Where are the best pubs/bars located in London? I'll be visiting in a few weeks and will be in the Pimlico area. There aren't a whole lot of bars in the area so I'm trying to figure out where to go with my brother.
Looking for places with a younger (20's) crowd with reasonable (i.e. 5 gbp/pint or less) prices. The trendier the better, but not looking for clubs. We are planning to take the tube/use uber (if uber is even a good option in London) so we can stray a little far.
Thanks
I should add that when I say trendy I just mean popular, not "chic" or fancy or anything. I don't care if they serve 100 different types of scotch or lit their shots on fire or whatever. I just want a popular place to chill where we can maybe talk to some strangers and shoot the shit
>>1115358
Taxi driver in London here
>Shoreditch
>Hoxton
>Soho
>West-end
>Covent Garden
>Camden
>Clapham
>Brixton
>Stoke Newington
>Chelsea
>Putney
>City of London (Mon-Fri)
>>1115380
>>1115380
>>>1115358 (OP)
>>Shoreditch
Amazing
>>Hoxton
Classy, a bit hipstery but awesome
>>Soho
Shit, full of faggots
>>West-end
Tourist trap
>>Covent Garden
Has its places, a decent choice
>>Camden
A bit run down but you'll have fun
>>Clapham
Dunno, never been
>>Brixton
If you meet the right people, you'll find the right places
>>Stoke Newington
One of the last white neighborhoods left in London just wife beating middle aged fat white people
>>Chelsea
Mate that's hours away from pimlico
>>Putney
Has gentrification hit there already?
>>City of London (Mon-Fri)
Everything shuts down about 7pm, don't bother
>>1115380
>>1115482
Thanks guys
How long will it take to get to the shoreditch/hoxton area from Pimlico? If there's a tool for this one the web please let me know
I was leaning towards soho because it's closer and I did discover that a bunch of the bars I was looking at online there were gay bars / for the "fashion" crowd and I want to avoid that, but since it's convenient and there are still lots of things there that's where I was leaning towards.
But if it takes 30 minutes or less to get to the Shoreditch/Hoxton area I'll definitely go there
>>1115650
30 mins is feasible, get the tube to Old Street (Victoria line from Pimlico to Kings Cross, change for the Northern line southbound), and you're there
>>1115652
Thanks a ton, the area around the Angel stop looks perfect! Any specific recommendations?
>>1115656
The wetherspoons from across the station is a good starting point then just make your way up upper street and Islington green
