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the pub is located in the middle of marylebone high street around many stores, when the miss wanna go shooping it is the BEST PLACE to sit and talk to some friendly strangers.
theres a very famous cookery school just around the corner from the pub, so in the evenings u can meet many young students from all around the world.
p.s
get the alpain lager...
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Never sure about this place, but its growing on me.
The lack of music can make it really quiet off peak, but its not an problem when busy. Lots of American Expats come here, it seems. Great interior, although I can't fathom why they re-located the bar from the corner to the middle of the room.
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Never sure about this place, but its growing on me.
The lack of music can make it really quiet off peak, but its not an problem when busy. Lots of American Expats come here, it seems. Great interior, although I can't fathom why they re-located the bar from the corner to the middle of the room.
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From the Golden Eagle the next point of call was to have been the Prince Albert, a pub I'd never visited. Sadly it appears to have become a trendy restaurant so we came here instead. None of us had been here before. Coincidentally we arrived as the previous reviewer was posting his comments. Quite agree with everything he says, and the Wheat Beer was superb. Definitely a pub to come back to.
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Great pub. Quiet atmosphere of a lunchtime. No piped music. Just the low hum of the drinkers' conversation. Delicious Sovereign Bitter and Wheat beer. Lovely dark wood panelling and stained windows. Reminds me of the other good Sam Smiths pubs in Holborn ( Princess Louise and Cittie Of Yorke) but a lot quieter and smaller.
You can't fault Sam Smith's pricing policy. Where else can you get two quality pints of bitter in London for less than £3.60(that's for the two!)?
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Found it somewhat dull and the food was disappointing. Better options in the area.
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Very, very decent pub in Marylebone 'village', down to earth and the recent refurbishment hasn't done it any harm. Head upstairs to a lounge-like area for food, which is OK quality (better than chain pubs) and very reasonably priced, as are the drinks, the main reason people tend to go to Samuel Smith's pubs. A good old fashioned boozer where lively banter and general frivolity are the order of the day.
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If I'm in the area and fancy a quiet drink with a friend, this is the pub I'll go to.
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Once it gets dark, it can get a bit dingy in here. And if you're tempted by the free room hire upstairs, where the bizarre shape of the building is even more evident, it will only be staffed if busy enough and you can't have any music up there.
However, downstairs is what it's all about here. And when the sun gets low in the sky on a summer's evening and pours through the fantastic stained glass as one sups one's pint, it's a unique and quite wonderful place. and cheap too. Go!
gcc24 - 11 Dec 2006 21:58 |
Not on Bond Street. Not "in" Bond Street either, if something can be without entering a sewer. Marylebone is the location.
For Sam Smith's, this one is positively effete.
anonymous - 3 Oct 2006 18:29 |
Pleasant Sam Smiths pub, nice windows/decor, cheap drinks. It's nice inside when the sun shines through the windows. I've never found anything to slag it off about yet, lack of toilet paper perhaps.
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Only redeeming feature is the cheap beer. Forget standing outside unless you like breathing in road fumes.
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Really liked this pub. Inside it is clean, the staff are friendly and helpful and the beer tasted good. It was quiet as it was a sunny saturday afternoon but the outside seating made drinking there a thoroughly pleasant experience. I'll definately pop in again and would advise anyone passing to do the same.
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one of the quieter pubs in the area that we visited but good beer all the same,samuel smiths house so you know what your gonna get before you go in i suppose
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Nice cheap Samuel Smith's on tap, but appart from that a pretty average pub for this area of London.
anonymous - 16 Apr 2005 17:48 |
PS: Oh, and the sign is back. ;-)
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Great pub, lovely Sam Smiths Sovereign Best Bitter. Food reasonably ok. Certainly worth popping into if in the area.
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Great pub but the sign is missing outside. Mind you, it is not easy to miss!
mikem - 10 Jan 2004 10:58 |
My favourite Samuel Smith's pub. Friendly, cheap, and not overcrowded. Outside tables permit drinkers to watch the world go by and in winter a nice fire is provided.
Cameron - 23 Apr 2003 20:17 |
