Since 1983 Hafez has been doling out delicious dishes to the neighbourhood of Notting Hill. Cosy, casual, and ever-so welcoming, this is a great spot for a low-key dinner. 

The perfect curation of vintage items doesn't exist...or does it? Archive by Natalie comes pretty darn close. We cannot NOT enter this store without buying something. 

Notting Hill is surprisingly short on standout hotels; and so when the Laslett arrived in 2015 it was the first boutique stay to really shake its tail feathers. Set across five Victorian mansions, it has antiques from stalls on Portobello and Golborne roads in the bedrooms and photographs by Barry Kamen on the walls. A space for those who want to feel like they live in a glossy part of London for a few days, which happens to be refreshingly affordable too.

Find this four-bedroom guesthouse behind an unmarked door on Portobello Road. Inside it feels like a particularly cool Notting Hill flat (with House of Hackney wallpaper and a rooftop terrace in the penthouse). There’s no restaurant but guests stay here to dip in and out of the local scene. Check in for all the independence of an Airbnb, plus the pros (housekeeping, concierge and Ottolenghi pastry breakfast deliveries) of London’s best hotels.