This landmark of the Shoreditch bar scene is characterised by its funky, cosmopolitan feel and touch of class. Taking inspiration from Lewis Carroll, it's...

This riverside pub has much to recommend it: fabulous Thames views from the terrace, great history (Emma Hamilton and Nelson may have trysted here), a...

'JHn. Davy Free Vintner' reads the sign on the wall of an empty Borough side street, above an 071 number. It may as well read 'Southwark 1184' for all the...

Only the lack of ceiling fans stop the main bar of this renowned hostelry from feeling like something from the days of the Raj. The Victorian ceilings are...

Dwarfed by residential new-builds on either side, the Prospect proclaims its history from the off. 'Built c1520', offers the sign at the front; inside,...

With a small square of front terrace, a modern bar and a grand, sunken restaurant, this little piece of Poland has been a worthwhile stop on Waterloo bar...

Set in the tangle of unpromising streets behind King's Cross, the Driver is a stylish gastropub, with a 'vertical garden' and a decked roof terrace,...

Albannach flies the flag of Scotland as deep in enemy territory as you can get: right on Trafalgar Square. The decor is sleek and modish, but the house...

The classy, late-opening Floridita, comprising a contemporary restaurant at street level and cocktail bar downstairs, offers Cuban-themed live entertainment...

Pimlico has clearly taken to the new-style Orange. The revamped pub has a bar, some outdoor tables and a dining room (plus a few B&B rooms), all tastefully...

Beneath a row of flags topping the stern, stylish Covent Garden Hotel, this bar-restaurant offers a lovely environment in which to sip drinks and munch on...

The good bit: located on an impossibly handsome street of nineteenth-century workers' cottages, this is easily the nicest pub in the immediate vicinity. The...

It's a long walk from Hammersmith Bridge along a lazy bend in the Thames, a world away from belching buses and snarled-up traffic, but if you bypass a few...