Bob & Lou's Guide to Food

Locations

The City: The City of London, or "The Square Mile" is the area around the Hotel. Wedged between the East End and West end, the River Thames and the borough of Islington. Mostly dedicated to business, very few people live in The City, making it nearly deserted on nights and weekends.
Fleet Street: Fleet Street runs trhough the Strand to Ludgate Hill. It is home to many major UK newspapers and other news organisations (The Mirror, Reuters, etc), and is know pretty much just for that.
The Strand: The Strand runs from< a href="#strand">Fleet Street to Trafalgar Square in the West End, and has a number of theatres and theatre-friendly restaurants.
Ludgate Hill: Is the area around St Pauls and Stationer's Hall
Soho: Soho is in the West End, and is home to many of the most famous theatres.
Chinatown: Just south of Soho, and north of Leicester Square, Chinatown is home to a number of east-Asian restaurants and shops: mostly Thai, Chinese, and Japanese. Be warned, that most Chinese food in London is Cantonese, and not Szechuan as in most of the US.
Oxford Street: Oxford Street is the biggest shopping street in the UK and has many of the "name-brand" shops and department stores. It is just north of Soho and runs from the intersection of Charing Cross Road and Tottenham Court Road on one end and Marble Arch at the other.
Holborn: Holborn is just east of Oxford St. and at the north edge of The City.
Covent Garden: Just south of Holborn and East of Charing Cross Road lies Covent Garden. A bit posher than Soho, it's a good place for pre-theatre dinner. Also quite nice for a bit more interesting shopping than you'd find on Oxford Street.
Knightsbridge: Knightsbridge is essentially the area around Harrods and Harvey Nichols. Good for very posh shopping.
Mayfair: Between Knightsbridge and Oxford Street is Mayfair, really the western part of Piccadilly. Good place to shop for men's suits, jewelry and other fancy things.
Farringdon: Just north of the City in the south tip of Islington is Farringdon. Not very interesting, I'm afraid.
Angel: Angel, just north of Farringdon, and east of Kings Cross, is a rather upcoming area of London, and home to a number of nice restaurants, bistros, cafés, and an antique market. Not as touristy as Soho and Covent Garden, and quite popular with Londoners.
Waterloo: Waterloo is the big railway station serving the Southeast and the Continent. It's right next to the South Bank Centre, home of many theatres, cinemas, concert halls, and the like.