Pappagone Bar and Pizzeria

A loud bar restaurant combination with a  short wide loud very seriously acting little Greek host. He shows us to the bar, which we are capable of finding ourselves thank you and moves us every ten minutes to a place he would rather have us sat in.the loud Italian bar staff serve us [...]

[Read more →]

The Library Bar
This venue has changed hands more times that a jugglers balls. I am certain that I have reviewed it more than twice and each time it has a different name and the tiniest hint of a change to its interior staffing and theme. This time its called the library (because in the very [...]

[Read more →]

The Trafalgar Hotel Roof Terrace Bar

Separate from the Rockwell bar a few stories down, this wonderful rooftop experience is breathtaking, especially under the twinkling of the Lights of central London. Entry costs around five pounds at a small desk in a reception area of the hotel. The lifts, (lit up with neon blue) then take [...]

[Read more →]

The Rockwell Bar

The Rockwell bar at the Trafalgar hotel is a spacious and a beautiful welcome to the guests. Entering literally from the corner of the Trafalgar square until Nelson’s watchful gaze and steps and a heavy modern style set of doors. Inside the polished floors bounce the light around inside the hall-like bar which [...]

[Read more →]

The Warwick Bar

An upmarket bar, recently refurbished with wooden flooring throughout, booths upstairs and unfortunately, no longer a secret to the wider world. The bar upstairs has a continuous stream of drinkers ordering everything from cocktails to pints from the slower-than-average bar staff but downstairs service is much faster and (although it seems all tables [...]

[Read more →]

24 London Club

Looking like a plush exclusive advertising agency from the outside during the day, 24:London transforms at night as kingly street fills with luxurious cars, well dressed trendy types and bouncers. The open doors to 24:London take us down a blue neon lit corridor into a large L shaped room beyond. With a capacity [...]

[Read more →]

Potemkin Bar

Potemkin sits perfectly in Farringdon surrounded by ex-warehouses, manufacturing units and blocks that have not been updated since the 1930’s. Approaching the bar it has a mirrored exterior and looks in a little disrepair, in fact I wasn’t even sure if it was open. Heading inside, things aren’t much better, its 8pm on a [...]

[Read more →]

Ye Olde Mitre Pub

I raise my hand and admit I had to be led to this pub. It is sandwiched between a church and high rise modern buildings, claiming to be a five hundred year old tavern and every sense of the place supports this claim. The Ye Olde Mitre has a collection of black [...]

[Read more →]

The Boadicea Pub

A tiny pub tucked into the corner of Charing Cross station. The Boadicea is quiet with no music playing yet full of men in casual attire at the end of a working day. All have beards or stubble and all look so perfectly at ease in this little pub that they must all [...]

[Read more →]

Speakers Inn Bar

Just another temproary bar stuck smack bang in the middle of Hyde Park for London’s Wireless Festival 2009. This bar was one of the closest to the main stage and hence saw me visit it quite frequently towards the close of the day relaxing to tunes from Dizzee Rascal. The service was pretty [...]

[Read more →]