Located just off Regent Street, this one feels like it's trying to strike a balance between being a harmless tourist pub and a slightly trendy West End bar. It's more former than latter all told, with cheapish food but it still...
First up, an admission: you can't get a pint here. No Adnam's, no Young's, no Pride - not even a Guinness. Not a pub then, but a wine bar. But what a bar. This place has been setting the standards for wine bars since the early...
A decent enough West End pub that caters for after work drinkers and tourists who've taken a wrong turning for Hamley's or Carnaby Street. Like many pubs in the area, it can get pretty heaving towards the end of the week so you...
The Three Greyhounds is a mock Tudor extravaganza that's been lovingly restored by its owners to its former glory. There's a good range of well-kept beers on the hand pumps and an extensive food menu which is heavily promoted....
Even though it's long-standing, famously rude landlord Norman Balon retired in 2006, this one-time Soho institution hasn't changed much since. Indeed posters in the window still describe it as Norman's Coach & Horses. For...
<h3>our final review</h3><h4> posted by piranha on 7/4/2002</h4><h4>last rating: <img src='/images/rating_4.png' alt='last rating: 4 pints' title='last rating: 4...
This gay pub in Soho isn't bad at all, being more trad pub, than trendy bar. Selection of beer is nothing to shout about, but what they do have is well kept. Guess it gets busy on weekends, but can be a good place to go for a...
A friendly enough pub on Charing Cross Road, which given its proximity to Leicester Square is seldom quiet. There's nothing that remarkable about it, other than it fits the image for many visitors to London of what a pub is -...
This narrow pub has long been popular with local workers and Soho crowd. Much the same as we remembered, but not bad in a jumping sort of way. It has music, but it's not too overwhelming (though Wednesday nights are <a...
<h3>our final review</h3><h4> posted by pubdog on 24/10/2008</h4><h4>last rating: <img src='/images/rating_2.png' alt='last rating: 2.png' title='last rating: 2 pints'/></h4><p>No...
<h3>our final review</h3><h4> posted by septic on 07/09/2002</h4><h4>last rating: <img src='/images/rating_1.png' alt='last rating: 1 pints' title='last rating: 1...
The Toucan is a tiny, tiny Irish pub, with quite a jolly, vibrant atmosphere (which is kind of ironic, given how dark the place is). There's a good pint of Guinness, naturally, and good service (when you can get to the bar),...
Now rebranded as a Taylor Walker pub, the Leicester Arms does its best to gleam and glitter and evoke the Victorian feel of pubs past. It does a fair job in this regard, but it's hardly one of London's untouched pub interiors....
Any pub called the Shakespeare's Head in an area as touristy as Carnaby Street would just have to be an olde worlde building with leaded glass windows and true to form, this one is. It hasn't changed at all in recent years. The...
A late Victorian pub it may be, but this one is starting to look a little frayed around the edges. The bar staff are pleasant and efficient but there's not that great a range of choices on offer and the overall this pub still...
Not a pub, but given this area isn't really overrun with great pubs we don't feel any problems recommending a decent bar to you. Taking its name from Senor Dali and his <a...
If you're in a literary frame of mind and you're feeling the need for classy surroundings in which to imbibe, you'll find the solution in the unlikely combination of old-style class, 21st Century book retailing and a museum...
Although it feels like it's been there for years, this one is a comparatively new pub. A decade ago, Hall & Woodhouse took the wine bar on the site and did their best to make it look like a pub with a bit of history. So,...
I popped into the pub for a quick pint and a bite to eat and have to say it was a very pleasant experience. The food was wholesome and although I only had a sandwich it was well presented and tasty, there was a group of theatre...
