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Famous for its wildly-gothic interior, this bar serves coffee and snacks during the day, and becomes a swanky cocktail lounge in the evenings. A good place to mingle with the fashionable Notting Hill crowd.

Filled with intriguing bric-à-brac and Churchill memorabilia, this is a large, friendly Victorian pub. Inexpensive Thai food is served in the conservatory at lunchtime and for dinner until 9:30pm.

Open for tea, coffee and lunch, this delightful café is located in a pretty conservatory overlooking Kensington Gardens.

This trendy bar, used by local antique dealers, has a suitably alternative atmosphere and an upstairs internet bar. There is also a conservatory restaurant.

This smart wine bar makes a convenient rest stop for tired shoppers. Located just behind Harrods, it serves tea, coffee and a traditional menu of light meals, both for lunch and dinner.

A popular watering hole for both locals and visitors, this old pub caters for all tastes, with cocktails and flavoured vodkas as well as real ales.

Freshly-made in Harrod’s kitchens, the ice cream in this fourth-floor café is arranged into mouth-watering, elaborate sundaes, including such old-fashioned treats as banana splits.

Open all day for breakfast, lunch, tea and dinner.

This atmospheric pub is popular with locals.

Along the market there are stalls offering ethnic food of every kind. The area also has a good choice of cafés around Portobello Green.