Lamb and Flag

This pub is about 300 years old (1623) and the oldest pub in Covent Garden (some say it is the oldest pub in London). I first came here in the summer, my boyfriend took me here after a long hard day of shopping! This is apparently a very famous pub and has a rich history. Many a poet and dramatic have been said to have enjoyed a tipple here, and there was even bare-knuckle boxing! Dickens is even said to have drunk here! The most famous story is I think of John Dryden being beaten up in the little alleyway that runs alongside the pub (1679), which goes to Rose Street, when it was known as The Bucket Of Blood, by some men sent by King Charles II because he had ...  Read the complete review