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The Roebuck
50 Great Dover StGood place for a drink, great poetry night
Borough Market
Borough High StreetGreat place to sample tasty food or get some fresh fruit and veg
Arts & Culture
Great (and not so great) Modern Art, huge gallery in a cool building, costs nothing.
2008 locals recommend
Tate Modern
BanksideGreat (and not so great) Modern Art, huge gallery in a cool building, costs nothing.
See Shakespeare's plays performed as they would have been in Elizabethan times- the theatre is a reconstruction of the Elizabethan original. Great productions, cheap tickets for standing.
449 locals recommend
Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
21 New Globe WalkSee Shakespeare's plays performed as they would have been in Elizabethan times- the theatre is a reconstruction of the Elizabethan original. Great productions, cheap tickets for standing.
Puts on really good plays, book in advance though as they're often fully booked.
192 locals recommend
The Old Vic
103 The CutPuts on really good plays, book in advance though as they're often fully booked.
National Theatre
Upper GroundGood plays, book in advance
ODEON BFI IMAX
IMAX screen, nuff said
Food Scene
"recommend" might be a strong word but this is cheap tasty chicken served up quick
Morleys Fried Chicken Southwark
60 Great Dover St"recommend" might be a strong word but this is cheap tasty chicken served up quick
Bermondsey Street
Bermondsey StreetLots of good restaurants at a variety of prices
It has a cat. And good beer and wine for reasonable prices, with cool decour.
36 locals recommend
Scooter Cafe Ltd
It has a cat. And good beer and wine for reasonable prices, with cool decour.
Cheap and cheerful Thai food. Actually it's not at all cheerful- it's cheap, it's good, but it's also notorious for having rude staff . HOWEVER, worth it because you can bring your own alcohol.
44 locals recommend
Marios Cafe
90 Lower MarshCheap and cheerful Thai food. Actually it's not at all cheerful- it's cheap, it's good, but it's also notorious for having rude staff . HOWEVER, worth it because you can bring your own alcohol.
Cubana
48 Lower MarshKiller mojitos. Kinda pricey but cool.
Not a restaurant but an institution. Open 24 hours a day for the last hundred years or so, you can get a cream cheese beigel here for £1.
236 locals recommend
Beigel Bake
159 Brick LnNot a restaurant but an institution. Open 24 hours a day for the last hundred years or so, you can get a cream cheese beigel here for £1.
Drinks & Nightlife
Pub in a really really old listed building, not really cheap but nice surroundings
33 locals recommend
The George Inn
77 High StPub in a really really old listed building, not really cheap but nice surroundings
Sightseeing
The Imperial War Museum has a bunch of interesting exhibits, lots of tanks and planes and missiles etc but tastefully done, focuses on the realities of war and doesn't glorify it.
461 locals recommend
Imperial War Museums
Lambeth RoadThe Imperial War Museum has a bunch of interesting exhibits, lots of tanks and planes and missiles etc but tastefully done, focuses on the realities of war and doesn't glorify it.