Pub of the year - the shortlist

Evening Standard and This Is London readers have cast their votes for the finalists in the 2002 Evening Standard Pub and Bar of the Year competition. Our judges will now visit all 10 venues over the coming weeks to decide on the best pub and the best bar that London has to offer.

Corney & Barrow (affectionately nicknamed Horny and Shallow) has been satiating the thirsty palates of City workers for more than 100 years with its eclectic range of wines. This, its flagship venue, was recently expanded to take in the entire length of the upper level of Broadgate Circle.

HAKKASAN , Hanway Place, W1 (020 7907 1888)

This beautifully designed subterranean cocktail bar is brought to us by Alan Yau, the founding father of Wagamama. It's been feng shui'd, of course, which means there's a place for everything and everything has to be in its place. It's probably best to save this bar for really special occasions.

LOWLANDER , 36 Drury Lane, WC2 (020 7379 7446)

Opening a bar that specialises in the best of food and drink from the Netherlands and Belgium isn't exactly out of the mainstream. John Riddell and Auberry Johnson now have a strikingly good looking venue that appeals to all ages.

NYLON , 1 Addle Street, EC2 (020 7600 7771)

DJ Bruno Brookes loves this place so much that he's even taken to turning the tables himself on the occasional night. Towards the end of the week, you'll regularly find upwards of 900 people packing into this two-floored shrine to all things retro. It seems that cheesy glam decor and music is very much de rigueur in this part of the City these days.

ROCKWELL BAR , Trafalgar Hotel, Spring Gardens, SW1 (020-7870 2900) Where in the world would you expect to find more than 100 different styles of bourbon in one place? In Bourbon County, Kentucky, of course. And at the spacious Rockwell Bar in the lobby of the Trafalgar Hotel. The Rockwell has quickly established itself as one of the coolest bars in town.

No development has been more welcome to pub-lovers over the past decade than the arrival of the gastropub. The Atlas is a classic of the genre: great food, ale and wine in a magnificently unspoiled setting.

THE BEDFORD , 77 Bedford Hill, SW12 (020 8682 8940)

"Community pub" is usually a euphemism for squalor and neglect. Here it's glowing praise for a gigantic and lively establishment with something for everyone, whether you want to dance, laugh or just think quietly - as you drink, of course.

THE NAG'S HEAD , 53 Kinnerton Street, SW1 (020 7235 1135)

Kevin Moran's free house is everything which all the pub chains and leisure-spend brands can never be: simple, timeless perfection. If you're Newted out and All Barred Off, make for Kinnerton Street.

YE OLDE CHESHIRE CHEESE , Wine Office Court, 145 Fleet Street, EC4 (020 7353 6170)

Great pubs are celebrated because they can defeat time - as the Cheshire Cheese, little changed since it was Dr Johnson's local, has done. You don't live in London until you've spent an evening here.

THE ROYAL OAK , 44 Tabard Street, SE1 (020 7357 7173)

Strange that it takes a Sussex brewer to create a perfect London local - but that's what Lewes-based Harvey's has managed to pull off in one of London's least promising streets. The Globe, Tate Modern, Borough Farmer's Market and now the Royal Oak: welcome to the glories of New Southwark.