An evergreen haunt of Soho barflies, the French House should have 'La Marseillaise' playing as you walk in. Read more.
Jump off the Overground line at Rotherhithe for a pint and some food at one of London’s best pubs. It takes its name from the ship that took the Pilgrim Fathers to New England in 1620. Read more.
A super little neighbourhood pub in Bloomsbury with an inspired beer selection, cheese and meat boards, and thoughtful design touches. There’s live music, comedy and a regular quiz. Read more.
Bradley’s may call itself a bar, but it’s indisputably one of the West End’s few great pubs, and home to London’s most appealing jukebox, a vinyl-driven, genre-spanning monster. Read more.
"Despite the exotic name, this Mile End stalwart is a "proper East End boozer". It has stood in proud isolation ever since its neighbours were demolished by enemy action in the blitz..." Read more.
"An oasis of calm and good cheer amid the noise and chaos of Covent Garden and Trafalgar Square. Real ales, often from local breweries such as Meantime and Ascot Ales, are the draw..." Read more.
This pub isn’t big but it is still possible to get lost in its two rooms. That might be down to the oddly green colour scheme or the cracking beer from St Peter’s Brewery in Suffolk. Read more.
"Various good quality sandwiches (home-cured honey roast ham; deep-fried cod cheek with lettuce and salad cream), and bar snacks of the ploughman's, potted crab, and pork pie variety...." Read more.
This princess is actually the queen of Yorkshire brewer Samuel Smith’s collection of central London pubs. Read more.
This Fleet Street landmark was rebuilt back in 1667 ('in the reign of King Charles II'), and its seventeenth-century history is in large part responsible for its twenty-first-century appeal. Read more.