Lancaster Gate

The Archery Tavern

4 Bathurst Street, London, W2 2SD

Date of Visit : 27th April 2005
Approx. Time of Visit: 10.00pm

Route Used: Central from Notting Hill Gate
Distance Traveled : 0.99 miles

Guests: 1 and 2
Clientele: Happy locals

Pub Number : 010

Characteristics	Rating	Comments
Ambience		Happy go lucky
Facilities		1 fruity and a classic dartboard
Ladies		Nowt but a couple of barmaids and the boots!

OVERALL

A proper pub in a poncy location

On leaving Lancaster Gate tube station the outlook was bleak. There was not a pub, shop or food emporium as far as the eye could see. Drawing on our previous experiences at Bank we took a right out of the station, crossed the road, took a first left and there she was in all her splendor... the "Archery Tavern". The totty factor was low with the exception of a decent barwoman in "f-me" boots, but the ambience was great. Two real fires burned slowly away, locals linked arms and chinked glasses and the world was a happy place. The walls were full of photos of locals, we spotted our first dartboard and the beer mats formed one big jigsaw. Apparently the HB Export tasted far too bitter but the Guinness was going down like pop. Unable to fathom the sign on the wall stating "A good wine needs no bush" we supped up and bid everyone a fond farewell, vowing to return again. And will we return? It took about 30 seconds when I realised we had not remembered the mandatory drinking photograph! Aghast at our faux pas we had no choice but to return for fear of invalidating this visit. We shamefully ordered a half-pint-in-a-pint-glass each, posed for the pictures and shuffled out more sheepishly than last time. Six pubs had been uncharted territory, pub seven at Bond Street would surely be a pub too far...

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