The Princess of Prussia, Tower Hill

Walked past on a long walk around the City at about 4.40pm, saw their flyer up in the window about "Happy hour daily, 5pm - 7pm". Came back past at 6.40pm intending to have a pint and something to eat and it still wasn't open. This was a Saturday - anyone know when it actually opens?

9 Jul 2011 20:21

Kings Arms, Borough

Dropped into here a few weeks ago with a group of eight 30-something mates as the second pub on a stag do bar crawl, at about 5.30pm on a Saturday. Being an early visit the pub was quiet - we probably doubled the number of patrons.

A friendly barman, presumably the landlord, served us with a bit of chat about the recent purchase of the Sharp's brewery (including "Bet it won't take them long to f*** that up..." - such honesty I appreciate!), and let us know that the footy was on at the other side of the bar if we wanted it.

The general get-up of the place was very much to our taste, a proper quirky old-style London pub, plenty of brass fittings, densely patterned wallpaper/carpets, and framed pictures everywhere. The fact that it was quiet suited us down to the ground - we didn't make a lot of noise, and it felt like we were very welcome.

Mix of Doom Bar for the ale drinkers (which was very nice), your average lager and cider for the others. Can't comment easily on exact prices as it was all in one big round, but was one of the more expensive rounds of the day.

This is a pub I want to go back to try after work some time, despite not living in London.

22 Jun 2011 15:43

Oscars Wine Bar, Crewkerne

Thing is, it's not really an attempt at sophistication and never has been. The proprietor knows a bit about wine and apparently has some decent stuff in the cellar, but on the whole it has reasonably well-kept beer with regular and changing local ale and cider. Sticky carpet and low ceiling, but good atmosphere. There's some outside seating in the next-door mews for when the weather is good.

Great food when Richard's cooking, and in abundance. Booking out the back room for a group meal is great value.

11 Dec 2008 11:08