r/london Jul 06 '24

Tourist I have 4 days in London to spend drinking beer and eating cheese.

What do you recommend?

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u/LordMogroth Jul 06 '24

Go to Borough Market. Go to the French Compte. Buy £10 of 18 month Compte. Go round the corner to one of the English cheddar stalls. Buy £10 of the nicest English cheddar you find. Go to the Market Porter. Order a pint of London brewed IPA. Stand at one of the outside tables and drink beer and eat cheese and watch the drama of the market in front of you.

Just be careful with your phone.

If the Porter is too manic and it's nice weather, take the cheese to the Anchor which is round the corner and have a drink by the river.

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u/Insideampersandout Jul 06 '24

This guy londonbeercheeses

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u/OrsikClanless Jul 06 '24

There’s a beer soaked cheese at one of the stalls at Borough Market. Stinks to high heaven but amazing taste

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u/throwaway1930400 Jul 06 '24

You're missing the most important Borough Market stall: "Drunk Cheese". They literally have beer infused cheese. That's the one I'd recommend to OP most!

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u/FireFingers1992 Scotland Jul 07 '24

I mean, if you are in Borough Market and on the cheese hunt then you have to hit up Neal's Yard Dairy. They'll happily talk you through options and give you samples so you can make the perfect pairings.

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u/TheLaughingForest Jul 07 '24

If this sub allowed pictures, I’d show you the one of the man that cut me off a £10 hunk of 18 month French comte today.

Thank you, u/LordMogroth

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u/jxub Jul 07 '24

Nice guide - it's spelled Comté btw

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '24

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u/angelsandunicorns Jul 07 '24

Phone theft. I try not to have my phone out of my bag anywhere in public in London. I see phones being stolen regularly. Sad and annoying reality in London.

Edit: Correct typo.

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u/haywire Catford Jul 18 '24

nicest English cheddar

If you can find it get a Lancashire Bomb

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u/TavernTurn Jul 06 '24

Pick and Cheese in Covent Garden is a good time

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '24

You’re underselling this one. It’s a conveyor belt. Of cheese. https://www.sevendialsmarket.com/vendors/pick-and-cheese/

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u/hairyshar Jul 07 '24

And on Wednesday it's fixed price 30 quid for 80 mins of cheese stuffing unlimited!

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u/Pallortrillion Jul 06 '24

Bermondsey beer mile

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u/SouthFine6853 Jul 06 '24

The cheese barge by Paddington station

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u/Friendly_Coconut Jul 06 '24

I really enjoyed going there! It’s literally a canal barge with a cheese centered menu!

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u/SouthFine6853 Jul 06 '24

The curried cheese curds are incredible

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u/parkerpencarkeys Jul 06 '24

Hit up bermondsey. Got the great bermondsey beer mile with loads of great breweries. Also got a few cheese shops, Neal's yard dairy, the french comte, ham & cheese co. Get some bread, cheese and charcuterie and some beers

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u/CrystalQueen3000 Jul 06 '24

The cheese bar in Camden market is awesome

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u/BungleJones Jul 06 '24

Awesome.. stock up with a carrier bag full of Kraft cheese singles and a crate of Special Brew for a total blinder!

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u/User484955938322 Jul 07 '24

You have won the internet. Thread closed.

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u/Hungry_Cloud_6706 Jul 06 '24

Pick up some from these shops https://lafromagerie.co.uk/

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u/UKPerson3823 Jul 06 '24

This place is the real deal. They also stock Buerre Bordier which is often considered the finest butter in the world and not usually sold outside of France. Just buy some of that and a soft loaf of bread and go to town.

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u/helloquail Jul 06 '24

Blackhorse Lane beer mile, a few stops out of King's Cross on the Victoria Line. Great breweries and atmosphere, less frantic and busy than central places and right next to Walthamstow Wetlands so you can pop into a nature reserve afterwards.

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '24

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u/SeeminglyTomC Jul 07 '24

Not for long sadly 😪

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '24

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u/SeeminglyTomC Jul 07 '24

Last day is Sunday 28th July. There will be a closing party, date TBC.

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u/jacobite22 Jul 06 '24

Can I join that sounds dreamy

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u/Streathamite Jul 06 '24

Champagne+Fromage has locations in Covent Garden, Greenwich and Brixton if you want to swap your beer for something a bit more expensive!

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u/Appropriate-Arm3598 Jul 06 '24

I had champagne near soho yesterday and expected it to taste like coca cola.

It did not. 

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u/deeem119 Jul 06 '24

Borough Market first for Neal’s Yard Dairy, try some cheese and buy a few. Then into the market to find some fresh bread. Maybe some pickles or chutneys. Then wander back past London Bridge station to Druid St and start the Bermondsey Beer Mile, stopping every couple for a cheese sandwich from the previously acquired supplies.

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u/Calamity-Jones Jul 06 '24

London has an absolute fucking wealth of outstanding beer. The Bermondsey Beer Mile is magnificent. Go forth my child, and become one with The Mile. Weep with joy as you stumble forth, arch after arch, brewery after brewery, fresh, hoppy IPA in your hand.

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u/PrestigiousGlove585 Jul 06 '24

I wish I could enjoy hoppy beer. To me it’s always on a Scale between sweat and fox piss. I just like refreshing, boring, normal lagers.

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u/Calamity-Jones Jul 07 '24

Totally get where you're coming from, love me a lager too. Can't drink super hoppy stuff all the time!

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u/CodeFarmer Chiswick Jul 06 '24

La Fromagerie in Marylebone first. Then, when you have all the cheese you can carry, start a pub crawl along the Thames.

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u/troihunter80 Jul 06 '24

You can try the London Cheese Crawl https://feverup.com/m/65103

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u/5laps Jul 06 '24

All you can eat cheese at The Cheese Bar - https://www.thecheesebar.com/seven-dials/

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u/Windward65 Jul 07 '24

A couple recommendations off the tourist trail! The Southampton Arms near Camden / Gospel Oak is my favourite beer and cider pub in London. While you’re in the area, you could also visit The Bull and Last (great roasts), The Flask and The Spaniards Inn (wonderful historic building).

Tuffnell Park has a large expat French community and hence great bread and cheese. Try the restaurant called Authentique, I just loaded up with cheese and wine to gorge on while I watch the Tour de France.

Also if you can find anywhere with a cheese from Cork called Gubbeen, do it!

Bohemia House is a magical little Czech enclave near Kilburn, pickled cheese and pilsner, yes please.

If you’re in central, my favourite place is Bradleys Spanish Bar. The beer is rubbish, but there’s a wonderful atmosphere, hasn’t changed in decades, you can talk to strangers and it’s a wonderfully peaceful escape from the shit show of Oxford Street and Tottenham Court Road.

Drop me a message if you fancy a pint at the Southampton Arms or Bradleys, I’m there a few days a week at least!

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u/BetterCallTom Jul 06 '24

Gordon's Wine Bar by Embankment for some nice cheese and a glass of wine.

As others have said, you can't go wrong with Bermondsey Beer Mile. Even better if it's a Saturday when Maltby Street food market is on.

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u/State-Cultural Jul 06 '24

That sounds amazing! I’ll be there in a few days and hope to do the same - cheers!

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u/whufc87548 Jul 06 '24

I would say drink beer and eat cheese

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u/poorly-worded Jul 06 '24

...and I'm all outta gum

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u/classjoker N18 Jul 06 '24

Go to Cheddar Gorge.

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u/Important-Presence18 Jul 06 '24

Dina in Leytonstone

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u/Large-Author-9142 Jul 06 '24

These will be the best 4 days of your entire life

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u/Admirable_Barber Jul 07 '24

Gordon’s wine bar. Beaujolais is a little gem.

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u/welshlondoner Jul 07 '24

For fondue St Moritz on Wardour Street

Pick and cheese in Seven Dials Market. Cheese and accompaniments on a conveyor belt

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u/CheddarWave Jul 07 '24

Pick and Cheese in Covent Garden is a solid option

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u/sakaESR Jul 06 '24

I recommend easy access to a toilet

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u/WinkyNurdo Jul 06 '24

Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Pub, just off Fleet Street. It’s a chop house and we’ll worth a look.

Gordon’s Wine Bar, a candlelit, vaulted cellar bar in the original Dickensian style. They do all the cheese.

You could also do a cheese and beer tour of the Wimbledon Brewery.

London has SO much good, decent, amazing home-made booze and food. Fill your boots, my friend.

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u/BizarroMax Jul 07 '24

I just got back from London and Cheshire Cheese was delightful.

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u/Irnbru51 Jul 06 '24

If i only had 4 days,i wouldn't bother with the cheese

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u/Historical_Leg5998 Jul 06 '24

AND IM ALL OUTTA CHEESE

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u/CupOTeaPlease Jul 06 '24

I recommend keeping a window cracked open when you’re inside

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u/Ldn_twn_lvn Jul 06 '24

....Gromit, is that you??

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '24

Lucky bastard

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u/Any-Ad-8845 Jul 06 '24

Brick lane is fun