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location:
address:
33 Aybrook Street, W1U 4AP
phone:
0871 984 2651*
* calls cost 10p/minute, click here for more about 0871 numbers.
nearest stations:
Baker Street 
(460m) - zone 1
Bond Street
(620m) - zone 1
Regent's Park
(650m) - zone 1
Marble Arch
(710m) - zone 1
Marylebone 
(770m) - zone 1
how to find it:
Leave Baker Street tube station and head down Baker Street until you get to Paddington Street (2nd Left). Turn along Paddington Street then turn right down Ashland Place (just past the school yard). Follow Ashland Place down to Moxon Street, take the 1st right into Aybrook Street and you'll see the pub on your right. From Bond Street: head up James Street, which then becomes, Thayer Street and turn left along Blandford Street. Aybrook Street is on your right and you'll see the pub about halfway along the street.
click for directions to The Gunmakers (ex-William Wallace) from wherever you areclick here for a larger map
nearby attraction(s):
Wallace Collection (170m)
Madame Tussauds (430m)
When we heard news that the William Wallace was no more, we assumed - given the exclusive flats being built next door - it would change from Caledonian boozer into another copycat gastropub. Certainly any last vestiges of the Wallace - such as the life-size cut out of Braveheart Gibson - have been cleared away, yet the result is a smart little boozer that has more of a traditional pub feel than its location may suggest. Although the selection of beers may not set the pulses racing (though we've never had a problem with the Greene King nor the Spitfire here) the straightforward pub grub certainly does the job (note that its ingredients are sourced from local stores such as the Ginger Pig and La Fromagerie). When we first visited this one after its refit in 2006 we were impressed with how this one was setting out its stall. Visiting it again, we can see this one is proving a popular spot for the local workers. Fingers crossed, it may even fit into the concept of 'Marylebone Village' the flats being bit around the pub are aiming towards. We'd like to think so, as the character and appearance (and success) of The Gunmakers shows you don't have to aim for gastropub uniformity if you want to turn a pub around. (New photo to come).
02/11/2007
Sky TV
function room for hire
outdoor seating
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