The Duke Of Cambridge, Stockwell

Estate pub - you know the drill. Avoid.

12 Jun 2009 20:47

The Hogshead, Leicester Square

Now called The Crooked Surgeon - "crooked" being the operative word. �3 for a pint of Greene King IPA. Needless to say, I told them to f*** off. Avoid like the plague - places like these need to go out of business, and quick.

12 Feb 2007 15:05

The Priory Arms, Stockwell

To the person who referred to this place as "cliquey and unwelcoming": you will either have been under 25 or very rude. Those 'cliques' are locals who have been coming here for donkey's years and still make up the majority of this place's clientele. They're generally a friendly lot. I should know - I'm one of them ;-)

Still one of the best real pubs in London. Friendly staff, fantastic range of real ales and continental beers (both bottle and draught) and pretty good nosh, too - the seafood linguine in particular is to die for. My only quibbles are that it gets a bit smelly when the open kitchen is busy, and that the average age of the punters seems to be on the increase.

25 Jul 2006 16:28

Walkabout, Shaftesbury Avenue

Great room (former church), giant screen, decent beer - but they have a VERY nasty habit of increasing the booze prices by stealth when there's a big match on. Last Saturday, for example, I paid �1.95 for a VB before the game and was asked to cough up �3 for the exact same beer during it. They are breaking the law. BEWARE.

25 Jun 2006 14:12