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£3.50 for a pint of Sharp's doom bar really is stretching it, even in this part of town. The beer was better kept yesterday when i went in though than for several years, definite improvement as it's been on the slide for a long while. Also seemed to have been a refurb, or at the very least a tidy up of the place as well.
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It was with great trepidation that I entered this pub, after reading previous reviews. I'm happy to say that the staff were not "surly" and made sure I knew that I was to be served everytime I visited the bar. I had a good pint of Fuller's Chiswick and would go back again if in the area.
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dark, dismal and dirty dosen't desearve to be located in Mayfair.
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Beautiful exterior, interior ok and beer (Sharp's Doom Bar)good also. Pricey, but we didn't expect anything else in this part oftown.
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The exterior of this pub is so interesting that one is almost obliged to enter - only to be disappointed. It should be so much better inside than it is. A pub can be a bit tatty yet retain a lot of character; but this isn't one of them. Top of the range prices too - I had a pint of "Piss in the Cold" (I think) - even if I'm not 100% sure what the beer was called I do remember that it cost me £3.30 a pint. There are better pubs in the Mayfair area.
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Sharp's DoomBar still on tap. Some other very good guest ales including Hobgoblin's winter ale and Hogs Back's Traditional English Ale. Also Adnam's.
Agree about the decor. A bit of a dump
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Bit of a dump, surly patrons and bar staff but it did serve Sharps Doom (which was pretty well kept) so for that reason alone if I'm in the area I'd go back again.
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Great location, but it is a dump
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I totally agree with cleversaz and theregent except that I would also like to add that I ordered a pint of lime and soda and a pint of Stella on 3 separate occasions and I was charged 3 different amounts ranging from £4:30 to £5.90. I was going to watch the Saturday evening rugby game in here, but due to the atmosphere I decided against it.
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Overrated, this place is a dump par excellence, a real charm free zone
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Our visit here would've been a much nicer experience had it not been for the overtly surley barman whose aggressive attitude conveyed an air of severely misplaced superiority. Abysmal service generally, staff seem oblivious to who's next which is not the best way to get customers back. Can't say I'll be visiting again.
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Matty rules ok
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There was a bald chap without a tie on doing the moonwalk in the outside drinking area, which was a constant source of entertainment....
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Great for the summer and the beer is good. However, expect to wait about 25 minutes for a drink from pretty useless staff and a landlady who is possibly the rudest on the planet. She's more interested in shouting at punters who escape the roped off area outside and has an air of arrogance that suggests she's doing you a favour letting you buy a pint. It will be a while before I go back. Shame really.
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Definately a summer pub but then Shepherds Market is better in the summer. Can get very busy. To be honest its not worth going out of ones way for.
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Priced for the tourists or the areas wealthier residents. Beer was fine and so were the staff although it was fairly empty with some transitory punters going 'to and fro' Getting a tad tatty around edges and not worth aiming for. Some may like the market area but not when the weather's cold!
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One bar girl with a full pub on a hen night, waited ages to get served and then paid £6.30 for a Guinness and a Boddingtons! Nothing amazing really, better to window shop in this area than actually go in anywhere!
Hucks - 20 Aug 2006 15:24 |
'Ye Grapes' - one of few 'No Smoking' pubs in London.
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SHEPHERDS MARKET, MAYFAIR, W1.
Thats the place to visit in the summer months!!
Ye Grapes doz not serve food, so you mite wanna try the Shepherds Tavern, or O'Neills bar around the corner if you're hungry. Either way, check out this whole area, narrow cobbled streets & alleyways, with an 'oldey-worldey' Old London feel to it.
Ye Grapes is good in an evening, but compare it with the other two pubs (literally a stones throw away) before settling down for the night. Hard to believe you're almost in the shadow of the great Hilton Hotel (Park Lane) a couple of blocks away! Nice area. Can u believe i found a £20 note on the pavement outside this pub earlier in the year! Whoever dropped it didn't miss it, the area smells of dollars..& Ferarri's..!! TJ
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Me likes this place! But...despite a sign on the door saying the ales were so well kept..and despite a good choice...none of the ones I had tasted right!! £3 a pint as well. It's expensive work this pubgoing! Not an inspiring beer selection outside of this either. Nice little place in a nice little area. Bring loadsofit though!
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Beer is absolute rubbish. Dreadful pint of Boddy's. lagers awful. Avoid unless you want an upset stomach.
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oi, rude swedish geezer from last january -- don't queue barge me at the bar, pal.
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Nice little place with great atmosphere in the summer when everybody is spilling out all over the streets of shepherd market. Can be entertaining to watch all the businessmen who think that no-one knows they're with hookers - definitely some fun people watching to be had!
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Yup, it's a good un. Sleazy red curtains and a slightly threatening ambiance. Just what Shepherds Market is all about.
anonymous - 21 Feb 2006 17:58 |
Last time I was in here, I had to leave half of my pint - Enough said methinks !!
The Kings Arms, just over the way, is much nicer (and so is their beer).
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Excellent pub but rammed on the Friday night we visited. Stag Heads and enormous Fish, etc as decoration. Nice quiet location away from busy roads.
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Seem to remember this is a very nice pub, had a girlfriend who worked next to it and she used to take me there. No food which is a good thing.
anonymous - 6 Feb 2006 12:02 |
i used to work as manager in this pub. if youl look in the pic, my bedroom was just above the sign...wow! that room seen some action. usually with the barmaids! one big party. great little pub..if you can brave the heaving crowds in the summer well worth a visit!
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I like this place - decent selection of ales including some direct from the barrels, which is pretty rare for London. Plenty of stuffed animals for those who like that sort of thing too...
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Nice small cozy pub, beers were fairly good. Had a pint of Boddies Cask which I hadn't seen elsewhere. Worth stopping if if your in the area, but don't go out of your way.
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Visited twice...or at least tried. Second time was good: large crowd outside and a decent pint of London Pride, but at a high price. First time was a non-starter, as the pub was closed without notice. Overall, have had better luck at the Kings Arms.
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I used to like this pub, but I went last week and was faced with the rudest barman imaginable. You know who you are - I bet your mother is ashamed.
Git.
anonymous - 15 Mar 2005 14:19 |
I came, I saw and I slurped ale, which was not as bad as the reviewers make out. Nice pub, but the trouble is that a whole subway load of nobodies who think their somebodies hang around here. It is small and cramped and a few too many egos can make it even more cramped. Go at the weekends when all the yuppies have taken the train home (cos they cannot afford cars ironically). I took a foreign friend here, and he thought it was the bees knees. The bar staff are a bit full of themselves; a bit like the pub of a Friday night - though the beauty of Shepherd Market is that there are another 3 boozers close by to try if your knowledge of derivatives aint what it used to be. Tally ho!
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How very disappointing this pub has become. As others have found. It used to be a gem in the 90's. Now it has very rude staff. And a barman that swigged a leftover drink! If I worked with those people I would drink too. The beers are now poor, even the IPA was off. An awful night and now a rotten place to go. Avoid.
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excellent venue for the summer, although very popular so can be slow to geet a drink. Be careful not to cross the line on the pavement outside as this separates the Turkish Restaurant (kebab shop) from the pub. The owner gets quite cross about this.
Poor lager selection but the beer is good.
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Well, well. Has this pub changed. I am not surprised by the first two postings. This pub used to be smashing in the 80s. Very comfortable, fun bar staff, great outdoor drinking. I was completely shocked to go back for the first time in '01 to see it gutted out and boring. Zzzzzz.... No atmosphere at all. I'll drink at home. The staff were boring as well.
Joseph - 15 Oct 2004 18:09 |
Went there with my wife on Friday night (24 Sep 04). Despite its CAMRA ratings and the range on display both beers were poorly kept and weren't finished. Staff were busy and hopefully this was a one-off; particularly as the pub notic outside extolls the virtues of its well kept beers. Will try again but with caution.
Gary W - 26 Sep 2004 23:08 |
Nice pub, shame about the manager. He threw us out for inadvertently smoking in the non-smoking area last night. He told us "people like you are were better suited to O'Neils round the corner". So we went there - much more relaxed atmosphere and friendly staff.
Emma D - 3 Sep 2004 09:55 |
One of the highlights of being in London during the summer. Many a sunny evening spent drinking outside, after a hard day's toil in front of a PC. A lovely, happy atmosphere all the way to 11.00pm. I don't think I've ever come here outside of the spring / summer months, however.
Tony - 23 Apr 2004 14:39 |
Was there Friday evening. Be warned, at 11.20pm on the dot, your glasses (regardless of how close you are to finishing) will be demanded back as pub property. Most draconian pub clearing I have ever witnessed. My nerves wouldn't let me venture back!!
D Hartnett - 23 Feb 2004 09:31 |
Used to be very good for real ale about 4 yrs ago. Is Nik the barcellerman still here - he knew alot about the ales and made everyone laugh! ?
anonymous - 31 Jul 2003 18:12 |
An outstanding freehouse, offering many real alea, is located in one of the narrow warrens of Shepherd Market. Pleasant days provide for a mew-like clustering of people outside.Inside the decor is quite eclectic, providing a source of interest when the conversation becomes dull.
Bob F. - 13 May 2003 16:36 |
Visit here at 7.30pm on Monday 9 June to see the London Pride Morris Men dance!
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