Star & Garter
62 Poland StreetLondon
W1F 7NX
(020) 7437 9278
Opening times: Mon–Fri 11:30-23:00; Sat 12:00-23:00; Sun closed
Regular beers:
Harvey's Sussex Best Bitter, Marston's Pedigree, Timothy Taylor Landlord
See more about this pub on WhatPub, CAMRA's national pub guide.
Proper pubs aka old-style boozers are becoming hard to find as the gentrification of Soho continues apace, so this one, just off Oxford Street, deserves your support. Dating from at least 1825 and formerly a Courage house, it has a small, cosy, wood-panelled bar area with a matchboard ceiling and a selection of prints and knick-knacks on the walls. The inside has been described as "it feels like being out at sea and in the captain’s quarters". An overspill bar upstairs is usually open on Thursday and Friday nights to cope with the throng.