Duke of York, SW1

A brand new(!) Sam’s, risen from the ashes of a closed pub in a large site that spent years being redeveloped. As mentioned below, the interior is late Victorian/Edwardian in its style with the usual Sam’s themes of etched glass windows, old style fittings, dark wood panelling etc (though my companion commented that a bit of the bar panelling looked a little on the cheaper side – “like a 1950’s estate pub!”). Noticeable that there’s an assumption of mainly vertical drinking in here with not too much in the way of seating and plenty of empty space on the pretty flooring which surrounds an island bar, though the rear area is a bit more intimate with more seating. Apparently there’s also an upstairs bar though we saw no indication of it. Cask OBB available here (NBSS 3.5) and a decent lunchtime crowd. It’s a solid addition to Humph’s estate although it won’t get the pulse racing compared to some of the other Sam’s London outlets.