The Wenlock Arms, Hoxton, N1

Not quite as basic as it used to be and now nicely done up.Still seems to be quiet on my visits.Good selection of cask beers.Salopian -choir porter was good.New micro brewery in the basement so worth a return visit.

Quite a basic pub but it does it's job serving good beer. 10 real ales and "craft keg" served. Real fire was a bonus on a cold night.

Very well reviewed so I'll only add opinion and list the beers on when we visited. This felt to me like a very comfortable, street corner local which are rare enough in Central London but I was astonished by it given the location five minutes to both the City and the Regents Canal. I'm not sure how I've missed this before and am very disappointed to have done so. Beers on were: Dark Star Hophead, The Original and APA, Green Jack Lurcher Stout, Great Heck Apocalypse Brau, Salopian Hop Twister, Vale Red Kite and Sambrooks Pumphouse Pale Ale and Junction. One handpump was unused. That's a very good selection and the only beers I'd have been less than enthusiastic about would have been the Sambrooks. As it was, all that we tried was good and I'd have happily spent the evening here trying the rest. My favourite London pub currently.

Live piano & sax jazz yesterday, followed by very good blues soundtrack. Arrived 17:30, a time when many pubs would experience that Sun pm lull but the place was busy, buzzy, chatty and, of course, beery. Oscar Wilde, Brewers Gold, Archers Golden, Itchen Valley Winchester, Slaters Premium, Brewsters Bathsheba, Adnams, Mighty Oak Buffer (ran out). Obviously a target for ale enthusiasts but also a strong community feel to the place. True, the loos are a bit hanging.

Official site of The Wenlock Arms - wenlockarms.com

Official site of The Wenlock Arms - wenlockarms.com