Hidden for more than 20 years down a side street off Stoke Newington Road, this no-frills grill is where London's kebab connoisseurs head for some of the...

What do we love most about this institution? Perhaps the brilliant moist salt beef, carved as you wait from a slab kept warm in the front window, or the...

Despite the slide of many gastropubs into aping fancy restaurants, the Eagle - one of the originals - remains pleasingly unreconstructed. Scuffed cream...

An evergreen haunt of Soho barflies, the French House should have 'La Marseillaise' playing as you walk in. Beer (house lager) is sold in halves; eau de...

During February 2012 a refurbishment took place at this pub; but we were pleased to find on revisiting it post-refurb that the charm of the place unaltered....

Such is the popularity of the cafeteria at Kenwood House that, frankly, we give it a wide berth at weekends, when the place is overrun with extended family...

Gordon's was established in its present form in 1890, but the exposed brickwork, flickering candlelight and tobacco-stained fixtures and fittings in the low...

Rose Street wasn't always the domain of puzzled tourists sipping pints of Bombardier. Squeezed between Garrick Street and the old Covent Garden market, this...

Built, as the sign inside says, by Bishop Goodrich in 1546, this traditional tavern consists of a cramped, three-room bar space fronted by an enclosed...

Established in 1900, Pellicci's is an East End institution with its Formica tables, gorgeous original marquetry and old-fashioned cash register. But it's...

With half-a-dozen ornately carved, sumptuously tiled bar areas under one high, stucco ceiling, the Princess Louise is a classic example of the kind of...

A grand old spot refurbished with love, Bentley's marries British traditions with chef-patron Richard Corrigan's fine-dining sensibilities. Staff are...

Favoured at various times by both Charles Dickens and DH Lawrence, this splendid pub is packed tight on summer evenings, the front terrace and wide main bar...