Hannah’s guidebook
My favourite cinema
The comfiest, yummiest cinema - 5 mins from the flat. Turn right onto Portobello Road. Get yourselves one of the beds in the front if you want to cuddle up. Delicious treats. Book ahead.
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Electric Cinema
191 Portobello RdThe comfiest, yummiest cinema - 5 mins from the flat. Turn right onto Portobello Road. Get yourselves one of the beds in the front if you want to cuddle up. Delicious treats. Book ahead.
Lovely local parks
Holland Park
Ilchester PlaceKensington Gardens
If you have little kids (up to 5) and want a very close little playground this is a gem.
Colville Square Gardens
19 Colville SquareIf you have little kids (up to 5) and want a very close little playground this is a gem.
Again only if you have kids, or like playing table tennis! (Borrow our table tennis bats and balls from the games cupboard in the dining room (bottom left). Walk north up Portobello and you reach this brilliant playground. Has trampolines, table tennis, dog walking. At the best end of Portobello. Our 4 year old's favourite - and the 14 year old doesn't mind it either. 370 Portobello Rd, W10 5RP
Athlone Gardens
370 Portobello RoadAgain only if you have kids, or like playing table tennis! (Borrow our table tennis bats and balls from the games cupboard in the dining room (bottom left). Walk north up Portobello and you reach this brilliant playground. Has trampolines, table tennis, dog walking. At the best end of Portobello. Our 4 year old's favourite - and the 14 year old doesn't mind it either. 370 Portobello Rd, W10 5RP
Yoga
Yoga studio at 92 Golborne Rd, W10 5PS at the top of Portobello Road. If you like yoga - then I urge you to try a class here. My favourite teacher is Manizeh - the woman who brought Jivamukti Yoga from New York to London many years ago. It is a beautiful, light, community space and you will walk out of there floating on air.
Love Supreme Projects
92 Golborne RoadYoga studio at 92 Golborne Rd, W10 5PS at the top of Portobello Road. If you like yoga - then I urge you to try a class here. My favourite teacher is Manizeh - the woman who brought Jivamukti Yoga from New York to London many years ago. It is a beautiful, light, community space and you will walk out of there floating on air.
Food scene
Delicious Italian neighbourhood restaurant. A longstanding local gem. Great takeaway pizza too.
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Osteria Basilico
29 Kensington Park RdDelicious Italian neighbourhood restaurant. A longstanding local gem. Great takeaway pizza too.
Home cooked Palestinian food. Absolutely delicious. Highly recommend the fattoush salad. Cosy vibe. A 10 min stroll down to Golborne Road (the better end of Portobello IMO!)
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Maramia Cafe
48 Golborne RdHome cooked Palestinian food. Absolutely delicious. Highly recommend the fattoush salad. Cosy vibe. A 10 min stroll down to Golborne Road (the better end of Portobello IMO!)
If you want to glam it up for the evening, this is your local spot. Designer in every way. But it doesn't disappoint. The food and drinks are spectacular. Best to book in advance.
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Gold
95-97 Portobello RdIf you want to glam it up for the evening, this is your local spot. Designer in every way. But it doesn't disappoint. The food and drinks are spectacular. Best to book in advance.
If you're a Soho House member then go upstairs, but if not this does not disappoint. This is where i choose to go for breakfast / brunch. Poached eggs and avo on toast. Or a burger. Yummy and good atmosphere. Ask for a booth. Great for kids.
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Electric Diner
191 Portobello RdIf you're a Soho House member then go upstairs, but if not this does not disappoint. This is where i choose to go for breakfast / brunch. Poached eggs and avo on toast. Or a burger. Yummy and good atmosphere. Ask for a booth. Great for kids.
Eat Tokyo (Notting Hill Gate)
17 Notting Hill GateGreat sushi on Notting Hill Gate
A very very very special restaurant. Not nearby. But if i had to recommend one very special place to eat, it would have to be here. YOU MUST BOOK! Recommend getting the tube to Richmond then walking along the river to Petersham, where you get your table in the nursery. Eat spectacular food. Then get an uber home! It's not cheap, but if you want to treat yourselves, this is it.
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Petersham Nurseries
A very very very special restaurant. Not nearby. But if i had to recommend one very special place to eat, it would have to be here. YOU MUST BOOK! Recommend getting the tube to Richmond then walking along the river to Petersham, where you get your table in the nursery. Eat spectacular food. Then get an uber home! It's not cheap, but if you want to treat yourselves, this is it.
Tiny, delicious cafe with tables outside. North end of portobello. Amazing brunch. Only open until 4pm.
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Lowry & Baker
339 Portobello RdTiny, delicious cafe with tables outside. North end of portobello. Amazing brunch. Only open until 4pm.
Cool, cosy, fun, lively and romantic. Middle Eastern-Mediterranean food. In Queen's Park, just north of Portobello. On a lovely cobbled street. Nice change of scene that's not too far away.
Carmel Queen's Park
Cool, cosy, fun, lively and romantic. Middle Eastern-Mediterranean food. In Queen's Park, just north of Portobello. On a lovely cobbled street. Nice change of scene that's not too far away.
The Portobello Grand, 274 Portobello Rd, W10 5TE. A great new local restaurant. Lovely spot for an outside sundowner around 5pm when it catches the light, or a romantic dinner in the window. Great menu for vegetarians and meat eaters alike. Feels special.
The Grand
The Portobello Grand, 274 Portobello Rd, W10 5TE. A great new local restaurant. Lovely spot for an outside sundowner around 5pm when it catches the light, or a romantic dinner in the window. Great menu for vegetarians and meat eaters alike. Feels special.
Ida
167 Fifth AveAmazing, family, Italian restaurant. Don't tell anyone. Must book.
Family run Greek restaurant in Maida Vale, short uber ride from notting hill. Classic joint, if you know you know!
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Tsiakkos & Charcoal
5 Marylands RdFamily run Greek restaurant in Maida Vale, short uber ride from notting hill. Classic joint, if you know you know!
Swimming
Great, newly refurbished, local swimming pool. Kids pool and adults. 15 minute walk. Turn left onto Portobello Road and left again onto Lancaster Road. Keep on it for about 10 mins (cross Ladbroke Grove and St Marks Road) and then you'll get to the KAA school. Turn left here and keep walking. You'll find it.
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Kensington Leisure Centre
Silchester RoadGreat, newly refurbished, local swimming pool. Kids pool and adults. 15 minute walk. Turn left onto Portobello Road and left again onto Lancaster Road. Keep on it for about 10 mins (cross Ladbroke Grove and St Marks Road) and then you'll get to the KAA school. Turn left here and keep walking. You'll find it.
Good local pubs
Lovely London pub. Good food, good garden. A 15 min walk up to Notting Hill but worth it. Best to book if you want to eat.
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The Windsor Castle
114 Campden Hill RdLovely London pub. Good food, good garden. A 15 min walk up to Notting Hill but worth it. Best to book if you want to eat.
Nice local pub - 54 Ladbroke Rd, W11 3NW - cosy dinners, well heeled crowd.
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Ladbroke Arms
54 Ladbroke RoadNice local pub - 54 Ladbroke Rd, W11 3NW - cosy dinners, well heeled crowd.
Classic boozer. One of the few that hasn't changed TOO much (although they've all been 'gentrified' now. You will still find the old locals in there during the day. A quiz night most Thursdays (do check). And good pub grub.
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Cock & Bottle
17 Needham RdClassic boozer. One of the few that hasn't changed TOO much (although they've all been 'gentrified' now. You will still find the old locals in there during the day. A quiz night most Thursdays (do check). And good pub grub.
Special pub, on the river between Hammersmith and Chiswick. Get yourself to Hammersmith Bridge, then walk along, past numerous other pubs and see river life, the rowers, the famous St Paul's Boys' School across the river. Until you reach the Dove. Special, old school. Great.
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The Dove
24-28 Broadway MarketSpecial pub, on the river between Hammersmith and Chiswick. Get yourself to Hammersmith Bridge, then walk along, past numerous other pubs and see river life, the rowers, the famous St Paul's Boys' School across the river. Until you reach the Dove. Special, old school. Great.
Sightseeing
Worth walking north up Portobello (left from the mews), and then right along Golborne Road to see the famous Trellick Tower, a bastion of brutalist architecture designed by Erno Goldfinger. Once hated, it's now a listed building - a beacon in West London, much admired and treasured by (most) locals. Take it in, learn about the social history of the area. Visit the Goldfinger Factory underneath. Walk along the canal that runs behind it. Stop for a pint at the Grand Union pub - and loop back round to the flat.
Trellick Tower
5 Golborne RoadWorth walking north up Portobello (left from the mews), and then right along Golborne Road to see the famous Trellick Tower, a bastion of brutalist architecture designed by Erno Goldfinger. Once hated, it's now a listed building - a beacon in West London, much admired and treasured by (most) locals. Take it in, learn about the social history of the area. Visit the Goldfinger Factory underneath. Walk along the canal that runs behind it. Stop for a pint at the Grand Union pub - and loop back round to the flat.