London pub recommendations

[nagapie]

I need to meet a friend tomorrow in a decent pub that won't be too hectic, the last working week before Christmas!

Any suggestions? Must be central-ish or somewhere off the Victoria line or near Liverpool Street.

 

[nagapie]

Epona , got any ideas? I've noticed in the past you have a good London pub knowledge.

 

[Sue]

I need to meet a friend tomorrow in a decent pub that won't be too hectic, the last working week before Christmas!

Any suggestions? Must be central-ish or somewhere off the Victoria line or near Liverpool Street.

Avoid near Liverpool St.

 

[Epona]

Epona , got any ideas? I've noticed in the past you have a good London pub knowledge.

I usually get my info off other people tbf, it's been a while since I was drinking in those locations.
If anything comes to mind, I'll let you know.

 

[nagapie]

Avoid near Liverpool St.

We were supposed to be meeting in Farringdon but I think it will be too mental.

 

[nagapie]

I usually get my info off other people tbf, it's been a while since I was drinking in those locations.
If anything comes to mind, I'll let you know.

Ah, I noticed you had good suggestions on the Soho thread.

 

[ska invita]

Avoid near Liverpool St.

thats good advice, though i went here the other day and liked it a lot
good range of indie drinks on tap and nice atmos on an old alley

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[Epona]

Ah, I noticed you had good suggestions on the Soho thread.

Yeah in that area I'd suggest Bradley's Spanish Bar round the back of Tottenham Court Road tube station (in a side street just behind the station).
It is tiny mind you so depends what time you are getting there in terms of whether you might be able to get a seat.

 

[Sue]

We were supposed to be meeting in Farringdon but I think it will be too mental.

Think everywhere will be, just LP pubs have way more than their fair share of tossers.

There are a few decent pubs in Commercial St if you can be bothered walking there but they'll be really busy (and probably too cold to be outside).

 

[ouirdeaux]

Everything's going to be mad in the centre at this time of year.

 

[klang]

Farringdon

Betsey Trotwood

 

[Maggot]

We recently went to a bar in St Giles Hotel, Bedford Ave, just off Tottenham Court Road. It's open to the public, but cos it's in a hotel most people wouldn't think to go there. It had a decent atmostphere and wasn't too busy.

 

[nagapie]

Everything's going to be mad in the centre at this time of year.

I know

 

[nagapie]

Betsey Trotwood

Chances of getting a seat?

 

[editor]

I really enjoyed my time in the Blue Posts recently. It was quite busy (with an unexpected band upstairs) but had proper old school pub vibes.
81 Newman Street
Fitzrovia
W1T 3EU

Blue Posts - London Pubs Group CAMRA

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[ska invita]

I really enjoyed my time in the Blue Posts recently. It was quite busy (with an unexpected band upstairs) but had proper old school pub vibes.
81 Newman Street
Fitzrovia
W1T 3EU

Blue Posts - London Pubs Group CAMRA

londonpubsgroup.camra.org.uk

I wonder if VICE still own that place? Anyone know?

 

[editor]

I wonder if VICE still own that place? Anyone know?

You're thinking of the Old Blue Last. Different pub entirely.

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www.vice.com

They did do a piece on the Blue Posts last year after some shitty Tik Tok nonsense

I Visited the Pub That Everybody Loves to Hate

Actual pub-goers from The Blue Posts chime in on those bloody viral TikToks about “London pub culture” and “pints, chit-chat and good people”.

www.vice.com

 

[ska invita]

You're thinking of the Old Blue Last. Different pub entirely.

The History of the Best Bar in London, Which We Happen to Own

You might not be aware that VICE UK has its own bar. It’s called The Old Blue Last and it used to be a brothel before we acquired it. Still, it was a bar for 300 years before that, and even Shakespeare used to hang out there.

www.vice.com

They did do a piece on the Blue Posts last year after some shitty Tik Tok nonsense

I Visited the Pub That Everybody Loves to Hate

Actual pub-goers from The Blue Posts chime in on those bloody viral TikToks about “London pub culture” and “pints, chit-chat and good people”.

www.vice.com

my mistake! blue and gigs made me draw conclusion...

i do wonder if they still run it though..

 

[editor]

my mistake! blue and gigs made me draw conclusion...

i do wonder if they still run it though..

I'm not inclined to go anywhere that's associated with Vice!

 

[Winot]

Chances of getting a seat?

What time are you meeting?

 

[nagapie]

What time are you meeting?

8

 

[hash tag]

I know people advise against Liverpool at but I like the Golden Heart, Commercial Street. It has an old feel about it and can usually get a decent pint in there.

 

[Winot]

8

OK so the immediate after work crowd are likely to have gone home by then. I'd go for somewhere near Victoria itself, on the basis that it isn't a cool evening destination, just an after work commuter drinking place.

 

[nagapie]

OK so the immediate after work crowd are likely to have gone home by then. I'd go for somewhere near Victoria itself, on the basis that it isn't a cool evening destination, just an after work commuter drinking place.

Also we could walk over a bridge if indoors was too awful.
Got any suggestions? I really don't know pubs.

 

[klang]

Chances of getting a seat?

Dunno. But there are technically 3 floors.
It's very nice.

 

[nagapie]

Dunno. But there are technically 3 floors.
It's very nice.

Ooh, contender. Thanks klang.

 

[Winot]

Also we could walk over a bridge if indoors was too awful.
Got any suggestions? I really don't know pubs.

Does it have to be a pub? Round there I reckon your best chances of getting a seat and being able to hear each other is the bar at the Curzon cinema.

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[what]

How about Fitzrovia?
Green Man on Riding house st
Or nearby the King's Arms, or Crown and Sceptre
Or thefew around Charlotte street and Newman street

 

[Winot]

Does it have to be a pub? Round there I reckon your best chances of getting a seat and being able to hear each other is the bar at the Curzon cinema.

Curzon - Curzon Victoria Cinema Showtimes & Film Listings

Find out what's on at Curzon Cinema in Victoria. Check out the latest blockbuster movies, new Indie film releases and the best of world cinema out now.

www.curzon.com

Or try to book a bar table here (Vauxhall):

Brunswick House - Bar, Restaurant & Private Rooms

Serving breakfast, lunch & dinner in the crumbling grandeur of an antique-filled Georgian mansion, built for the Duke of Brunswick in 1758.

brunswickhouse.london

 

[klang]

Nagapie's festive pub crawl shaping up nicely.