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Our most popular pub reviews

1. Ye Grapes, 16 Shepherd Market, W1J 7QQ
2. EV Bar, 97-99 Isabella St, Southwark, SE1 8DA
3. The Marquis of Cornwallis, 31 Marchmont Street, WC1N 1AP
4. The Fitzroy Tavern, 16 Charlotte Street, W1P 1HJ
5. The Boot and Flogger, 10-20 Redcross Way, SE1 1TA
6. The Marquis of Granby, 2 Rathbone Street, W1T 1NT
7. Albert Arms, 57 Kingston Hill, Kingston Upon Thames, KT2 7PX
8. The Grosvenor Arms, 2, Grosvenor St, Mayfair, W1K 4PU
9. The Unicorn, 227 Camden Road, N7 0BL
10. The King's Arms, 2 Shepherd Market, W1J 7QA

Most popular pub reviews in the last week

1. The Bricklayers Arms, 53 Hawks Road, Kingston, KT1 3DS
2. The Cricketers, 20 Fairfield South, KT1 2UL
3. Acorn 20, 20 Richmond Rd, Kingston Upon Thames, KT2 5EB
4. The Kelly Arms, 2 Glenthorne Rd, Kingston upon Thames, KT1 2UB
5. The Crooked Billet, 14 Crooked Billet, Wimbledon Village, SW19 4RQ
6. The Marlborough, 46 Fairfield South, Kingston, KT1 2UW
7. The Jack Horner, 234 Tottenham Court Road, W1T 7QJ
8. The Ruskin Arms, 386 High Street North, E12 6PH
9. The Rising Sun, 38 Cloth Fair, Smithfield, EC1A 7JQ
10. The Smuggler's Tavern, 28 Warren Street, W1T 5ND

Top 10 worst pubs

1. The Mason’s Arms, 109 East Street, Walworth
2. The Jolly Anglers, 33 Station Road, Wood Green
3. The Wheatsheaf, 126 South Lambeth Road
4. The Manor Arms, 13 Mitcham Lane
5. Duke of York, 8 Dering Street
6. The Castle, Cowcross St, Farringdon
7. The Hungerford Arms, Commercial Road
8. Coopers, Waterloo Station
9. The Grosvenor Arms, 2, Grosvenor St, Mayfair
10. The Cartoonist, Shoe Lane

Top 5 weird pub experiences

1. The Denmark Arms, East Ham, Sat/Sun nights
"Entertainment" is provided by a woman in a low-cut top singing hideous, out-of-tune dirges as she shakes her bits at the men. It doesn't help that she sounds like a transvestite and ill-advisedly massacres Bohemian Rhapsody at the end of the night. Barstaff include a man in a very tight leotard (and nothing else), Sergeant Pepper and Asian Elvis. Old men hug the bar to stop themselves falling over, and free food is destroyed with the gusto of a squadron of B52s dropping bombs over Tora Bora. Interracial harmony is spread through the extreme drunkenness of the punters as the madness dial is turned up way above 11.
 
2. The White Hart, Green Street, Saturday nights
East European disco a go-go, as Polish couples perform the polka and single men do the chicken dance to banging euro-techno from the 90s. Incredibly heavy drinking followed by vomiting in the toilets seems to be obligatory, and by the end of the night (3am) it's amazing that anyone can stand upright enough to get themselves home.
 
3. Shillibeers, Fetish Nights.
Rubber Love in a big metal shed close to the Caledonian Road.
 
4. The Pride of Spitalfields, any night you like.
1970s time capsule. Feel hairy and expect to meet the Sweeney as last century's most smelly decade explodes over you. Free boiled potatoes, if you're lucky.
 
5. Sahara Nights, 6.30-7.30 most evenings.
Watch London's secretaries gyrate in a dreadful approximation of belly dancing, surrounded by mock Arabian décor and strange men in macs. Alternatively, head up to the beer patio and remind yourself that yes, this is still King's Cross.
 

Top 5 traditional pubs

1. The Black Lion, Plaistow
It's been around for 500 years and knows how to do things properly. Once a coaching inn, it has a welcoming aura of conviviality and hospitality that is impossible to beat.
 
2. The Market Porter, London Bridge
Under a railway, and standing next door to Borough Market in a gloomily magnificent Victorian street, this opens at 6am for first orders. A pub that has the lot, including a consistently varied range of real ales and a fabulous restaurant upstairs.
 
3. The Prospect of Whitby, Wapping
There are some great Wapping pubs, but this Scandanavian award winner is by far the best. Bag a terrace seat and spend an afternoon watching the river.
 
4. Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, Fleet Street
With cellars beneath its cellars, wood panelled rooms and several floors of restaurants, Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese is the jewel in the Sam Smith's brewery crown. Samuel Johnson used to drink here, and there's no excuse for you not to as well.
 
5. The King's Arms, Roupell Street, Southwark
Quintessential British Boozer, with several bars and a cracking food menu to boot. Fantastic location too, on The Street Where Time Stood Still.
 

Top 5 pubs with beer gardens

1. The Prospect of Whitby, Wapping
Plenty of outside seating and stunning views over the river

2. The Phoenix, Alexandra Palace
Crap pub, but with the whole of Ally Pally as your beer garden, and the towers of Central London shimmering photogenically in the background, who cares?

3. Dulwich Wood House, Sydenham
Hemmed in from the world by a wall of giant foliage, you can drink to your heart’s delight while listening to a jazz band playing up on the patio.

4. The Founders Arms, Bankside
Nab an outside table, goggle at St Paul’s Cathedral and watch the world go by.

5. The Mayflower, Rotherhithe
There’s nothing better than sipping beer on a jetty, watching the waves beneath you through the cracks in the wooden slats.


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