Ah, a real pub. With ale, a wooden bar and board games. Serving pies, steaks, bread and butter pudding – the food of champions, all… it’s magic, a pub built as they should be. This place has character, low ceilings, sepia lighting, somewhere you can drop in for a cheeky pint and end up in ‘til closing time. No emphasis on faux Italian food, or noveau continental lagers, just a boozer, as British as the Empire. Marvellous.

22 Holly Mount, NW3 6SG Tel: 020 7435 2892. Web: www.hollybushpub.com