Alla Lanterna

A pretty Italian restaurant, looking more like a dining location of significance than other al fresco cafes on the same strip and we are recommended it by our tour guide. Its proximity to the cathedral, orthodox church and park are all good. Alla Lanterna features very good Italian food and well priced bottled beers, [...]

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The Town Crier Pub

A large pub sitting all alone on the corner of the square whewre Chester train station a hotel and this pub all conviene. Inside the pub has carpets, alcoves, a long bar running inside the main wall with a good selection on tap at low prices. Toilets and further facilities are up [...]

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Alternative Club

There is nothing more irriating than going to a bar and then years later not having a clue what the bar was called or even being very sure where it was. Basically while working for rather prestigious internet company, we arrived at this venue in a black cab at an extrance that was literally [...]

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Unknown Gastro Bar

What really irritates me is that I can’t remember the name of this venue having visited it just the once for an evening back in 2004. The entrance was raised with large bay windows facing onto the street outside. Within, a well sized wood floor with heavy tables either side of a gastro [...]

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Café des amis Champagne and Wine Bar

For that little spice of something different as a couple, on a date or with friends; poke your head around the corner on the road next to Covent garden tube station to find Cafe Des Amis. This champagne and wine bar is a two floor setup with modern squared fittings [...]

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Carlisle Arms Pub

Quite cheeky I’ll start off by saying, simply because the valour and warmth of a comforting pub is disguised in the shell of a far more traditional establishment. Entering the bar with friends I am not surprised to find the pub quite small with a bar manned by three bar persons.it still seems [...]

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Las Iguanas Bar

The chain of portuguese bar and restaurants does seem likely to have a branch in Soho but sure enough there is one in dean street. The place is pretty busy I notice as I wander in on my Friday night but not overcrowded and seating soon becomes available. We order cocktails from a [...]

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The White Horse Pub

Its Friday night and the rain is starting to come down. Frantically we turn a corner seeking shelter in Soho’s back roads. Imagine our surprise to stumble across a good fifty people standing in the alley outside the White horse, most without umbrellas. We weave through the crowd into the pub. Inside [...]

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Belgo Belgian Beer Bar and Restaurant

One of the most interesting experiences I have had this year has to have been eating and drinking in Belgo’s - the infamous Belgian bar and restaurant tucked away in Covent Garden just off of the seven dials roundabout. Inside, Belgos is an industrial looking metal chamber. We are sent [...]

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Cellar Door Cocktail Bar

A somewhat cramped but wonderfully stylised bar in Covent Garden and just off of the Stand, Cellar door (rumour has it) used to be an old underground public toilet. Today it sells itself off as a jazz and cabaret bar, dark and alluring at the bottom of a set of stairs but [...]

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