If you're looking for a handy watering hole in Holborn with a fully-stocked bar and crowd-pleasing, all-day menu but with a difference, The Hercules Pillars is a unique pub-bar with over 300 years of history. Located on Great Queen Street, The Hercules Pillars is just around the corner from Holborn station, making it an easy-to-get-to, central spot for dinner or drinks, especially for after-work get-togethers.
Its original site dates back to 1703, named after the mythological gateway at the edge of the known world, and inside, the current team have honoured its eccentric, storied past with vintage furnishings and weathered seating that creates an eclectic, lived-in feel.
As for food, the main menu is an all-day, all-week affair that nods to classic pub food. For when you're just having a quick drink there's snacks like sea salt mixed nuts, honey mustard sausage, crispy chicken bites and scampi. You can't go wrong with Scotch egg and piccalilli, and the sweetcorn ribs come with lime leaf dressing, mango lime yoghurt, mango chilli chow and toasted coconut.
Across main dishes there's plenty of choice. For a casual bite there's Romana pizzas topped in either classic margherita or pepperoni, while sharing platters give you the chance to try a mix with mac and cheese croquettes, sweetcorn ribs, padron peppers, beer cheese dip, toasted sourdough, black truf fle honey, aioli and garlic parsley mayo.
Larger plates range from classic pub food like cider-battered fish and chips with minted mushy peas, homemade tartare sauce and a lemon wedge, pie and mash or The House Burger, to a Caesar salad or salt ‘n’ pepper chicken spice bag with onions, mixed peppers, spring onions, chips and curry sauce. Every Sunday The Hercules Pillars serves up a traditional Sunday roast, making it a great place for end-of-week relaxing, too.