Top Ten Posh Pubs in and around London
From last weeks Times – the top ten upmarket watering holes (with great food) in and around London.
The Greyhound, 136 Battersea High Street, SW11 “While this may look like just another newly gentrified gastropub,it’s nothing of the kind. The food displays the passion and flair of it Aussie owner, Mark van der Goot and the chef Marco Torri (formerly of Locanda Locatelli), while the wine list is genuinely exciting and very well priced…. Service can be slow occasionally, but meals here are too good to be rushed.” [details]
The Admiral Codrington, 17 Mossop Street SW3 “With friendly staff, reasonably priced drinks and fantastic food you’ll never need to book ahead whatever the weather” [website]
Carnarvon Arms, Winchester Road, Whitway, Burghclere, Berkshire “This rambling old coaching inn bridges the gap between a fine-dining restaurant and a gastropub” [details]
Drapers Arms, 44 Barnsbury Street, N1 “The airy duck-egg blue dining room of the Drapers Arms is a peaceful, elegant space in” [details]
Hand and Flowers, West Street, Marlow, Bucks “This may look like a pub with its real ales and open fire, but the cooking takes you into a higher realm altogether… for a cheaper, pubby deal, pop in at lunchtime for a beer and sensational fish and chips” [details]
The Plough, The Hill, Winchmore Hill, Amersahm, Bucks “This establishment may have a traditional village-pub-on-a-green setting but its elevated modern British cooking conveys restaurant status” [details]
The Thomas Cubitt, 44 Elizabeth Street, SW1 “A handsome ground-floor bar, wrapped in wood panelling sits beneath a formal dining room” [website]
The Wells, 30 Well Walk, NW3 “This prettily located Hampstead favourite has a casual downstairs bar serving a small selection of “snacks” … the menu in the three upstairs dining rooms is more restaurant-style than gastropub..” [details]
The White Swan Pub and Dining Room, 108 Fetter Lane, EC4 “This fantastic pub conversion offers a casual drinking space dedicated as much to wine as to beer, with an appealing snack menu, while the first floor hides a bright little dining room” [website]
