Bleeding Heart, EC1

This place may have changed since the last reviews as I wouldn't call it a restaurant - that said, I wouldn't call it a boozer either. The interior is small and slightly raised with a side bar, thereafter it's downstairs to the basement restaurant and kazis. Walls are bare brick, the floor is boarded and furniture is traditional; ugly ventilation ducts are on display. The French(?) bar staff were uniformed and efficient enough. Two vacant pumps sat next to Adnam's Broadside (£3.90 a pint) which was fine. Perhaps this place has improved since 2009/10 but either way it's a bit soulless and humdrum; I can't see myself coming here again, but it's better than the One Tun around the corner.

Steve was right to leave, this is not a pub, it's a gastro restaurant. Yes it calls itself a Tavern and has 4 handpumps on the bar, but it's all window dressing to get you in to eat the expensive nosh. Not a place for just a pint.