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Pimlico area guide
Ben Rowe

Pimlico area guide

Keep busy in SW1 with Time Out's guide to restaurants, bars, pubs and things to do in Pimlico

Written by
Marcus Barnes
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Pimlico is central, and pockets of Zone 1 smartness give the whole district a real panache. In fact, property of any calibre is expensive here. Even Pimlico’s extensive ex-local authority housing stock has fantastic views and commands high prices. Down by the river is Dolphin Square, a self-contained village of pieds-à-terre for the important and the wealthy, notably a load of MPs and high-grade civil servants. The fortress-like, red-brick 1930s block has a health club, smart restaurant and a little art deco parade of shops. Outside of that, there's lots to see and do - great food, nice bars and Victoria and Chelsea on your doorstep.

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O'Sole Mio

O'Sole Mio

An Italian restaurant in Pimlico, serving traditional dishes from regions across the boot. 

Cambridge Street Kitchen

Cambridge Street Kitchen

Located within Pimlico's boutique hotel Artist Residence, this all-day café-cum-restaurant is open daily from breakfast through dinner. It was once a...

Pimlico Road Farmers' Market

Pimlico Road Farmers' Market

Set in the quaint Orange Square just off Pimlico Road, this London Farmers’ Markets operation caters for the chi-chi residents of Belgravia, Chelsea, Battersea...

St James Theatre

St James Theatre

St James Theatre is the first newly-built theatre complex in central London in 30 years, built on the site of the former Westminster Palace. Though from the...

Restaurants in Pimlico

About Thyme Bar & Bistro

About Thyme Bar & Bistro

  • price 1 of 4

About Thyme is located at the very heart of London in fashionable Pimlico, just a short walk from London Victoria mainline and underground stations. About...

Cambridge Street Kitchen

Cambridge Street Kitchen

Located within Pimlico's boutique hotel Artist Residence, this all-day café-cum-restaurant is open daily from breakfast through dinner.

A Wong

A Wong

  • 3 out of 5 stars

This modern Chinese restaurant dispenses with gilded dragons, book-length menus and oily stir-fries to win over discerning Western palates and aesthetes. Like...

Moo Cantina - Pimlico

Moo Cantina - Pimlico

This Pimlico branch of the mini-chain - there's another on Brick Lane and one in the City - brings an Argentinian cantina vibe to Vauxhall Bridge Road. Expect...

Bars and pubs in Pimlico

Cask

Cask

  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • price 2 of 4

Cask has been blazing a beer trail for years, since way before your old local had its own craft beer list. It’s not much to look at – an awkward shape at the...