The Old Star

Not you’re typical pub, the old star looks small and dank from outside but within turns out to be a twisting turning array of split levels, hidey holes and secret booths. The ground floor is a multi-platform mess of small tables and a bar at the end opposite the doors. The bar is [...]

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The Sanctuary

Most Pubs used to be Inns, or small hotels in England way back when. This little number has in fact remained an inn and is titled “The Sanctuary hotel” above its narrow pub doors. This has some drawbacks and advantages, mainly that the pub is susceptible to strange opening hours at random but also [...]

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The Speaker

More like a lunchtime sandwich shop than a pub. This place is very small -simply a long bar accompanied by a couple of tables. There appears to be a deli counter built into the bar itself giving you a sad view of some rather grim cheeses while you tuck in your £2.90 stout. At least [...]

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Slug and Lettuce (Formerly The Litten Tree)
UPDATE - Jan 2008 - The Litten Tree is now a Slug and Lettuce

A Wetherspoony pub with a club style twist inside - has a soft casino like glow about the place, illuminating the young crowd of winers and diners. There are an assortment of fruit machines and the place [...]

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The Greencoat Boy

It looks a little larger outside than it is within- the pub grows downwards into the basement rather than upwards as it may appear. The place has a very taverny-woodlike finish to it with an atmosphere thick with old men and serious ale guzzlers. The place serves some summer cocktails at about £10 [...]

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Marquis of Granby

Separating from the busy Grosvenor high street to find the entrance to this pub the air is filled with an eery silence as you get visions of the oldest old man pub in existence, but you will be pleasently surprised to find a rather busy, very atmospheric lively establishment within. The place is [...]

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Puzzle Bar SW1

A nice big bar which could almost be mistaken for a Wetherspoons, the decor inside is simple and minimalist and feels cloned from the white washed walls of some pub creation engine. It certainly looks nicer outside than it is within with chrome tables and chairs to sit and drink at by the [...]

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Lord Burleigh

Further down the Vauxhall high street stretching from Victoria to Pimlico one stumbles on what appears to be a small pub crouching away in the shadow of hotels about the place. But going inside one finds that it is indeed small but flood lit with bright lights and wooden furnishings. The clientele are aging [...]

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The White Horse and Bower

This venue looks small from the outside and within is just that- okay a bit longer than it looks from outside but that’s about all. It has a silly bottleneck up the front of the pub making it difficult to squeeze past the bar to reach the seating at the back. [...]

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Willow Walk (Wetherspoons)
Just a short trot from Victoria Station lies a Wetherspoons far superior to the one in the station itself. The pub is accessible from two high streets as it stretches across the corner of this block of buildings. On entering you will find a rather small but comfortable passageway of small tables and [...]

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