Welcome to the Random Pub Finder

Are you thirsty?

In need of a pint but just don't know where to go?

Then let us help you...

Welcome to the London Random Pub Finder. It is our mission to return a joyful element of luck to the night on the tiles, to free the harassed from the onerous duties of choosing a pub for the big night out (which everyone then complains about anyway), to allow the pub going public to throw themselves into the arms of fate!

It's all very simple. The Random Pub Finder is a guide to the greatest London pubs, as picked and reviewed by our exclusive panel. All you need to do is click on our Pub Randomizer and one of our wonderful London pubs will be chosen as your venue, along with a description written by the panel.

If you want to browse the pub reviews, take a look at -

the interactive map	pubs grouped by area	the full list of pubs

Top 5 traditional pubs

1. The Black Lion, Plaistow

It's been around for 500 years and knows how to do things properly. Once a coaching inn, it has a welcoming aura of conviviality and hospitality that is impossible to beat.

2. The Market Porter, London Bridge

Under a railway, and standing next door to Borough Market in a gloomily magnificent Victorian street, this opens at 6am for first orders. A pub that has the lot, including a consistently varied range of real ales and a fabulous restaurant upstairs.

3. The Prospect of Whitby, Wapping

There are some great Wapping pubs, but this Scandanavian award winner is by far the best. Bag a terrace seat and spend an afternoon watching the river.

4. Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, Fleet Street

With cellars beneath its cellars, wood panelled rooms and several floors of restaurants, Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese is the jewel in the Sam Smith's brewery crown. Samuel Johnson used to drink here, and there's no excuse for you not to as well.

5. The King's Arms, Roupell Street, Southwark

Quintessential British Boozer, with several bars and a cracking food menu to boot. Fantastic location too, on The Street Where Time Stood Still.

What's new

2nd February Paul reviews The Ordnance and Ye Olde Swiss Cottage

17th November Paul reviews The Brown Bear

3rd November Paul reviews The Bedford Tavern and The Duke Of Gloucester

27th October Paul reviews The Cock and The George

15th October It's been a while but Paul returns with a review of Turner's Old Star

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