Saturday, March 24, 2012

Central London

Back in the beautiful City of London!  So much excitement about the Olympics in July! But a complete nightmare in the city with traffic, road works and tube works :-(

We stayed at the Le Meridien hotel in Piccadilly W1 for a while and then I stayed with family.  Le Meridien is a good, comfortable hotel with good service.  It has a trendy basement bar called the Longtitude 0 degree bar and the fantastic Terrace Grill & Bar which has a great decor and view of London.  Its actually weird staying in a hotel in central London - it felt different - but it was nice to have everything in walking distance.  When one is used to living in a city, its then strange to visit and stay in a hotel.

Anyway, a fab time as usual.  Catching up with family and friends.  Visited some new restaurants, Fortum & Mason cafe (2nd visit actually but a long wait for a table), Roti Chai in W1, Cocochan in St Christopher's Place W1 - both very nice restaurants with good food and ambience.  Also visited the Nipa Thai restaurant in the Lancaster hotel on Lancaster Terrace, - a real find - with very good food and friendly service.

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