A couple of hundred yards from the heart of King’s Cross rejuvenation, you’ll find this this charming side street boozer. Renowned for its ales, ciders, and spirits, the compact hole-in-the-wall spot regularly appears on CAMRA’s list of best London pubs, and it’s not hard to see why: on offer here are a plethora of astutely-selected pilsners, IPAs, stouts, porters and lagers from the likes of Kernel, Lost & Grounded, Orbit, Villages and Windsor & Eton, plus an artisanal cider or two, all regularly changing.
It’s a proper Victorian pub – from the beautiful tiled exterior, through to its dark, moody wooden innards – and the kind of place you could happily spend an entire evening in, listening to jazz bands playing around the old walnut upright piano and tucking into a second pork pie.