Guidebook for Reading

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Guidebook for Reading

Food Scene

A great local english pub with great food at a reasonable price and a good selection of beers. Minimum staggering distance from home (50 paces).
11 locals recommend
The Lyndhurst
88 Queen's Rd
11 locals recommend
A great local english pub with great food at a reasonable price and a good selection of beers. Minimum staggering distance from home (50 paces).
Our favourite local Thai restaurant. They have specials through the week, and you can get a takeaway here and bring back to eat at home. (25% discount on takeaways). Only 3 minutes walk.
The Bali Lounge
77-79 Kings Road
Our favourite local Thai restaurant. They have specials through the week, and you can get a takeaway here and bring back to eat at home. (25% discount on takeaways). Only 3 minutes walk.
Italian chain offering the standard pasta/pizza dishes. Only 3 minutes walk from home. More for a quick meal than a special experience.
21 locals recommend
Zizzi
21 locals recommend
Italian chain offering the standard pasta/pizza dishes. Only 3 minutes walk from home. More for a quick meal than a special experience.
A fine french dining restaurant a short walk from home. Lunchtime specials and close to the park. A little more pricey for a special meal.
9 locals recommend
Bill's Reading Restaurant
Chain Street
9 locals recommend
A fine french dining restaurant a short walk from home. Lunchtime specials and close to the park. A little more pricey for a special meal.
Probably a better Italian than Zizzi. Great during the summer to sit outside and enjoy a crisp glass of wine with lunch overlooking the park. (I should have been a copywriter!).
9 locals recommend
Carluccio's - Reading
31-35 Kew Road
9 locals recommend
Probably a better Italian than Zizzi. Great during the summer to sit outside and enjoy a crisp glass of wine with lunch overlooking the park. (I should have been a copywriter!).
You have to have breakfast/brunch here when it's sunny. A quiet area right in the centre of Reading with al fresco tables.
9 locals recommend
Bill's Reading Restaurant
Chain Street
9 locals recommend
You have to have breakfast/brunch here when it's sunny. A quiet area right in the centre of Reading with al fresco tables.
Try the Cerise Restaurant for a special meal with someone worth spoiling. Located in the Forbury hotel which is probably the nicest hotel in Reading.
The Roseate Reading
26 The Forbury
Try the Cerise Restaurant for a special meal with someone worth spoiling. Located in the Forbury hotel which is probably the nicest hotel in Reading.

Sightseeing

If you are here on an overseas visit - you have to go here - and Windsor is a very pretty riverside town to boot. 30 minutes on the train and £8 return.
109 locals recommend
Windsor
109 locals recommend
If you are here on an overseas visit - you have to go here - and Windsor is a very pretty riverside town to boot. 30 minutes on the train and £8 return.
Another really interesting city - only 25 minutes on the train and £8 return. Too many great things in Oxford to list here..
556 locals recommend
Oxford
556 locals recommend
Another really interesting city - only 25 minutes on the train and £8 return. Too many great things in Oxford to list here..
You are nicely located to take a day trip to London. Reading into Paddington takes 35 minutes -off-peak return costs £16 - get a travel card which includes tube travel with your train ticket.
697 locals recommend
London
697 locals recommend
You are nicely located to take a day trip to London. Reading into Paddington takes 35 minutes -off-peak return costs £16 - get a travel card which includes tube travel with your train ticket.