My mates suggested going up to the viewing platform at the top of "the shard" in a few weeks, but its £25.....bit steep for half an hour up a tall building, so....is there anywhere in London of a simular nature BUT instead of just being a viewing platform....its a bar/resturant ?? I wouldn't mind paying £50 for a meal at all if it had a view rather than £25 for fuck all at the shard.
Was thinking something along the lines of Cloud 23, 23 floors up the Hilton in Manchester......Is there anything ? I'm sure i recall somewhere on Top gear, after the Buggatti veyron challenge i think, Jeremy met them at the top of a building and it had a resturant/bar ?
Cheers in advance !! Hope i find an alternative !!
Quote: Ryan798 wrote in post #3http://duckandwaffle.com/gallery/design/
this is all you need.
Looks like you could get a meal in there for £30.....Not bad !!
Redmond, as for beer prices, I'm going to cloud 23 on Friday, its £6.50 for a rekordling cider and about the same for a bottle of peroni !! I'm only having two.....
Go to the oxo tower on the south bank it's not bad mate did it couple of years ago
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Quote: Ryan798 wrote in post #3http://duckandwaffle.com/gallery/design/
this is all you need.
Looks like you could get a meal in there for £30.....Not bad !!
Redmond, as for beer prices, I'm going to cloud 23 on Friday, its £6.50 for a rekordling cider and about the same for a bottle of peroni !! I'm only having two.....
yeah its not bad for prices mate, for what it is anyway. London's crazy for prices...
Come round my mother in laws. She on 6th floor and got views of Canary Wharf, Docklands, O2 Arena, Olympic Stadium, the Shard (in the distance), and West Ham Ground.
Oxo tower, there's a bistro there, not cheap but very nice, plus the view pretty nice, similar to the view up the London eye as venue is on the Southbank. Or if it's still open there's a place on top of the Nat West tower - think it's Bistro 42- never eaten there but can image it's posh. You could always try going up the Monument at Monument - cracking views, very cheap but sadly nowhere to eat up there but there's loads of places round there.
Why add years to your life when you can add life to your years?
Don't go to the oxo tower. It's absolute shit. You'll be sandwiched between suits having business meetings, frosty couples and uneasy tourists. It's a pretentious heap of pony right in the epicentre of tourist hell. And the views aren't all that. From what I heard you'd be better off at d&w. a few friends have been and say it's very good.
Quote: Pentonville wrote in post #10Don't go to the oxo tower. It's absolute shit. You'll be sandwiched between suits having business meetings, frosty couples and uneasy tourists. It's a pretentious heap of pony right in the epicentre of tourist hell. And the views aren't all that. From what I heard you'd be better off at d&w. a few friends have been and say it's very good.
You certainly have a way with words at times! I concur with the sentiments above, the south bank and associated areas just aren't much fun, especially not for a group of lads 'on tour.' I haven't been to the duck and waffle, but my bird likes it.
Personally don't think there's a better view of London than from the Nunhead reservoir:
Quote: Pentonville wrote in post #10Don't go to the oxo tower. It's absolute shit. You'll be sandwiched between suits having business meetings, frosty couples and uneasy tourists. It's a pretentious heap of pony right in the epicentre of tourist hell. And the views aren't all that. From what I heard you'd be better off at d&w. a few friends have been and say it's very good.
Each to their own, I suppose.
The duck and waffle, surely that'd be full of suits too?
Why add years to your life when you can add life to your years?
You'd have thought so wouldn't you, it's right in the heart of their nest. But if the OP is going on a weekend he'll probably only have to put up with crowds of Time Out wallies.
Quote: MattC wrote in post #16..yet they cant afford £25 to go up the tallest building in europe? a civil engineering marvel? a new landmark for the capital?
Civil engineering marvel? White elephant typifying foreign control of London's property and the incompetence of local government you mean...
Quote: MattC wrote in post #16..yet they cant afford £25 to go up the tallest building in europe? a civil engineering marvel? a new landmark for the capital?
It was my shout to not pay £25 to go up a tall building for half hour.
The Mrs and I are off to London next weekend were looking into going to this then seen it in BBC Click and it looked a bit shitty, off track slightly anyone been to the Dorchester for afternoon tea?
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