The Star Tavern, Belgravia, SW1

Rich in history - which may be legend only, but good fun. Pick your favourite story from the place where the Great Train Robbery was planned to the 1960s landlord Paddy Kennedy telling Elizabeth Taylor to move her fat ar*e so a regular could sit down. Great stuff. Today, its a tidy mews pub, hidden away from those who are not looking for it. I stayed on the ground floor, tucked in along the bar to soak in the atmosphere. Fullers pub and a mentioned by OB - a GBG regular, including 2024. My sort of tourist pub.

Splendid mews pub behind the German embassy, the front bar is cosy and friendly with more rooms upstairs one called “The Library”, and there’s a dining room to the left. A Fullers pub with the beer in excellent condition. It has a Yank landlord but he seems a good sort. One of the famous five pubs continuously in the Good Beer Guide since 1974 and you can see why.