Pub in London EC1

Sutton Arms

16 Great Sutton Street, London, EC1V 0DH
Closest station: Barbican, about 7 min walk

4.4out of 5 on Google, from 470 ratings

Details last checked October 2024. Things may have changed since.

Sutton Arms, London EC1

About Sutton Arms

Former Whitbread pub, a free house since 1991. Named after 17th century plutocrat Thomas Sutton, who founded nearby Charterhouse. Traditional after-work corner pub with side bar. The upstairs function room is rarely used. The food offering now consists of a varied selection of pies served from a warm bar top display unit.

The pub is accessible by wheelchair via the entrance in Great Sutton Street but although both male and female toilets are at ground level, they are unlikely to be able to accommodate regular sized wheelchairs and are not fitted with the requisite arm rests to qualify for disabled access accreditation.

Description from WhatPub, CAMRA’s pub guide.

Features

  • Dog Friendly
  • Outdoor Seating: Pavement seating
  • Family Friendly
  • Serves Food
  • Real Ale
  • Real Cider
  • Disabled Access
  • WiFi
  • Reservable
  • Good for Groups
  • Accepts Credit Cards
  • Accepts Debit Cards
  • Accepts NFC

Opening times

Monday
11:30 AM – 11:00 PM
Tuesday
11:30 AM – 11:00 PM
Wednesday
11:30 AM – 11:00 PM
Thursday
11:30 AM – 11:00 PM
Friday
11:30 AM – 11:00 PM
Saturday
12:00 – 7:00 PM
Sunday
12:00 – 7:00 PM

As listed in October 2024. Hours change, and bank holidays differ: check with the pub.

Good to know

Operator
Independent
Price
2 out of 4 (Google’s price level)
Phone
020 7253 2462

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Photos from Google Maps contributors, stored when the pub was last checked.

Google rating and reviews

4.4out of 5 on Google, from 470 ratings

  • 5 out of 5Connor Holmeson Google, September 2024

    Cracking traditional London pub. Possibly the best beer selection I’ve seen ever in a bar/pub/taproom with incredible beer snacks to go with it. Bar staff super friendly and helpful and service is quick. Landlord is a great host & character. Always a pleasure to take in a pint here

  • 5 out of 5London Pub Mapon Google, September 2023

    🚇Barbican 🍺 £6.20 Paulaner ❤️ An oldschool beer lover’s paradise. . The Sutton Arms, not to be confused with the Sutton Arms on Carthusian Street is located right in the heart of Clerkenwell and close to Barbican and Farringdon. The nearest Tube is Barbican which is a five minute walk. . This pub was built in 1848 and is named after a 17th century businessman Thomas Sutton. Sutton was the founder of The London Charterhouse which is located a few minutes walk away. This pub is an independent Freehouse that has been run by the same family since the early nineties. . This is a long and narrow…

  • 5 out of 5Leighton Smithon Google, April 2022

    Great pub. Nice local feel. Carpeted. Excellent range of beers across cask, keg and bottle/can. Definitely a focus on good quality breweries. Fair prices. Decent service. They have some good-looking pork rolls and what not available but we weren’t eating on our visit. I look forward to returning here before too long.

  • 5 out of 5Johnny Horthon Google, July 2023

    One of the best pubs in London. Always a fantastic selection of cask ales, kegged beers and ciders representing some of the greatest modern breweries. Everything is kept in exceptional condition too. Not to be confused with the other (Fuller’s owned) Sutton Arms round the corner on Carthusian Street, this place is completely independent and run by a father and son

  • 4 out of 5Mark Bon Google, April 2023

    I seem to only hit this place on Sundays, which is a weird time of the week to be in this part of the city. It's a ghost town, shops are boarded up, the markets are closed and the stations are empty. You're lucky if the tubes or trains are even running, but on this occasion a brisk walk from Waterloo with a detour en route to see Pavement in Camden meant it didn't matter. Support independent and that, make a trip of it. The quietness was felt indoors too, only a small group there on arriving, a few more outside on leaving, all tucking into the sausage rolls or pies served from the hot…

Rating and reviews are from Google Maps, as they stood in October 2024. See the latest on Google Maps.

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