Bars & Pubs

Mokssh

Lovers of lip-tingling cocktails and tempting Indian tapas will enjoy the bright pinks and reds of the decor, which lights up a depressing stretch of Fulham Road, even...

Fulham: 222-224 Fulham Road, SW10 9NB

Distance: 0.3 mls

Drayton Arms

Scuffed leather sofas, faux-Gothic light fittings and dark burgundy walls lend an air of urban trendiness to this traditional corner pub. A correspondingly hip and...

South Kensington: 153 Old Brompton Road, SW5 0LJ

Distance: 0.4 mls

King's Head

Hidden away down an alley a stone's throw from Earl's Court tube, this is a justly popular local. A sleek black-stone exterior hides an equally sleek interior: a...

Earl's Court: 17 Hogarth Place, SW5 0QT

Distance: 0.5 mls

The Cock & Hen

Opposite a public toilet in Fulham Broadway, an area that is to decent beer pubs what Brian Blessed is to whispering is the Cock & Hen, yet another Young’s pub...

Fulham: 360 North End Road, SW6 1LY

Distance: 0.5 mls

Chelsea Ram

Slightly off the beaten track, the Ram is an attractive, well-run locals' haunt rather than a destination venue. The familiar Young's gastropub style - light greens...

Chelsea: 32 Burnaby Street, SW10 0PL

Distance: 0.6 mls

Anglesea Arms

The 180-year-old Anglesea was Dickens' and DH Lawrence's local (a photo on the wall shows the latter in Selwood Terrace on his wedding day in 1914) and where the Great...

South Kensington: 15 Selwood Terrace, SW7 3QG

Distance: 0.6 mls

Lots Road Pub & Dining Room

Set in a no-man's land near Chelsea Harbour, there's not much to look at from the large windows of this horseshoe-shaped corner pub - but the chefs at work behind the...

Fulham: 114 Lots Road, SW10 0RJ

Distance: 0.6 mls

Cadogan Arms

Martin brothers' new pub

Chelsea: 298 King's Road, SW3 5UG

Distance: 0.7 mls

The Pig's Ear

This much celebrated Chelsea success story proves that it is possible to transform a local boozer into something more refined without making a total pig's ear of it....

Chelsea: 35 Old Church Street, SW3 5BS

Distance: 0.7 mls

Cross Keys

The keys after which this historic Chelsea pub is named are those given to St Peter to gain entry to the Kingdom of Heaven, and with this in mind co-owner and designer...

Chelsea: 1 Lawrence Street, SW3 5NB

Distance: 0.8 mls

The Establishment

Directly opposite Parsons Green tube, this is a place to stop too, whether for a snifter or a spot of nosh. Inside, clean-lined modernity comes with those...

Parsons Green: 45-47 Parsons Green Lane, SW6 4HH

Distance: 0.9 mls

Warwick Arms

If location, location, location was a landlords' mantra rather than an estate agents', the Warwick would be in deep trouble - stuck on a god-awful stretch of road...

Earl's Court: 160 Warwick Road, W14 8PS

Distance: 0.9 mls

Apartment 195 (branch of Jamies)

Chelsea: 195 King's Road, SW3 5ED

Distance: 0.9 mls

Scarsdale

Just as French House (see p69) in Soho was General De Gaulle's haunt, this hostelry was designed to appeal to the officers of Napoleon Bonaparte. These days the...

Kensington: 23A Edwardes Square, W8 6HE

Distance: 0.9 mls

Colton Arms

The Colton Arms is a prime example of an increasingly rare thing this side of the M25 - a proper boozer that time forgot. Which, depending on your outlook, might be...

Barons Court: 187 Greyhound Road, W14 9SD

Distance: 0.9 mls

Amuse Bouche

Parsons Green: 51 Parsons Green Lane, SW6 4JA

Distance: 0.9 mls

Kensington Arms

Never judge a book by its cover. The pubby exterior of the Kensington Arms, replete with swinging pub sign, gives way to a space more like a café-bar inside, all pale...

Kensington: 41 Abingdon Road, W8 6AH

Distance: 0.9 mls

White Horse

Top-class boozer

Parsons Green: 1-3 Parsons Green, SW6 4UL

Distance: 1 mls

The Brunel

New pub

Battersea: 37 Battersea Bridge Rd, SW11 3BA

Distance: 1 mls

Sands End

Billed as a freehouse pub and kitchen, this spot in the relatively unknown section of London called Sands End (yes, look on your A-Z) is a useful alternative to the...

Parsons Green: 135-137 Stephendale Road, SW6 2PR

Distance: 1 mls

Westbridge

The Westbridge has an upmarket local boozer feel with plenty of personal touches, staff who aren't above whacking Dolly Parton on the sound system and some decent...

Battersea: 74-76 Battersea Bridge Road, SW11 3AG

Distance: 1 mls