The Flying Horse, Broadgate - pub details
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Address: 52, Wilson St, London, EC2A 2ER [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 5136) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Moorgate (0.2 miles), Liverpool Street (0.2 miles), Old Street (0.4 miles)
Bank (0.6 miles), Tower Gateway (0.9 miles)
London Liverpool Street (0.2 miles), Moorgate (0.2 miles), Old Street (0.4 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- TV, Big screen
- Real ale
Pub suggested by Marc on 28 Oct 2003
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> Current user rating: 7.0/10 (rated by 25 users)
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Crispin, Moorgate (0.1 miles), All Bar One, Broadgate (0.1 miles), White Hart, Broadgate (0.1 miles), Fleetwood, Broadgate (0.1 miles), Bangers, Broadgate (0.1 miles) - see more nearby pubs
user reviews of the Flying Horse, Broadgate
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| Cannot really add anything to the previous few reviews. Just to agree that this is a very good unpretentious traditional corner pub, close enough to be a decent alternative to the sterile bars in the Broadgate centre. Comfortable interior as described by the Bonser below, and am in agreement with other posters that the only real thing missing is a better and more extensive choice of Ales. At the time of my visit the six handpumps were only dispensing GK IPA, Courage Best and Ringwood Best, but the Ringwoods was a very nice pint. And for the benefit of Strongers I can confirm that the pool table and dartboard are in the function room upstairs Gann - 28 Nov 2009 17:39 |
| What a fabulous pub. I can't believe that you can find a proper traditional local in the middle of the City of London. The staff are all friendly especially Kylie who remembered us from the previous evening and made us feel so welcome. Will be making a beeline for this pub on my next business trip Dbasford - 28 Sep 2009 12:13 |
| The first thing that I noticed upon entering here was the lack of the pool table and dartboard as advertised outside. I was then a little disappointed by the lack of manners from the barmaid who had the attitude of someone who had just found out that they had contracted syphilis. I will mention that my second pint was served by a different barmaid who was very friendly, which made me happy as I love these old boozers and hate leaving them with a sour taste in my mouth. Greene King IPA, Ordinary and Webster’s Green Label were available alongside a selection of standard draught products. There is a basic pub grub menu and, as a previous reviewer has mentioned, the pizzas are worth a punt. I spotted a plasma screen which was showing Sky Sports News feed which was muted, but I saw no live sport advertisements although I would be surprised if a pub of this nature didn’t have the facility. In the end I liked it in here and I would return. Strongers - 27 Sep 2009 22:25 |
| Hidden Gem amongst the skyscrapers, this is an unashamedly grubby old school boozer, with suspicious looking locals mixing with City types. Has the interior of something on a Liverpool estate, but plenty of seating, cheap beer, and friendly staff make it a decent shout for a lunchtime drink. Serves huge Pizza's for a punchy £8, and a collection of home made toasted sandwiches. Shows Sky Sports News constantly, but to the best of my knowledge has no live sport package. thefourmusketeers - 23 Jul 2009 17:26 |
| Unpretentious street corner pub in a side street close to Liverpool Street Station and the massive Broadgate development. It's an unremarkable pub in many respects, which, as a previous contributor infers, is remarkable in itself, given the large office block developments that have sprung up in this area in recent years. One might have reasonably expected it to have fallen victim to what the marketing departments of the big pubco's refer to as a "tasteful refurbishment". Given the location, I'm a bit surprised at the dearth of recent postings and the fact that hardly any of the BITE London Pub regular posters seem to have dropped in over the years. It's a single L shaped bar with much wood pannelling and carpeting helping to give the pub a reasonably traditional feel. Modern embellishments such as a smallish plasma TV screen and a couple of fruit machines are relatively unobtrusive. On the evening of my visit, the clientele was mainly older and male, but "suits" by no means dominated. I suspect that the younger office workers in the area, for some unaccountable reason, prefer the Fleetwood, which I suppose would be described as more "with it" and female-friendly ( whatever that means ) There's 6 handpumps in total. On my visit beers on were Youngs Ordinary, Greene King IPA, Pedigree and Bombardier, the latter being on good form and probably relatively cheap for the area at £ 3. Advertising material of one form or another indicated that Adnams Explorer, Hobgoblin and Courage Best had probably been on at some time or another, but I didn't sense that this pub had much of a real ale focus or emphasis. This is the type of unassuming and unpretentious type of pub that I generally like, but I'd like it even more if there was a more adventurous beer range. JohnBonser - 18 Jun 2009 13:27 |
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