Slug and Lettuce
Entering off the cobbled streets of Chester town centre plants you amidst a thriving crowd of young persons as the entrance to this long pub divides into a platform which trails off onto seating at the right and on the left a very long bar. The bouncers a quite friendly and will let [...]

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The International Restaurant & Bar(Katana)

Okay could this place has a longer and more complicated name, no probably not. It is essentially a Bar/Lounge with a restaurant upstairs. My evening consisted of eating upstairs and sharing drinks downstairs to follow. The food is modern Asian cuisine and if you get the opportunity to try it i [...]

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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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The Porcupine

Looking for any special except a local pub we stumbled upon this one next to Leicester square station. Its not strictly Soho or Covent Garden but squeezed in the middle. You enter into a fairly small pub with a bar at the end and tables and bar stools scattered about to find a staircase [...]

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O’Neills
In the summer the whole front it opened up onto the street and the warm breeze is very inviting, even at 8o’clock in the evening this place is relatively quiet so you can grab a table and I mean quiet, the music was barely above a whisper and it was easy to get served [...]

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The Goose

The Goose is a fairly large sized wetherspoons-like-pub opposite wood green tube station and cinema complex. On entry you weave between various tabls to reach the bar which is weel stocked and cheap as every wetherspoons is. It a good place to bring a crowd as it never seems to get over-populated but the [...]

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The Clarence

This pub feels like a cosy cottage once you are inside away from the bustle of the tourists outside. Its a rather square building but with secluded corners for that private conversation. It has a friendly atmosphere and tries to be a little sporty featuring the football season but fails, having no sign of [...]

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The Arc

From the outside the Arc looks like a restaurant, not something you would want to while away the wee hours in shaking your backside but in fact if you take the time to find the doors at the rear you enter into a bizarre realm of cocktails, flat-caps and pizza. Its an expensive, Towny [...]

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The Slug and Lettuce
I was expecting an overpriced up market den but instead I was greeted with a friendly O’Neills-like wine bar, white walled and low hanging blue lighting over the bar. it felt almost like being in an operating theatre with a bar except that there were massive bright windows onto the street, which [...]

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The Old Queens Head

Drawn into a bar by break-beat tunes drum and bass and heavy house music? This just might be the one stop shop for your needs. The DJs from Fabric (that big old drum and bass club in Farringdon) spin their early evening tunes in this pub before heading down to continue their [...]

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