The Music Room

You'll find yourself in Bloomsbury proper here, tucked away on Great Ormond Street where the hospital crowds thin out and proper pubs still exist. The Music Room does exactly what it says on the tin — live music is the beating heart of this place, so expect an actual crowd with instruments rather than a playlist. It's the kind of bar where someone's mate's mate is probably playing guitar on a Tuesday, and nobody thinks that's remotely odd. The drinks are solid, the crowd's unpretentious, and there's a real sense that this is where locals come when they actually want to hear something live rather than just talk over noise.