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Hmmm....those nasty old junkies and their vagabond ways. Still, they've always got a light if you need one, and at least they pick on decent pubs to do their best Fagin impersonations. You never see them outside All Bar One now do you?
Back to the point
Pleasant pub, lovely interior which takes you back to ye olde days when pubs were low-lit, musty, but also enjoyable venues. Beer selection is actually poor but those they do stock are reasonable enough. Not sure I agree about the bar staff - they seemed reasonable enough and while not biting my hand off to give useful tit-bits in life (try going to Dorset, they'll give you a life story in some of those pubs!!!!) were efficient.
I don't go here for the beer really, more for just a nice calm surrounding away from the madness of Covent Garden, and it did exactly as I hoped - chilled out pint with the missus, then on to Covent Garden for the madness therein.
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Accousted by junkies theregent writes! LOL is that like the guitars?
anonymous - 8 Aug 2007 16:21 |
nice little pub, the only trouble is if you sit outside you run the risk of getting accousted by junkies panhanderling for money and cigarettes, which is a nuisence. Their is some interesting pop memorbilia on the walls
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Decent enough but shame about the staff who resemble bulldogs chewing wasps with attitudes to match.
anonymous - 17 Jul 2007 14:11 |
I stopped here for lunch whilst on a training course nearby, and was pleasantly surprised. Good beer, superb sandwiches, and excellent service. A London pub as it should be.
ropey - 27 Apr 2007 14:40 |
Visited in the after work Friday rush and it was heaving, but still thought it was a good pub. Had well kept Harveys on and plenty of bizare tat on the walls to look at. All in all a nice little pub.
anonymous - 24 Mar 2007 17:24 |
As someone who travels miles for a decent pint of Guinness I cannot recommend this pub enough. I love it. If you know anything about London pubs or Irish pubs in London and nothing about this one then you must get the first cab down there, I promise it is wonderful place. On par with the Bull & Gate, Kentish Town.
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A nice looking pub from the outside, but he manager / owner should realise that if he's only going to have one member of staff on on a friday afternoon, he should find one who's more interested in serving customers than playinmg fruit machines all the time while customers are waiting.
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There was a fight outside as I walked in! But don't take that as a judgement - it was actually realy cool, proper english pub. But not enough sexy male staff!
anonymous - 23 Dec 2006 03:26 |
In there for lunch yesterday. Unusually, the beer (Harveys on this occasion) was excellent. Sandwiches are always good and good value at £2.50 or £2.75 - I have bought worse sarnies for £5.95 in central london. Service was fine - I was served straightaway - at 1.30 PM on a Friday. Masses of bric a brac on the walls, ceilings and anywhere else there is room - but the TV monitor seems out of place. They don't have the sound on (thankfully) and I've never seen anyone watching it. If they could just get the beer consistently up to scratch, and when the smoking ban comes into force, it will be up in the superb category.
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I love this pub its a proper pub every time you come in you find something new on the walls or the ceiling. The food is all home cooked and the steak pie is delicious. This pub is absolutely packed solid in the summer and you sometimes have to wait longer than average to be served but what do you expect for a busy little pub that is very popular with everyone.
From tourists to the quirky little locals.
Stocks Harveys Sussex I havent found many in the area that have this.
All in all a fantastic pub
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Been going here for 15 years. Same management now as then. Great looking pub inside and out. Huge, reasonably priced lunches all with cheese on them, it would seem. A predictable selection of poorly kept warm ales and, if it's busy all the bottled beer is nice and warm too. This boozer is often understaffed by disinterested, unsupervised agency folk or indolent goldbricks (although the cleaners do a good job on the brass . That said, there's a good mix of local residents, wide boys, workers and your more adventurous tourist. If you grab yourselves a table and are fortunate enough to collar a barman/maid who knows how to pour a stout, you can have yourself a decent evening and maybe make new friends with a Norwegian pub enthusiast. Nice little function room upstairs too, usually hired out by very unfit looking masons covered in fag ash.
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I've spent many a fine time in here, dark and insulated form the hell of covent garden. feels like a real locals place but is welcoming to all.
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Terrible service - it was a Friday night and quite busy but nothing that 2 people couldn't handle in Newcastle. However, the staff were tripping over themselves to ignore customers. Waited like an idiot for 10 minutes to be served then left - plenty more good pubs nearby.
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Not a bad little pub can be a haven of tranquillity in the tourist hell that is Covent Garden.
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Not bad at all - as a non football pub it was a great place to watch the european cup final - got a seat, tried all the beers. Bombardier was probably the best
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Awesome, cluttered long single room bar, every inch packed with nik-naks and kookie memorabilia. Very British. Quaint and eccentric. A napkin signed by Elvis is above the bar. Dripping with atmosphere, this is without a doubt the best pub in Covent Garden. Sadly the casks are standard:- Bombardier, Youngs Bitter, Courage Best.
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A great pub away from the general mayhem of Covent Garden. Beer good. Ambience good. And you can talk without shouting.
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Not the easiest place to sit down, but otherwise one of the best
pubs in central london.1
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Great Pub for a session or for meeting up before a meal out. Narrow in proportions but certainly has depth - just watch out for the wasted Tube workers...
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If you're doing the A-to-Z pub crawl of London then it is acceptable to use the Cross Keys as a substitute for the 'X' pub. :)
That is all.
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Well kept small and justifiably busy pub. Loads of brass nick nacks (including an old-fashioned diver's helmet!) hanging fom the ceiling, old oil paintings and pop memorabilia – I think they even have Elvis and the Beatles' autographs. Beer is good, honest stuff and the service is great. When my mate got a stain on his jacket from the top of the fag machine they paid for it to be cleaned, no arguments. The outside is a veritable jungle of hanging baskets and ivy. Always a good sign, in my view.
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Nice traditional pub, well worth a visit. Note the Beatles memorabilia.
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I love this pub, and im not sure why?
But its one of my favouite in London.
Its jumbeled and messey and red and it just feels right to be sitting in there on a saturday afternoon getting slowly drunk.
Its got one of the best chip shops in london just down the same street from it.
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Nice style. Beer was So-so interesting crowd before 7pm plenty of suits after.
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the crowd spills out onto the street but there are a couple of tables outside.
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An interesting little place with a nice outdoor area and interesting people. Dont go here if you are in a hurry, or any time on Friday... you will wait ages for any service and could possibly die of thirst, and ordering food can be a hit-and-miss affair. But worth a stop any other time.
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Good boozer and well run with attentive bar staff.
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Great pub. Good beer well served by friendly staff. Interesting decor. Well worth a visit. Puts many other 'pubs' in the area to shame.
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Small & full of strange people. Smokey but great beer.
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A wonderful cove of a pub. Dark even when it's blazing sunshine outside. Plenty of interesting matter to please the eye it's best enjoyed sober, at first, but I could envisage having a bit of a session there.
Good for: Escaping the Covent Garden throng for a quite pint or two and maybe some bar snacks.
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A fantastic little oasis in town - dark interiors add to that feeling of hiding away... One of London's best.
Chris - 7 Jul 2004 17:01 |
agree with the comments below a nice little pub unpretentious
Pedro - 5 May 2004 13:56 |
Nice place. Can be a bit tricky finding a seat but bucketloads of interesting decor. Have never got a seat on the benches in summer but plan to at least once this year.
Steve - 22 Mar 2004 09:52 |
This pub is a real find in Covent Garden. Great seating out the front for summer drinks. Inside is very pretty, dark and full of character. Worth searching out when in the area.
Paladino - 23 Jan 2004 20:55 |
great little pub
andy - 29 Aug 2003 15:09 |
A nice, usually quiet, pub that serves a nice pint. I always try to to visit when I am in town. I have never been there when I wasn't amused by some unusual character. The WCs are interesting too.
Charles - 30 Jul 2003 11:34 |
Really nice pub. Landlord has a tendancy to be unnecessarily rude at chucking out time. That's my only criticism.
TheG - 22 Jul 2003 16:36 |
Homely atmosphere - lots of trinkets about the place. Serves a good pint.
Liz - 18 Jun 2003 13:04 |
Decent Pub, Not your tourist trap.
Nice & dark inside. Good atmos
Leon - 3 Jun 2003 14:41 |
Nice pub. Very intimate and best suited to couples or small groups. Some of the staff can be a bit abrupt especially if they get your drink wrong and you have the nerve to complain. Otherwise a very good pub.
Alistair - 21 May 2003 08:29 |
Lovely little pub - lots of atmosphere, fills up very quickly.
Darryl - 5 May 2003 23:55 |
Love this pub. Minutes walk from Covent Garden. Great atmosphere.
Boothers - 11 Apr 2003 10:55 |
