this is why we gentlemen have clubs.
― benrique (Enrique), Friday, 27 October 2006 11:01 (seventeen years ago) link
From the Champ, go east along Eastcastle St, turn left up Newnan St and then turn right along the little alley, try the Newman Arms. If that's too rammed keep going and you get into the Goodge St area: newly refurbed Duke of York, I like the One Tun, Steve is right that the Hope is good, and then the King and Queen is just a twinkle away from there. All winners.
― Tim (Tim), Friday, 27 October 2006 11:03 (seventeen years ago) link
― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Friday, 27 October 2006 11:14 (seventeen years ago) link
― ;_; (blueski), Friday, 27 October 2006 11:20 (seventeen years ago) link
It misses out a lot of pubs still.
― Eyeball Kicks (Eyeball Kicks), Friday, 27 October 2006 11:21 (seventeen years ago) link
i don't think they claim to be comprehensive either. it is, i think, still a labour of love, rather than anything else, and still phenomenally useful, for all it's quirks.
― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Friday, 27 October 2006 11:27 (seventeen years ago) link
(also, Londoners, I have a vague plan of visiting your lovely city with my lovely other half between Christmas and New Year. I shall be looking for pub recommendations as soon as accommodation is sorted because I trust you more than I trust that mob)
― ailsa (ailsa), Friday, 27 October 2006 11:30 (seventeen years ago) link
This happened to me too, years ago. Later that evening, I got dumped. IS THERE A CONNECTION?
― === temporary username === (Mark C), Friday, 27 October 2006 11:32 (seventeen years ago) link
http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/results.shtml?l=glasgow
but it's possibly more unreliable than fap...
i sort of like the way that fap sticks to london.
― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Friday, 27 October 2006 11:37 (seventeen years ago) link
― chap who would dare to welcome our new stingray masters (chap), Friday, 27 October 2006 12:25 (seventeen years ago) link
― Pete (Pete), Friday, 27 October 2006 12:27 (seventeen years ago) link
― emsk ( emsk), Friday, 27 October 2006 12:32 (seventeen years ago) link
― benrique (Enrique), Friday, 27 October 2006 12:34 (seventeen years ago) link
― ailsa (ailsa), Friday, 27 October 2006 12:35 (seventeen years ago) link
― emsk ( emsk), Friday, 27 October 2006 12:42 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ed (dali), Friday, 27 October 2006 12:45 (seventeen years ago) link
― Going Through The Motions (kate), Friday, 27 October 2006 12:47 (seventeen years ago) link
Also near Oxford Circus (it now transpires), the one where I first met some of you. Can't remember the name either. Something agricultural, I think. Staffed by Australians.
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Friday, 27 October 2006 12:55 (seventeen years ago) link
― The sun sets on twelve tons of pickled onions. A dynasty is dying... (Dada), Friday, 27 October 2006 12:57 (seventeen years ago) link
― chap who would dare to welcome our new stingray masters (chap), Friday, 27 October 2006 12:57 (seventeen years ago) link
― The sun sets on twelve tons of pickled onions. A dynasty is dying... (Dada), Friday, 27 October 2006 12:59 (seventeen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Friday, 27 October 2006 13:03 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ed (dali), Friday, 27 October 2006 13:05 (seventeen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Friday, 27 October 2006 13:06 (seventeen years ago) link
― Going Through The Motions (kate), Friday, 27 October 2006 13:07 (seventeen years ago) link
De Hems? pubs round there always rammed (still never been in)
shame about The Lyric
― ;_; (blueski), Friday, 27 October 2006 13:07 (seventeen years ago) link
― ledge (ledge), Friday, 27 October 2006 13:07 (seventeen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Friday, 27 October 2006 13:15 (seventeen years ago) link
PJ i can't remember the name of that bouzer either
― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Friday, 27 October 2006 13:20 (seventeen years ago) link
literary lot, ilx.
― benrique (Enrique), Friday, 27 October 2006 13:21 (seventeen years ago) link
― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Friday, 27 October 2006 13:26 (seventeen years ago) link
― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Friday, 27 October 2006 13:27 (seventeen years ago) link
What is variety in the context of pubs? If you can sit down and the beer is reasonably cheap, what more do you pub connoisseurs look for?
― Bob Six (bobbysix), Friday, 27 October 2006 13:29 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ed (dali), Friday, 27 October 2006 13:30 (seventeen years ago) link
― Going Through The Motions (kate), Friday, 27 October 2006 13:35 (seventeen years ago) link
― Bob Six (bobbysix), Friday, 27 October 2006 13:37 (seventeen years ago) link
location obv. but also range/types of beverages (+ food), mood (bright and spacious or dark and cosy?), clientele range (e.g. younger or older crowd?), range of features (jukebox, pool table etc.), sports-orientated or not (football on TV etc.)...
― ;_; (blueski), Friday, 27 October 2006 13:44 (seventeen years ago) link
also the other thing you look for apart from beer and a seat is ATMOSPHERE, which can mean as many things as there are pubs. i mean, look at wetherspoons, they usually have spare seats and sell half decent ale, but they are SOULLESS HELLHOLES at best, to me, but clearly their clientele find it acceptable.
― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Friday, 27 October 2006 13:46 (seventeen years ago) link
Women
― The sun sets on twelve tons of pickled onions. A dynasty is dying... (Dada), Friday, 27 October 2006 13:47 (seventeen years ago) link
Bob Six, I salute you you have encapsulated 5 years of ranting in a single phrase.
― Ed (dali), Friday, 27 October 2006 13:48 (seventeen years ago) link
― kyle (akmonday), Friday, 27 October 2006 13:58 (seventeen years ago) link
― chap who would dare to welcome our new stingray masters (chap), Friday, 27 October 2006 14:00 (seventeen years ago) link
which is a GOOD thing obv.
― ken c (ken c), Friday, 27 October 2006 14:05 (seventeen years ago) link
― The sun sets on twelve tons of pickled onions. A dynasty is dying... (Dada), Friday, 27 October 2006 14:09 (seventeen years ago) link
How does this manifest though? Is there a significant difference in the clientele (may well be, can imagine SS range putting certain mindset off due to 'unrecognisable' branding)? Something about the decor? Neither allow music even just as background ambience so I find both lacking atmos somewhat.
― ;_; (blueski), Friday, 27 October 2006 14:10 (seventeen years ago) link
― ledge (ledge), Friday, 27 October 2006 14:12 (seventeen years ago) link
My central London pubs are all within 10 minutes' brisk walk of Charing Cross, so anything up CC Road towards Soho is generally fair game. My favourite? Went to an awesome one next to Foley's bookshop quite recently, but have completely forgotten the name. :-( The Cambridge Arms, when not too busy, is pretty good as well.
― You've Got Scourage On Your Breath (Haberdager), Friday, 27 October 2006 14:13 (seventeen years ago) link
Though, for me, it's more about a pub *looking* like a pub - dark/rich colours, dark wood, stained or frosted glass, lots of corners and hideyholes. Hence why SS is a cut above Wetherspoons for me.
― Going Through The Motions (kate), Friday, 27 October 2006 14:16 (seventeen years ago) link
― ledge (ledge), Friday, 27 October 2006 14:17 (seventeen years ago) link
does this place jagger towers in surrey?
― benrique (Enrique), Friday, 27 October 2006 14:18 (seventeen years ago) link
Plenty of weird rockabillys though iirc.
Thanks folks - the Grand Union's OK but a bit... shiny for my needs. Camden Tup, not a bad idea but the ever-present threat of football on the screens tends to put me off going there much.
Pembroke Castle? Not a bad idea at all!
My definition of Camden is extremely lax tbh, could also happily include Chalk Farm, Kentish Town, even Tufnell Park at a push.
― Background Zombie (CharlieNo4), Thursday, 27 November 2008 17:06 (fifteen years ago) link
Shame you can't include Hackney in that definition. The pool table in the Pembury is giving out free games at the moment.
― Ed, Thursday, 27 November 2008 17:08 (fifteen years ago) link
in that case why not the big red in holloway?
4 pool tables plus is a good pub (not sure about its ales though tbh it's more a jack daniels kind of place
― o_O (ken c), Thursday, 27 November 2008 17:30 (fifteen years ago) link
Certainly lots of pool tables. Clientele a bit like the Elephant's Head.
― Ich Ber ein Binliner (Tom D.), Thursday, 27 November 2008 17:34 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm not a fan of Big Red, too hectic.
― chap, Thursday, 27 November 2008 17:36 (fifteen years ago) link
The pool table in the Pembury is giving out free games at the moment.
hmmm...
have they fixed their bar billiards yet?
― GSOHSHIT (blueski), Thursday, 27 November 2008 17:51 (fifteen years ago) link
Was working on Sunday when we played but it had an Out of Order on when we left.
― Ed, Thursday, 27 November 2008 17:55 (fifteen years ago) link
i love the pembury! but it's bloody useless if don't live nearby and you're tied to decent frequent weekend public transport, as are all the people i'm meeting.
― Background Zombie (CharlieNo4), Thursday, 27 November 2008 18:09 (fifteen years ago) link
...if you you't live nearby...
ARGH
good place to watch a match? thinking soho area would be best as ever...but none of the usual pubs I use there show football
― Local Garda, Monday, 27 April 2009 16:35 (fifteen years ago) link
i and friends watched the 2006 world cup final in Rupert Street
(yes, the gay bar)
― sorry for british (country matters), Monday, 27 April 2009 16:36 (fifteen years ago) link
that's a nice anecdote but unfortunately does not solve my problem
i just bought a tin of anchovies and some potato salad.
― Local Garda, Monday, 27 April 2009 16:38 (fifteen years ago) link
oh! you just reminded me of this really neat place, the Anchovy & Potato
can't quite remember where it is tho
― sorry for british (country matters), Monday, 27 April 2009 16:40 (fifteen years ago) link
the old coffee house on (i think) beak street is good. does get a bit rammed though.
― N1ck (Upt0eleven), Monday, 27 April 2009 16:47 (fifteen years ago) link
HI DERE.
http://www.fancyapint.com/pubs/pub148.html
It's not Soho but it is very central and has the advantage of loads of screens in visible parts of the pub. Bit concrete and estate pubby but I think that puts off the huge throngs you get in other football pubs.
Failing that:
http://www.fancyapint.com/pubs/pub304.html
One big screen, two smaller screens.
I would avoid the Old Coffee House, a bit too busy in my opinion.
― Enormous Epic (Matt DC), Monday, 27 April 2009 17:13 (fifteen years ago) link
what about The Sun on Long Acre? have only watched a game in there once before tho
― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Monday, 27 April 2009 17:17 (fifteen years ago) link
Not central but what do people make of the newly opened Job Centre in Deptford?http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jul/09/job-centre-bar-gentrification-ironically-deptford
― online hardman, Wednesday, 9 July 2014 12:59 (ten years ago) link
is there a general london pub thread lads
scum of the earth tbh, i hope they go under
has the bonneville closed yet?
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 9 July 2014 15:32 (ten years ago) link
Apparently its alright because other pubs are named after what they used to house
― online hardman, Wednesday, 9 July 2014 15:41 (ten years ago) link
https://twitter.com/TheJobCentrePub/status/477494336368553985
― Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 9 July 2014 15:48 (ten years ago) link
the blurb on their website is like a self-parody
eclectic, vintage, quirky, vinyl
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 9 July 2014 16:07 (ten years ago) link
It's like something from a Harry Enfield sketch a quarter of a century ago.
― Madchen, Wednesday, 9 July 2014 16:44 (ten years ago) link
http://f.cl.ly/items/0d1d3o132a0H0h1W3W0k/Untitled-2.png
― sktsh, Wednesday, 9 July 2014 17:16 (ten years ago) link
revive! Can anyone recommend a decent regular or gastro-pub in the vicinity of the Tower of London? I suppose there will be a load of generic City Friday night boozers around there, but anywhere a bit better than that would be good...
― Neil S, Monday, 26 October 2015 12:24 (eight years ago) link
I'd cross back over Tower Bridge, head for something on Tower Bridge Road or Shad Thames - the Dean Swift, maybe? But I don't know that stretch of Bermondsey too well now.
― woof, Monday, 26 October 2015 12:35 (eight years ago) link
Yeah cross over Tower Bridge and head to Bermondsey Street. The Garrison is good, leaning heavily to the gastro side but good food and a nice atmosphere.
I've never actually been to a pub close to the actual Tower but I'm assuming it's all vertical City drinking and Great British Tourist Traps.
― Matt DC, Monday, 26 October 2015 13:02 (eight years ago) link
thanks guys, the Garrison looks very good.
― Neil S, Monday, 26 October 2015 13:15 (eight years ago) link
dean swift is nice but kinda far away from the tower, even a few minutes after you get over the bridge. there is a draft house immediately over the bridge - functional, good beer, a bit devoid of soul maybe.
is the garrison the one with the kind of green astro turf in the backyard? that's a nice pub if so. i like it a lot around bermondsey street though i find the people who hang out there kind of braying/posh.
― doing my Objectives, handling some intense stuff (LocalGarda), Monday, 26 October 2015 13:22 (eight years ago) link
Dean Swift is ace and is really not that far from the steps down to Shad Thames from Tower Bridge. Lafone Street is about 5 cobble-streeted minutes' walk from the steps - I lived there in a garden flat during my first summer in London.
― voodoo rage (suzy), Monday, 26 October 2015 13:32 (eight years ago) link
is the garrison the one with the kind of green astro turf in the backyard?
I think that's the Woolpack over the road, which can be okay but can also be hellish, especially on busy nights. Garrison is more laid-back, booking recommended especially if you'll be eating.
― Matt DC, Monday, 26 October 2015 14:24 (eight years ago) link
ah right - is the garrison like extremely gastro, more a restaurant? i may have eaten there recently enough.
― doing my Objectives, handling some intense stuff (LocalGarda), Monday, 26 October 2015 14:49 (eight years ago) link
anyone got any pub or bar recommendations around the New Cross Overground station area? Nothing fancy just not awful if possible!
― André Ryu (Neil S), Friday, 11 August 2017 14:24 (seven years ago) link
Think I'd head for Beer Rebellion at Queens Road Peckham - 15 minutes' walk away or one Overground stop.
― Madchen, Friday, 11 August 2017 18:35 (seven years ago) link
cheers! Ended up at the Royal Albert on New Cross Rd, a perfectly serviceable Antic pub.
― André Ryu (Neil S), Monday, 14 August 2017 12:28 (seven years ago) link
That would have been my recommendation as well. I have a soft spot for the Marquis of Granby as well but I can see that's not for everyone.
― Matt DC, Monday, 14 August 2017 13:22 (seven years ago) link
the Marquis looks a bit more rough and ready right? Antic pubs are ten a penny these days but they do have the considerable virtue of serving good beer well
― André Ryu (Neil S), Monday, 14 August 2017 13:26 (seven years ago) link
The Albert is probably the best of all of them, mind. Helps that it opens late and was actually a pub before they took it on, so it has the right look and feel.
― Matt DC, Monday, 14 August 2017 13:35 (seven years ago) link