The Counting House, Bank, EC3

Fuller's pub in a grand building that was once a bank. You enter into a large ceilinged room with a central island bar and some nice mosaic floor tiling on the right-hand side. Apart from the main room, there are also a couple of smaller rooms to the rear which apparently were bank managers' offices. On the bar, there is a good selection of cask ales from the Fuller's range - Fuller's London Pride, ESB & Oliver's Island & Gale's Seafarers are regular beers. Guests during our visit were Fuller's Old Winter Ale, Fuller's/Five Points Cobbled Lane & Dark Star Hophead. Keg beers of significance were Brick Peckham Pale, Siren Lumina & Beavertown Neck Oil. There were also some Fuller's Black Cab pumps, but they had sold out of this and could only offer cans of Guinness 0.0 or bottles of the Black Cab. We saw some stout drinkers walk out in disgust! Although, the dispense of the cans of Guinness from a rather funky machine on the bar did entertain us briefly. With its Cornhill location, you can expect this place to be busy during the week and indeed it was standing room only on our early Friday evening visit. Prices are on the higher side too, but it does get a listing in the Good Beer Guide. I would say that this pub is worthy of a visit, for its architectural merits as well as for any fans of Fuller's beers, of which you will find the full range and more.