One of London's great Victorian gin palaces: an 1891 interior of W B Simpson tiling, gilded and etched mirrors and a mahogany island bar-back with a four-sided clock, split again into seven screened snugs when Samuel Smith's restored the partitions in 2008.
- Address
- 208 High Holborn, London WC1V 7EP
- Hours
- Mon-Sat 12:00-23:00; Sun 12:00-22:30 (Google hours via Wanderlog, 2026-10)
- Best time to go
- Afternoon, Evening · About 1 h
- Price
- Price not verified
- Price level
- £
Details can change. Check hours and prices before you go.
Good to know
- A Sam Smith's house: the brewery's rules ban phones, laptops and swearing, and these pubs are often cash only, so bring notes.
- Only Sam Smith's own beers are poured; the cheap bitter and stout are the point.
- Duck into a different snug each round; CAMRA singles out the gents' three spectacular Victorian urinals.