Mr Fogg's Tavern, Covent Garden, WC2

Grade II-listed and rebuilt in 1845, this was the Angel & Crown, the current name and theme dating from 2015. I was allowed in at request on a Thursday, when there’s a ‘Cockney Singalong’; the overall effect here is an attempt to recreate a traditional Victorian tavern, as if we don’t have any in the country already; with staff dressed like Victorian showmen and women like wenches, it’s all a bit Barnum & Bailey. There’s a beer wall with beers listed on a wall, but as I couldn’t get near the bar and The Beatles belting out of a piano playing musician didn’t recall the Victorian era, I decided to leave. This is probably a bit of fun for some, but I don’t think I’ll return.