Favourite pubs in London
Please share your favourite pubs in London for meals.
We had some very good "pub" food experiences last year in Oxford and Abingdon, but never actually ate at a pub in London!
Eli
Always dreaming of Europe 10/29/09
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I can recommend the Founder's Arms on Bankside between the Millennium and Blackfriars Bridges (near to Tate Modern and the Globe Theatre). The food is good value and there are spectacular views of the river and the City. At the moment you need to access it from the Millenium Bridge direction because of railway works around Blackfriars Bridge.
We enjoy the Shakespere, across from Victoria Station. My husband loves their fish and chips and I enjoy their pies (steak and ale, shepherds, etc.).
we enjoyed the Sherlock Holmes pub. Lots of locals stopping in for drinks after work, food good enough (there's also a restaurant upstairs), and an interesting Holmes exhibit on the second floor. It's also near the theatres. They have a web site.
The Sherlock Holmes is good pub and The Swan Pub across from Kensington Gardens. We have had good food at both pubs. The Swan Pub was right aroung the corner from our hotel so we ate there a couple times during our stay.
Eli - I would also recommend the Shakespere, across from Victoria Station. I found it in fancyapint.com
These two were great in 2004: (1) Red Lion, Whitehall – lots of lawyer decor and great fish and chips (2) The Hung, Drawn, and Quartered, Tower Hill. I also stopped in another that looked good, but I only went straight to the WC in the back and didn’t drink anything there…Bag O’ Nails, Victoria.
I've always wanted to go to Bag O' Nails, but the only time I ever made it there they had a problem with the kitchen and weren't serving food...maybe next time.
We enjoy going to Lamb & Flag located near Covent Garden. The building is very old and has a sordid past--hangings occurred there a few centuries ago. The food is very good--some elderly women run the kitchen--best to go upstairs unless you are just interested in drinking.
Joel, when was the last time you ate at The Shakespeare pub? I read some really awful reviews on them that shocked me.
Eli- it has been 2 years since I ate at the Shakespere- things may have changed. I can also second the Covent Garden Lamb and Flag.
In September we had dinner at The Mitre - I don't recall the name of the road, however it was close to Hyde Park, on the Paddington Station and Norfolk Square side.
The Prince Edward Pub on Prince's Square in Bayswater was delightful. It's only about 3 or 4 blocks from Portobello Road, so if you're antiquing, it's only a short walk.
It's been a few years, but we had good food and a good time @ Clarence on White Hall. It was directly across the street from White Hall.