Our selection of Paddington bars
There are several good reasons you would need to know the Paddington bar scene. You have time to kill before catching a train. You’re starting a new job in one of the many offices in Paddington and you need a place for a post-work decompression pint. You’re organising a gathering with a few old friends based in different home counties and Paddington is the most convenient place transport-wise.
Typically, that’d be about it. We don’t know many Londoners who want to go to Paddington for drinks outside of the above reasons. It’s always felt like we’ve all been waiting for the area to acquire a bit of character. Between the station, the hotels, and the office blocks, that elusive character has been hard to come by.
But – and this is a heavily emphasised ‘but’ – London is changing all the time. We look forward to being proven wrong about Paddington’s character, so we went out to see how the bar and pub scene in the area has changed. We’ll let you make up your mind.
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