Shakespeare’s Head W1F 7HZ (Tube: Oxford Circus)
Ah the swinging sixties. Beatlemania is at its heady peak, man will soon land on the moon and rubber faced baboon man Mick Jagger is still in the first decade […]
Tag Archives: food
The Blue Posts W1B 5PX (Tube: Oxford Circus)
“Skinny Burger (bun-free, no chips) gherkin, red onion and lettuce” The Skinny Burger. Do you understand you’ve gone too far this time London? Is that where Moss and Brand and […]
The Horniman at Hays SE1 2HD (Tube: London Bridge)
How long should one expect to wait to receive a pint? This is a question I feel has an array of answers depending upon pub, circumstances and skill….. A packed […]
The Blind Beggar E1 1BU (Tube: Whitechapel)
Not without trepidation do I write an unflattering review about this particular drinking establishment and if I’m ever in there again when The Waverly Brothers start singing I’ll be leaving very […]
The Florists Arms E2 0JD (Tube: Bethnal Green)
Most of the time I wander through life showered with disappointments. From the moment I wake up with a head that feels like it’s being excavated by overenthusiastic borrowers to […]
The Barrowboy and Banker SE1 9QQ (Tube: London Bridge)
When I heard that this pub had won a Silver Gilt Award at the Southwark in Bloom Festival 2009 I just had to get myself down there. Nothing quite gets […]
The Dog and Duck W1D 3AJ (Tube: Tottenham Court Road)
It’s possible that I’m suffering from early onset dementia but slightly more likely that I’m suffering from the effects of reviewing too many pubs but when I find myself in […]
The Glasshouse Stores W1F 9UL (Tube: Piccadilly Circus)
I like the word throwback. It conjures images of Eurovision, flared jeans that would pass for a tent and Eamon Holmes on GMTV when all breakfast telly was tinted slightly […]
The George Inn SE1 1NH (Tube: London Bridge)
When a pub has a sizable entry on dubious fact emporium ‘Wikipedia’ you know that you’re probably in for a bit of a treat (I’d check it out if you […]
The Coach and Horses W1D 5DH (Tube: Leicester Square)
Pickled items are a mainstay of British pub fare but you don’t see them that often anymore. The humble picked onion or egg has been usurped in favour of the […]
