The Comedy, Piccadilly - pub details

Was in here last saturday afternoon about 3 o'clock and there were only 3 people in here.No real ale,usual bland chain-pub interior,if you want a drink in a pub go next door to the Tom Cribb.

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boundsgreenboy - 19 Jul 2009 23:41

Downstairs is quite a good place for a gig as the room is a regular shape, improving the acoustics, and people are not likely to drift in off the street and hold loud conversations on their mobile phone while the band are trying to play. Bands heard include Twisted Trees and the Silver Wizard Project, both of whom can now say they have played the West End (well, under it in fact).
However £3.70 for a pint of lemonade and lime juice is rather steeper than the north face of the Eiger and stopped me having a second one. People tend to drink soft drinks more slowly than beer anyway so why not encourage the customer to drink more of them by charging less?
I can't say much about the upstairs except that it does coffee, which was ok and not too expensive either.

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rainlight - 26 Nov 2008 00:58

a fantastic place to enjoy a good pint or a glass of wine, the comedy club is not bad either, was there last week and I had a really good time, I would definitly recomend this place.

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halo2 - 20 Jul 2008 11:42

About ten years ago this was a proper pub, four real ales, switched on management, and for a west end pub a bit of character. All this was on the ground floor level, in the cellar bar they had karaoke,discos etc at the weekends, and the upstairs bar was a piano bar with a very funny, very camp pianist. It was a real provider of choice, if you didn't like loud music you stayed in the traditional bar, but then it went the way of a lot of pubs and became plastic. No ales, no choice and no atmosphere. Its now dirty, badly managed and in need of some adult customers. Why?
When will thes pubco's learn that if it ain't broke don't fix it.

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wellinformed - 21 Apr 2008 18:01

What a dump

Mr Monkfish (love the Fast Show reference) is right in that this is mainly a venue for up and coming bands. As a band that was neither I was quite fortunate to play here but also to identify it's shortcomings beyond being a good live venue, namely:

1. It's expensive and rather sparse in terms of variety. Still, if you like fizzy lager here's a reasonable place to drink it and watch sports.

2. It's souless. It looks like an ident-i-kit magnolia washed refurb pub where any character has been sapped out of it which makes it bitterly ironic that it's called...

3. The Comedy. Jokes aside about 'The funny thing is the prices and lack of fun you have while in there' aside, it's the first pub I know that could be the name of a band. Think about it - The Strokes, The Hives, The Music, The Comedy

I'm ranting now. It's a load of rubbish, and you shoud only go if your mates are playing downstairs in a band.

BTW - Stop advertising yourselves on here you mugs

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rampantwurzel - 10 Jan 2008 15:14

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