Shopping and dining are often found side-by-side, and this fact can be seen in full force on the streets of West London. Shops and restaurants mix together in the crowd of commerce, and some of the best stores also include good dining.

Just as West London hosts restaurants of every size and shape, it is also the place to find every kind of cuisine. Assaggi, a great gastropub in Notting Hill, offers delicate Italian flavours, while theatrical Korean cooking can be found at Koba in Bloomsbury. Gymkhana offers some of the best Indian food around, and Ozer feeds the hungry crowds of Oxford Circus with exotic Middle Eastern cuisine. It's not all about flavours from distant shores, though. Places like Babylon in Kensington provide familiar British cooking styles, and the Truscott Arms specialises in modern European cooking with favourites from Britain and the continent dominating the menu.