Bars & Pubs

Potëmkin

Potëmkin ('Potyomkin') is a smart and well-stocked Russian bar with more than 50 varieties of vodka in clear, unusual, berry, fruit, citrus and herb 'n' spice...

Clerkenwell: 144 Clerkenwell Road, EC1R 5DP

Distance: 0.1 mls

Ye Olde Mitre Tavern

Consistently voted one of the best pubs in London by self-proclaimed experts on internet forums - and you'd have to say they've got this one spot on. Its secluded...

Holborn: 1 Ely Court, Ely Place side of 8 Hatton Garden, EC1N 6SJ

Distance: 0.2 mls

Cittie of Yorke

It's big, it's beery, but above all it's brown: the cleaners here must get through a month's worth of furniture polish in one night. There's a cosy front area, a...

Holborn: 22 High Holborn, WC1V 6BN

Distance: 0.2 mls

Gunmakers

One of many gastropubs within easy reach of the Guardian offices, Gunmakers is popular with lunching hacks but also operates as an excellent natter-filled bar. Draught...

Clerkenwell: 13 Eyre Street Hill, EC1R 5ET

Distance: 0.2 mls

Fabric

In Fabric's very early days, one promoter suggested that the new venue would become a latter-day Haçienda. Nine years on, the prophecy has come true: you wouldn't be...

Clerkenwell: 77A Charterhouse Street, EC1M 3HN

Distance: 0.2 mls

Coach & Horses

This gastro gem is invariably packed with staff from the nearby Guardian offices, whose splashes decorate the wood-panelled interior. Inside, pub and restaurant areas...

Clerkenwell: 26-28 Ray Street, EC1R 3DJ

Distance: 0.2 mls

Volupté

One of the pioneers of London’s new breed of supper clubs, Volupté caters for people who don’t mind blowing £20 on a burlesque show. The ground-floor bar might...

Chancery Lane: 7-9 Norwich Street, EC4A 1EJ

Distance: 0.2 mls

Vivat Bacchus

What is it about quotations and wine bars? Scrawled throughout this rambling venue you’ll find ‘Champagne is a way of life, a state of mind, and better than...

Farringdon: 47 Farringdon Street, EC4A 4LL

Distance: 0.2 mls

Betsey Trotwood

It isn't only Clerkenwell's media types who are thankful for the Betsey's long-overdue facelift. The spruce-up extends beyond the fresh flowers, retro lighting and...

Clerkenwell: 56 Farringdon Road, EC1R 3BL

Distance: 0.2 mls

Castle

There's nothing immediately special about this corner boozer, either from the outside - big glass windows and a few hanging baskets - or inside (in spite of the refit:...

City: 26 Furnival Street, EC4A 1JS

Distance: 0.2 mls

White Swan Pub & Dining Room

The Martin Brothers have done a bang-up job of refurbishing the former Mucky Duck pub: wood sides and bottom, intricately carved settle, a mirror so vast half of it...

City: 108 Fetter Lane, EC4A 1EP

Distance: 0.2 mls

The Green

Part-French and part-Spanish in its gastronomic leanings, the street corner Green attracts a discerning professional clientele thanks to the quality of its cuisine and...

Clerkenwell: 29 Clerkenwell Green, EC1R 0DU

Distance: 0.3 mls

Apple Tree

This smart gastropub and post-work glughouse has a superior feel about it, thanks to high ceilings, tall house plants and a quality drinks list. Draught beers include...

Clerkenwell: 45 Mount Pleasant, WC1X 0AE

Distance: 0.3 mls

Puncheon (branch of Davy's)

Farringdon: Unit 5, Cowcross Place, Cowcross Street, EC1M 6DQ

Distance: 0.3 mls

Three Kings of Clerkenwell

The Three Kings remains a wonderful place to drink in, despite the apparent disappearance of the equally wonderful black pub cat whose style and attitude fitted so...

Clerkenwell: 7 Clerkenwell Close, EC1R 0DY

Distance: 0.3 mls

Bung Hole Cellars (branch of Davy's)

Holborn: Hand Court, 57 High Holborn, WC1V 6DT

Distance: 0.3 mls

Jerusalem Tavern

Tilting, creaking and uneven, the cosily tatty JT serves the sought-after ales of Suffolk's St Peter's brewery. Behind the bar, seemingly hidden amid the timber...

Clerkenwell: 55 Britton Street, EC1M 5UQ

Distance: 0.3 mls

The Eagle

Gastropub pioneer the Eagle was founded by Michael Belben and David Eyre way back in 1991 - you'll find signed copies of the weighty tome Gastropub Classic (£18) by...

Clerkenwell: 159 Farringdon Road, EC1R 3AL

Distance: 0.3 mls

Match EC1

The stickers on Match EC1's door boast of bar awards won a decade or so ago; and though the world has moved on, the original of three Match bars (there's another on...

Clerkenwell: 45-47 Clerkenwell Road, EC1M 5RS

Distance: 0.3 mls

Last (branch of Balls Brothers)

City: 73 Shoe Lane, EC4A 3BQ

Distance: 0.3 mls

Vinoteca

Vinoteca is much more than a ‘wine bar’. Yes, you can come in and savour one of the 15 or so wines by the glass, but you can also buy a bottle or a case from the...

Farringdon: 7 St John Street, EC1M 4AA

Distance: 0.3 mls

Dollar

'Grills & Martinis' runs the gaudy red neon sign of this incongruous slice of Americana set behind a black-fronted façade on the corner of Exmouth Market. And...

Clerkenwell: 2 Exmouth Market, EC1R 4PX

Distance: 0.3 mls

Duke

Like the Duke himself (of York that is), the one who marched his men to the top of the hill only to march them down again, this place has its quirks. Seating in the...

Bloomsbury: 7 Roger Street, WC1N 2PB

Distance: 0.3 mls

Bishops Finger

Faversham brewery Shepherd Neame runs this rather splendid, sleek and varnished boozer on a quiet crescent near Smithfield Market. It once had a Smithfield 375...

Clerkenwell: 9-10 West Smithfield, EC1A 9JR

Distance: 0.4 mls

St John

Like bar, like restaurant: St John is quality through and through. Stark to the point of institutional, this eaterie of considerable renown offers a selection of...

Clerkenwell: 26 St John Street, EC1M 4AY

Distance: 0.4 mls

Corney & Barrow

City: 3 Fleet Place, EC4M 7RD

Distance: 0.4 mls

Jamies

City: 1 Fleet Place, EC4M 7RA

Distance: 0.4 mls

Seven Stars

The TV career of landlady Roxy Beaujolais may have stuttered, but her flagship pub goes from strength to strength. People pile down here on weekday evenings, knowing...

Holborn: 53 Carey Street, WC2A 2JB

Distance: 0.4 mls

Al's Café Bar

Part bar, part caff, part late-night boozing magnet: everyone round here knows Al's. It's a breakfast-to-bedtime operation, serving a hotchpotch of punters with...

Clerkenwell: 11-13 Exmouth Market, EC1R 4QD

Distance: 0.4 mls