The Speaker, 46 Great Peter Street

"You're a bunch of Northern monkeys". As an opening conversational gambit, it's not bound to be hugely successful but nothing suggests that this "Southern Softy" means any harm so a drunken conversation ensues. After a few pints in The Speaker, all is well in the world.

In many ways, this pub is almost the archetypal pub that the Random Pub Finder is eternally looking for. It offers a rolling selection of well kept real ales, offers unpretentious food that will soak up alcohol without causing your own personal credit crunch. There is no music and, thanks to being slightly off the beaten track, is not overly busy. The bar staff are friendly without being needy. The furnishings are resolutely pub-like. But, but... There is something missing, that indefinable magic that makes a truly great pub. Something to make it memorable - unusual architecture, an interesting history, a great location, mad clientele, whatever.

That may not sound like a recommendation but it is. It may not make it into a list of the ten best pubs in London, but it's still better than about 95% of the pubs around. So says a Northern Monkey.

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