The Viaduct Tavern, St Pauls - pub details
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Address: 126, Newgate St, London, EC1A 7AA [map] [gmap]
Tel: 020 7600 1863
St. Pauls (0.2 miles), Blackfriars (0.3 miles), Farringdon (0.3 miles)
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City Thameslink (0.2 miles), Farringdon (0.3 miles), London Barbican (0.3 miles)
Chain: Nicholson's
Brewery: Fullers
Pub facilities/features:
- Food served, Real ale
Pub added by dsf. Last visited on 30th Jun 2005. Suggested by Liz B on 20 Nov 2003.
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user reviews of the Viaduct Tavern, St Pauls
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| Fullers pub with interesting decor. Last week had Pride, Discovery and Porter on, the later was excellent lout_from_the_lane - 18 Dec 2007 14:36 |
| Tried to visit but its not open saturday. CambridgeBlue - 12 Nov 2007 11:35 |
| I've visited the Viaduct a couple of times this year, since starting to work in the offices next door. Firstly the interior is certainly the pubs top feature... apparently an original Gin Palace, the marble, paintings, mirrors etc seem original and must be worth a visit alone. Before the smoking ban it seemed to be exclusively middle aged male bankers/lawyers/drs (the pub sits between the Old Bailey, Merrill Lynch and St barts Hospital) intent on lung disease, but now seems a little more mixed, and certainly cleaner air! Drinks selection is a little limited... Pride, Discovery and Honey Dew are always on tap... with a guest (currently Mr Harry, previously Admans) usually, but not always available. Just a couple of lagers, Guinness, Hoegarden and Cider are the only other draught. They try to make something of the Gin Palace origins with a long list of Gins. Lunch time they serve sandwiches (roast beef/pork/cheese) but not much else, though what they do serve is excellent. The staff, along with most of London's pubs, vary from time to time, but i've certainly never had anyone be rude, and for my two visits to the Cells I've found the managers (one Lady one lad) both really keen to pass on some of the stories/history from the past. The place does vary wildly from dead quiet Mondays to packed (pavement almost stupidly so) friday evenings. An all-round lovely little pub worth visiting. BenjaminSmith - 31 Oct 2007 00:31 |
| Popped in here recently with my folks one Tuesday evening before our family meal at the nearby Bleeding Heart (which I would highly recommend by the way). The missus and I got there a bit early and were pleased to see the place was quite empty so I thought I would take the opportunity to ask the barman whether it would be possible to go down to see the cells once everyone got there. "No problem" he said, so I thanked him and told him I'd give him a shout once they turned up. The parents eventually arrived at around the same time as a group of about 6 other punters. The barman was a bit tied up so I decided to approach the mangeress who was sitting at the end of the bar chatting to her mate (they certainly looked like they were enjoying themselves, having a good laugh about something). "Come back in 5 minutes, can't you see I'm busy?" said she. Not wanting to cause a scene I thanked her and said I would do so. 5 minutes passed so I approached her again, still sitting at the back of the pub with her pal. "For god's sake, can't you see I've got work to do?" said she, which elicited the only appropriate response of "F**k you then, you rude b*tch" and we all left the pub. Now, correct me if I'm wrong but a) are managers of pubs not meant to be customer service focused, and should thus respond in a polite manner to polite requests for customers, and b) if you're going to emblazon every empty surface in your pub with signs saying things like "Dare you visit our ancient cells? Ask the barstaff!" then you've got to expect to have to field some queries from people who are interested in seeing the pub's apparent USP. Anyway, the meal was quality and we all had a great night out, but I suggest that you don't visit this pub to see the cells unless you fancy getting treated rudely by some jumped up idiot of a manageress. In any case, there are plenty of other decent pubs in the area with just as much history and much better beer. anonymous - 12 Oct 2007 09:49 |
| Worth visting for the decor. When I was they had the Porter on tap, making it well worth the trouble. YoYo - 26 Jun 2007 17:59 |
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