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A busy pub at lunchtimes but with a good range of beers and the food looked reasonable. In an area which is dominated by offices this pub is a welcome change of scenery. Pleasant staff and beer at a reasonsable price for London a worthy entry to the God Beer Guide.
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Tidy and well run pub. T&J Bernard. Good value food, range of casks with guests (Everard's Sunchaser and Caledonian 80/- on our visit), and while the refurbishment may be a bit mass produced Chas & Dave, it works for me.
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A nice place. It had a decent (4 plus) range of cask ales on, the place is bright, clean and comfy. You can imagine having a nice meal, a few pints and a jolly conversation here with friends although I doubt it's the sort of place that would welcome people stripping off, dancing on the tables, downing pints in one etc but that's ok. Recommended.
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Perfectly reasonable London pub - nothing special, but certainly better than some of the other neraby establishments.
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A pub that hasn't changed in 20 years and a welcome surprise. Good beer, good service and generally good all round.
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Much better than the Buck down the road and the best pub around here. The service is always quick with friendly landlady and bar staff. Good food and always a guest ale to try.
Lovely little pub, wouldn't change my work local for anything else.
anonymous - 24 Aug 2007 13:25 |
Beer's okay though a guest ale would be nice. Teh Young's is kept well enough.
Can usually get a seat after work, but it's usually full of people who work for Transport for London, so don't come in here if you are a fare evader/hate Ken Livingstone.
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Been coming here for many years - friendly, usually good real ales, full of office types, officer types from the barracks & tourists.
Menu is a bit standard - you find identical menus in spirit pubs everywhere - but food ok.
Not as good as it used to be when Joanna was running it.
anonymous - 29 Mar 2007 14:03 |
Went last night and dispite the numerous pumps all they had was Green King IPA. Well over an eigth of my pint was head.
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Oh, did I mention I actually liked it? Maybe I didn't and I was just going on about the beer. No, it's good, the best around here along with the Buck and the Cask and Glass (of the ones I've tried anyhow).
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A wide range of beers here, if by wide you mean Youngs and Fullers which is a bit like Celtic and Rangers fans in the same pub. Does happen though. Young's Winter Warmer on song. At least nobody whistled at me here.
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Friendly landlady who has pride in her beer. Food service is a bit slow. Handy if the Buckingham is too full.
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A very decent central London pub with excellent beer and a good mix of custom.
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In ther 80's and 90's was a good Pub Had many a Night of good drinkinking in this Pub....
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This is a good pub. The landlady can appear a bit brusque, but I think that comes from her having to deal with so many foreign tourists who don't know the ropes when it comes to British pubs. The guest beers change regularly and are usually sufficiently unusual to be interesting.
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Was in here, not for the first time, last night (Thursday) for a few beers. Unfortunately both the guest ales were off so stuck to the predictably good London Pride that they serve here. Ate here for the first time and it was pretty decent and resonably priced. As ever the Landlady was on hand to ensure everything ran smoothly and although busy early on it became much quieter by about 9.30. A very decent pub that I go out of my to visit.
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Despite being situated close to a main tourist area (Westminster Abbey, Houses of Parliament etc are 5 minutes walk away), this typically old-fashioned Victorian corner pub is pleasantly refreshing in that it feels very much a locals pub unspoilt by any cynical tourist marketing programme. Despite the obvious refurbishments, the pub retains a decent amount of character with its unusual panelled windows, plenty of bare floorboards, dark ceiling and panelled walls. One side of the pub is given over to a number of carpeted snugs separated by patterned glass screens. Note also the central pillar with its extended shelf (also separated by glass screens). There is a small no-smoking room to the rear. In keeping with its basic approach, there is just a solitary fruit machine, piped music and 2 fairly inadequate TV’s. Usually 2 guest beers on such as Wadworths Summersault or Holts Fifth Sense however sometimes the guest beers tend to be rather uninspiring (Spitfire is hardly a big effort for a guest beer). Meals are typical pub fare and for those in a hurry, they do a 10 minute express lunch. Food and drink prices fairly typical for the area, service generally fine and on the whole, quite a decent pub.
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O. My. Goodness. First time we came, I was ushered away from my seat (I was sitting on a stool, at an apparent 'chair only' table) by the barlady, despite only two tables being full and told to sit elsewhere on the appropriate seat. Odd. It didn't get better the second time, with some psycho hammered Civil Servant being totally abusive and finally being removed - about three drinks too late. Odd again. So not sure about food or drink situ, as both times (for the first and second time in my life) left without finishing the drink. However, our Sergeant-Major buddy loves it... apparently. Try it. It's an experience.
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Great pub, spent many lunchtimes in here when i was working in Clive House which is next door. Very cosy and dark but can get crowded very quickly.
Lovely pub in a nice location.
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Excellent atmosphere. Great bartender. Quiet and unasuming.
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very nice pub that stands out because of the level of service. Landlady is nearly always on hand, and doesn't mind giving you those extra seconds of guidance if you don't know what to drink.
Food is always good, although can sometimes be a little small. The cheese board was truly amazing - literally a wooden board, cheese knife some cheeses, biscuits, celery and grapes. Very nicely presented!
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Nice location with character and atmosphere. Good food, among the best we had in our 9 days in England. (We had a lamb & apricotts pie and smoked salmon w/parsley). Very helpful manager. She took the time to guide us through the ales and helped us pick the right one. Not crowded but lively. Non-smoking room.
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All the comments on this pub seemed fairly positive and yet it only had a 5.3 rating (prior to my vote). Odd.
I had to work down near St James tube and this was far and away the best pub in the area. Many guest ales. Not that crowded. Cozy little non-smoking room.
Highly recommended.
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Busy early on Friday night but soon got very quiet. Excellent home-made food thru 10:30 PM! 5 real ales on draft and 5 malts.
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Top pub. recently under new managemnt I think, and it shows. Service has improved (which may be down to the American landlady), food has got better, and they deliver your Guinness to the table. Can't ask for much more than that.
bazil - 20 Dec 2004 17:06 |
Great Beer.
Chris - 28 Oct 2004 14:53 |
After 8 days in London, and trying different pubs, this one was our favorite - good atmosphere, customer friendly, and good pub food.
Carolyn and Bill Bountress - 17 Oct 2004 03:42 |
The adam and eve was a truely great experence. The fish and chips was excellent and the london pride ale was superb. Most important of all the bartendors were hospitible. Cozy with english charm!
andrew laymon - 20 Jul 2004 18:14 |
Not too bad, not too good.
Pete - 21 Dec 2003 17:55 |
Allright, that's about it really!
Sammie - 19 Jun 2003 23:11 |
It was quiet on a Saturday night good beer and looked ok!
Matt Le Ross - 28 Apr 2003 12:25 |
