Star Tavern

The Star Tavern is a traditional London public house at 6 Belgrave Mews West in Belgravia, London SW1. It is operated as a Fuller's pub and restaurant, offering refined pub classics, cask ales, and private event spaces. The building dates from the early to mid-19th century and is Grade II listed. The pub has been included in every edition of CAMRA's Good Beer Guide since 1974, one of only five pubs to achieve this feat, and has been recognised as one of the best pubs in London by Business Insider. Its history includes a notorious mid-20th-century period when it was a favoured meeting place for London's criminal underworld, including figures involved in the Great Train Robbery of 1963. Today it presents itself as an award-winning, traditional London pub emphasising great service, good beers, and home-cooked food, with menus built on fresh, seasonal ingredients. It welcomes families, dogs, and assistance dogs, and offers free Wi-Fi, board games, air conditioning, a real fire, and comfy sofas. The Star Tavern also caters to private events, from business meetings to weddings and birthdays, using its function rooms. It is part of the Fuller's estate, a historic British brewery and pub company.

The Star Tavern is a Grade II listed public house at 6 Belgrave Mews West, Belgravia, London SW1. It was built in the early to mid-19th century. The pub has been listed in every edition of CAMRA's Good Beer Guide since 1974, one of only five pubs to achieve this. It was also listed as one of Business Insider's best pubs in London. During the 1950s and 1960s, the Star Tavern won infamy as a hangout for London's inner circle of master criminals, who drank Dom Perignon alongside celebrities such as Diana Dors, Peter O'Toole, Albert Finney, and film director Alexander Korda. Much of the planning for the Great Train Robbery of 1963 took place at the pub. After a tip-off from a bent solicitor's clerk that up to £6 million would be on a Glasgow to London mail train on 8 August 1963, Bruce Reynolds contacted Buster Edwards, and the plan was formed. Reynolds regularly drove his Aston Martin from his Streatham home to meet Edwards and other gang members at The Star to go over details. Four was the maximum number to meet in public at any one time to avoid police observation. Reynolds was introduced to The Star by his friend Terry Hogan following the Eastcastle Street mailbag robbery of 1952. The robbery netted the 18-man gang £2.6 million, about £40 million in today's money. Today, the Star Tavern is operated as a Fuller's pub and restaurant, offering refined pub classics, cask ales, and private event spaces.

• Built in the early to mid-19th century

• Listed as a Grade II public house

• Included in CAMRA's Good Beer Guide every year since 1974

• Great Train Robbery planning took place at the pub in the run-up to August 1963

• Recognised as one of Business Insider's best pubs in London

Award-winning traditional London pub and restaurant in Belgravia, operated by Fuller's, known for its history, cask ales, and Good Beer Guide record.

• Cask ales and beers

• Refined pub classics menu

• Private event function rooms

• Gift cards

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