Salisbury

A ‘sport-free pub since 1892’, the Salisbury is one of those etched-glass, carved-mahogany, Victorian pub landmarks whose appearance has tourists reaching for their cameras.

It’s a Taylor Walker pub, so the menu’s traditional – Whitby breaded scampi from the ‘Fish & Chip Shop’, Great British Pub Platter – and ales feature prominently on the ‘Beautiful Beer Menu’. Along with Bombardier, Young’s London Gold and the brewery’s own Timothy Taylor Landlord, you’ll find St Austell Tribute, Mad Goose, Budvar and Estrella Damm, as well as Newky Brown by the bottle.

The pre-theatre crowd rubs shoulders with the snap-happy tourists when the pub fills in the early evening, but it’s spacious enough to fit half of London in.