Bars & Pubs

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 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: 0.1 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: 0.1 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: 0.1 mls

Hat & Tun

Martin brothers boozer

Clerkenwell & Farringdon: 3 Hatton Wall, EC1N 8HX

Distance: 0.1 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: 0.1 mls

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: 0.2 mls

Well

This neat bar-brasserie on St John Street is part of the Martin Brothers' burgeoning empire. The ground floor is mostly taken up by deliberately worn-out wooden dining...

Clerkenwell: 180 St John Street, EC1V 4JY

Distance: 0.2 mls

Slaughtered Lamb

Friday nights are a scrum in this art gallery turned gastro-ish pub. Just as well it's a big, lively space, the central bar being particularly well positioned for...

Clerkenwell: 34-35 Great Sutton Street, EC1V 0DX

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

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: 0.2 mls

Puncheon (branch of Davy's)

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

Distance: 0.2 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: 0.2 mls

Medcalf

With rustic breads on shop-window boards where butcher Albert Medcalf's meats used to be displayed, this namesake bar is an exercise in practical good taste. A main...

Clerkenwell: 38-40 Exmouth Market, EC1R 4QE

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

Peasant

Gin palace turned gastropub, the pleasant Peasant exudes a contemporary tone with its continental draught beers and posters of punk rock stars. Where did they get that...

Clerkenwell: 240 St John Street, EC1V 4PH

Distance: 0.2 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: 0.3 mls

Cafe Kick

Clerkenwell's most likeable bar is this table-football themed gem, now ten years old. The soccer paraphernalia is authentic, retro-cool and mainly Latin (though you'll...

Clerkenwell: 43 Exmouth Market, EC1R 4QL

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

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: 0.3 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

Fox & Anchor

The meat workers of Smithfield (and countless clubbers) were up in arms when this early-opening boozer closed in 2006. They have Malmaison to thank for its return, and...

Farringdon: 115 Charterhouse Street, EC1M 6AA

Distance: 0.3 mls

Hat & Feathers

Traffic roared around this forgotten building for years, but only recently did anyone care enough to put this two-floor bar and restaurant in it, magnificent yellow...

Clerkenwell: 2 Clerkenwell Road, EC1M 5PQ

Distance: 0.3 mls

Charterhouse

Opposite Smithfield Market, this bar shaped like a Trivial Pursuit wedge is a pleasantly understated affair. A modest counter dispenses draught Kronenbourg and San...

Clerkenwell: 38 Charterhouse Street, EC1M 6JH

Distance: 0.3 mls

Fluid

Wantonly tacky, petite two-floor Fluid brings Japanese pop sensibilities to Clerkenwell. Manga art and retro computer games feature above, and downstairs a brash mural...

Clerkenwell: 40 Charterhouse Street, EC1M 6JN

Distance: 0.3 mls

Easton

A white indoor paint job in January 2008 has sharpened the contrast with the red banquettes, creating a neat decorative backdrop at this solid-quality gastropub....

Clerkenwell: 22 Easton Street, WC1X 0DS

Distance: 0.3 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: 0.3 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: 0.4 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