Old Doctor Butler’s Head review: Square Mile’s best boozer?

All of these new luxury hotels opening up are making us believe that “discretion” is the key to luxury, and if that is the case, surely The Old Doctor Butler’s Head is the most opulent venue in London. Tucked down a pedestrian alley in the heart of the Square Mile, you only know it when you know it, and the excitement of first discovery is such that you’ll want to take that turning again and again with different friends, and go “look what’s here!” Outside on that alleyway, City workers gather so tightly around upturned beer barrels that people trying to pass from one end to the other literally give up and come in for a pint. Inside, it’s Dickensian cosy or Dickensian rambunctious, depending on whether you’re near the bar or sitting in the tiered seating at the back. Towards the back of the ground floor, old illustrated maps of London and chalked up blackboards with daily food menus are lit by vintage brass wall lamps. Inside the Old Doctor Butler s Head Get away from the hum-