- Central London!
This is the epicentre of the city.
There's so much here.
We've got the West End theatres, bars, restaurants,
clubs, tourist attractions.
But the thing is because there's so much,
it's hard to know what's good, and frankly, what's (bleep).
So I'm gonna give you a little teaser
of the casual tourist guide to Central London,
my travel guide that helps you to avoid
the not so good stuff and see and do
all of the local things.
We're gonna start with getting some coffee
at this cafe that is really unique and interesting.
Let's go!
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We're about to have coffee in a toilet.
This is Attendant, located in Fitzrovia
and it's a cafe that's in a disused Victorian public toilet
that sat dormant for 50 years
and then got transformed into the cafe we see today.
When you go downstairs, you can actually see
parts of the original porcelain urinals
and the Victorian tile floors.
Go down into Attendant to have a good cup of coffee
and they do brunch food and snacks as well.
And the ironic thing is there's actually no toilet
at this cafe.
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We're in Neil's Yard, a cosy, colourful pocket
in Central London.
It all started back in the 1970s
when an entrepreneur and activist, Nicholas Saunders,
opened up the first health business,
and it just flourished from there.
To this day, a lot of the businesses that are here
are health and wellness focused.
A couple places that I like to go while I'm here is CVS,
which is this amazing French wine bar,
there's The Barbary, a restaurant that is inspired
by the food from the Barbary Coast,
and there's St. John Bakery, which is iconic London
and they are famous for their really good donuts.
So you can't go wrong with coming to this spot
and going from there.
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We're just outside Seven Dials Market,
and this is a great place to come
if you are near Seven Dials or Covent Garden,
and you want some yummy but affordable food.
The cool thing about here is that there are
tonnes of different food vendors selling lots of options
for what you can have for lunch or for dinner.
They've also just reopened this one section
called Cucumber Alley,
which has even more options for food vendors.
Also the entire place is covered,
so it is British weatherproof.
Let me tell you about a couple of my favourite vendors.
There's Club Mexicana, who do amazing vegan, Mexican food,
and there's also Yum Bun
which does Taiwanese buns that are delicious.
Let's check them out.
So many options here and actually a bunch of new places
have popped up since the last time I've been here,
but I'm gonna stick to what I know
and get something from Yum Bun.
Can I do the lunch set please?
- Yes, what buns would you like?
- [Jessica] The tofu one.
- [Cashier] That's for you.
Enjoy. Thank you.
- Thank you!
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One of the best activities you can do
while in Central London is to go see a theatre show.
We have a world famous theatre district here.
It's called the West End, and we have tonnes of shows
that you can see.
Just behind me is the world's longest running theatre show,
Agatha Christie's "The Mouse Trap,"
but there's tonnes of different options
depending on whatever you wanna see.
Couple of my favourites include "The Lion King," amazing,
and also "The Book of Mormon," which is hilarious.
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If you like books, collectibles, vintage items,
then come to Cecil Court.
This is a pedestrianised street with Victorian style shops,
many of which have been here for a few centuries now.
This is even where Mozart lived
back when he was touring Europe in 1764
at the ripe old age of eight years old.
It's also been said this was possibly the inspiration
for Diagon Alley in the Harry Potter series.
So if you wanna go shopping
and feel like you're stepping back in time,
Cecil Court is the place to come.
If you're looking for
an Edwardian era cockerel diamond enamel broach,
we've got it here in Cecil Court
for the low, low price of 2,950 pounds.
You're sorted.
There are a couple really niche shops here.
This one over here is Alice in Wonderland themed.
And then this one here is all about music.
So there's music novels, non-fiction,
but also they sell sheet music.
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You're never gonna struggle to find a place
to drink in Central London,
but one place that I love is the very cosy,
very sexy 10 Cases Wine Bar.
This wine bar is quite unique, because they only order
10 cases of each wine that they have,
so they always have a changing menu,
and in their 10 years of operating,
they've never served the same wine twice.
There's two parts to 10 Cases, one is the bistro,
which is a bit more of a restaurant vibe,
or there's the cava vin right next door.
That's my favourite part.
It's more of the wine bar vibes
and it's walk-ins only, so you don't need a reservation.
Let's go drink some wine!
Never have just ask me twice.
So I've gone for a tempernello,
it is a red wine from the Rioca region in Spain,
and it's delicious.
I think that's correct.
Hope you enjoyed this small selection
of very cool things to do in Central London.
And if you need help keeping track
of all the recommendations you find,
don't forget to get my free downloadable.
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