Cask and Stillage

When a team of loud, beer-bellied louted locals literally shout at you when you enter a pub in between singing the worst hits off of an knock-off jukebox, you feel unwelcome and slightly scared. This venue certainly has atmosphere, but I wouldn’t call it comfortable. From the outside the place doesn’t look very [...]

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The Halfway House

Shuffled down the carriageway of the M25 and right at the end of the tube network this pub seems anything but half-way there. Its a lovely old style cottag of a traditional pub but full of the wrong mix of persons, after a cheap shot of Corky’s or some overpriced, less than satisfactory [...]

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St James’s Tavern

Veering away from the traditional feel, this pub is more new age than most in the area with tilings depicting ancient scenes. On entry you find yourself facing a square bar at the end of a the small, hall like room filled with a few tables. The bar is decorated with small blue [...]

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The Hope

A very small pub beside Fabric nightclub with a traditional fell but with almost as few people inside as there are tables. So that’s about six small locations to place your pint and I’ve ever much been a fan of laying my drink at the nose of another punter. Immediately on the left of [...]

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Tuttons Cafe and Bar

A Cafe Bar on the corner of covent garden square pulling in large crowds of tourists in the day time and right into the evening while around the side there is another more discrete entrance with which to access the bar away from the less admirable frontage of the cafe. The [...]

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The Doric Arch

Parked by the numerous bus stops outside Euston station this crows-nest of a pub lives at the top of some stairs leading off the pavement outside. Inside its an attic with sport on a couple of screens with a raised area to the right of the bar. The bar seems so low down [...]

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The Punch Tavern

The hundredth time I walked past this pub I realised it was even there. A well hidden tavern situated in one of the busiest areas of London yet inside it houses oldy-worldy illusions of times past when children would watch the Punch and Judy puppet show. And this seems to be the theme [...]

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White Hart

The service was quick and done with a smile. The bar staff were friendly and chatted to clientele making it a very friendly atmosphere. The pints were reasonably priced at less than £3. The main bar was clean with a nice looking restaurant downstairs. Unfortunately that was closed so didn’t get a chance to [...]

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Tapper Bar

This dark, sports themed small bar sits on the edge of an array of department stores and presents itself with an army of stools at the empty bar but at least it is open til 3am. The drinks cost 8 dollars for a three pint pitcher of Budweiser but its not the best location [...]

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Old Red Lion Theatre Pub

From the outside this appears to simply be another pub but in fact this is a pub front to a theatre which would suggest this is a particularly old and particularly significant building and drinkery. Bright lights and theatre posters fill the entrance and the entrance takes you into the [...]

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