The Bloomsbury Tavern

Standing quite lonely on the corner of Shaftesbury avenue this pub looks like it has really seen the times. Both interior and exterior have been well maintained in an effect that comes off as old, historic and listed. There are one or two tables outside which do make for some nice alfresco drinking […]

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Bloomsbury Bowl

This is a crazy crazy venue, well hidden in the loopy streets behind Russell Square station. Quite literally a world of entertainments to suit all, but the bowling, i must add, needs to be booked in advance. So what else does this venue offer? Well after paying the entrance fee you make your way […]

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Giraffe Restaurant

Giraffe is a buzzing chain of restaurants that enjoys the delights of 21st century vegetarians, diverse meat eaters and families that keep snakes instead of goldfish. Its alive but in a trans-dimensional fashion that leaves the diner looking more curiously into the crowd than into the menu. Cocktails are available but there is no […]

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The Terrace Bar and Restaurant

Quite randomly this Bar and Restaurant appears without batting an eyelid in the middle of the park. It is quite literally a makeshift greenshouse, a temporary building which sevres quite well as a summery location from which to dine and drink. The food is very good if a little overpriced and […]

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The Queen’s Head

This quite large pub remains quiet and cold and uninviting throughout the year. Its furnishings are adequate to plant yourself in the silence that fills the place with its traditional management failing to make this the gastro it yearns to be. Possibly only good as a local this pub features a large bar […]

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The Bountiful Cow

This bar is essentially an American diner/steak house with two floors and a meat loving crowd - vegetarians beware. The steaks and burgers in here are quite heavy but not the nicest quality and the whole style of the pub is quite dark and basically very similar to an American speak-easy. There is […]

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Vats Wine Bar

A floorboard clad long wine bar, well buried up a pedestrianised road in the rich pickings behind Russell Square. This is an established older, middle-market sophisticated wine bar with some fine examples and not for those living on the cheap. The place is communal and glowing with wine knowledge, old bottles on random […]

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The Goose

The goose is a fitting description for this abode. It sits just off of the high street in a cove of its own making on the well pedestrianised edges of Hatton and from a distance could be perceived as a swan. Fact, it is not a swan. Outside the bar is completely crammed with […]

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Shanghai Blues Bar & Restaurant

Built in the Holborn town hall building this is 95% restaurant and only 5% bar. In fact the bar portion is such a crust of the sandwich of this wonderful establishment that it would be dubious to review just its bar without noting that its food, although rather expensive, reflects a […]

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The Bung Hole

Sounding something like an old well filled with sewage this seemingly small pub masquerades as a wine bar and then once you are inside tells you that all the wine decor splattered around the place is for show and that the wines available are severely limited and frankly not particularly nice. The ground […]

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