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Bare interior means it’s not really a tempting place to linger, but a good stop on the way to the Glasshouse Stores. And at least it’s a proper pub.
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Great good, very good price. Cute waiter. Just the service was a bit slow.
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Amazing Lunch for £5. Really good quality. There is a small dining room upstairs or you can eat in the bar, next to the blazing log fire.
Old Tart is still avalailable for £2 a pint :-)
Two of us had a great lunch for less than the price of two drinks in the bar three or four doors down the same street.
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Was drawn inside by the board outside. "Try an Olde Tart for only £2". Thought I'd give it a go. Turns out the Old Tart, which is an ale by the way and not an actual old tart, (although there are quite a few in the area), wasn't a bad drink. Especially at two quid a pint. Service was satisfactory. The pub itself was relatively empty. Lots of places to sit. I suspect it gets busy when the theatres kick out. The gents toilets was a tad dog eared, but I don't tend to rate pubs specifically on their toilets. Thats unless they're really poor. This set of bogs was passable. Good for a pitstop and a quick Old Tart, but nothing special.
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Thankfully this place is still open and as welcoming as ever. On my last visit the other day, the Timmy Taylor was in fine shape & the service was prompt. If I'm meeting mates in town I always suggest this place as a starter.
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Shockingly bad service by stuck up muppets serving the bar. Beer was not in great shape. Mates of the Bar staff served imediately. Very dodgy clientele
Avoid, so many better pubs near by
HENDO - 15 Sep 2009 15:56 |
Is it shut again - I was in a couple of months ago and celebrating the reappearance of a Soho classic. Admittedly it wasn't as splendidly shabby as it used to be but the prime people watching location opposite the Windmill was still full value.
Gutted if this place has shut again.
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Closed. Innit. Death of another fine pub.
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They had Pride and Landlord on; the Pride was distinctly average. I did not find anything really worth mentioning about this pub – it seemed pretty run-of-the-mill to me, but is undoubtedly better than many other pubs in this area. The only seating is high stools (no normal tables and chairs) that I do not like. Not worth going out of your way to visit, but you could do worse.
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Popped in for a drink a few months ago and was impressed! So went back for Sunday lumch and was very impressed. Roast beef was good quality and perfectly cooked. Exceptional! And ggreat value... and the service was friendly and welcoming.
Highly recommended.
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Walked past just before Christmas and it's definitely open again now - although as far as I could tell there weren't any actual customers inside. Didn't unfortunately have time to pop in. Looking in from the outside though it looks really clean and shiny and new - not the cosy, dingy place it used to be. Mind you I did actually like it when it was dingy and cosy...
Perhaps I'll pop in when next in the area.
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Real shame this place is closing. Landlord was a thick Cork hoor, but that was part of the charm. Lost countless pounds trying to play Olivers Army & Eaton Rifles on the Jukebox. Will be missed !!
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Worst pub news I've heard all year - the pool room upstairs was one of the best kept secrets in London. I drank and played pool upstairs countless times, and only found the room in use on one occassion. Lord knows where I'll play in Soho now.
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Shandyandy is right, it wont be reopening but Richard is movng to the Marquis of Granby on Cambridge circus which will hopefully be opening on St Patricks Day so we'll be there to wish him well and have a drink of course !!
The Lyric will be greatly missed.
anonymous - 9 Mar 2006 18:39 |
A little late in geeting there...discovered this pub a couple of weeks ago (on 26/02/06) when looking for a pub to watch the footy in. Looks like this was the last last day it was open which was a shame as it was a nice, cosy little boozer with excellent Well's Bombardier in pump. Hopefully it'll reopen again and won't be turned into a Starbucks or something equally vile.
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This is truly miserable news. On a brighter note, I know they were trying to sell the place over the past few months so perhaps its passing is not yet confirmed?
anonymous - 6 Mar 2006 12:58 |
Things like this should not be allowed to happen. How can O'Neill's, ABO, and all those other hideous chains prosper when true gems like the Lyric close? This city is suffering the death of a thousand cuts... everything with soul and character is going. The independent bookshops of Charing Cross Road, The Routemasters, the Soho cafes... all being washed away in a shitstorm of blandness, greedy landords and apathy.
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bhi an lyric ar fheabhs, bhi.
ta mo chroi briste. bfheidir go chuir me labh i mo bhais fein. slan go dti an fear reabhar athais
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Yes, truely devasting news...
will things ever be the same again
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Ta me in ghra leis an lyric
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Absolutly devestated. The best pub in London cut short in its prime. I'm urging people to rally and reopen the Lyric. This is the worst thing that has ever happened to me. Come back Richie please. I love the Lyric.
anonymous - 3 Mar 2006 09:03 |
Sad day for drinking.....
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Unlikely that the pub will reopen. Landlord Richard is moving to the Marquis of Granby on Cambridge Circus. The Marquis is being refurbed at the moment and should open mid-March. the Marquis will be showing the Celtic, Munster rugby and Gaelic Games. Lets hope the Corkonians don't have too much to cheer, the langers.
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Pub closed down Saturday 25 February. Unsure if it will be re-opened.
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Very solid West End pub. Exceptional Guiness. The mens toilets are an abomination however.......... landlord is not to be trifled with. Rougher than a badger ar*e!
anonymous - 24 Jan 2006 11:09 |
One of Soho' s last real pubs in a magnificently seedy street. Walk down here at night and you can imagine yourself as a dubious anti-hero in a late 50s fim noir. Some nice remaining victorian features and a very cosy interior. Well worth a visit.
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nice little boozer this - good fixtures and fittings. got some old american boy half-p1ssed in here once and listened to how much he rates britain, tremendous stuff. yea the landlord does have some...um...idiosyncracies... but the bar staff are nice and make up for it.
ideal place for a few pints while working up the gumption to dissapear into the Windmill "cabaret" club opposite.... or so i imagine
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Pool table upstairs (blokes note: don't use the single female toilet on the top floor, trudge down to the basement unless you want to get kicked out by the sour landlord), decent Guinness. That's about it really.
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Cracking little pub (I do mean *little*), with Rugby perpetually on TV and the BEST pint of Guinness I've found in London so far. Excellent atmosphere, although the trip down to the gents feels like entering a crypt.
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People who post on internet forums are the subject to ridicule in this pub.
anonymous - 16 Aug 2005 16:22 |
Good small pub for watching Celtic in and having the landlord try and rob your girlfriend.
Avoid on nights where there football team is partying unless you want a very sore head and an evening of Rod Stewart.
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