How to find us on Blenheim Crescent

We are at 9 Blenheim Crescent, London W11 2EE - a short, quiet street that runs off Portobello Road, in the stretch of Notting Hill where the market thins out and the bookshops begin. There is a small pavement terrace out front and a low-lit room behind it. If you have walked past the antiques end of the market, you have walked past our corner.

By Tube

Ladbroke Grove, on the Hammersmith & City and Circle lines, is the closest station - around 300 metres, or a four-minute walk. Turn out of the station onto Ladbroke Grove, head south, and take the second left onto Blenheim Crescent. We are on the right, past the junction with Portobello Road.

Notting Hill Gate, on the Central, District and Circle lines, is about ten minutes on foot. Walk north up Pembridge Road, bear left onto Portobello Road and follow the market all the way up. Blenheim Crescent crosses it. Turn left and you are thirty seconds away.

Westbourne Park is a similar distance if you are coming from the north, roughly nine minutes down Great Western Road and along Blenheim Crescent.

By bus

The 23, 52 and 452 all stop on Ladbroke Grove within a couple of minutes of the door. The 7 and 70 run along Ladbroke Grove and Great Western Road from Paddington and Oxford Street respectively.

By bike or car

There are Santander docking stations on Ladbroke Grove and at the top of Portobello Road, and street racking on Blenheim Crescent itself. If you are driving, resident and pay-and-display bays run along the surrounding streets and are typically free after 6:30pm and on Sundays - check the plate on the bay, as Kensington and Chelsea enforce carefully. Talbot Road and Kensington Park Road car parks are the safer bet on a Saturday.

Once you are on the street

Look for the low glow. The room sits below eye level from the pavement, with dome lamps along a marble counter and shelves of records visible through the glass. The door is unmarked apart from the name. We seat around forty people - counter stools, a handful of tables, and the terrace when the weather allows.

Walk-ins are always welcome at the counter. If it is Friday or Saturday, book.

We are open Tuesday to Sunday. Tuesday to Thursday evenings from 18:00, Friday from 18:00 until late, Saturday and Sunday from midday. Monday we are closed. Call 020 4538 8866 or send us a message on Instagram and we will find you a spot.