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Good pubs or places for a night out round Victoria?

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    #11
    Originally posted by swamp View Post
    Can you make it up to Mayfair? You're just a short hop on the bus from Park Lane to Victoria and Mayfair opens up a whole new load of possibilities...

    For instance the Punchbowl is full of mockney B-list celeb friends of Guy Ritchie. Worth a visit though, but it's expensive for a 'normal' boozer. Audley is also worth a visit, though it's best on a summer evening as the exterior is its best feature. Very cheap beer in the Audley, considering its surroundings.
    Good suggestion. He's coming in from the US so not sure how wrecked he'll be and what he'll feel like doing.
    Hopefully dear cousin will bring the corporate credit card
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      #12
      Originally posted by Zippy View Post
      Good suggestion. He's coming in from the US so not sure how wrecked he'll be and what he'll feel like doing.
      Hopefully dear cousin will bring the corporate credit card
      Mayfair is full of Americans. In fact, Mrs Obama ate lunch in the Audley the other day. Also check out Shepherd's Market -- there's a pub there called Ye Grapes which is good.
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        #13
        Originally posted by HairyArsedBloke View Post
        This has 'missed flight' written all over it.
        Originally posted by Pondlife View Post
        How much is a taxi to Gatwick from Victoria?
        Tsk.

        This is not some provincial backwater we are talking about, where everyone is tucked up in bed by 11pm.

        The Gatwick Express runs through the night.

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          #14
          Originally posted by Gonzo View Post
          Tsk.

          This is not some provincial backwater we are talking about, where everyone is tucked up in bed by 11pm.

          The Gatwick Express runs through the night.
          Soooooo my strategy is

          Purchase ticket to Gatwick in advance
          Get cousin completely winkered
          Deposit bibbling cousin on the main concourse at Victoria (outside WH Smith would be about right)
          Giggle and run away, knowing the poor bugger has fck all chance of getting to Gatwick, never mind the plane?

          Like it
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            #15
            Originally posted by swamp View Post
            on the bus
            Bus?

            FFS, we're talking contractors here, not Ken Kesey's Merry Pranksters

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              #16
              Originally posted by swamp View Post
              Mayfair is full of Americans. In fact, Mrs Obama ate lunch in the Audley the other day. Also check out Shepherd's Market -- there's a pub there called Ye Grapes which is good.
              Mmmmmmmm. Not quite the description I would use, but it's been about a year since I've been in there. It's not horrid though.
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                #17
                There are no good pubs around Victoria. I've worked at a few funds around there. Combination of embassies, very expensive real estate (In Belgravia) and chav / tourist hell around the train and bus stations

                I'd give the Kings Head on Albermarle St (Also in Mayfair, close to the Ritz) a go

                (As far as missing the flight via the Gatwick Express, the likelihood of falling asleep and ending up in Brighton after a few swift halves is quite high )

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                  #18
                  Take the Victoria line to Green Park then you'll find plenty of pubs in the Mayfair/St James/Piccadilly Circus area. If you miss the last tube, you can probably still walk via Green Park & St James Park back to Victoria in about 20 minutes.

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                    #19
                    Thinking out of the box here, but why don't you go on a bender out in Farringdon? Cracking pubs and bars over that way, especially round Exmouth Market and Clerkenwell Green. When you're done put your cousin on the Thameslink to Gatwick.
                    Cats are evil.

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                      #20
                      Thanks for all the advice on how to get horribly pissed

                      Cus is a bit of a party animal so I don't want him to enjoy himself too much. I suspect missing the flight is a sackable offence
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