Bars & Pubs

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: 0.4 mls

Queen's Arms

Located in a residential area a short walk from the neon of Fulham Palace Road, this swish gastropub is not somewhere you are likely to happen upon by chance but the...

Barons Court: 171 Greyhound Road, W6 8NL

Distance: 0.4 mls

The Pembroke

Grand gastropub down Old Brompton Road

Earl's Court: 261 Old Brompton Road, SW5 9JA

Distance: 0.5 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: 0.6 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: 0.7 mls

Cumberland Arms

In an age of increasingly poncey gastropubs, this Olympia stalwart keeps it real, with its well-worn wooden tables and floorboards, real ales (London Pride, Timothy...

Hammersmith: 29 North End Road, W14 8SZ

Distance: 0.7 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: 0.7 mls

Amuse Bouche

Parsons Green: 51 Parsons Green Lane, SW6 4JA

Distance: 0.8 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: 0.8 mls

White Horse

Top-class boozer

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

Distance: 0.9 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: 0.9 mls

Crabtree

Riverside gastropub with beer garden in Hammersmith

Hammersmith: Rainville Rd, W6 9HA

Distance: 0.9 mls

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: 0.9 mls

Aragon House

Aragon House is far more discreet than the better-known White Horse (see p128) on the opposite side of the Green. Only a small brass plaque indicates anything unusual...

Fulham: 247 New King's Road, SW6 4XG

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

The Distillers - Hammersmith

Situated near Hammersmith tube on Fulham Palace Road, The Distillers Hammersmith is a stylish gastropub with the emphasis on nightly in-house entertainment. Upstairs...

Hammersmith: 64 Fulham Palace Road , London, W6 9PH

Distance: 0.9 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: 1 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: 1 mls