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Discover Fitzrovia’s 6 best spots for your trip in London

From the classic KOKO and Qima Café and Pâtisserie - Fitzrovia, to lesser-known spots worth adding to your trip.

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KOKO

★ 4.4 · 6,686 reviews

Step into KOKO, Camden's ornate former theatre turned club and live music venue. Move between multiple levels and bars beneath the domed roof, then catch the view over Camden High Street from the rooftop balcony.

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Reasons to go

Housed in a historic Camden theatre building with a striking domed roof, recently restored.
Multiple levels with bars and an outdoor balcony overlooking Camden High Street.

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Typical visit

2h30

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Best time

evening or late night

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Walking intensity

Easy pace

☕Coffeebreak$ · Budget-friendly

Qima Café and Pâtisserie - Fitzrovia

★ 4.5 · 1,449 reviews

Discover Qima Café and Pâtisserie tucked away in Fitzrovia, near Euston Road. Sample coffee brewed your way, from a classic flat white to a slow V60 pour-over, paired with pastries fresh from the case.

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Typical visit

25 min

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Best time

early morning, morning, lunchtime, afternoon or early evening

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Walking intensity

Easy pace

🍽️Food$$$$ · Premium

Kitchen Table

★ 4.8 · 592 reviews

Discover Kitchen Table, a counter-seated tasting-menu spot tucked away on Charlotte Street in Fitzrovia. Watch the chefs at work through a four-hour, surprise-driven meal built around the day's freshest ingredients, with truffle and caviar add-ons for extra indulgence.

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Reasons to go

Seats guests directly around an open kitchen counter for close interaction with the chefs rather than table service
Menu isn't printed but built daily around whatever ingredients are freshest, so no two visits are the same
Dinner runs several hours, with truffle and caviar supplements offered to upgrade the tasting menu

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Typical visit

2h15

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Best time

early evening, evening or late night

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Walking intensity

Easy pace

🎨MuseumFree

Wellcome Collection

★ 4.5 · 1,529 reviews

Step into the Wellcome Collection near Euston, a free museum where medicine, science, and art collide. Browse Henry Wellcome's eclectic historical objects and rotating, thought-provoking exhibitions, then unwind in the reading room, no booking needed.

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Reasons to go

The permanent "Medicine Man" gallery displays oddities from pharmaceutical magnate Henry Wellcome's collection, including Napoleon's toothbrush and George III's hair.
Wellcome amassed over a million objects in his quest to build a Museum of Man, of which around 125,000 medical items remain in the collection today.
The on-site library and its holdings are used by thousands of academics a year researching the history of medicine.

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Typical visit

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Best time

morning, lunchtime, afternoon or early evening

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Walking intensity

Moderate walking

☕Coffeebreak$ · Budget-friendly

THE BARN Café Charlotte Street

★ 4.6 · 146 reviews

Discover THE BARN's London outpost on Charlotte Street, a familiar name for anyone who's sipped its coffee in Berlin. Sit down for a beautifully balanced, richly flavoured cup crafted with the same exacting specialty-roaster standard that built its reputation.

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Reasons to go

London outpost of THE BARN, a specialty coffee roaster originally established in Berlin
Staff are noted for explaining the coffee in depth, catering to those wanting to learn about the beans

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Typical visit

25 min

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Best time

early morning, morning, lunchtime, afternoon or early evening

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Walking intensity

Easy pace

🎨MuseumFree

Grant Museum of Zoology

★ 4.8 · 1,317 reviews

Step into the Grant Museum of Zoology, a cabinet-of-curiosities packed floor to ceiling with skeletons and specimens. Wander this compact, free single room in Bloomsbury to spot jarred oddities and rare, even extinct, creatures in just 35 minutes.

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Reasons to go

The museum still functions as UCL's working teaching collection, not just a public display.
It holds one of the few surviving skeletons of the extinct quagga, a subspecies of zebra.
A jar filled with dozens of preserved moles is one of the specimens most noted by visitors.

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Typical visit

35 min

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Best time

lunchtime or afternoon

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Walking intensity

Easy pace