Time Out Cheap Eats in London (Time Out Guides)

 (3 customer reviews)

This book is an excellent source for anyone who wants to find good, cheap restaurants in and around London. Having already been there many times, I just picked this book up to help plan my next trip (in just over a month!)and have found it to be invaluable. I even see a number of our favorite restuarants already listed! Here are some reasons as to why I am in love with this book:

1. Size - it is pocket-sized - perfect to bring along on the trip with you without being bulky like many travel books. Can even fit in a purse to carry around with you on a daily basis while in London.

2. Organization - The book is divided into sections of London, complete with maps, so you will always be able to locate a restuarant near to where you are. The maps help you locate streets and restaurant locations, and there is also an index if you want to look up a restaurant by name, not location.

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I purchased this book before a recent trip to London and found it to be an invaluable resource. Granted, you might not consider some of the restaurants listed in this book "budget" restaurants by U.S. standards, but in London, they are. I primarily used the information about restaurants in the Marylebone High Street area and found several gems, including the Golden Hind, where you can have delicious fish and chips. The book helped me find great spots frequented by Londoners.

A word of advice: Even if you're sticking to one or two neighborhoods, peruse the entire book. Some of the chains found across the city (including Pret a Manger and Yo! Sushi) are listed in a single section but actually have multiple locations.

We have been to London many times and have always been disappointed by the food - the price is so high and we didn't seem to get the quality we wanted. I bought this book and we used it to find a place to eat every day for a week! This is a must have. I did find a few discrepencies in the book - restaurants listed in the index but with the wrong page number, restaurants on the maps but with no write-up. But these were minor.

Like another reviewer said, you may not consider it cheap for US standards but it is for London. We tried restaurants in multiple locations (not just one neighbor hood) and always went out for a late lunch so we could catch lunch prices. My favorite places were Daquise (Polish), Sofra (Turkish - a mini chain with multiple locations), Belgo Centraal (Belgian - they have a great lunch menu special). It was worth the price to buy this book. It also took some of the stress off of us - we didn't wander the streets thinking 'where are we going to eat'.