Have Beer For Breakfast at London's Fox & Anchor
Boozing and hotels. They're both well up there on our list of things we love. But boozing in hotels isn't always as straightforward as it seems; sometimes it seems like a lot of effort to dress up and do it in a swish bar. And, frankly, most times we can't afford to do it from the minibar.
So the Fox & Anchor sounds like just our kind of place. It's a lovely old pub right in the heart of London (trendy/edgy Clerkenwell) that just happens to have six rooms above it.
And though it's "just" a pub, the rooms are a cut above; it's owned by Richard Balfour-Lynn, the man behind the Malmaison hotel chain. We could have worked this out, really, from the annoyingly chirpsy wordplay on the menu (ie, "Hops & Chops, Cuvees & Duvets").
Anyway, the reviews have been good since it opened last September, and you can expect the standard luxe touches: Bose soundsystems, baths, DVD players and plasma screens. And nice Miller Harris smellies in the bathroom to help you forget you're staying opposite Britain's grandest meat market, Smithfield.
We jest, of course — any gore is strictly contained within the market, so you won't see or smell anything. But the good thing about the proximity to Smithfield is that, as well as being pretty trendy, its early start means the pub's licensed from 8:00 am. So you can have that pint of Old Growler with your fry-up. Heaven.
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