Cheap eats In London
  • philHill
    Hi,
    my map maybe of interest to you, Olympic Games visitors or more usual times.
    Any suggestions welcome for Stroud Green or other London locations.

    I live in Warltersville Road N19 and the map is not sponsored.

    Google Map

    philHill

  • ArkadyArkady

    Good work.  Must have taken ages!

  • philHill

    Hi Arkady,


    I show tourists around and set the map up as a store for research.
    Let me know if you have any good tips.

    philHill 
     
     

  • ArkadyArkady

    That sounds like a fun job. Let me know if you’re recruiting.

    I can help fill a gap on your map: Sapori’s restaurant/café on Horseferry Road, Westminster. Great cheap and authentic Italian food with a bit of British café cuisine thrown in. Licensed too. Plenty of proper meals for around £6.

  • philHill

    Hi Arkady,


    Many thanks. Sapori has been added to the map. 
    You are recruited.

    All the best

    philHill

  • Margolada

    Hi, one to be added in Greenwich area - La Salumeria - delicatessen and cafe, best places to go to avoid tourist crowds, all locals know it, its on 184 Trafalgar Road, SE10.

  • philHill

    Hi Margolada,


    added your suggestion La Salumeria to the map.

    Thankyou.

    philHill
     
  • Mirandola

    Thanks for this Phil, it's a very impressive effort.

    Libertea, Ajani's, Hamlet and Platform on the Hornsey road side all deserve to be added. Self-promotion, but I've written about them all here: www.thehornseyroad.blogspot.com - there's a search thingy on the blog.

    And in central London this place is a find: http://www.gardenmuseum.org.uk/page/caf  Best food cooked by someone called Sorrel I've ever eaten.

    @Arkady, never tried Sapori - will do so. Do you know about the street market off Churton St next to the heavenly charity shop?








  • ArkadyArkady

    No, I don't know that side of Vauxhall Bridge Road well at all.  I work on Horseferry Road, so my daytime roaming is limited to between Victoria St and VBR.

  • philHill

    Hi Mirandola,


    many thanks for your tips.
    I am working on them and your blog. 

    This is interesting from your list :-
    260 Hornsey Road London, N7 7QT
    "A carpark is available at the Sobell Centre, 5 minutes walk away."

    philHill

  • philHill

    Hi Mirandela,


    Libertea and Platform are on the map, courtesy of your list.

    philHill
  • Mirandola

    @philHIll,

    Thank you.

    @Arkady, C'mon, it's not that far.

  • ArkadyArkady

    Is it good?

  • Mirandola

    Yes. The cakes are bliss. Plus, how often do you get to eat in a deconsecrated 11th century church near Captain Bligh's tomb?

  • philHill

    Hi Mirandola, 


     
    many thanks for your local knowledge. I have lived within this area 26 years and was not aware of the good deals around here. 
    Hamlet, 437 hornsey Road, have a Sunday lunch offer but their website seems to be down http://www.hamletsretaurant.moonfruit.com/

    philHill
  • therattle

    Is there any quality filter or are eateries solely included on price?

  • philHill
    Hi therattle, 

    my apologies for the delay in response.

    If the map was built solely on price, the number of listed locations
    would increase many times to include all cheap cafes.

    Google's Maps site is cumbersome to use as a creator, even if limiting entries
    to one map. The alternative is to fragment the data to different maps.

    I have listed some specialist websites on the last page that deal primarily
    in cheap cafes as well as cheap chain outlets. 
    This reduces the number of my map's entries.
    The reason for this is mobile device users.  

    I have limited the number of listings based on :- 
    1) scarcity of eateries in a post code district 
    2) a survey of opinions on an eatery from different sources.
     
      
    Adding a "quality filter" is, as you sense, tempting.
    This filter would be arbitrary, because I do not have the time or money
    to visit all the eateries listed.
    scoresonthedoors.org.uk is listed by default. 

    I have intuitive opinions about any eatery
    compared to another nearby, on price and quality.
    My contact information is listed.

    The principal reason for the map is to give 
    tourists some prepatory information.
    The map gives access to websites they may not have heard of.
    They have by default a reduced set of eateries in a district 
    useable to commence their own research.

    Kind regards

    philHill
  • gardener-joegardener-joe

    Noodle & Rice, 51 Lewisham Way, Se14 6PP: http://www.noodleandrice.co.uk/

    Was at Goldsmiths University of London tonight, for their student opera (La Traviata, excellent, only £10, last night tomorrow), and popped into this really neat little hole-in-the-wall just opposite. Stylsh, very clean, lean modern decir, amazing food, excellent service, and very, very well-priced. The sort of place we need on SGR

  • timbo

    Little Japan
    32 Thurloe Street
    London
    SW7 2LT


    Quirky little Japanese cafe, makes a great refilling station in the heart of museum land.
  • Idoru

    Chelsea Kitchen: http://www.thechelseakitchen.co.uk/

    I used to go to the one on King's Road when I worked that way. That one was brilliant - dinner with wine for under a tenner. The restaurant was small but the downstairs bit was nice. Not been to this new version, but the prices look comparable.

  • philHill

    Hi timbo,


    Little Japan is listed now.
    My apologies for the delay in responding.

    phillHill

    Cheap Eats In London Google Map


  • philHill

    Hi Idoru,

    Chelsea Kitchen is listed now. My apologies for the delay in reponding.

    philHill

    Cheap Eats In London Google Map

  • andy

    I had the worst meal I have eaten in London the other day at a place called Josephines in Charlotte Street. It was like an in-flight meal that someone had found in a bin and reheated. It wasn't especially cheap, either.

  • philHill

    Hi andy,


    is this the restaurant ?

    4 Charlotte Street
    London W1T 2LP 

    Plenty of other options W1T


    philHill
  • Idoru

    Your map is brilliant! I've saved it to 'my places' and fully intend to use it. If I still worked on London Planner I'd most definitely include it in the magazine. Unfortunately it's not likely to be much use in Birdwatch.

  • andy

    It was. I've worked my way around the restaurants in the area. My friend wanted to go there because it was always empty. He said he was struck by 'curiosity and pity'. We learned a hard lesson.

  • philHill

    Hi Idoru,


    "Unfortunately it's not likely to be much use in Birdwatch"

    In curiosity, what is your Birdwatch ?

    Kind regards,
    philHill
  • Idoru

    It's the magazine I work on: http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/

  • miss annie

    Ooooo @Mirandola, there's a write up about Garden Cafe in The Standard this eve. It's one of the world's best museum cafes, up there with the cafes at The Hermitage and the Musee d'Orsay!

  • philHill

    Hi Idoru,

    "Unfortunately it's not likely to be much use in Birdwatch"

    Already listed Dartford marshes birds 
    Rolling Stones / Darenth Valley Map


    philHill

  • Mirandola

    Thanks @miss Annie. Just hope it won't get too crowded.

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