Golden Lion, Soho - pub details

Golden Lion
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Address: 51 Dean Street, London, W1D 5BL [map] [gmap]

Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 10499)

Nearest tube stations Leicester Square (0.2 miles), Piccadilly Circus (0.2 miles), Tottenham Court Road (0.3 miles)

Nearest train stations London Charing Cross (0.4 miles), London Waterloo (1.1 miles), London Waterloo East (1.1 miles)

Pub facilities/features:

  • Sky TV, Jukebox
  • Food served, Real ale
  • Wireless internet access (provided by The Cloud)
General information: Upstairs bar

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user reviews of Golden Lion, Soho

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small pub that seems to have a lot of trade. Wednesday night. Watched the business men doing rounds of Guinness with Jamesons chasers. How the wheels of industry are oiled.

Quite like the pub - but there is a lot of choice in the area!
Mappiman - 12 Jan 2012 19:31
Well, I went in on a quiet Saturday lunchtime and nearly a year after the last posting so perhaps the pub is better when there isn't a mad rush on or maybe there's been a turnover in management but I had a perfectly enjoyable visit. It seemed a tiny place but I saw, but unlike mikeyr1234 did not try to explore, that there is an upstairs bar too. They would need it if more than 50 people decided they wanted to use the place. A couple of pints of well-kept Abbott and although I did not myself eat a number of people were tucking into what looked and smelled like perfectly good bar food at not unreasonable prices. I would agree with TWG that it is nothing out of the ordinary but there are times when a quiet, well-run boozer that makes no demands on you is just what's wanted. That said, the sports TV was heavily advertised but mercifully not on. I would not like to be there with that blaring away and a lot of fans putting the worlds to rights.
guayabera - 18 Dec 2011 15:58
I went in here last night around 11.30pm to be met by one of the most crowded pubs I have been in for a long time in London.

You literally could not move but as it was getting late and we fancied a pint we stayed, bad idea.

Spotting the stairs we moved upstairs to try and get some space from the havoc downstairs to be met by the rudest arrogant bar manager I have ever encountered. He told us to go downstairs rather abruptly to which i said to him there was nowhere to stand so how can we go down there when there was no room at all? A snapped response of "Well if you move I can see how much room there is cant I". He went down two stairs, turning more people away from upstairs in the process. Analysed the completely overflowing pub, shut a gate leading upstairs that looks like a cattle gate and headed off back up there, not giving a damm that fights were nearly breaking out because of the lack of space!

Will not be going again.
mikeyr1234 - 30 Jan 2011 23:52
Alas, a single visit to the Golden Lion will betray that it is essentially nothing out of the ordinary, and albeit in one of the traditionally most vibrant and diverse districts of the capital, it manages to remain relatively unmemorable, and even more so in the vast panople of pubs whose doorsteps I have darkened down the decades.
As previous commentators have stated, it is fond of large TV screens, and clearly pitches towards the tourist passing trade and sports fanatics. The trade is mixed but too much so to impart any lasting impressions. The interior is standard wood panelling with a pseudo-Victorian feel, although in fairness I personally prefer this to some dreadfully miscued modern contemporary nonsense, which clinically moves in on the minimalist and targets the transitory, with no regard for the pub's history or the exterior architecture.

Perhaps surprisingly, the cask beer range was reasonable, and I polished off a perfectly acceptable pint here; on the strength of only 1 purchase it perhaps doesn't seem fair to comment, but if it was representative of the overall standard then one could do worse than the GL, provided a half-decent pint of ale is the utmost priority. Sadly, if it's good conversation and character you want - especially if you're new to London and want to sample the more interesting and charismatic venues - then turn again, Whittington.

TWG - 10 Jan 2011 17:52
Very "footbally" for my taste but still quite relaxing and cosy - nice to gaze out the window to see the passers by - Leffe on tap - not bad!
adamwalsh - 17 Oct 2010 19:40

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