Weaver’s Wine Bar

An extension of the existing “the Weaver” pub next door, this is for those who dont really want to associate with playing pool, watching football or listening to drunk men rambling on in a corner about better times. This more up-market experience tries to push a wine-bar image with leather couches, candle-light although [...]

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The Castle

A bright jazzy bar on this stretch of road between Angel and Kings Cross is a welcome stop for those in need of comfortable surroundings and a team of friendly staff to make your transition into this bubbly sphere of modern hippism, a journey to enjoy. The place is very quiet in the day [...]

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Hamilton Hall

And quite a hall it is. Who would have thought that this majestic and well decorated room was in the artillery of the Wetherspoons group. Outside, next to the exit to the busiest station in London is room for bustling crowds to share a drink, while within, beyond the heavy set doors is a [...]

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The Red Lion

This very well hidden pub is a commitment to a very old London pub tradition of squeezing the smallest tavern into the most tight street in the world and then putting it on the map. The place is little more than a small cosy room with a scattering of tables, a bar and [...]

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Monkey Chews

With a name like this you would imagine Monkey Chews is an eccentric place indeed and you would be right. It would be right at home in the middle of Camden but instead it is harboured in a residential part of Chalk farm. Finding the front door can be an issue and once inside [...]

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Shanghai Blues Bar & Restaurant

Built in the Holborn town hall building this is 95% restaurant and only 5% bar. In fact the bar portion is such a crust of the sandwich of this wonderful establishment that it would be dubious to review just its bar without noting that its food, although rather expensive, reflects a [...]

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The Old Manor - Wylotts

Lots of old people having their last meal. the music glides with the creeking of their bones, but it is reasonablely calm and to be fair is much nicer than most of the alternatives in the area and it seems from the popularity that this is no secret. It is a [...]

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Anchor Tap

An independent pub, quite fitting for this backstreet backdrop. £2.50 a pint even the barman is on the booze. out the back is an beer garden fitted snugly inside the concrete jungle around the pub. The place has several odd rooms dotted about leading one around in a complex labyrinth of lounges, seated areas [...]

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The Salamander

A seemingly small wooden pub in the picture-esque town centre of Bath sits on a side road in what must be one of the quietest settings in the bustling village-style city. The pub displays its black woods and orange corridors with will stocked local ales and ciders, and traditional drawings mounted in frames on [...]

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The Evangelist

Well hidden on the back cobbled streets of Blackfriar’s you seriously wouldn’t even know it was there, the very long very slender effect of this large gastro style bar with open kitchen, Chic booths and a scattering of outdoor tables. The interior is set on different levels and the impression changes around each corner. In [...]

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