The John Snow, Soho - pub details
Address: 39, Broadwick St, London, W1F 9QP [map] [gmap]
Tel: 08721 077 077 (ref 3096)
Oxford Circus (0.3 miles), Piccadilly Circus (0.3 miles), Tottenham Court Road (0.4 miles)
London Charing Cross (0.7 miles), London Euston (1.3 miles), London Waterloo (1.3 miles)
Brewery: Samuel Smith's
Pub facilities/features:
- Food served
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> Current user rating: 6.6/10 (rated by 64 users)
> Local guides: London pub guide, Central London pub guide, Soho pub guide
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user reviews of the John Snow, Soho
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| Only visited this pub on the odd afternoon and found the staff ok service was very good, I was on lager each visit and took no notice of the ale choice. flyingnun - 5 Nov 2009 16:39 |
| I love the pub, i do love the Angelo guy there,, Cheap and friendly, very nicely preserved. Lovely. Marcia.z - 30 Oct 2009 20:01 |
| The staff in this pub are terrible. The bar staff are useless and the bouncer from argentina is very aggressive. The beer is cheap but thats the only draw to this pub. willybilly - 15 Aug 2009 18:27 |
| Once again this pub is another Sam Smiths establishment that requires us punters to make something of a compromise in exchange for the enticing charms of good cheap beer in traditional pub surrounds. In the case of the John Snow, the staff make it easy to make a case for steering clear of this pub and heading one of the more welcoming SS pubs (Duke of Argyll, Red Lion) in the area. On my recent visit, 2 of us had 4 pints apiece over a couple of hours, standing at the bar (by choice) throughout. Of the 8 pints, we had to request 2 to be topped-up (normally something I’d prepare to let pass but this was an inch or so ‘short’ and concerned an ‘Alpine’ lager not the OBB). On 2 of the 4 rounds purchased we had to ‘interrupt’ the discussion of the male and female barstaff in order to get served, despite the fact they had quite clearly seen we were looking for a top-up. On the 4th round, the female member of staff decided to pour a ‘Sovereign ‘ bitter rather than the OBB that we’d had on the previous 4 rounds – then merely glared confrontationally at me when I queried this by saying ‘well you didn’t say which bitter you wanted’. Quite why this would encourage her to pull a pint of Sovereign was not clear, surely the easy option would be to ask me – stood a metre away...The only discussion that I overheard during my visit concerned her recounting how much she had drunk over the proceeding days, perhaps explaining the complete absence of any degree of customer care. My change was duly dropped straight onto the bar with a look of disdain. In the 2 hours of our visit, very few customers were offered anything like a greeting, and none given the resemblance of a farewell. In Sam Smiths it seems, as in life, you pays your money and takes your choice…… LondonWolf - 2 Jun 2009 10:11 |
| I've drunk in this pub off & on for number of years, recently the management seems to have changed. I've read about the troubles that the Sam Smith's brewery have been having & as well as putting in place unfriendly policies with regard to having music in the pubs & a very poor attitude to the quality of food, it seems they're at the bottom of the barrel when comes to the people they are able to find to run their pubs. Last Saturday I was on the receiving end of a bizarre tirade from the current manager who appears to be a rude prick. During an afternoon of drinks to celebrate my wife's birthday, in a mixed age & gender group, this ignorant moron felt the need to insult my niece, pulling a bar stool out from under her and demanding we move to the end of the bar. When I questioned his judgement on this he started screaming, became loud, aggressive & threatening. I'm not sure what they tell people when they teach them how to manage pubs these days but this fool was clearly not present that day. Rounding the bar and shouting for us to leave he casually assaulted me, grabbing my drink & spilling it across my shirt. he was seconds from a good kicking but common sense prevailed on our part. I used to like this pub but this guy's a worthless prick. Avoid like the plague. big_stick - 13 May 2009 22:22 |
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