Carpenters Arms, Fitzrovia, W1

Established 1776 and rebuilt in 1938, this pub is, according to their website 'Set just a few steps away from the infectious buzz of Tottenham Court Road...' or to put it another way, the intolerable noise and mayhem. The pub features a - ahem - 'granny annex' (their words not mine, and no I didn't ask). Despite this pub's hyperbole, we found it to be genuinely pleasant with a mix of office workers, tourists and possibly students. It has two separate ground floor bars with a friendly barmaid. Ale: Sharp's Doom Bar, one not noted and the Great Yorkshire Brewery's Top of the Hops Golden Ale which was decent and cost £2.20. This pub is much better than expected and certainly better than The Hope Fitzrovia around the corner - worth a visit if on a crawl of the area.

A pleasant pub leaning slightly more to the food end of the spectrum than beer , however four cask beers were available on my visit and these were Doom Bar,Firebrand Big Hop Little Beer,Moorhouse White Witch and Itchen Valley Russian Winter, these were backed up by a selection of Craft Beer offerings I failed to note.Two bars downstairs with another seating area upstairs along with a roof terrace.Not a bad little pub and worth a visit.