there are a couple of pubs that become pleasant to drink in on a Saturday. Can be hard to find a restaurant on a Saturday, although the is a lovely fish restaurant on the top floor of South Place Hotel (between Moregate and Liverpool Street).
The Montcalm on Finsbury Sq can be nice, has a micro brewery. Full of twats on the rooftop bar.
loads in Kings X. We were there last weekend.
Thanks for all the replies 
I thought KX was a bit of a shithoke - I guess time have changed?
Wherever you stay and Kings Cross is a good suggestion have a look at The Pop in Brixton - it’s a bunch of containers repurposed with pop up bars and eateries run by aspiring restauranteurs. There is lots of choice and the joint is usually jumping. I live a couple of miles away and friends from out of London who I’ve taken there have loved it. There are also a couple of local covered arcades with a wide choice of eateries.
I spent a few weeks on and off staying at the Thistle Euston. I ate on that street most nights.
where? Granary Sq? Coaldrops Yard?
dunno when you were last there, but it is a bit shorter than it used to be due to the HS2 development at Euston. The lovely pub Bree Louise, near there is long gone sadly
At least 5 years since I was there.
That was a great pub. Went there at least twice, which considering how rarely I get to London was quite a lot. Their haggis pie was delicious.
Shoreditch would be my choice. Hang out with the hipsters. Lots of great pubs and amazing food. Always a buz.
I tend to stay at the Premier Inn London City (Old Street) when I go into London. It’s close to Shoreditch and easy to get to/from Euston for the train.
Citizen M Hotel is not bad, right next to Tower Bridge.
Definitely try to get to Spiritland at King’s Cross, they have a place at Royal Festival Hall now, which I have not yet checked out.
I’d looked at that on a previous trip, and would have gone for it were it not for the lack of triple rooms
for three just need a K.Size surely?
It doesn’t bother me in the least bit, but the two others are utterly convinced that sharing a bed with another man is quite unbecoming and nothing but a fast-track to becoming Kevin Spacey
Thanks for all the tips and what have ya
We’ve ended up in Whitechapel. (Not one of you suggested Whitechapel, I know, but thanks anyway)
Close to Shoreditch, Brick Lane and - imp now that I’m traveling with Ryanshit to Stansted - Liverpool Street
East london
Good food around there too. Tayabs on Fieldgate Street is my favouite curry house. Pakistani Punjabi food, known for their grills but everything is good.
Now that’s the True Meatman Spirit 