Weekend in London - Tips Needed

[suttonred]

St Catherine's Is nice for a quick look, but nothing more really. The pub there is quite decent, but pretty pricey.

[Hoboken]

Ok, the context:

My 40th Birthday with 6 blokes who all think we are still 30
2nd Bank Holiday weekend in May
Saturday sorted - Rugby at Twickers
Arriving Thursday mid afternoon - probably crawling around London Bridge/Southwark/Waterloo areas, drinking establishments need to be not too stuffy (no real ale guys) but not looking for a club night out.
Friday - nothing planned all day, looking for a more central London late night out here, again, not trying to pretend we are 20, but do want a good party feel.  For the day, something to do in London beyond the obvious stuff like the Eye, Tower, and so on.  Probably low budget for the day, mid range max for the evening.

Consider semi decent places to eat, no Michelin stars needed but we can find a TGI's on our own.

The NYC threads tend to do well, so over to our travel experts.................

Go watch STFC on the Sunday in the playoff final

[PetsWinPrizes]

http://www.streetfeastlondon.com/where

This is very good and will be open by then, Brixton market is also worth going to for food/drink if you can tolerate the hipsters.

[Not that Nice If I'm Honest]

It's been touched on allready, but a pub crawl from Tower Bridge to Westminster Bridge takes some beating, some great pubs along the way, and some street food in Borough Market (great Paella in a Spanish joint).

As you will pass it, a trip up the Shard is well worth it, if the weathers good - will only take 30-40mins of your day.

If you want a trendy night out, then Shoreditch/Hoxton is pretty good - walk up from Liv Street or Old Street

[THE FLASH]

You can book a speedboat trip up the Thames.....I went on one....chug chug up to docklands then they stick on the James Bond theme and open the fucker up....excellent.

[RobertT]

oops - it's the weekend after the play offs, not sure why the Bank Holiday came to mind.  Liking the street feast thing and one of our group has a thing for speedboats :-)

[RobertT]

Belgos in Covent garden for a bit of grub / dining / fruit beers and schnapps.

Great Menu reasonably priced and fun ambience.

Covent Garden   
(50 Earlham Street)   
London   
WC2H 9LJ

http://www.belgo-restaurants.co.uk/locations

This was a superb bit of advice, loved it.