The Carpenters Arms, W1

Busy pub on Tuesday evening. Bar in the middle with five real ales but nothing of any strength.

A mate of mine has just taken a flat round the corner from the Carpenters and its now his local. Really well kept mainstream brews and nice chatty staff make it a decent place for an after work pint or a couple on a Sunday lunch. well worth a visit. They had Harvey's and Atlantic on the day we visited, both perfect.

Closest GBG pub to my hotel. Amazing locals feel to a place just off one of the busiest high streets in any City in the world. Decent pint. Football. Darts! Photos at my blog - http://bit.ly/2doSoWX

Clark's Top o't'Tree, Moorhouse Santa's Piste (peachy), Teignworthy Christmas Cracker (6%), Harveys, Adnams, plus a.n.other. I think it's recently had a refit but some victorian tiling remains at one entrance, some ‘booth' seating around the window, horseshoe bar with good & not-so-good music from the cd, tv & plasma with muted skysports. All in all a very good find in this part of town and a surprisingly local feel; worth checking out, along with the Masons just along the road.

An easy five minute walk from Marble Arch tube station, the Carpenters Arms is a pleasant traditional boozer and sister pub to the Market Porter in Borough Market. The pub has a single room layout with bare floorboards and a central U-shaped servery with a dark wood bar back, pump clip collection and large pillar midway around the counter with a decorative capital. The right hand wall has plain tiles with a decorative border and there is a nice mosaic tile floor which bears the pub's name in front of the entrance. Low back padded banquettes run underneath the modern, frosted front windows whilst there is a drinking ledge with high stools and the day's papers along the left wall, with some decorative lamps and another entrance with a disused curtain rail. To the rear, a long button backed banquette and standard chairs run under some carpentry themed wallpaper which has been enhanced with a collection of carpentry tools. The room extends slightly to the rear in a space with tongue and groove panelled walls with lots more tools on display, a dartboard and a few additional comfy seating options. Several screens throughout the pub were showing the evening's Premier League fixture with the commentary just about audible. The pub doesn't offer hot food, but I did notice pork pies and scotch eggs advertised on small blackboards. There are six handpulls on the bar, but only three of them were in operation on this visit, offering Harvey's Best and Bonfire Boy and Wychwood Hobgoblin. I went for a pint of the Best, which was in pretty decent shape. There was a good mixed crowd in on a Saturday early evening and I found it a relaxing spot to read my paper and watch the football. This is a nice, welcoming pub of the sort where you can easily settle down for an hour or two. A stronger ale line up might make the place a more essential destination, but it remains a strong option should you find yourself in this part of town.

Quietish side road pub close to Marble Arch and not far from Oxford St either. Plenty of external flora, large windows and it looks inviting. Internally it’s a fairly tight layout, the main room wrapped around the curved bar with an extra area beyond (darts here). There’s a small amount of historic tiling to the right of entrance as well as some nice raised burgundy leatherette seating. I also spotted some mechanical prints of some old contraption. Six pumps, four beers from Truman's (fair), Ringwood, Harveys and Sunny Republic. Decent little place I’d be happy to re-do.

One of the better pubs in this area for beer choice. Nice friendly pub when quiet. Been here numerous times but like Moby cant say I have had a great beer. My Vale -Good King Senseless was okay.