Head down the stairs, take a seat and lose track of time in the dark candle lit cellar. If cheese and wine is your thing then you’ll love Gordon’s. Read more.
This pub is a favoured hang out of civil servants, journalists and politicians. Keep your ears open for huddles in the corner discussing the latest political gossip. Read more.
Jump off the Overground line at Rotherhithe for a pint and some food at one of London’s best pubs. It takes its name from the ship that took the Pilgrim Fathers to New England in 1620. Read more.
Mexican market eating in London, near the Olympic Park. Here’s the closest you'll get to American style Mexican food, and it’s delicious and quick. It also caters well to gluten intolerant folks. Read more.
Not especially near an Olympic venue, but worth the journey for a special lunch or dinner. Outstanding modern European food in a relaxed setting. Read more.
You could look inside this place and think it’s been around for a century, but in fact it only opened as a restaurant in 2003. Breakfasts here are a firm favorite among London’s movers and shakers. Read more.
If you’ve spent the day at the Olympic stadium and feel you’ve got a cool enough look to fit in then head to one of east London’s trendiest bars. Read more.
One of London's best pizzerias, and cheaper than Pizza Express, in the mammoth mall at Stratford, the main Olympic Park transit hub. Read more.