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Blues Pub Behind Hamley's with live music every night. Serves real ale at reasonable prices (for the west end) - Adnams Bitter, Broadside, and London Pride were on at under three quid a pint when I was last there.

The live music starts around 9; until then a good selection of recorded blues will be played.

Food is available at 6.50 a plate; decent if not great curries and chillies, with good-sized portions.

As a non-smoker, I liked the fact that the ventilation system seemed to laugh at ciggie smoke, although the point could be made that it's not a blues club without a haze that you could cut with a knife...