The Bishops Finger

Back on the Boris bike (what a great way to get around London!) and heading over Blackfriars past the pub of the same name, and onwards towards Farringdon.  Today’s destination The Bishops Finger, located on the edge of Smithfield Market.  Smithfield Market is the largest meat market in the UK and the best time to see it is early in the morning before 7am.  If you do that make a day of it and have a huge fry up with the traders later on and finish your day at the Bishops Finger.  

A Shepards Neame pub, and an excellent example of one too!  With awenings outside covering some circular tables there is a sense of the Parisian cafe culture and the day I visited was warm so plenty of people were outside enjoying the evening.  The nice thing about the outside is that it is not on a busy road so you won’t get so much smog from London buses.  Inside there are some sofas on the left as you enter, and some of the higher tables in the middle make good use of the space around the bar.  The walls were nicely decorated with interesting pictures and items as well some Shepherd Neame advertising.  I quite like the Shepherd Neame advertising it’s pretty funny but not everyone likes it.  You have to see the funny side of it’s tongue in cheeky humour.  They had a load of bunting up in the pub as well so the Great Britain vib was in full effect.  

They have both been satisfied by a bishops finger.

 
All the beers were well kept and they had the full range of Shepherd Neame beers with several ales on tap and the lagers they have like Orangeboom which is a beer that has always held a place in my heart as it was (and still is) the lager served at my first rugby club. 

The other good thing about the evening was we had dinner at the pub too.  We all went for the sausages and mash which was pretty good.  They had a big list of different sausages to chose from.  Can’t go wrong with sausage and mash, good hearty pub food done well is always a winner.  It was a little bit pricey but not too bad.  

Overall a good pub well worth its place in the GPG.  I’ll go back again sometime.