Let's Take A Stroll Down Oxford Street

Advantages: Lots and lots of shops - you'll be entertained all day long
Disadvantages: Very very crowded, smelly, noisy and full of annoying tourists

...Vivaldi's Four Seasons, because that's what you?ll be listening to while you're on hold. And let me know if you manage to get through to someone in less than 20 minutes. I've yet to manage it. The tube is without a doubt the fastest and simplest mode of transport into the West End. If you're only visiting and don't know the area very well, I would advise you to pick up a tube map from any underground station. It saves you desperately searching for wall maps, only to find a huge crowd of tourists with the same idea, already huddled round the one and only map and totally blocking your view. Can you tell I find this annoying? If you're heading to Oxford Street, you have a choice of four stops to get out at, Tottenham Court Road, Oxford Circus, Bond Street or Marble Arch. The Tottenham Court Road stop is best if you're intending to...

hellyphant 05.04.2002 (08.07.2004) · Read review
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Holiday Inn Near Oxford Steet London

Advantages: Close to Oxford Street for all your shopping needs!
Disadvantages: Expensive, really small reception and bar area

...I have stayed in many Holiday Inns around the UK, and this has to be one of the smallest. However, what it lacked in grandeur it gained in location. Situated in Marylebone just 5 minutes walk away from Oxford Street for all your shopping needs!. Also just 5 minutes walk from the nearest underground being Bond Street, Oxford Circus station is a 10 minute walk, this is obviously handy as there is no parking at the hotel. My main reason and attraction for staying in this hotel was a 2 nights for the price of 1 offer that Priority points were offering. If you have never heard of this, it is a scheme offerered by the Holiday Inn Group which allows you to gain points for staying at Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Crowne Plaza and Intercontinental Hotel Group. Not just in the Uk either but around the world. Once you have...

sarahj0801 19.02.2007 · Read review
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Review of Holiday Inn Garden Court London - Oxford Circus, London

Streets of London, absolutely the best restaurant on the coast

Advantages: Great food, great prices, fantastic atmosphere, friendly staff, family welcome
Disadvantages: I can't have the chef at home :(

...Having lived on the Costa Del Sol myself I have visited my fair share of restaurants from Sotogrande to Malaga. I have to say that the streets is the best restaurant I have dined in to date. The food is absolutely mouth watering, the customer service is fantastic even down to the fact that the owner brought down his little boy who played with my children during our stay. He sat and had a conversation with us about all sorts and was generally very friendly. I do admit to drinking a little more Sangria than I should and even living in Spain it's harder than you think to get Sangria freshly made and not out of a tap-not here! Freshly made with fresh ingredients right before your eyes. The value for money in unbelievable, we fed our family of five with three course meals for 70 euros. I did not begrudge him a penny of it because...

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Review of Streets of London, La Cala de Mijas

Shop till you Drop

Advantages: Good choice of stores
Disadvantages: Busy

...Oxford Street is a must for all shopaholics. Situated in Central London and adjoining Regent Street it truely is a shoppers dream and an all round great shopping experience. It is always very busy and full of hustle and bustle. I regularly shop here because I love the ambience of the place. There are a huge range of shops from large department stores (my favourite is Selfridges) to smaller specialist shops and street traders. There is plenty to see and my advice is to take a whole day there, that way you won't miss anything. Should hunger get the better of you there are numerous eateries from popular fast food restaurants to bars, cafes and more typical English restaurants. You never have too far to go. Access is by bus or tube, the area is served by the central line either at Oxford Circus or Bond Street. Don't drive there...

jonwhite 23.11.2000 · Read review
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Review of Oxford Street (London)

Rich for the star!!

Advantages: Very comfortable environment lots of blends to choose from
Disadvantages: the price

...Starbucks - Oxford Street - LONDON UK CIAO Review - 21-08-08 Titled ' Rich for the star' - The coffee culture has created a frenzy amongst normally sane people who would of got up earlier and made themselves a coffee at home. Instead we troll through heavy morning traffic. Stumble in to Starbucks and ask for a hourly fix latte before going to work. Yep, the coffee culture has taken a grip and it is our wallets and purses that really need the fix. Oxford Street is no different to any other caffeine source fixes across all towns and cities.. There people escalator system works well and I can't complain.. and you would if you could if your like me.. while waiting for your morning infusion. I do laugh, when I see business executives twitching at the coffee bar waiting for his extra hot latte with an extra shot. The queues can get...

1st2thebar 21.08.2008 · Read review
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Review of Starbucks, 324 Oxford Street, London

Join The Crowd

Advantages: Some good shops all in one place
Disadvantages: You have to be very cautious

...I'm very proud of my parents today. They finally let their 'little girl' make a trip to London on the train with her friends. That's right, no parental supervision, shock horror! After making our quick stop off at Covent Garden, somewhere I am fairly familiar with, my friend suggested that we next make our way to Oxford Street. So off we went back on the tube and came out at Oxford Circus, right in the centre of Oxford Street. Howver, Oxford Street is made of many parts including 'Tottenham Court Road', 'Regent Street', 'Oxford Circus', 'Bond Street' and 'Marble Arch'. With Oxford Circus being so central, this is where the very mainstream highstreet shops are, such as 'Topshop', 'Miss Selfridge', 'Boots', 'J-D Sports' and 'HMV'. There also a shop called 'Zara' which, by the way, just happens to be my name too! Ahem... anyway...

LittleKenyon 02.01.2004 · Read review
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Review of Oxford Street (London)

Carnaby Street

Advantages: Different shops, unique, less crowded than Oxford St, near oxford circus tube, easy to get to
Disadvantages: None

...This review is way out of date, Carnaby Street has changed a lot over the past few yrs. Ignore it. Introduction ~~ Carnaby Street, well it was once the place to go in the 60's and 70's but now it's a bit less well-known. Which I think is rather good as it is less-crowded than Oxford St, Covent Garden, Regent St, etc. Location ~~ Carnaby Street could not be in a better location. It is just 3 or 4 minutes from Oxford Circus. tube station and is also within easy reach of Marlborough St and is no more than a 15 minutes walk from anywhere in Soho. Shops ~~ The shops in Carnaby St. vary quite a lot from trendy fashion shops to the old cheap and tacky tourist shops. My favourite particular shop on Carnaby St. is the Mambo shop. If you haven't heard of Mambo they are a Australian surf/skate brand. Well I did mention cheap...

Disillusioned 06.09.2001 · Read review
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Review of Carnaby Street (London)

Dirty, Smelly, Crowded and Great Shopping

Advantages: Easy to get to, lots and lots of shops
Disadvantages: Dirty, Smelly, Noisy & Can get very crowded

...Smiths on oxford street. If you are looking for designer labels Bond street is midway between Marble Arch and Oxford Circus (next to Bond Street tube station!!!). It has all the designer stores, and you'll need to take out a bank loan to buy any thing. Getting to Oxford street is easy as there is plenty of public transport. There are 4 tube stations on Oxford street (Totenham court road, Oxford Circus, Bond Street and Marble arch ) and about 15 bus routes running along its length. (Phone London Transport for details) Oxford street starts at Marble Arch and ends at Totenham court road and is cut in half by Regent Street. What to watch out for: 1.Cyclists when you are crossing the road as they come zooming out of nowhere and are very easy to crash into(I know from experience). 2. Pick Pockets 3. People begging on the street...

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Review of Oxford Street (London)

You can't win

Advantages: a great choice of shops, big stores with lots of variety
Disadvantages: too crowded

...Shopping in Oxford Street is a nightmare. It doesn't matter what day and what time of the year you go. It is like being packed on a tube in rush hour. You can barely move and you spend hours queuing if you want to buy anything. Oxford street has all the high street stores like Virgin, HMV, M&S, BHS, Dorothy Perkins, New Look, Selfridges, H & M. You name it Oxford street has it and they are very large stores with a wide variety of stock. I will only go to Oxford Street though as a last resort because as I said it is always crowded. I hate shopping anyway and always like to go in and get what I want and come straight out again. With most of the shops in Oxford Street you do not get that opportunity because you have to queue for what seems like forever. I generally don't like London anyway because it is so crowded but I...

coolchanty 10.03.2002 · Read review
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Oxfords finally got a Wagamama's

Advantages: Cheap, nice, healthy
Disadvantages: The service

...Wagamama's oxford Wagamama's first UK restaurant opened in Bloomsbury in1992. At first its restaurants were limited to London and Dublin. However the outlet now boasts 50 UK restaurants and one of its newest openings is this Oxford restaurant, which opened, in September last year. Wagamama's is located just off the main shopping street of Cornmarket and is handily on the way to the covered market, which is one of the biggest draws for shoppers in Oxford. For anyone who knows the area the restaurant is in the former pub that was Bar Oz. This was a fairly low key opening which no information in the local press and it was that I stumbled upon it whilst going for a baguette in the market at lunchtime did I realise that Oxford finally has a Wagamama's. This is a chain that my girlfriend first introduced me to some time earlier...

mtpatton 19.04.2008 · Read review
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Review of Wagamama, 8 market street, oxford, OX1 3EF, Oxford