Sutton Arms, Barbican

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location:

Barbican

address:

16 Great Sutton Street, EC1V 0DH

phone:

0871 258 7302*
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nearest stations:

Barbican railway station London Underground station
(350m) - zone 1

Farringdon railway station London Underground station
(460m) - zone 1

City Thameslink railway station
(800m)

Old Street railway station London Underground station
(910m) - zone 1

Chancery Lane London Underground station
(920m) - zone 1

how to find it:

Barbican: turn left out of the tube and head up Goswell Road. Cross the junction with Clerkenwell Road and take the first left into the tiny road that is Great Sutton Street. You'll see the pub ahead of you on the left, on a corner. Farringdon: turn left and then left up Turnmill Street and walk up to Clerkenwell Road. Turn right along Clerkenwell Road and walk along it until you almost get to the junction with Goswell Road. Take the left hand alleyway, just before the junction and you'll see the pub ahead of you on the left.

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nearby attraction(s):

Host Gallery (320m)

Barbican Centre (590m)

Museum of London (660m)

Street View - click to see the area around the Sutton Arms

The Sutton Arms is a refreshingly old-fashioned sort of pub. The sort of place where people meet to chat over a pint of decent (Cask Marque) beer, or watch the sport on the telly with your mates etc. You know, the sort of thing people used to do in pubs before they turned gastro. There's food here too - sarnies, cottage pie, burgers etc - mainly for the lunch time crowd, but, in any case, food is not the be all and end all of this place. The service is polite, fast and very friendly and the atmosphere is cordial and relaxed. The Sutton Arms is a revitalising antidote to the unremitting (and often unnecessary) remodelling of pubs and bars in these parts. And for some inexplicable reason this old-fashioned mix of conviviality and service doesn't seem to float the boat of the denizens of this district, it's rarely as crowded as the surrounding places. You'd be well advised to get here before the Sutton Arms catches the eyes of the developers.

reviewed:
03/09/2008