Ye Olde Cock Tavern, Fleet Street - pub details
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Address: 22 Fleet Street, London, EC4Y 1AA [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 2516) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Temple (0.3 miles), Chancery Lane (0.4 miles), Blackfriars (0.4 miles)
City Thameslink (0.3 miles), Blackfriars (0.4 miles), Farringdon (0.6 miles)
Pub suggested by Steve on 1 May 2003
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> Current user rating: 5.4/10 (rated by 41 users)
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user reviews of Ye Olde Cock Tavern, Fleet Street
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| Oh dear. Oh dear oh dear oh dear. Went there last night as part of a function, works pub quiz. Took ten minutes to get served the first round. Their Kronenbourg was in a Fosters pump (so they claimed). Pissy, sharp warm house white. Oh well, nowhere is perfect. Second round took FIFTEEN minutes to get served (I timed it), this on a quietish Thursday night. The young barman appeared to be entirely unfamiliar with the bar. No large wine glasses left, so was served a small glass filled to the brim, to carry upstairs. Yeah, thanks for that. Prepaid food was brought round for the function; nasty onion rings, flat soggy chips, three pieces of garlic bread for a four person table. Details were awful. No salt in the shaker, our ketchup bottle was empty. "Can we have some ketchup please?" "We're fucking rushed off our feet, the lifts are broken, and I'd have to go down two floors and back up again to get it." That'll be a no then. No-one cleared a glass from any of our tables in two and a half hours - not one. I hear in the glory days of Fleet Street this was a gossipy newspaper tavern as fine as the Cheshire Cheese or the Old Bell. To leave a pub short-staffed and badly run when there were two functions booked is just insulting. The other function was a party of American students, and I wonder what sort of time they had. If that was on their itinerary as 'a visit to a classic British pub', then the landlords should be prosecuted for embarrassing the nation. dashwood - 24 Jun 2011 18:02 |
| Was in here today from 16:30 to 20:30 as part of a large party in a room on the second floor. Although the room had a bar only the Guiness and a Lager was working. You had to go down two flights of stairs for Real Ale. Both the IPA and London Pride were good. Overall the pub is excellent over several floors and bu around 18:00 was packed with worekers and tourists alike. My only critisim is that they had our party (around 60) and another large party as well as walk ins, but they did not have enough staff to serve at the Bars and deliver Food to the tables. Increase the staff and this pub is worthy of a 10/10. Would definately go back. Bitter_Man - 11 Mar 2011 22:08 |
| I actually quite like this place. Not sure when Harry goes in but there is full table service every lunchtime and whilst I'm not in the area very often, when I am I choose this pub over all the others having worked nearby in a previous job and experienced them all before. The staff have always been pleasant and make my crowd very welcome. Lunch offers are good and menu and drinks list seem perfectly acceptable. Toilets are pretty grim but I come to eat and drink not pee so I can tolerate that minor down point. The managers seem to have a well balanced team with the the usual mix of Brits and foreigners who did enough to satisfy the requirements of a lunch hour. Overall food and drink were lovely although my colleague was miffed by the absence of draught cider! I'll will definately be back again. tictactoe - 25 Jul 2010 22:25 |
| Went back today after an 8 month break, obviously still the same old same old attitude but the staff has changed. Just when you thought that things could not get any worse,....................Spirit Group still amaze you and yes they are (worse). There is a finite limit to people, their cash and their goodwill/acceptance of cr@p service and whoever the absentee landlord is here he/she is quite close to it. Get a grip, there are already quite a number of vacant premises on Fleet Street for rent, will this be another?? harrythebastard - 28 Jun 2010 22:22 |
| Great pub... the staff were all very friendly, choice of beer was great and tasted good too. Had one of the £4 lunch offers and very impressed. Will go back as I was made to feel very welcome. sam2 - 6 Jun 2010 13:17 |
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