Can’t believe it’s taken me six months to find this pub that’s just five minutes walk away from the office.

I think I had the idea that any pub this close to Westminster and Buckingham Palace would be completely overrun by tourists, but the Adam & Eve is just a great little boozer with some top beers on offer (hurray for Adnams in a pub just a stones throw from my desk) and top notch pub food (I had the gammon, egg and chips and it was the biggest and tastiest slab of gammon I’ve ever had, the thing was about two inches thick!).

Great landlady, a nice little smoking area out the back, and an 86-year-old regular who comes in every day from over an hour away!

Gentlemen, we have a new ‘local’.

A proper British pub in Victoria. As DMJ mentions below, they have a new land lady and she is excellent. We all felt very well looked after and the food was hearty and delicious. The chips were particularly good.

I think i’ve found my new lunch spot in Victoria…...

Decent enough pub, very close to St James's Park underground station (west exit), with a stripped-wood decor which feels half-way between modern and traditional.

They do a good selection of real ales and bottled beers, and a reasonable range of bar food (which I've not tried recently, but was above average for this area). I've found the service a bit hit-and-miss in the past, with bar staff inattentive and prone to serving generous heads (ie short measures). The new landlady seems to be improving matters, so it might warrant four stars in due course.

Like all the pubs around here, it can get crushed after work, with the combined staff from the various Civil Service departments, London Transport HQ and City of Westminster seemingly all arriving at once. But it empties out by about 7.30pm, and is fine during the day, when it's mostly frequented by tourists. The Buckingham Arms (Young's) is close by if you want a change of scenery, and they also do food.

Good accessibility, including lavatories for disabled people.