West End & Bloomsbury: what’s worth it?
Covent Garden, Soho, Piccadilly and the British Museum.
Worth itReality 90 +81National Gallery★ 4.8
Worth itReality 81 +462Soane's Museum★ 4.7
Worth itReality 76 −143British Museum★ 4.5
Worth itReality 70 +554West End theatre★ 4.5
Worth it if…Reality 61 +25Chinatown★ 4.5
Worth it if…Reality 61 −206Covent Garden★ 4.6
Worth it if…Reality 54 −77Dishoom★ 4.7
Skip itReality 49 +18Sherlock Holmes Museum★ 4.3
Skip itReality 41 +269Piccadilly Circus★ 4.5
Skip itReality 39 −3410Madame Tussauds★ 4.5The numbers
| # | Place | Verdict | Hype | Reality | Gap | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | National Gallery | Worth it | 82 | 90 | +8 · Lives up to the hype | ★ 4.8 (63,967) |
| 2 | Soane's Museum | Worth it | 35 | 81 | +46 · Underrated | ★ 4.7 (5,683) |
| 3 | British Museum | Worth it | 90 | 76 | −14 · Overhyped | ★ 4.5 (3,481) |
| 4 | West End theatre | Worth it | 15 | 70 | +55 · Underrated | ★ 4.5 (856) |
| 5 | Chinatown | Worth it if… | 59 | 61 | +2 · Lives up to the hype | ★ 4.5 (35,542) |
| 6 | Covent Garden | Worth it if… | 81 | 61 | −20 · Overhyped | ★ 4.6 (126,730) |
| 7 | Dishoom | Worth it if… | 61 | 54 | −7 · Lives up to the hype | ★ 4.7 (29,920) |
| 8 | Sherlock Holmes Museum | Skip it | 48 | 49 | +1 · Lives up to the hype | ★ 4.3 (22,376) |
| 9 | Piccadilly Circus | Skip it | 15 | 41 | +26 · Lives up to the hype | ★ 4.5 (1,334) |
| 10 | Madame Tussauds | Skip it | 73 | 39 | −34 · Overhyped | ★ 4.5 (86,827) |