Lucky Saint, Marylebone, W1

Randomness Guide to London - Masons Arms entry

Randomness Guide to London - Masons Arms entry

They had Deuchars IPA and London Pride (at £3.00 a pint) on. The Pride tasted like it usually does. The food menu advertised mainly Thai dishes, but there were apparently a few more traditional offerings available. There's a lot of dark wood around, giving it something of an antique feel, but I don't know how much of it was original, or the result of a Nicholson's style makeover. The Lincrusta style ceiling might be the real thing, and the door with inlaid glasswork leading upstairs looks like original Victorian artistry. Anyway, it's a pretty decent pub, and the fresh flowers all over the place is an unusual and rather nice touch. There are a couple of large TV screens on the walls that were showing different sports channels on the Saturday afternoon when I was in there, but thankfully with the sound muted. The ale choice is nothing to write home about, but it's nonetheless a pretty good pub, and well worth dropping in for a pint if you are in the area.

Very pleasant small one bar corner pub sitting in a turning between Great Portland Street and Portland Place. Welcoming from the outside as it is usually bedecked with flower troughs and hanging baskets which makes it stand out from the surrounding office buildings. Three real ale hand pumps which on our visit included Deuchars IPA , and Fullers London Pride. The third was off but think it had been OSH. Lot of dark wood and ornate glass in the interior and two flat screen teles with the sound down. Very nice pint of Deuchars and if you can get a place on one of the five outside wooden benches, this is a very decent spot for an alfresco pint.