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Hi all,

I am coming to London in November and to lighten up my stay, I would like addresses for the following:

- a good pub
- a good Chinese restaurant
- a good fish 'n chips shop
- and did I mention: a good pub?

Preferably in Central London...

tia for suggestions...

Lorth

good pub?

10 downing street comes higly recommended by my parents.

heh, you are aware of how many pubs/restaurants are in london?

my favoutrite pub is the cross keys in covent garden for whatever thats worth

The Elusive Camel in Victoria!!

Jiggs wrote:heh, you are aware of how many pubs/restaurants are in london?

my favoutrite pub is the cross keys in covent garden for whatever thats worth

Heh, I'll check that one out then .

The reason I asked is that we usually end up scampering down the streets of London while it's raining cats and dogs to end up in the one pub in London that has a barman who only takes orders in rhyming slang, serves beer that smells like the guild house of 'Trolls United' and is full of locals with a strange squint in their eyes. No offense, of course .

Therefore, I thought I'd ask for recommendations from people I can trust a bit more than the average review site on the Net .

Grtz,

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Jiggs wrote:my favoutrite pub is the cross keys in covent garden for whatever thats worth

just dont use the stairs in the tube station i made that mistake god was i dead at the top

Zoogle wrote:

Jiggs wrote:my favoutrite pub is the cross keys in covent garden for whatever thats worth

just dont use the stairs in the tube station i made that mistake god was i dead at the top

Going to Covent Garden on a Saturday afternoon proved to be a huge mistake anyway... it's like a stampede in there and you have to walk to Leicester Square to get back in the tube

But London was great once more - this city never disappoints me. We ended up in a pub just off the Oxford Circus tube station, nice place, crap beer tho

Lorth

Oh, which pub? I work near there 10 days a month, so I know all the pubs in the area

Lalia wrote:Oh, which pub? I work near there 10 days a month, so I know all the pubs in the area

I found it while my wife was wandering around the Laura Ashley store . It's in the first street parallel to Regent Street (same side as the LA store), just around the corner from the tube exit. It has wooden/glass panels to make for separate booths, cosy place... Can't remember the name tho

Lorth

I know it's late but

a Good pub: you wanna pick up ladies then run your schedule like this

: Thursday night : Slug and Lettuce in Fulham
: Friday night : Shepard's Bush Walkabout
: Saturday night: The Swan in Brixton
: Sunday SLug and Lettuce again

(best pubs for pickup)

Chinese: Good or Bad? decent chinese, china town, just off Leicester square or nottinhill aint to nad either, absolutely WTFPWND chinese food: Hakkasan, 2 michelin stars ( the highest rated chinese food in tehworld)

arent too many decent F&C shops in london, more Curry houses

heh I see people have different ideas for what makes a "good pub"

Myself I like gothic surroundings and good music... good beer (wide selection of either funny foreign bottled stuff - not just lager, or cask ales) etc. is also a major point (rare to find both in the one pub though)

Dafft's obviously after a good place to pull.

I imagine if we both went to "a good pub" the other would be horrified

Fingoniel wrote:Myself I like gothic surroundings and good music... good beer (wide selection of either funny foreign bottled stuff - not just lager, or cask ales) etc. is also a major point (rare to find both in the one pub though)

GIVF !!1!

lenda wrote:

Fingoniel wrote:Myself I like gothic surroundings and good music... good beer (wide selection of either funny foreign bottled stuff - not just lager, or cask ales) etc. is also a major point (rare to find both in the one pub though)

GIVF !!1!

Jekyll and Hyde is nice though the beer selection could be better...

they do nice cocktails though

Centraal has the beer but it's a bit trendy-bar-like...

Dafft wrote:Chinese: Good or Bad? decent chinese, china town, just off Leicester square or nottinhill aint to nad either, absolutely WTFPWND chinese food: Hakkasan, 2 michelin stars ( the highest rated chinese food in tehworld)

Been to Hakkasan a few times, and the food isn't as impressive as the bill will suggest. A place to say you've been, rather than anything else. Cheap and cheerful Chinese has to be anywhere around Gerrard Street, really: Just look for the bright orange roast ducks in the windows...

Fingoniel wrote:heh I see people have different ideas for what makes a "good pub"

Myself I like gothic surroundings and good music... good beer (wide selection of either funny foreign bottled stuff - not just lager, or cask ales) etc. is also a major point (rare to find both in the one pub though)

Dafft's obviously after a good place to pull.

I imagine if we both went to "a good pub" the other would be horrified

Either that or Dafft would pull some interesting women.

Lalia wrote:Just look for the bright orange roast ducks in the windows...

We ended up in a place called Aauru or something similar and we weren't disappointed: good food and not overpriced. It was in a traffic free zone off Gerrard Street if I remember correctly or close to it anyway... Indian food we got at Maharaja on Queensway, we had been there before. Didn't get round to fish 'n chips tho - that'll be for next time .

Lorth

Hey, if you're rich you can afford Hakkasan, me I go to Mr Wing, best chinese restaurant in the area,

Gothic pubs; erm within the area that I live, we got two, The Blackwidow and Count Dracula( I think it closed) but for a nice relaxing atmosphere I'd go to O'Neils or to the Draycot Arms, those are my locals

(FYI: Im not out on tehpullfortehwin, but us youngsters, you know wat we are like.....tanked up on Viagra