"There’s something uniquely British about a brown-wooded, burgundy-hued, bungalow pub in Paddington whose carpets smell like the memories of a trillion pints too many. Only the food at the Heron isn’t remotely British, it’s some of the best Thai food you can get in London. Fierce sour and spicy seafood salads will do their best to keep you warm, but if not, an enormous bubbling tom yum soup will do the trick. Their pub garden is getting done up, so expect rain protection and the warming glow of heaters." - jake missing