The Windsor Castle

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First built in the 1830s, this charming Kensington pub has kept its olde worlde feel.

The original wood panelled interiors partition different sections of the pub, with adorable little doors leading... Read More First built in the 1830s, this charming Kensington pub has kept its olde worlde feel.

The original wood panelled interiors partition different sections of the pub, with adorable little doors leading between them, which once would have prevented any untoward mixing of the classes or sexes while imbibing.

It's not all about the rich history though; they have a fine selection of ales and beers, and excellent gastro pub fare of seasonally inspired dishes.

Tucked away between Notting Hill and Kensington, it's hidden from most the shoppers, with a gorgeous pub garden to hide away in, with and outdoor bar and heaters for alfresco drinking even in this cold country.

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145 Fleet Street Blackfriars/Holborn Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, or "The Cheese," as it's affectionately known, is lauded for being a favorite among both tourists and locals.

They say it was also a favorite of Charles Dickens, Alfred Tennyson, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and many other literary greats.

This pub out-pubs them all."

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We visited on a rare balmy night and were seated at a table by a window overlooking the garden, which was heaving with drinkers and people eating from the bar menu, which presumably was a reason for the service being ever so slightly stilted.

Craft beers from London and around the world are now a feature of the reborn Windsor, and each dish comes with a recommended drink, but my companion instead insisted we consult the extensive wine list and we went for a Spanish rose, priced at £24.

The food menu immediately drew me to the somewhat grandly-titled burger, which was described as being of the ribeye, chuck and bone marrow variety, topped with Celtic promise cheese, bacon jam and house relish, with fries on the side.

No such criticism could be levelled at the other main, however, a dish of hake, bacon, fresh minted peas and a well seasoned jus.

Burger aside, this was an excellent dinner and the re-furb has been done well, pacifying the traditionalists with minimal interference to the building's heritage but with enough finesse to attract the foodie crowd with an innovative menu, a gloriously restored garden and an interior no longer liable to leave you pounding the dust out of your clothes on getting home.

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As an excellent and readable new edition edited by Janet Ing Freeman shows, Rylance tirelessly chronicled more than 650 eating houses (the word "restaurant" was obscure in 1815) from oyster rooms to boiled beef houses, dockyard taverns to coffeehouses, ancient coaching inns to London's first Indian restaurant.

• 94 Lamb's Conduit Street, WC1, 020-7405 0713, youngs.co.uk Every unusual tavern name tells a story and the George and Vulture – tucked away in a labyrinth of dark alleys surrounding St Michael's Churchyard, and known for its associations with Dickens – is no exception.

Today, the dusky wooden interior (described in the Almanack as "an established old tavern [with] commodious dining rooms") feels like a time capsule from the 18th century, but it's a lunchtime restaurant, only open during the week.

• 8 Dorset Street, W1, 020-7487 4773, thebarleymowpub.com For most of the 17th and 18th centuries, tea was a luxury few could afford – a pound of tea cost half of the daily wage of a London tradesman.

• Ball Court, 38 1/2 Cornhill, EC3, 020-7626 9985, simpsonstavern.co.uk Walking down the stairs of this busy candlelit wine bar, braced for the wall of heat that's about to engulf me, I'm reminded of Ned Ward's sensuous account of walking into an 18th-century coffeehouse: "in we went, where a parcel of muddling muck-worms were as busy as so many rats in an old cheese-loft; some going, some coming, some scribbling, some talking, some drinking, others jangling".

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