Quintessentially East London

WHERE TO MEET: 
Trinity House offers a unique suite of elegant rooms in a tranquil city location overlooking the Tower of London.  Decorated with Shipwright's models, royal paintings, a fine painted ceiling and unique carpet along with the bell from the Royal Yacht Britannia, you’ll be forgiven for thinking you are in Buckingham Palace!

WHERE TO EAT: 
experience authentic east London hospitality at traditional riverside pub, The Grapes.  The restaurant is up some very narrow stairs and overlooks the River Thames, and has an excellent reputation for fish and seafood having beaten off 1600 other pubs to win first prize in the Fish Awards.

WHERE TO VISIT: 
Columbia Road Flower Market offers visitors a quintessential east London experience where you can browse around the flower stalls and in the independent shops than line the famous road whilst enjoying the banter of the Cockney market stall holders.  Prices are so reasonable you might not ‘Adam and Eve’* it!

WHERE TO STAY: 
turn-in for the evening at the Marriott Hotel on West India Quay that offers beautiful views over docklands and has artifacts that were uncovered when the foundation of the hotel was being dug beautifully displayed throughout the hotel.

INCENTIVE IDEA: 
contrary to popular belief, salmon-smoking did not originate in Scotland, but in east London!  Formans on Fish Island is a fourth-generation salmon smoking factory that overlooks the Olympic Park and Stadium for the Games in 2012 where you can learn to carve salmon from the Guinness Book of Record’s ‘fastest salmon carver’!

TOP TIP! 
Visit on a Sunday and tuck into a traditional pie and mash from any of the pie and mash shops or a salt beef bagel from the 24hr Bagel Bake on Brick Lane, whilst watching the eclectic mix of locals and visitors on one of the busiest days of the week for the area.

* ‘Adam and Eve’ is Cockney rhyming slang for the word ‘believe’