I can recall visits to The London Apprentice,Cittie of York,Olde Mitre and the Blackfriar but have only reviewed the latter so it's been a while for the others.
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I think I have been to all except the Beehive in Barnes due to it being closed, The French House as I probably thought it was a restaurant and the Wine Shades.
Ive done 6 on the list all after 2004,London Apprentice,The Salisbury,Red Lion,Bunch of Grapes,Cittie of York and ye Olde Mitre Inn
I had a look at The Old Wine Shades and decided not to do it, and i did attempt to do Jack Straws Castle but it had already closed down.
Three for me
The Salisbury, Cittie of York and ye Olde Mitre Inn.
The Blackfriars has long been on my list and I'll add the Red Lion.
Five for me,Salisbury,Red lion,Cittie of York,Blackfriar and Olde Mitre.
The 2016 Good Food Guide includes a list of it's top 50 pubs, although one assumes that will be based on the food being served and hence may not correspond with the views of the regulars on this forum.
http://www.thegoodfoodguide.co.uk/news/2016-top-50-pubs
Regretably, as someone who enjoys eating good meals in pubs as well as driniking beer in them, I have only been to two, The Pony & Trap and The Hinds Head. The Kingham Plough is definitely on my "to do" list though.
I've been to a Sportsman in Kent, but I don't think that they mean the one in Strood!
Not a single one.
I have to join this chorus of nul points
I've been to one! It's the Square and Compasses at Fuller Street in Essex. It's outside the Ridley's "Golden Triangle" so I would have only been to it twice. It's one of the superb ex Ridley's rural pubs that they didn't manage to close nor did GK afterwards. I recall trying to see if it's accessible by bus and concluding that it wasn't. It really is in the middle of nowhere!
I've drunk in 4 but not eaten in any over the last 30 years and that doesn't include the 2 nearest to me (General Tarlton and Star at Harome). All those I know are remorselessly foody and I wouldn't call them pubs.
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Surprised how few London pubs featured as it seems to be gastro-pub central.Been to the Camberwell Arms,very busy with diners but easy to get a drink only and I gave it a 7 so decent pub imo.Also been to the Harwood Arms sw6 but it was a locals pub then and you were more likely to get gastro-enteritis than gastro food.
I was in The Broad Chare again last week. A pub with an upstairs restaurant rather than a restaurant that pretends to be a pub.
I've also been in the Hand & Flowers before Tom Kerridge won 2 Michelin stars there and his other pub The Coach when it was The Coach & Horses.
Ive done 3 on the list,the Camberwell Arms and Old Cross in the last year,ive also done the Lydgate when trying do do all pubs in Greater Manchester.
Six for me
7 The Woodspeen, Berkshire
10 The Royal Oak, Paley Street, Berkshire
15 The White Oak, Cookham, Berkshire
22 The Hinds Head, Berkshire
25 The Broad Chare, Tyne & Wear
26 The Miller of Mansfield, Berkshire
With the two in Marlow likely to be done by the end of 2015!
Surprised that The Plowden Arms isn't on the list - genuinely brilliant food.
Top 10 Real Ale Pubs In London, 9/10 , let down by the Betsy Trotwood.
Children, repeat after me:
"The Bree Louise is not in any way a 'top real ale pub'"
"The Bree Louise is not in any way a 'top real ale pub'"
"The Bree Louise is not in any way a 'top real ale pub'"
"The Bree Louise is not in any way a 'top real ale pub'"
"The Bree Louise is not in any way a 'top real ale pub'"
Otherwise, same as you, never done the Betsey either. I will remedy that before Xmas, hopefully, as I have a sly conference trip lined-up...
I'm surprised that I've been to over half of them, I've never been to the Euston Tap, Taproom, Cask or Priory Arms.
As for the Bree Louise it was the Jolly Gardeners when I visited it over 40 years ago when I was at College. It was a Watney's pub so I probably drank Watney's Red in there. The word is that it was probably better then.
The Betsy was a bog standard Shep's pub last time I visited and I assume still is judging by the signage. How can that possibly be a top 10 London Real Ale pub?
This one seems to be an even bigger load of cobblers than the usual stuff that gets put out.
According to the reviews and ratings it still is, may Quinno can tell us different when he visits in the near future. Most of the others I think are decent pubs, agree about the Bree, (warm ale is never all that good) and the jury's out on The Priory Arms.
[QUOTE=Quinno;77412]Children, repeat after me:
"The Bree Louise is not in any way a 'top real ale pub'"
"The Bree Louise is not in any way a 'top real ale pub'"
"The Bree Louise is not in any way a 'top real ale pub'"
"The Bree Louise is not in any way a 'top real ale pub'"
"The Bree Louise is not in any way a 'top real ale pub'"
Otherwise, same as you, never done the Betsey either. I will remedy that before Xmas, hopefully, as I have a sly conference trip lined
Tell that to the crowds who flock to the Bree.
By the sound of it the jury is out on the Southampton as well!
I'm playing Devil's Advocate here but is the Cask in Pimlico better than the Leather Lane place and the other branches? I prefer the Cock Tavern to the Southampton. What about the Old Fountain or even some of he Antic pubs? I wasn't sure about the Sussex but what about the two sister pubs?
If it was top pub for real ale choice the Priory and the Betsy would def be slung out
I it was top pub for quality real ale the Bree and the Southampton would be slung out
I f its the top real ale pub for braces, beards and belching stereo types they would all fail to qualify.
Definitely The Antelope For Me , now been six or seven times in the last year.
7/10 for me,
I have not done the Southampton Arms,Euston Tap and Tap Room,
i was lucky enough to visit the Cask in Pimlico when it was a proper estate pub with GK IPA on the bar,it is nice to see the Betsy Trotwood on the list,the only independant brewery tied house,you also car'nt go wrong with a pint of Master Brew in my opinion.
On a slightly different note,when i go into a pub with loads of handpumps on the bar i get slightly flustered as to what to have,so i usually go for the nearest pump which has a gravity less than 4.6%.
8/10 for this list.
Not been to the Taproom and not sure if I have been to the Sussex. I went to RUTC and used to play Hampton mini league darts so I would be surprised if I hadn't been in at some point before I started reviewing.
Yes,
I get more of a buzz when visiting some dire looking estate pub that will no doubt close down at some point,than going into a pub with 20 real ales on the bar.
I do try and get to what most PuG members would call really crap pubs,i dont think i am the only one on the site to do so,Quinno seems to do any pub and Rex also does any pub he comes across in London.
In this particular case, I'm not that nostalgic for the former Pimlico Tram but I do understand what you mean (and at least it didn't try calling itself the 'Pride of Pimlico' like the one down the street, which really does take the biscuit).
However, I do quite like housing estate pubs that make an effort, and the Horse & Groom visited on the Derby trip yesterday seemed OK to me (although I don't think that Will and Catia were so enamoured...).