The Editor's Tap, Fleet Street, EC4

Official site of The Editor's Tap - editorstap.pub

Official site of The Editor's Tap - editorstap.pub

I visited the Editors Tap on the Thursday evening before Christmas when ten plus years ago a pub like this would have been heaving, but there were tables available which is sad. The interior is L-shaped with mostly high tables to the right where the counter across the rear wall supports premium and mainstream craft keg, no cask here. Standard seating is found to the left and there’s more seating in the left rear on the way to the toilets where someone was being very ill. Televisions throughout were airing Sky Sports and there was some background music playing loud enough to be heard over the chatter. The service was friendly enough, but this is one of them places you end up when the evening has been arranged by someone that doesn’t do pubs, as was the case for my visit.

A large and slightly noisy place in Stonegate's City Bars group, which seems to be the city workers' equivalent of a student bar. The usual Stonegate catalogue design features abound - glazed tiles, bare brick, neon signs and odd artworks. Sports TVs are in all directions, but at least with the volume off. The bank of four handpumps bizarrely had just Robinson's Dizzy Blonde on (even the Doom Bar was not available) but it was in good order. A small wall of keg taps had some more interesting crafty stuff. I can't say it did a great for me but it was at least a genuine pub and the beer was ok.

There is a flight of steps up to this ground floor bar,modern mixed furniture,a side area to the left which extends back while to the right past the bar there are some seating booths. Lots of BT Sport flatscreens,but all thankfully on mute when no live sport is on,while the muzak was at a sensible volume.However noise does bounce around the open plan interior. The long bar has 4 handpumps,two unused,Black Sheep Bitter "still settling",leaving just Doom Bar(NBSS 2.5,clear but a boring brew).Even the keg selection was mundane national brands .The food menu wasn't expensive but most definitely pub grub from a microwave and no punters were eating on my Friday afterwork trip. I can see no reason to revisit,there are far better pubs close by.