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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City Retreat

From the outside this place looks like a small but wide shoebox of a pub. Within it is an octagonal central layout with younger relaxed half-posh city boys and few women. There is light pop music played throughout but the place does feel warm and inviting. In the corner is a traditional bar with [...]

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All Bar One
Less than a short thought away from the tube station this well-windowed bar with a corner entrance does not really do the reputation of this chain of wine bars any justice. The place is a slither of a normal sized all bar one. the bar is about half as well stocked as a [...]

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O’ Neill’s

Although not strictly in Holborn this O Neil’s is slyly sandwiched between Holborn and Covent Garden. It is a double entrance chain Irish pub with a route inside that brings you down the passage from one door, past the bar to the back of the pub with its bottom-of-the-range leather chairs and then U-turns [...]

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The Ivy House

The Ivy conjures up images of celebrity and fame but of course this is not “The Ivy”. This particular venue is a rich, middle market pub and restaurant serving up Thai food and continental beers. The pub itself is divided by two entrances. The one coming from Holborn station on the right delivers [...]

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Pitcher and Piano

Pitcher and Piano’s is located one block from the station in Holborn and seems to be just another large office entrance until you notice the badly place tables and chrome chairs scattered outside. A closer peer reveals the thin entrance which reveals a short bar to the right and a few tables assorted [...]

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Turquoise Bar and Restaurant

A rather posh looking restaurant and bar on this quite side road in Holborn. Outside is light wooden frames holding in place a slightly hazed glass watching upon odd customer poised to enjoy rich Turkish suppers. Entering one finds the bar area directly opposite the door. To be honest it is much [...]

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The Square Pig

This bar is tucked beside one of the smaller squares in the back of Holborn yet enjoys the polluted air of passing traffic and the bustle of the workers int he surrounding blocks at lunchtime. Outside there is some seating on some of the most rickety chairs you can imagine but within the [...]

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The Perseverance

Down a rather nice quiet street of Holborn sits this small local pub with a more wine bar feel with its varnished floors and maroon walls. Entering you almost stumble over the bar which sits side on directly in front of you and then standing to face it you can gladly discover no cider [...]

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Dolphin Tavern

Just off Red lion street sits the Dolphin Tavern, a green painted small pub tucked in a corner beside a cobbled street, an old florist and a Cafe. It seems like a very well established, old pillar of the traditional community of what at one time would have been Gray’s Inn. The door reached [...]

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