Tag Archives: Shoreditch

Hotel Review: The Hoxton Hotel

Posted on August 2, 2010 by cheriecity

How many times I’ve strolled past the Hoxton Hotel while out and about in Shoreditch and have always wondered what it would be like to stay at this ‘luxury budget urban lodge’. The Hoxton Hotel has enlisted three designers to … Continue reading →

Posted in Hotels, Hotels - Budget, Hotels - Design, London, Restaurants | Tagged Aveda bath products, bearnaise sauce, designer hotel rooms, dog statues, east London design, exposed brick, free hotel wifi, Frette linen, granola yogurt pot, hotel atrium, Hoxton, Hoxton Grill, orange juice, Pret bag, Pret-a-Manger breakfast, Project Orange, rainfall shower, Shoreditch, shoreditch house, soho house, steak and chips, urban lodge | 2 Comments

Russian Christmas at The Grove, Hertfordshire

Posted on July 29, 2010 by cheriecity

During the festive season, The Grove golf and spa hotel in Chandlers Cross, Hertfordshire, becomes a Christmas hideaway for London city dwellers escaping the hectic crowds of Oxford Street. This year, The Grove has taken inspiration for its exquisite Christmas … Continue reading →

Posted in Events, Hotels - Luxury, London | Tagged Afternoon tea, Christmas decorations, Clerkenwell, floral Christmas arrangements, floristry workshop, golf and spa hotel, LA, London, Luis da Silva, McQueens florists, Oscar ceremony flowers, red roses, Russian Christmas, Russian red flowers, Shoreditch, The Glasshouse, The Grove Hertfordshire, UK spa hotel | Leave a comment

A Place to Write: Dalston Superstore

Posted on June 8, 2010 by cheriecity

Working freelance can be a gift from the gods, working at home and not having to deal with the politics and neuroses of an office. That would be all great if said home doesn’t morph into an oversized sauna as … Continue reading →

Posted in Cafes, London | Tagged chocolate and cranberry brownie, Dalston Junction, Dalston Superstore, Disco Bloodbath, E8, east London, free wifi, freelance work, freelancers, Hackney, iMac laptop, journalists, Kingsland High Street, Kingsland Road, laptop, latte, office, Shoreditch, Stoke Newington, The Alibi Dalston, The Diner Shoreditch, Visions Video Bar, work from home | 2 Comments

Pop Up Pirate comes to Clerkenwell

Posted on May 16, 2010 by cheriecity

Last summer it was Carsten Höller/Prada Foundation’s Double Club and now the people behind The Book Club and Queen of Hoxton, the Mothership Group are bringing a pop-up art installation bar to Clerkenwell for the summer. The Mothership Group have teamed … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Bars, London | Tagged after-work drinks, art installation bar, Carsten Höller, Central Illustration Agency, Clerkenwell, concept bar, Ed Banger Records, Farringdon, film, Justice, Justice D.A.N.C.E, late bar 4am, late licence, Leonard Street, old printing factory, paper, perspex letters, Photography, Pirates art collective, Pop Up Pirates, pop-up bar, Prada Foundation, printing Clerkenwell, Queen of Hoxton, set-design, Shoreditch, silver lithography, So Me, spraypaint, The Book Club Shoreditch, The Mothership Group, typography, WI Club djs | 1 Comment

Weekend brunch: Albion on Redchurch Street

Posted on April 7, 2010 by cheriecity

The name Albion hold so much promise and conjures up images of a noble emporium of fine British produce, upholding tradition and quality, and really, this posh caff-bakery on Shoreditch’s Redchurch Street doesn’t disappoint. I’ve wandered past Albion many times … Continue reading →

Posted in Cafes, London, Restaurants | Tagged Albion, Albion cafe, baguettes, baked goods, bakery, battered fish and chips, Boundary Project, Boundary Street, bread and butter pudding, breakfast, British food, British produce, brunch, cafe, caff, cottage pie, croissants, cupcakes, E2, east London, English ales, Fernandez & Wells, First Thursday, freshly baked bread, half a bottle of wine, ham and gruyere pizza, jam tarts, Neal's Yard dairy, organic vegetables, pizza, Post gallery supper, Redchurch Street, rhubarb crumble, sandwiches, sauces, sausage and mash, Shoreditch, sourdough bread, steak and kidney pie, Terence Conran, treacle tart, Vicki Conran, welsh rarebit | 2 Comments

Old Curiosity Cafe: The Bridge in Shoreditch

Posted on January 31, 2010 by cheriecity

Steven’s psycho-geography walks for his Fine Art course have proved to be pretty useful, when he came home with tales of a new Dickensian-style coffee house under the bridge on Shoreditch High Street. So, after our lunch at Monsieur M. and a … Continue reading →

Posted in Cafes, London | Tagged antiques, apple strudel, Brix Smith-Start, caffe, cherry cheesecake, classical music, cream cakes, east London, Elektra coffee machine, figurines, gilt mirrors, Great Expectations, hot chocolate, italian coffee, Kingsland Road, latte, loft, Louis XIV furniture, marie-antoinette, Miss Havisham, old fashioned coffee house, panettone, panini, paninis, patisserie, portugese custard tarts, Proust, pugs, segafredo, Shoreditch, Start London, The Bridge coffee house, Tiffany lamp, Victorian, wooden beams | 29 Comments

Shoreditch Town Hall goes Indochinese…

Posted on January 30, 2010 by cheriecity

The Kingsland Road canteens are the usual go-to place for Vietnamese food, but newcomer Monsieur M. has set in up a much grander spot, inside Shoreditch Town Hall. There’s not much in the way of signage outside and the menu … Continue reading →

Posted in London, Restaurants | Tagged bamboo shoots, beef stir fry, bonsai trees, chicken green curry, daily menu, Diet Coke, east London, Erdem Moralioglu, Gang Kiew Whan Gai, garlic, ginger, green curry, Indochinese, jasmine tea, Kingsland Road, lunch deal, Monsieur M, noodles, red chilli, salad, Shoreditch, Shoreditch Town Hall, smoothies, soy sauce, Thai, Thai herbs, vermicelli noodles, Vietnamese food | Leave a comment

The quest for the perfect Sunday Lunch…

Posted on November 30, 2009 by cheriecity

After reading Time Out’s recent rehashed guide to the London’s best Sunday Lunches, I was dismayed to read that the average asking price at the places their recommended was around £50-£60 for two dinners, drinks and service. It seems pretty steep … Continue reading →

Posted in London, Restaurants | Tagged asia de cuba, belly pork, british tapas, E8, east London, east village, gastropub, Hackney, Hackney Central, islington, mare street, pan-fried chicken livers, roast, roast chicken, roast galloway beef, Shoreditch, Sunday Lunch, sunday roast, sylvester path, the grill at the dorchester, the old ship, the winchester, theo randall, toptable, victoria park village, yorkshire puddings | 1 Comment

Jarvis makes an exhibition of himself…again!

Posted on November 12, 2009 by cheriecity

Jarvis Cocker took over Shoreditch’s Village Underground for three days of workshops, jamming, cake eating and informal performances. Taking lead from his ‘happening’ at Galerie Chappe in Paris earlier this year, Jarvis invited everyone to bring their own instruments and … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Concerts, Events, Exhibitions, London, Music | Tagged aerobics, anti-folk, berlin wall anniversary, burlesque workshop, cakes, Camille Bidault-Waddington, celebrity death match, concert, east London, experimental, further complications, futurist noise machines, Gallerie Chappe, Glasgow, grafitti, Great Eastern Street, happening, holywell lane, I put a spell on you, improvisation, installation, instruments, Jarvis Cocker, leftovers, Liverpool Street Station, London, lost highway, MTV, Paris, pulp, pure evil gallery, Shoreditch, songs from the films of david lynch, tea, the arches, Thomas Truax, tuck shop, village underground, yoga | 2 Comments

LA pizza in the heart of east London

Posted on November 3, 2009 by cheriecity

Pizza East has been on my eaterie radar for quite some time now, so when my mum came down to visit last week, I thought I would make plans and actually book somewhere in the neighbourhood, rather than trawling round … Continue reading →