3 Days in London

Tudkin Flavors of Malaysia.

If the Tube is working properly take a Central Line train from Nottinghill Gate to Lancaster Gate ( 5-10 mins). Exit and walk to Tudkin. Maybe a 10 minute walk.

Now popular I’d suggest making a reservation as the place is small. Not cheap but not insanely costly either.

Near Notting Hill we had a good meal at Prince of Wales, 8 Kensington Church St. If you like Thai food, then look into the restaurant at The Churchill Arms, 119 Kensington Church St. Reservations are pretty much required for it.

Elsewhere, we had a good meal at The Old Bank of England, 194 Fleet St. Near the Gloucester Rd. Tube stop are Steak and Company and The Hereford Arms, South Kensington. Reservations are recommended for the latter two restaurants. Steak and Company is a pricier restaurant compared to the others I mentioned.

East End street art tour by Alternative London! https://alternativeldn.co.uk/london-street-art-tour/
Everyone I know who’s done this has loved it. It’s a great way to experience a neighborhood a lot of tourists miss. It revolves around Brick Lane, which is awash in good Indian restaurants. Each restaurant has hawkers out front, and Londoners seem to take the banter/negotiations as part of the experience, like dinner theatre. My personal favorite has been Eastern Eye Balti House. Spitalfields Market and some good pubs this way too.

In Notting Hill, the Ladbroke Arms, The Windsor Castle, The Churchill Arms have a lot of admirers.

Re- the first suggestion- the Central Line is currently having problems due to problems with the engines on the trains- more properly the traction systems- but engines will do. A number of trains are out of service, leading to long intervals between trains and overcrowding.

This is expected to last for at least a month while new parts are delivered and installed.

East End street art tour by Alternative London! https://alternativeldn.co.uk/london-street-art-tour/

My favourite pastime at the moment is spotting "10 Foot" tags. They're everywhere when you start to look for them. A Google search will bring up more about 10 Foot for anyone interested.

Somewhere I've mentioned a few times on here is Upper Street in Islington. It's off the tourist beaten track a little but I rate it as one of the best places for walk ups for dinner in London. There's a range of very highly rated restaurants for all tastes and budgets. Plug it into Google Maps and you can see how many places get good reviews and ratings in that one area. People say you can't get good Mexican in London but I've been to Wahacca, Desperados, Chilango and the original branch of the Tortilla chain in Upper Street and they were all good enough to satisfy my admittedly uneducated tastes.

Drummond Street in Euston is somewhere else to plug into Google Maps for food. There's several very high quality, budget friendly Indian restaurants, specialising in buffet service. It's too many years since I've been out there for me to recommend anywhere specific, but you can go by online recommendations and pick somewhere and I'm sure you'll get something really authentic that most visitors might miss out on.

I've taken to watching the Youtube channel "Gary Eats" recently for restaurant reviews. He's covered lots of obscure places in London, which you may enjoy if you like watching that sort of stuff for info.

Ach! GerryM we were at Euston in December desperate for a good lunch. If only I had known!

we were at Euston in December desperate for a good lunch.

I thought you might like it if you liked Brick Lane. Doesn't have the hype-men to sway your decision either :)

On Upper Street again, there's a branch of Chicken Shop. Borrowing the name from a ubiquitous feature of every London neighbourhood (maybe not Chelsea), they take fried chicken to another level. I've eaten at their branch in Soho (Wardour Street) a couple of times since they opened two or three years ago. Right at the high end of fast food and very tasty.

https://chickenshop.com/

Thanks for all the great ideas.
Getting excited about the trip we arrive in London on the 20th, so if there are more ideas feel free to share.

Go to The Ledbury restaurant . Will cost …. a lot, but book now and enjoy.