Best of Holborn
The single best place in Holborn for each of 8 categories, picked from our London rankings.
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- Best fish & chips in HolbornHolborn · 19 Theobalds Road, WC1X 8SL#3 on Best Fish & Chips in London →No-frills, retro institution frying in beef dripping, beloved by cabbies for thick-cut chips and pickled eggs.
- Best afternoon tea in HolbornHolborn · 252 High Holborn, WC1V 7EN#11 on Best Afternoon Tea in London →Art-inspired tea in the glamorous Mirror Room, with pastries modelled on Monet and the Impressionists.
- Best French restaurants in HolbornHolborn · 182 Gray's Inn Road, WC1X 8EW#9 on Best French Restaurants in London →Old-world, theatrical dining room famed for its tableside pressed duck and lobster.
- Best coffee shops in HolbornHolborn · 48 Gray's Inn Road, WC1X 8LT#8 on Best Coffee Shops in London →Scandi-designed café with its own basement roastery and occasional pop-up dinners.
- Best cocktail bars in HolbornHolborn · Rosewood London, 252 High Holborn, WC1V 7EN#2 on Best Cocktail Bars in London →The Rosewood's clubby, caricature-lined bar pairs serious cocktails with live music and a regular World's 50 Best placing.
- Best museums in HolbornHolborn · 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields, WC2A 3BP#9 on Best Museums in London →The architect's eccentric townhouse, crammed with antiquities, Hogarth paintings and an Egyptian sarcophagus, left exactly as he wanted.
- Best free museums in HolbornHolborn · 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields, WC2A 3BP#9 on Best Free Museums in London →Free entry to a magical, maze-like house museum stuffed with classical sculpture, paintings and architectural curiosities.
- Best spas in HolbornHolborn · Rosewood London, 252 High Holborn, WC1V 7EN#5 on Best Spas in London →A tranquil, candlelit retreat deep beneath Rosewood London, with bamboo-and-wood decor and detoxifying signature treatments.
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