Notting Hill area guide

If Jay Gatsby had fled West Egg for the beaches of Bali, his new home would probably look a lot like west London’s latest health food spot. Farmacy (as in...

A compact, no-frills Turkish BYO on Ladbroke Grove.

This stylish addition to the capital’s Hellenic dining scene opened in 2012 in what used to be Costas Grill. Its food has more in common with the creations of...

St John in Farringdon has become something of a culinary academy, sending its graduates out across the city to spread the word. Hereford Road is run by one of...

You’ll find more than bric-à-brac at this characterful and vibrant London institution

Explore the history of consumerism, culture, design, domestic life, fashion, folly and fate

Portobello Road Gin couldn’t have come up with a better concept for the height of London’s second gin craze (the first was the less salubrious...

This popular Portobello Road basement bar calls itself a tiki bar, but the hilariously dodgy decor resists simple categorisation. It looks like a...

Owner Tom Conran was a gastropub pioneer, and the Cow continues to serve fine, pricey, fish-oriented food in its upstairs restaurant. Eating in the smallish...

There’s a hint of gastropub-by-rote to the large, corner Bonaparte, but the formula is rendered well. It’s a big, bare-bricked, high-ceilinged...

For bath-related celebrity antics, the Portobello has no equal: Alice Cooper kept his snake in his, while Johnny Depp filled a tub with champagne for Kate Moss...

For a cute, British boutique vibe, make a beeline for The Laslett. We're not talking Union Jacks all over the place. Oh no. It's much more elegant at this...

Not that most tourists would know, but there seems to be a contradiction here. The Churchill, a celebration of the wartime leader (they even estimate the...

The Windsor is an ancient inn, and thankfully a 2013 refurb was sympathetic to its many charms. It’s clad in aged wood the brown of Princess Anne’s...

Away from the absolute chaos that greets you outside Ladbroke Grove tube and up the nearby hill sits The Eagle. It’s bright and airy in summer, dark and cosy...

The few patrons in place on a Thursday mid-afternoon were dawdling luxuriously in this big, airy neighbourhood hangout, and it was a treat to join them. This...

Sift through antiques, vintage clothes and fascinating bric-à-brac

One of London’s oldest cinemas and definitely the most romantic

Gawp in wonder at one of London’s most famous brutalist buildings

Underneath the thick layer of kitsch is a very good cocktail bar

Dancing, music and masquerade – join the Carnival fun in Notting Hill this August bank holiday weekend

Plan your party route with the Time Out Notting Hill Carnival soundsystem A-Z

There are those who dance and those who get danced on. Win seven points if you spot a copper who’s perfected the bogle

We pick ten tunes that have defined Carnival over the years…