The Fox and Anchor, Smithfield - pub details
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Address: 115, Charterhouse St, London, EC1M 6AA [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 917 0007 (ref 4278)
Barbican (0.1 miles), Farringdon (0.2 miles), St. Pauls (0.5 miles)
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London Barbican (0.1 miles), Farringdon (0.2 miles), City Thameslink (0.5 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Real ale
Pub suggested by Andy on 9 Sep 2003
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> Current user rating: 7.2/10 (rated by 40 users)
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user reviews of the Fox and Anchor, Smithfield
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| Tucked away near Smithfield Market (indeed, near the Smithfield pub), there is a gem of a pub. But shhhh. Don’t tell anyone. I am torn. Part of me dreads writing about the Fox and Anchor, as it’s such a wonderful and secret find, I’m afraid to share it, in case it should become inundated. It is a treasure. I am a bit of a pub aficionado. I love real ale (despite being American) and traditional English atmosphere. The Fox and Anchor serves several real ales in pewter tankards (nice touch), including one of its own. You can buy your beer at the bar or one of the incredibly friendly bar staff (or even what seems to be the world’s greatest landlord - a young Irishman who clearly took landlording lessons from a master) will come and serve you with an actual smile. You’ll pay around £3.30 for a pint of ale, which is a tadge dear, but not unexpected for the Farringdon area. The food is a bit pricy - I paid just over a tenner for a burger, for example, and a fiver for soup, but it is excellent. It is home made - my burger was requested medium rare, and lo - medium rare it came! Again, the food service is excellent. If you are eating, as you sit down (and there aren’t that many seats - it is a narrow pub, with displays of oysters and the carvery cart near the back of the main room, and then a bunch of snug rooms, including the stunningly signed 'Fox’s Lare’ - that spelling is theirs) you are given some very nice bread with stunningly good butter and a little bowl of salt to start - like I say, classy. My friend had a lamb and pea pie - the crust was freshly cooked, though the filling a wee bit runny (but tasty and obviously freshly cooked). Apparently, the Fox and Anchor also does rooms - they have six 'boutique style’ rooms, ranging from £95 a night on the weekends to £165 a night on weekdays (and going up), but I’ve neither stayed in them nor seen them. All in all, this pub should be held up to show how good pubs should be. The staff and landlord are amazing, the beer is well kept and immaculately served, and the décor is charming and old world. Highly recommended. mattygroves - 11 Jun 2009 09:09 |
| Why does Smithfield hog London's best pubs? This place is fantastic. Wonderful decor, good beer selection, everything I want in a pub (except a dartboard). Saying that, it wasn't my round. I suspect I would have other complaints if it was. topdog_andy - 2 Oct 2008 22:14 |
| Not for me this pub – notwithstanding the excellent original tiling, etc. They serve pints of bitter in pewter jugs, which may look fine, but have a couple of serious deficiencies. Firstly, you are unable to see what the beer looks like, although I accept that you have a couple of other senses that should tell you what condition the beer is in. But more importantly, you have no idea how much beer is actually in the mug unless you want to stare at it for 10 minutes or so until the head subsides. Also, the way the seats and tables are positioned makes it very difficult to get past the bar, and to get served if it is busy. In fact, even narrower than The Harp, which is saying something. Having said all that, the Sharp’s Cornish Coaster that I had tasted fine, at £3 per pint, which is pretty much the going rate for any beer in this part of the world. RexRattus - 31 Aug 2008 23:51 |
| forgot to mention ...the tankards do seem a bit short on the capacity ....could take your own pint glass in there.....sure they wouldnt mind....... bigbadjon - 26 Aug 2008 14:05 |
| i had a few pints in this pub yesterday and feel that this could well be a future favourite for sunday lunchtime. The beer here is well kept (Admans regatta) and they stock a varied selection of beers and ciders. The pub is more geared up for food with this reflected on a varied menu which looks fantastic. The reviews of the food (on the wall) are certainly favourable. Staff are friendly and keen to please and the place has been given a makeover without losing its character of which it has bags of........ Really nice pub -restaurant ..... bigbadjon - 26 Aug 2008 14:03 |
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