8 London Tourist Attractions That Make Absolutely No Sense

3. Chinatown

Well, it's not a "town," is it? It's pretty much a novelty street, or - at a push - a very, very small district consisting of a bunch of Chinese restaurants, some of which are Korean and Thai. And then there's the random bars and cafes - one of which is a Irish pub called O'Neills, by the way - which are definitely not "Chinatown-y". Did somebody say inauthentic? And let's face it: the amount of idle tourists here makes it something of a chore to navigate. No, we're not having a big go at Chinatown. We love the idea of it, but has it ever really made sense? Chinatown seems like something of an overstatement: you hear that word and you're like, "A China TOWN? In the middle of London? That sounds absolutely amazing!" And really, it's just this lantern-lit pathway stuffed with buffet-centric restaurants. Which is pretty much what all Chinatowns end up being, isn't it? Except the ones in China, obviously. Let's just say that those hoping to wander onto the set of the Jack Nicholson film are going to be wholly disappointed.