The Lamb, Bloomsbury, WC1

I found the staff here to be very friendly and the Deuchars and Ordinary were very good. Directors, Bombardier and Special were also available alongside Heineken, Fosters, Kronenburg and Guinness. The walls are adorned with old sepia photos and there is a polyphone in the corner of the pub that can be heard with a small donation to charity. The actual bar is pretty big for the pub, but I liked the layout. There is no seating outside, but there is a shelf running along the outside of the pub that you can put your beer on. I liked it in here and will go back again.

Worth a visit especially for the rather splendid interior, especially the island bar with the etched glass reversible screens. The seating either side of the bar has seemingly hundreds of old actor/actress portraits. Otherwise there is wood panelling to the walls, red boarded ceiling, cushioned bench seating. The rear area is set at a slightly lower level. A door leads out to a tiny rear courtyard. There was an impressive (for Youngs) guest range, with Titanic Iceberg, St Austell Tribute and Deuchers IPA supplementing the Ordinary, Special and Bombardier. One minor grumble again noted by others was that only one person was serving leading to a bit of a queue building up. One can only hope that The Lamb will remain untouched by The Wells/Youngs interior design team. A must visit and beautifully preserved London pub.

Wonderful victorian pub with cut glass, swivelling'snob-screens' at the bar. A rarity these days. Very popular.