The Shaston Arms, London W1 : ‘Just because you can do things doesn’t mean you should do them’ – (…)

A pub that wants to be an old-school boozer and a cool restaurant both at the same time While perched inside what felt like a repurposed bookshelf at the draughty back end of the Shaston Arms, sitting next to the dumb waiter and waiting for the ping to herald the arrival of my £16 plate of red (…)