The Jamaica Wine House, Bank - pub details
Address: St. Michaels Alley,Off Corn Hill, London, EC3V 9DS [map] [gmap]
Tel: 08721 077 077 (ref 2903)
Bank (0.1 miles), Monument (0.2 miles), Cannon Street (0.3 miles)
Bank (0.1 miles), Tower Gateway (0.6 miles)
Cannon Street (0.2 miles), Fenchurch Street (0.4 miles), Moorgate (0.4 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Function room for hire
Pub suggested by Matt on 30 May 2003
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> Current user rating: 5.6/10 (rated by 28 users)
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user reviews of the Jamaica Wine House, Bank
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| Typically traditional City pub in an alleyway off Cornhill, next door to St Michaels Church. Wood partitions divide the pub up into a number of smaller adjoining areas. There's a larger room at the end with a plasma TV, which was on silent on the early evening of my visit. Here there's a food counter serving sandwiches and soup at lunchtime. There's a restaurant / bar downstairs serving more substantial meals. Of particular note architecturally is the large lantern over the entrance inscribed with the establishment's name and the ceiling, part of which consists of unusual glass panels. The sandstone exterior of the building is also noteworthy. A plaque outside the pub tells us that "Here stood the first London Coffee House at the sign of Pasqua Rosees Head 1652". The present pub on this site was acquired by Shepherd Neame in March 2009. The pub was in the 2009 CAMRA GBG, but it's not in the current edition. My pint of Late Red - £ 3.40p - was slightly cold and lacking in flavour. In many respects, this pub has a typical City pub feel to it - all brightly polished dark wood and subdued lighting. There's plenty of pubs like this in this neck of the woods and - whilst I'd be happy to pop in again - it doesn't really stand out from the crowd for me JohnBonser - 12 Feb 2010 13:15 |
| Service is cerainly more consistent since S+N took over so adverse comments before April 2009 are not as big an issue. Current Manageress v. much on the ball and keeeps an eye open to good effect. Pretty consistent beer now . . Good pub - HopMan1 - 6 Jan 2010 13:03 |
| This seems to me to be the same rambling warren of a pub that it was on my previous visit a few years ago. It’s now a Shepherd Neame house with the usual range on offer, except that I did not spot any Kent’s Best, although it might have been lurking in one of the other bars avoiding my notice. Anyway, I had the Late Red which was rather good and I think the best that SN have on offer at this time of the year. But it was at a City normal price of £3.40 a pint. As intimated above, there several interconnected room, with seating comprising mainly of hard wooden stools at the bars and ledges, with a few tables and chairs. It features in CAMRA’s “Inside Story” book about London pubs with historic interiors worthy of preservation, so expect to see lots of ancient dark mahogany panelling, and some tilework on the ceiling in the middle bar. It’s a City pub, with the clientele that you would expect in such a place, but it’s easily one of the better ones and was not overly crowded during my visit at 1.45 PM on a midweek lunchtime. I got served by a friendly young lady who seemed to be enjoying her job. As I quite enjoy drinking in these old pubs, and like SN ales, I expect I shall drop in for another pint some time. RexRattus - 30 Nov 2009 22:33 |
| First visit since Sheps took over. Not much has changed at all, still the same old Jam Pot, just a different range of beers. twineyboy - 12 Oct 2009 23:03 |
| Taken over by Shepherd Neame and reopened in April following a short closure. Nothing appears to have changed outside, and not much different inside either. Four Kentish ales on handpump, including a very good pint of Whitstable Bay. Well worth seeking out this historic tavern (which was originally reputed to be the oldest coffee house in London). rpadam - 3 Jul 2009 20:34 |
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