The Sun, Covent Garden - pub details
Address: 21 Drury Lane, London, WC2B 5RH [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 28482) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Covent Garden (0.2 miles), Holborn (0.2 miles), Leicester Square (0.4 miles)
London Charing Cross (0.5 miles), City Thameslink (0.9 miles), Farringdon (0.9 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- TV
- Fruit machines
- Real ale
Pub suggested by RogerB on 23 Mar 2006
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> Current user rating: 6.5/10 (rated by 15 users)
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user reviews of the Sun, Covent Garden
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| Stopped for a pre theatre drink before going to the National. The Greene King IPA would have been more at home in a fish and chip shop condiment tray. It tasted like vinegar. It wasn't the last pint out of the keg because I saw the barman sell several more. Completely undrinkable. Left it & ordered half of guinness. Got massively short measured. They obviously don't give toss here so avoid it like the plague. As a licensee of forty years standing I think I'm qualified to to determine a decent pint and a proper measure. THE PINKCAT THEPINKCAT - 17 Sep 2011 17:48 |
| Small street corner pub on Dury Lane near to the New London Theatre. Neat and tidy, on Saturday evening it played host to a strange mix of young, studenty, "boho" types and more earthy Londoners watching the Chelsea v WBA game on the tv. Ales were just keg GK IPA *shudders* and an ok pint of Flowers Original. The young barman was really struggling with a very gassy keg of Amstel. Not a great deal to make you search this pub out except the Sky/ESPN football coverage. flashharry1965 - 22 Aug 2011 14:40 |
| visited here yesterday, nice staff nice pint of Carling, shame the tv only shows sky sports news as there is a William Hills accross the road... I'm sure the place would be packed if they got At the Races on. worth a visit though, I'll be back. freezergeezer - 3 Feb 2011 15:49 |
| To a greater or lesser extent, most of the recent contributors on this site have been correct about this pub, judging by what I witnessed when I made my first visit, quite by chance last weekend following an event on nearby Betterton Street. The Sun is the kind of place that is to be found universally in London and beyond, in that it is housed in a pleasant Victorian building on a street corner, has a similarly traditional though mostly inauthentic decor that is arguably mass-appeal, and provides an entirely average selection of food and drink at the typical Capital prices. Beers, ciders, wines, spirits and other beverages are available, but nothing especially stood out, at least to my taste. An uninspiring slew of branded mass-produced, over-priced and over-subscribed lagers were on offer, which pleases the palate that has yet to value diversity of flavour and value for money, but seems endlessly pleased with undemanding ersatz fizz which the predominantly younger clientele appear to have accepted as definitive. I can't comment on anything other than the cask ale offerings. Alas, only Greene King IPA and Flowers Original were offered. Quite by dint of staying in there longer than planned to discuss a somewhat delicate issue with a friend of mine, I ended up imbibing 2 pints and so sampled both variants. Whilst they will never be the most tastebud-tingling beers by any measure, both were found in acceptable nick and were genuine representations of each brand. Service was attentive, and most unusually delivered with a smile from the barmaid, and as the place was busy but not heaving it, I felt it would always have been possible to avail myself of another drink without too much of a wait at the bar. The clientele was a steady bunch of seemingly well-heeled Londonites, who presumably are prepared to be pub-whores of a weekend, as whatever elementary charms the Sun has I can't imagine people making any special journey to visit it from any further afield than the immediate streets. I suspect this, like many boozers in the area, benefits from its proximity to Theatreland and all the passing trade that saunters by prior to or following a Drury Lane show. Ultimately, the Sun will never set your world alight, as it is the archetypally average pub whose character and wares are entirely interchangeable, and can appeal to a casual passing trade without ever detaining their attention longer-term; after all it probably doesn't need to. It is the kind of place that can be readily located in any district of the city, albeit that the pubs of all shapes and sizes are steadily falling in favour of endless conversions and demolition for housing and other uses. If you're in the vicinity and just need a quick refreshment, then do come here as you'll be welcome enough and should get what you require. Anything more indulgent or specific than that, and you may leave feeling somewhat disappointed. TWG - 20 Jan 2011 15:04 |
| This is a cracking pub.Has a real old style feel about it.The staff are friendly and the atomosphere is great.Will definatley return donjaun - 22 Mar 2010 11:55 |
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