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Nice little haven to escape the mania of Pic Circus. Solid beer - Price and T Taylor both reliable - and the landlord is always cheery and friendly. Some of his staff couldn't speak much English when I last went a few months ago, which didn't really matter, except when he thought I'd ordered a *pint* of Bushmills and began to empty the bottle!
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Have had a dodgy pint here in the past, but the Timothy Taylor Landlord was in good condition today. The small upstairs room (with generally non-functioning bar) doesn't look exactly finished, but downstairs is usually pretty full so can be worth a try. Not great, but you can certainly do much worse in the Shaftesbury Avenue area.
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The closest thing to a "local" in a top tourist area ,great range of beers kept in fist class condition,always a friendly welcome,food also worthy.I always make a visit whenever i'm in town.
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i used to work in the dive bar - with Michael about 14-15 years ago - if michel's running this bar still then i guarantee a warm lively reception where the beer will be good and you;'ll be made very welcome ;)
cheers
Mike M
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Great pub. Not sure how I had managed to not go here before.
Went for a couple of pints on a friends birthday, Timothy Taylor Landlord available. Perfectly kept and at a very reasonable price. Also had a salad for my tea, delicious but a little pricey.
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So nice to find somewhere with connections back to the wonderful (and much missed) Dive Bar.
It's miles away in terms of background music (more chart based stuff than the wonderful soundtrack of Ella Fitzgerald and co that used to make the Dive so special), but the general atmosphere remains.
Amazingly friendly bar staff and a rough and ready (bordering on grotty according to my friend!) feel make it a stand out in central London.
Oh and the Sunday jazz is a nice touch too.
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I like this place, had a few ales on (the Tim Taylor was really good. It was too busy on a saturday afternoon to sit inside so we drank our beer in the alleyway and people watched.
The doorman, was quite surly but friendly enough once I produced my ID, watching him catch the kids trying to sneak in the side door was quite amusing as well...
Plus opposite the place is a showroom that had a Zonda, Spyker and a real nice old jag. Which was nice if that's your thing.
Better than most of the pubs in this area.
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Might be a little biased, but a lot has changed here over the last few years, and mostly for the better. Prices are reasonable and the band of egular customers are very friendly. The food is lovely and surprisingly underpriced.Cider's a bit warm though.
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Nice little pub hidden just off the manic Shaftesbury Avenue. Timmy Taylor's was nice but a tad pricey at £2.55.
The BelleVue cherry beer, just a small bottle, was £4. My girlfriend enjoyed it but how could you not for that price?
Would definitely go back here, especially on Sunday afternoon for the live jazz.
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Nice and handy little pub. Has become the traditional meeting point for my mate and I before we head-off to watch Wales vs. France in the Six Nations elsewhere...perhaps we should watch it in here once! Nice pint of Tim Taylor. Friendly staff. A great location which appears to somehow remain a little bit out-of-the way for your average punter.
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I do like this pub - it's quirky, the beer is usually good and the customers always seem friendly. Does get a bit crowded sometimes as it is only small.
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Fantastic. We come here to shelter from the crappy overpriced chain bar scene, and now I've revealed them I am regretting it.
Did anonymous really "leave" or did that huge saffa guy behind the bar remove him????
<silence>
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great pub.
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I once stopped in here with a mate when hiding from the rain. Thought I was succeeding in chatting up an Italian bar maid until an extravagant hand gesture from me sent my pint all over her and all over the open till. Left never to return.
Remember it being OK.
anonymous - 20 Apr 2006 17:35 |
without doubt one the best pubs in london! staff always friendly no pretence whatsoever and good selection of products im totally about this place
juzza - 29 Mar 2006 12:23 |
Ask the Chinese (I presume) barman when he's working for a special 'green lager'. Top!
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The bar staff here, led by the endlessly cheerful Michael, are great; the beer - Tim Taylor's Landlord, Leffe, Hoegarden - is excellent; the food is good; and it's incredibly central (surrounded by lots of substandard boozers). What else do you want?
Tom_G - 17 Mar 2006 20:02 |
The Prince of London Pubs, always worth a trip when visiting London's-busy-West-End.
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Marvellous pub. Don't really like the decor, but the staff are charming and highly efficient (is that the old barman from the much-missed Kings head?). Punters cheerful and on the characterful side – arty and academic by the looks of them ... we shared a table with a bunch of heart middle-aged theatre types. Beer was in good condition, too. We'll definately be back.
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Anyone out there who used to use the late lamented Diver Bar and/or Kings Head on Gerrard Street during the week, get your acts together and visit Michael and R at the Posts. They have a great little pub and, no surprises here, it is completely devoid of the usual Soho attitude.
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Very nice to hear that the Dive Bar lot have found a new place to play. Haven't been in yet, but if it's anything like Dive Bar it'll have bags of charm, eccentricity and Nina Simone on the speakers on week nights. Will visit very soon.
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Discovered this pub last night - a rainy Monday in August. Loved it! Timmy Taylors Landlord a huge bonus, as was busty barmaid & cheerfully eccentric looking manager. Being Monday it was quiet but for a few oldies singing along to Moon River. I can see it could get a little crowded at the weekend, but there's more space upstairs. If I wasn't on a mini crawl (and the lure of another visit to The Ship on Wardour St - where busty barmaid made a surprise return appearance as a punter!. I'd have stayed for more than the 2 excellent pints. But I'll be back.
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Excellent Pub - 'good old fashioned boozer' Simple yet tasty food. The Beatles had their picture taken outside, when recording near by... the picture is behinf the bar, well it will be when they get round to putting it up.
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Liked the 'local' feel - brilliant antidote to the crush that is Waxy's a few doors down. Somewhere you could take your folks to for a quiet sit-down.
Extra point to the landlord for serving lager in the correctly-branded glasses.
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Nice little pub.
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It's all changed - for the better! New, v. friendly tenants and staff, all ex- the erstwhile King's Head in Gerrard Street. That telly's gone, quiter music, nice food. Whole place is going through that needed scrub-down and re-vamp (in the best possible taste, I'm assured); bits change every week I visit. In fact, it's your new local West End pub, complete with locals already in place. Good London Pride and Timothy Taylor on hand pump and Dutch lagers on draught. Try it.
Graham - 25 Jul 2004 18:34 |
Cosy and quiet. Music too loud for such a small place. Didn't like distraction of silent telly aloft ..is it to keep bar staff happy? Female loo stunk thoroughly of bleach, which is reassuring yet worrying at same time. Daren't put my bag down for fear of bleached stain. Drinks very reasonably priced.
Upstairs is grimily unwelcoming with tired old prints in frames, at least one with its glass smashed. Could do with a scrub down. Like the flickering orange flamed candelabras.
Joan - 4 Feb 2004 10:08 |
Great old-fashioned boozer, handy for Leicster square and cinemas.
Vindaloo - 13 Aug 2003 13:09 |
