Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, Fleet Street - pub details

Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese
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Address: Wine Office Court, 145 Fleet Street, London, EC4A 2BU [map] [gmap]

Tel: 0871 917 0007 (ref 1513)

Nearest tube stations Blackfriars (0.3 miles), Chancery Lane (0.4 miles), Temple (0.4 miles)

Nearest DLR station Bank (0.9 miles)

Nearest train stations City Thameslink (0.2 miles), Blackfriars (0.3 miles), Farringdon (0.4 miles)

Brewery: Samuel Smith's

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Suggested by Tony Marsh on 12 Nov 2002.

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> Current user rating: 7.4/10 (rated by 199 users)
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user reviews of Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, Fleet Street

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Good beer, not bad food, slightly dissapointing puddings (Size not taste). Popped in again last night, and the place was a little busy just after work, but quitened down fast after 8ish. Enjoyed the Old Brewery in the ground floor back bar, though it was a little chilled (icy even). Barstaff were pleasent, service was fast. Nice interesting venue with lots of corners to explore.
Penguinsanity - 29 May 2009 10:03
Tourist trap? 95% of West End pubs must have tourists in them at any given time. Are they all "traps" too?

The Cheshire Cheese gets its fair share of visitors (and why not? we're all tourists somewhere) - Disneyland it definately ain't.
Albert_Campion - 24 May 2009 12:57
One of the (very) few pubs where you can really feel what a pub from before the industrial revolution might have been like. The tourists that get brought in by guides and then sod off whithout so much as a half of shandy are annoying, but they go with the territory, and they leave swiftly. I think the "tourist trap" lable is unfair, the beer is much cheaper than elswhere and the pub is genuinely very old, those that come in search of an "old" English pub get better value here than in many other pubs. Dr Johnson may well not have drunk there, but given its proximity to his house in Gough Sq I'd be surprised if he never darkened its door.
I've had more enjoyable chats with random strangers in the tiny "front" bar than anywhere else in London and the staff are usually pretty friendly too.
Of course there are tourists in here, get over it! The ones that stay for a drink are the ones that appreciate the feel of this very special pub. In a world where the "Wig & pen" is now a Thai restaurant this place is to be treasued.
Davethebadger - 21 May 2009 15:58
A pub that, if anything, overplays its history (the Dr Johnson connection is tenuous at best) - but hey, the current building dates back to 1667 so there's plenty of history to play with! Be warned that this is no bright, modern or open-plan pub – the dark wooden interior is a maze of narrow corridors and staircases, leading to numerous bars and dining rooms. Fairly cold inside, so nice to visit in the summer. Sam Smith's beer is the order of the day here, meaning that by Central London standards this is home to that rare creature, a reasonably priced pint.
TheHistoryMan - 19 May 2009 19:10
Still an over rated tourist trap, playing on the Doctor Johnson connection. There's no written or published proof that he ever used the place;it's all built on one comment by a 19th centuryjournalist drinking here; pure rubbish. Howeverthat aside,I had a very pleasant couple old old Ales served by the charming Aussie in the front bar this afternoon. Informed,cheerful and on the ball beer wise. The place was empty, except for 3 Bankers in the corner on fruit juice. This was such a great bar to sit and smoke in once;nowkilled off or left to die by this governments antismoking polcy. How many more pubs will go as a result?
WOTCHACOCK - 30 Apr 2009 08:32

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