The Imperial, Soho - pub details
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Address: 5, Leicester St, London, WC2H 7BL [map] [gmap]
Tel: 08721 077 077 (ref 656)
Leicester Square (0.1 miles), Piccadilly Circus (0.2 miles), Covent Garden (0.3 miles)
London Charing Cross (0.4 miles), London Waterloo (1 mile), London Waterloo East (1.1 miles)
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> Current user rating: 5.8/10 (rated by 43 users)
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Sound Bar, Piccadilly Circus (0.0 miles), SOUND London, West End (0.0 miles), Crooked Surgeon, Leicester Square (0.0 miles), Hogshead, Leicester Square (0.0 miles), Waxy's Little Sister, Piccadilly Circus (0.0 miles) - see more nearby pubs
user reviews of the Imperial, Soho
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| I went there at the height of the Swine Flu scare, ordered a pint and watched whilst the barmaid sneezed her head off, wiped her hands on a tea towel and proceeded to dry my glass with it. I cancelled, walked out and have not been back since. guayabera - 22 Jan 2010 16:19 |
| Popped in here for a spot of lunch before catching a show and I was pleasantly surprised. There are two or three 'chain' pubs (slug & lettuce etc) nearby so maybe my judgment was clouded but by that stage all I wanted was a proper pint and a sandwich. Tribute, Pride and two others were on and the Tribute was very nice indeed. The baguette I had was very good and priced about right. i guess this is more of a weekday evening pub with more life then but as a one off visit it was very good. localaledrinker - 4 Sep 2009 14:15 |
| Following a tip from our concierge at the Strand Palace we visited the Imperial pub last weekend. Having spent three days dodging the rain it was great to find the sort of establishment which, to me, sums up exactly what I look for in a traditional English pub. Four hand pulled ales on tap...I opted for the Doom bar and I have to say it went down a treat! One soon turned into three. Having developed a little hunger I decided to opt for some food. Table service was provided which I wasn`t expecting and we quickly polished off our fish suppers. Yum. Thanks for the tip Mr concierge and we hope to visit Imperial Pub on future visits to these shores. americanalelover - 13 Aug 2009 13:17 |
| Staggered in here after a gruelling afternoon at the shops - in an area dominated by crappy bars it's a quite traditional pub and at 4pm not packed with baying chavs. Unfortunately it let itself down by serving the worst pint of Stella I've tasted in an awful long time - flat, warm and tasting like someone had dumped the ash of a cheap brand of cigarette in it ( a Lambert and Butler perhaps). If I hadn't seen it come out of the tap myself I would have suspected it had been conjured up from the slops tray. If pub can't serve up a decent pint then there really is no hope for it. murgatroyd - 21 Jun 2009 22:11 |
| I popped into this place yesterday, as had previously had good experiences on the Real Ale front. I was disappointed that of the 4 Pumps, 2 were IPA 1 was off and 1 was London Pride!! Settled on the Pride and was poured the most revolting, sour, clump-filled pint I have ever seen! As it was 4 in the afternoon, it was pretty evident that not only had the line never been cleaned this entire year, but nothing had been pulled through it that day either!! When I complained and asked for an exchange, the ignorant, dis-interested and frankly thick barmaid (English, I might add!) then expected me to pay an additional 65p to change it to a different beer!!! Outraged, I protested and demanded she change it, and she was swiftly over-ruled by presumably her Manager, who was of Eastern European descent. Frankly, the work ethic shown by our own is nothing short of a DISGRACE, and it comes to something when a foreigner has to show you the art of dealing with a Customer complaint!! I won't use this pub again until aforementioned THICKO BARMAID has been sacked - there's plenty of other boozers in the West End anyway!!! 1/10 bitterboy1970 - 14 Feb 2009 08:50 |
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