This well loved Sam Smiths boozer in an otherwise pricey corner of Soho does things with no frills. There's horrendous carpet wall to wall inside, cruddy old furniture, clean but Victorian toilets, and smokers are corralled behind a rope on the pavement. But, the combination of cheap beer and friendly service sees them serving thousands of pints a night to an assortment of tourists and regulars who treat the place as a real godsend.

You have to love the man in the box, the cheapest pint in London, and this is a fine example of a friendly, fast drink in the West End.