Favorite pubs in the London (or elsewhere)?
 

What are your favorites? There are so many (and so little time!). I think my favorite is the Lamb and Flag near Covent Garden (a/k/a Bucket of Blood). Had a hearty meal there a some pints. Of course, my experience is as a tourist, not a local at my "local." I'd like to get back to the George someday. There are a number that I would like to revisit along the Thames and in Chelsea (which we visited during pub walks). Yours?

My wife and I like St. James' Tavern just to the north of Picadilly Circus. We also like The Duke's Head on Bloomsbury Street

Liked the Kings Head and Eight Bells and, of course, the Olde Cheshire Cheese. We had some pints at a ship-themed pub near (I think) Picadilly. Never have found it again.

Curious - it sounds like the Captains Cabin in Norris St behind the Criterion at Picadilly.<BR><BR>

Clipper Inn, Knightsbridge

David, I was just thinking that that sounded like the Captains cabin as well.<BR>

We sailed on the good ship Venus<BR>My God you should have seen us<BR>The forward deck was a ....<BR><BR>is this the theme song for Captain's Cabin????????

We love the BlackFriars Pub. One of the oldest in London and definitlley one of the most interesting and beautiful. A stone's throw from the Blackfriar tube station. A must see!!!

The Golden Fleece, in York, complete with ghost so they say! How about favorite pub names, too? My fav is the Slug and Lettuce, also in York. How about Ye Old Naked Man in Settle? I wish I'd made notes of all the great pub names I saw. Next time!

I bet you are all correct about the Captain's cabin. It was near the end of a London Walks regarding crime. We were a little mixed up direction-wise, but I think the Picadilly tube stop was only a block or so away. I intended to make it to Blackfriar's last trip, but didn't make it.

Spaniard's Inn, on Spaniard's Road near Hampstead Heath. Very good food in a lovely beer garden, with excellent beer. <BR><BR>Like a lot of London pubs, it is an old historic inn-- birthplace of Dick Turpin, visited by Keats. Bram Stoker mentioned it in Dracula.<BR><BR>We really enjoyed it-- we ended up having several meals there. Much better food than most pubs, and the outside dining area was very pleasant.

Cheers.

I've been to several already listed - The Blackfriars, King's Head & Eight Bells, Sherlock Holmes, etc. and all were good experiences (plus I found them through Fodor's guide book). But my best experiences were at actual neighborhood pubs -- The Cross Keys and The Crown in South Kensington / Chelsea. We were lucky enough to stay with friends in a Fulham Road neighborhood two years ago, and these were their "locals". Can't wait to go back - I developed a healthy appreciation for Strongbow cider!

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"Vinstue 90" at Gammel Kongevej 90 inCopenhagen serves the best beer (IMHO) in the world. Very smokey, very Danish.<BR>

Enlighten me....what is the difference between a "Locals Pub" and "Non-Locals Pub"?

i have been to many...and i don't remember how i got back from most..i loved them all. london pubs are one of the joys of life!!

During the summer months, my favourite pub is the Freemason's Arms in Hampstead. It has picnic tables out back and is just incredibly pleasant - but always busy, especially when they serve their Sunday roasts.<BR><BR>There are so many wonderful pubs, it's hard to remember them all.

Two on the south bank. Just downstream of Blackfriars Bridge, the Founders Arms. In Borough Market, at the end of London Bridge, the Market Porter.<BR><BR>Ben Haines, London

what's the name of the pub in the Jack the Ripper tour? The one where prostitutes used to hang out and the place where two of the murdered prostitutes were last seen? We went by it and it was packed....the name escapes me.