nice and cosy bars/pubs/cafes to go on a daytime date-anywhere in London!

[zeban]

Any suggestions please?!

[Siduhe]

Tate Modern - easy to get to from ED - if it goes well, walk down the South Bank, browse the shops in Oxo Tower or the secondhand book stalls - lots of nice places for a glass of wine or a bite to eat at the end?

[legalbeagle]

Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park.

London Eye and the south bank.

Tea at the Dorchester Hotel.

London Zoo.

Ice skating at Somerset House.

Walk in Richmond Park to see the deer.

Any one of our amazing galleries - National Portrait, for example.

John Soames museum in Holborn.

Lunch at Green & Blue!!!!!!

[zeban]

That's what I originally thought but I'm thinking it's a bit cold for that :'(

[legalbeagle]

Too cold? Eh? Surely the perfect opportunity for impromptu hand holding/hugging? Where's your imagination man?!!!!!

[zeban]

sorry I meant for the southbank. I don't really want to do cliche touristy things. looking more for a nice setting for a cosy lunch/drink/coffee

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Dulwich Picture Gallery (ensures no awkward silences); lunch in their cafe; if it's going well a romantic stroll to feed the ducks in the park and wind up in The Dog for whiskey macs and sweet nothings.

[RosieH]

Oh my god PGC, will you go out with me?

[felt-tip]

If he asks to take you up the Oxo Tower on a first date then just say no... you have to get to know him better first.

[Mick Mac]

Peckhamgatecrasher Wrote:

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> Dulwich Picture Gallery (ensures no awkward

> silences); lunch in their cafe; if it's going well

> a romantic stroll to feed the ducks in the park

> and wind up in The Dog for whiskey macs and sweet

> nothings.

This is why men don't understand what women want. Apart from the whiskey bit.

Some men, faced with the Dulwich Picture Gallery, would engage in many a long awkward silence.

[felt-tip]

Seriously though:

The Jerusalem Tavern in Farringdon

The wine bar underneath Cafe des Amis in Covent Garden

Alistair Little - Soho.

The Bedford & Strand wine bar - the Strand

I have conducted many an extra-marital affair at these locations... I presume thats why you ask?

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Of course Rosie, this Saturday?

Mick Mac - any silences while standing before good pictures will be mistaken for sublime raptures and we will think he has ineffable good taste, which we already know because he has asked us out.

[Applespider]

The Builders Arms in Chelsea round the back of Habitat on Kings Road. Squishy sofas, some food, a little fire. It's v cosy...

The Black Friar at Blackfriars is good too. Not as cosy but amazing decor so stuff to talk about and food surprisingly good.

[PeckhamRose]

I used to live in a flat by Builders Arms years ago and am delighted to read from this post above that it is still there. What a nice memory. Another idea for a cosy sofa pub is upstairs at the Chandos Trafalgar Square / Charing Cross Road, and also the pub at the south end of Charlotte Street a small pub with a similar cosy upstaira area. I must admit I am reading the above with interest.

A walk along the river can never be a bad idea.

There are some river boat bars too by Waterloo Bridge North end, and also one on the Battersea side of the Battersea and Chelsea Bridges.

May I also recommend the book 1,000 things to do in London, because it's fab.

[wee quinnie]

What's a whiskey mac?

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Nectar of the gods. Heaven on earth. What Mick Mac owes me.

Whisky and ginger wine.

I blush to notice my spelling error earlier, of course, the whisky must have no 'e'.

[Ramble66]

Gordons Wine Bar, Villiers Street! Wine, cheese and port what could be better.....

[Huguenot]

So long as they're not claustrophobic. I'm not claustrophobic myself, but I could feel the weight of the city on me.

Cheesy Gordon's photo:

http://www.gordonswinebar.com/photos/phot796.jpg

[Marmora Man]

Peckhamgatecrasher Wrote:

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> Nectar of the gods. Heaven on earth. What Mick

> Mac owes me.

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> Whisky and ginger wine.

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> I blush to notice my spelling error earlier, of

> course, the whisky must have no 'e'.

Agree entirely - but last year the Dog couldn't provide a Whisky Mac - first the name / drink wasn't recognised. When explained they discovered they had no ginger wine (which should ideally be Stones) but offered ginger ale as an alterantive - demonstrating no understanding of the concept.

[Nero]

If you like an old-time boozer with a slightly faded air, go to the Coach and Horses, just off Old Compton Street (Shaftesbury Avenue end). Swirly carpets, someone tinkling on the ivories, cheap sarnies, the works. Your date will either think you plugged-in and rakish or a grubsome old prev. Either way, at least you'll know where you stand.

[Bellenden Belle]

Dulwich Picture Gallery followed by feeding the ducks in Dulwich Park and a drink in the Dog; Sir John Soames museum in Holborn and the Jerusalem tavern in Farringdon.....reading this thread makes me think the Belle Carnells were being stalked when we first started dating!

[Marmora Man]

The V&A Museum is always worth wandering around - on a fine day a drink by the pool in the courtyard is nice. British MUseum has a good restaurant - and you can try to find the Radio 4 - 100 Objects which are scattered about the museum in different galleries.

I always like The Flask in Hampstead after a walk on the heath.

River trip to Greenwich (huddled inside drinking chocolate) followed by drink & meal at Trafalgar tavern looking out over the Thames.

[felt-tip]

The Flask is a great shout. Check also the Spaniards and the Holly Bush.

[Atticus]

Seconded The Flask, also The Wells, though not been for years and believe it's gone and gone 'gastro'! Primrose Hill (a tad too romantic for first date perhaps) lovely walk and pubs, The Engineer...

[????]

The Prince of Wales, Cleaver Square must be in the cosy pub list. Please tell me it's still there someone?

Though V&A, Tate Modern and Dulwich picture gallery are all splendid places to have lunch they don't look like what the OP is looking for...cosy