate, but it’s become a fave for coffee. Small and stylish place down a side street.
KURO COFFEE
3 Hillgate StreetThis is a little further away from the flat by Notting Hill Gate, but it’s become a fave for coffee. Small and stylish place down a side street.
Essential Eateries
My current top 3 restaurants for great value and taste around around Notting Hill
This place is great for lunch if you want fresh, lovingly made Sicilian pasta dishes. Run by a husband and wife, they are super friendly. Located under the Trellick Tower.
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Panella London Sicilian Street Food
15 Golborne RdThis place is great for lunch if you want fresh, lovingly made Sicilian pasta dishes. Run by a husband and wife, they are super friendly. Located under the Trellick Tower.
Great food in an unpretentious, casual space. A family team serve Malaysian comfort food that makes the restaurant one of the best in the city from a nook of a unit in Queensway Market, Bayswater.
Normah's
Great food in an unpretentious, casual space. A family team serve Malaysian comfort food that makes the restaurant one of the best in the city from a nook of a unit in Queensway Market, Bayswater.
It has a large menu and is consistently good. One of the best Japanese eateries in this price range. It's quite functional but sometimes that's what you need.
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Eat Tokyo (Notting Hill Gate)
17 Notting Hill GateIt has a large menu and is consistently good. One of the best Japanese eateries in this price range. It's quite functional but sometimes that's what you need.
Things to do
My 4 favourite things to do in the neighbourhood.
London’s oldest and arguably most beautiful garden centre is a lovely place to explore and connect with nature in the city. It also has a great cafe.
Clifton Gardens
London’s oldest and arguably most beautiful garden centre is a lovely place to explore and connect with nature in the city. It also has a great cafe.
A leisurely walk down the canal is a nice way to connect with the neighbourhood and its history. Pass through elegant Little Venice and end up in Paddington Basin. 20 minutes walk.
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Paddington Basin
A leisurely walk down the canal is a nice way to connect with the neighbourhood and its history. Pass through elegant Little Venice and end up in Paddington Basin. 20 minutes walk.
You can’t stay in this area and not explore the famous market area. Best days are ‘Vintage Friday’ and Saturday. Start at one end of Portobello Road and end at the other.
Reeser Str. 106, 46446 Emmerich am Rhein, Deutschland
You can’t stay in this area and not explore the famous market area. Best days are ‘Vintage Friday’ and Saturday. Start at one end of Portobello Road and end at the other.
It feels great to enjoy such a large green space in the centre of London. It's classic and iconic. You can walk through to Hyde Park the other side and various museums too.
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Kensington Gardens
It feels great to enjoy such a large green space in the centre of London. It's classic and iconic. You can walk through to Hyde Park the other side and various museums too.