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Coburg Bar

Coburg Bar

Changes are afoot at The Connaught, grande dame of Mayfair's hotels. Following the closure of Angela Hartnett's...

The Devonshire

The Devonshire

Towards the top of Balham High Road and, thankfully, lurking just under the 'rah-rah' radar of the Clapham Common crowd,...

Palm Tree

Palm Tree

Surrounded by grassy park knolls in the shadow of luxury tower blocks and rather less salubrious East End estates, The...

North Nineteen

North Nineteen

A mere empty Special Brew can's throw from the Holloway Road is this spruced-up boozer that's all pine, adventurous colour...

The Barnsbury Free House & Dining Room

The Barnsbury Free House & Dining Room

Away from the madding crowds of Upper Street, The Barnsbury is fairly darn fancy pants. With chandeliers made from wine...

Clissold Arms

Clissold Arms

New Jersey, Norway… the crowd of Kinks fans expressing their disappointment on the internet that the Clissold Arms,...

The Punch Bowl

The Punch Bowl

Amid the many maze-like mews of Mayfair, the Punch Bowl has been slaking the thirst of posh peeps since the eighteenth...

The Duke

The Duke

RIP The Racing Page, a Richmond institution, and a classic example of two pub genres that are going swiftly out of...

The Normanby

The Normanby

Recently we reviewed Putney's new Prince of Wales pub and observed that the gap in the market for a really good gastropub...

Tooting Tram and Social

Tooting Tram and Social

As you might expect, this new bar is in Tooting; Broadway, not Bec. Next to a McDonalds. But don't let that put you off....

The Warrington

The Warrington

New gastropubs are always popular, but seldom this popular. I rang The Warrington on the day it opened (6 February), to...

The Goldhawk

The Goldhawk

Goldhawk Road is a street festooned with 'Oirish' craic-dens, Aussie tank-houses and the 'characterful' Shepherd's Bush...

Glassy Junction

Glassy Junction

This Indian enclave in west London is drenched in silver and gilt, the carpet's loud 'n' lairy, signs for Punjabi towns...

The East Room

The East Room

This cracking new bar shares the same conceit of faux-exclusivity as its established Soho sibling, Milk & Honey. That...

Princess Louise

Princess Louise

This place is absolutely teeming with history. Nineteenth-century London's most dextrous craftsmen shaped this boozer to...

The Bricklayers Arms

The Bricklayers Arms

Set back from the Thames close to where the Boat Race begins, and tucked down an unprepossessing cul-de-sac opposite a...

The Park

The Park

West Norwood might as well be on the moon when it comes to good pubs. Formerly intimidatingly old-school (the Union Jacks...

Fox & Anchor

Fox & Anchor

According to the 2000-01 edition of the Time Out Pubs & Bars Guide, 'Representatives of our stricken meat industry are...

The Loft

The Loft

What makes a great bar? For starters, it really should have a well considered, enticing list of drinks. It helps if it...

The Carpenter's Arms

The Carpenter's Arms

This was once a right naughty little boozer deep in East End gangsterland. It was bought by the Kray twins in 1967 for...

The Establishment

The Establishment

Despite its churchy name, Parsons Green is one of the best places for discerning Londoners to imbibe. Beer-lovers make...

The Prince of Wales

The Prince of Wales

Another day, another gastropub - and most of the rest you already know. The decor here is homely with splashes of...

The Carpenter's Arms

The Carpenter's Arms

I'm not saying the Carpenter's Arms is a pub full of old people, but when I stopped in on a Thursday night, the absence of...

Prince Arthur

Prince Arthur

Here's a neat idea for the person with four pubs to promote: a multi-venue cardboard coaster. Each side is divided into...

The Champagne Bar at St Pancras

The Champagne Bar at St Pancras

You may have noticed that the faster-track Eurostar is now operating, and that St Pancras station has had a truly...


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