London 5/3/2011. I met up with the lovely Sarah and Louise (former Derby girls) in the Princess Louise a Sam Smiths pub dating back from 1872. This pub was amazing and one of the most ornate and spectacular pubs I have been to. I recommend anyone in this area of London to pop in and admire the decor. We found a nice booth to sit and chat in and lager (yep still can’t handle Sam Smith bitter!) went down well. A solid 9/10.
Next we headed to another historic and Sam Smith pub Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese in Fleet street, dating back to the 16th Century. I liked this pub for its various rooms and distinctive character. It seemed fairly touristy but then it deserved to be as it is an historic pub. I had a bottle of IPA I believe it was, which was pretty good and the ladies seemed to enjoy their wine and soup! Jenny joined us here too. I liked the Cheese as it felt as you were in a jail! I would definitely return. 9/10.
The Seven Stars was our next call. It was a relief not to have any more Sam smith beer and the pub was very pleasant with a European feel. It even had the obligatory pub cat! I stuck to lager and had a Litovel Czech. The place from fine but it seemed nothing special after the other two! 7/10 nice but not special.
Last of the afternoon was the Cittie of Yorke. Yes another Sam Smith pub with history! This was a large pub with nice booths and high ceilings. I didn’t like it as much as the others though as it seemed a bit too large and not as attractive. The carpet was a bit scruffy etc. It was certainly better than your average pub though! I opted back for the Pure Lager which was fine. 8/10.
This was a brilliant pub crawl, not often will go to so many pubs with so much history, nor with such good company! I think I will need to return to this area again to visit some of the pubs only open in the week.
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