The Long Hope Pub

At the top of the angel hill looking down into the belly of kings cross and it a smattering of stations is perched the oddly named “long hope”. Quiet in the day and at night far enough away from the action to be comfortable. Creepy across the floorboards inside we come across [...]

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Bar Risa

The bar is the centre-piece in this venue, accessible from all sides with a very good selection of wines, beers, spirits and ciders, witha  comedy club upstairs and a galley overlooking onto the bar from above. On a Saturday night however this place is a little quiet, rumoured to be louder in the week [...]

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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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The Bell and Buck

One always knows when this author has fallen on entries of hard times. This grim establishment was always going to be a bad choice from the start but one must take the good with the bad, and what could be worse than the old “buck” – a literal school hall occupied by [...]

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Gallery Rendezvous

The height of any office party takes its thirsty workers to a karaoke bar for sensible episodes of overt drunkenness, cheesy spice girls music and spring rolls. This restaurant is outfitted with a Karaoke bar on the first floor, a large room with Soho red lighting, a circular of chairs pointed at a small [...]

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Murphis Karaoke Bar(ex Zyrus)

This newly named Karaoke bar (was Zyrus Karaoke & Cocktail Lounge) had the good fortune to receive our crowd for its opening night. The original attraction was the happy hour which claimed to run until 9pm and finished promptly at 8pm in the end and the deal turned out to only be [...]

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The Boat Inn

This small friendly local is set just outside the city centre, about a twenty minute walk to be precise. Just inside the front door is a square room plastered with boat paraphernalia. There is a bar to the left and a lot of seating dotted about making private alcoves and nicely lit corners. [...]

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