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smiroglotta Mar 11th, 2004 06:47 PM

London's best pub?
 
Nominate your fav and tell me why. traveling there in June and want to know which ones not to miss!

Janiekb Mar 15th, 2004 04:27 AM

I am not a pub person - however you simply cannot miss The Old Bank of England pub on Fleet Street. The wall murals are something special. Great bangers & mash too.

Giovanna Mar 15th, 2004 06:26 AM

This web site might be helpful to you in selecting pubs: http://www.pubs.com/

Leona Mar 15th, 2004 06:54 AM

You might enjoy the London Pub Walk, one of the evening walks & impossible to miss - they advertise all over the city.

mclaurie Mar 15th, 2004 07:17 AM

If you do a text search here for London pubs there will be tons of previous posts. Ben Haines has a list of pubs with good food too.

pipsil Mar 15th, 2004 08:47 AM

The Sherlock Holmes [address?]. Really interesting. The upstairs dining area has a reproduction of Sherlock Holmes's study.Food was pretty good too

Ann41 Mar 15th, 2004 11:13 AM

the Counting House. Beautiful pub. Used to be a bank. In the City (of course).

smiroglotta Mar 21st, 2004 03:23 PM

As always, good advice from the posts. Thanks!

Lovejoy Mar 21st, 2004 03:45 PM

I just got back last week from London so I'll share some of my favorite Pubs that I visited on this trip.All of thes pubs meet my two most important criteria for a good Pub.
1)It must serve cask-conditioned Real Ale
2)The pub must have some historical significence.
"Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese"
http://www.professorharbottle.co.uk/.../cheshire.html
"The Lamb
http://www.professorharbottle.co.uk/...tend/lamb.html
"The Prospect Of Whitby" Has agreat view of the Thames.
http://www.professorharbottle.co.uk/...st/whitby.html
"The White Cross" Another great river view Pub.
http://www.professorharbottle.co.uk/...hitecross.html
Have fun..


andy_franks Mar 21st, 2004 04:21 PM

Hi there

some that I would recommend are:

Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese (Fleet Street)
Lamb & Flag (Covent Garden)
The prospect of Whitby (Wapping)
The Maple Leaf (Covent Garden - great if you want to catch up on the US sports)
The Old Bank (Fleet Street)

As a previous poster mentioned, it is really worth going on a pub walk, they really do take you to some great pubs and teach you a bit about the pub's history too.

Hope this helps.

Regards

Andy.


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