Bell Bush Lane Ec4 — Restaurant in London

A hidden gem 💎 with London grit & heritage, surviving in the face of City over modernisation. Tucked down a City back street adjacent to a major train station the location is excellent to hide in the city ready to go. The wood lattice ceiling & walls recall the wood framed history of the City of London. Two large front entrances lead into an Edward Ian style front room pub with simple side bar. Workers London paraphernalia hang from the ceiling & decorate the walls. There's a great feature mirror over the fireplace & plenty of discreet high screens for sports. High stool perimeter seating & plenty of outdoor, quiet street drinking spaces. Easy rock tunes & a rough & ready appearance add to the grit of a pub determined to stay real in an area where too much pub heritage has been over modernised. This is a real London city pub comfortable in is vibe &...

I was there a month or so ago and I have to say ... Gordon Ramsay’s London House served me a Cesar Salad without anchovies, apologised and gave me a free dessert but shouldn’t the Chef have sent his kitchen porter to Sainsbury ? This is what Alex did ! I asked for a Virgin Mary without the vegetarian fuss ;) ... just nice, hot and spicy, served on ice ... I didn’t realise ! He was so quick to organise Carolina to run and buy some Tabasco ... 6/6 to both of them ! It’s only an old pub after all ! But with a lot of common sense ... I’ll be back ! Thank...

Thought this was a great pub until last Friday when i went in and bought 5 beers and 3 gins costing me £53. Management have decided that it is acceptable to charge double gins at at the price it would be if buying 2 separate singles. This should be highlighted at the bar before serving. Shame, will be going elsewhere from now on. Really don't mind how i much i spend on booze particularly on pay day and for work colleagues, just don't like...