The Undercroft Bar

For such a wonderful station, glorified, almost modern Gothic, one would think that the bar situated int he departure lounge would be world class, perhaps with subtle similarities with the champagne bar upstairs? You would indeed be wrong. The undercroft bar, much like its dull choice of name is a modern, expensive, uncomfortable [...]

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Sports Bar and Grill

Jogging into Marylebone station at top speed during the height of the Monopoly pub crawl I reach the usual face of the Victoria and Albert pub and am stopped dead in my tracks, hiding around the corner of the station in the far end was a new bar to my eyes. Looking [...]

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Champagne Bar

Heralded as one of the most luxurious train stations in the world and most certainly one of the grandest, Kings Cross St Pancras plays host to its own Champagne Bar, a tidy little booth opposite the platform for the Eurostar trains and catered by a couple of well dressed, well accented, French bar persons. [...]

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The Boadicea Pub

A tiny pub tucked into the corner of Charing Cross station. The Boadicea is quiet with no music playing yet full of men in casual attire at the end of a working day. All have beards or stubble and all look so perfectly at ease in this little pub that they must all [...]

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The Crewe Hero

A lowly bar on a single platform at Crewe station, sees travellers of all walks of life dropping in for a quick half an hour to drank a hot or cold drink as they make their way up to Northern front’s for the weekend. Inside, a very loud radio blairs out sounds and songs [...]

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Reef Bar

Since you have to pay to use the station toilets these ones are all coded up, the week I checked out this establishment the code was 1815. The venue is on the top floor of the station, perched as a large interior with balconies overlooking the bustling station below. Reef bar seems to be [...]

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Victoria and Albert

The only pub within a short walking distance of the station is the Victoria and Albert which is often populated by Monopoly Pub Crawl revellers who require this dtation pub to complete the rounds. The pub is comprised of two interconnecting rooms, the first houses the bar and one of two high perched tables [...]

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The White Rose

A very square pub, no corners or interesting nooks and crannies to explore this pub displays very nicely what it offers. It sits in the top corner of the station facing out into the main walkway with everyone of its occupants apparently peering out of the windows every few minutes to check for [...]

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The Wetherspoons

A medium sized Wetherspoons but a larger than average pub - this poorly names branch of the popular chain sits in a rather good position within the train station at Leeds with tables scattered on the concourse outside and within the pub young people populate the place as if it wasn’t a simple station [...]

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Duke of York

At first glance the Duke of york is a bit of a shack of a shop, white stone walls, a number of old people and busy travellers stopping for a fast pint. The place has very little class or style to it but the service is good and the prices are also quite [...]

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