Brown’s Lounge Bar

On st martins lane is the most infamous browns bar with its oh so pretentious frontage and interior similar to some kind of minute palace in wood furnishing chandeliers and staff so quick to seat you with a smile. The attraction ends here. The staff member who serves us is fast to sell [...]

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Hoxton Square Bar and Kitchen

As far as I have always known, the Hoxton Bar and Kitchen has been a very popular venue and notoriously difficult to get into on a Friday night, unfortunately the same cannot be said for a Monday night which is when I finally managed to bypass any sign of a crowd [...]

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The Toucan Bar

The Toucan Bar, perched on the edge of Soho Square has a wonderful air of familiarity about it and with more character than any of the other more pretencious bars in the surrounding streets, Toucan feels rugged, rocky and contently Irish. Sporting the Guiness touch it took me a surprisingly long time to [...]

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Ruby Bar and Lounge
The good music off one one of the side roads in Kings Corss pretty close to Scala, is actually coming from Ruby Bar and lounge. This ominuous and quiet looking venue has a porch entrance with glass window door leacding into a strange layout. Ruby’s has a bar right in the middle [...]

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Bell and Compass Bar
 
The Bell and Compass sounds like the name of an old pub but in fact it is a rather new age gastro-style venue sitting on the strand in Central London. So what can be said about the Bell and Compass? Well to start off with its very pricey, I happened upon a [...]

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Bar at Imax Cinema Waterloo

The Imax cinema in Waterloo is a centre-piece for the area and large and dominating as it is, some of its features leave a somewhat bad taste in the mouth. First off finding the entrance to Imax from above ground is impossible and I will shamefully admit I walked round the structure [...]

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The Dun-A-Ri Bar

Quite the speckled name for what is quite sincerely, your average irish bar among Kings Cross’s supermarkets and corner shops. At the door stand a few bouncers who seem too engaged with one another to care who comes in the tiny side doors that they are being paid to protect. Inside is a [...]

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Vodka Revolution Bar

In the thick of the action in the bustle of Clapham junction where on a Saturday, shoppers hurry about in large numbers, is the Vodka Revolution. This popular vodka bar of the famous brand is quite a spacious, friendly location. Some rather suited up tables sit on the raised platform at the back [...]

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The Prince of Wales Pub

Although positioned quite centrally on highgate hill and pulling a fair size crowd, this is a small, low ceiling pub. Its interior, cosy and cottage-like yet teeming with a younger crowd where you might expect some lowly hobbits to be drinking.the nice lively atmosphere is coupled with fast serving bar staff [...]

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The Railway Pub

Sitting literally outside the back of finsbury park station is the railway pub and thank god, I was plenty thirsty. Half of the door were bolted shut so getting in wasn’t easy but when i finally hauled myself through the doors i found myself looking in the face of a middle aged lanky [...]

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