Pubs
Did you know the most common name for a pub in England is The Red Lion? Check out our favourites, in an effort to be unbiased we've included a few with other names too.
Cork & Bottle44-46 Cranbourn Street, Leicester Square, WC2H 7AN [Map]
Location: 44-46 Cranbourn Street Tube: Leicester Square A London stalwart, the Cork and Bottle is a very welcome relief from the barrenness of Leicester Square. You'll have a problem finding the place as you need to descend from street level...
- Crescent, The
Location: 99 Fulham Road Tube: South Kensington If you've got a wallet the size of Sir Winston Churchill and are planning on popping to Brompton Cross to pick up a few designer items, why not rest your weary feet at The Crecsent...
- Dove, The
Location: 19 Upper Mall Tube: Hammersmith Traditionally a Mecca for followers of the annual Oxford v Cambridge Boat Race, this charming little riverside pub certainly has its claims to fame. Among them...
- El Vino's
Location: 47 Fleet Street Tube: Blackfriars Something of an institution, El Vino's is perhaps London's most venerable wine bar and has served Fleet Street luminaries for many, many years. With a wine list...
- Gordon's Wine Bar
Location: 47 Villiers Street Tube: Embankment If you can negotiate the narrow steep staircase, avoid tripping over the cat and then manage to find a way to the tiny bar, you'll find yourself in a different world - and it's just a stone's throw from Trafalgar Square...
- Guinea, The
Location: 30 Bruton Place Tube: Green Park If you find yourself desperate for a pie or steak while wandering the streets of Mayfair, this is the place to go. Attractive, atmospheric and covered in flowers, The Guinea has a fine pedigree dating back to 1423...
- Janet's Bar
Location: 30 Old Brompton Road Tube: South Kensington Not your stereotypical bar to say the least!!! Run by an eccentric lawyer called Janet, this bubbly, blonde personality has an even more impressive spectacle collection than Elton John!...
- Jerusalem, The
Location: 55 Britton Street Tube: Farringdon Tucked away in the backstreets of Farringdon lies a gem of a pub, owned by the tiny St. Peter's Brewery. The size of a postage stamp and brimming with character, this is exactly how one would imagine an eighteenth century alehouse to have been...
- King's Head & Eight Bells, The
Location: 50 Cheyne Walk Tube: Sloane Square (and a bit of a walk!) A favoured watering hole for many a famous writer and artist including Whistler and Turner, this pub is in an enviable location opposite The River Thames...
- Lamb, The
Location: 94 Lamb's Conduit Street Tube: Russell Square Popular Georgian pub on the edge of Bloomsbury complete with snob screens at the bar that allow the drinker to deprive the landlord of gossip! Of interest is the Victorian Polyphone which happily sings on insertion of an old penny...