The Sherlock Holmes, Charing Cross - pub details
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Address: 10-11, Northumberland St, London, WC2N 5DA [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 917 0007 (ref 658)
Charing Cross (0.1 miles), Embankment (0.1 miles), Leicester Square (0.3 miles)
London Charing Cross (0.1 miles), London Waterloo (0.6 miles), London Waterloo East (0.7 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- TV
- Food served, Real ale
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other pubs nearby:
Ship and Shovell, Charing Cross (0.0 miles), Boadicea, Charing Cross Station (0.1 miles), Players Lounge, Charing Cross (0.1 miles), Villiers Bar, Charing Cross (0.1 miles), Ha Ha Bar & Canteen, Charing Cross (0.1 miles) - see more nearby pubs
user reviews of the Sherlock Holmes, Charing Cross
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| Considering the amount of tourist that frequent this pub (The name naturally attracts them) I suggest the London tourist board send the staff (In particular the landlady) on a public relations course and the sooner the better, whatever qualities this pub has to offer our soured by arrogant staff. Sadly unsuspecting customers (tourists) will keep the tills ringing, but I doubt many return. glenn468008 - 18 Apr 2009 23:27 |
| The one advantage to this pub is that if you drink outside, you are sure to be in multiple photographs, as there are busloads of tourists taking pictures of this "Olde English Pubbe." Otherwise, do your tourist friends a favor and take them to a pub with real history. There are many within a 10-minute walk. At least the real ale selection wias decent. Mr.Matt - 4 Apr 2009 19:31 |
| Interior and exterior tick all the right boxes being suitably genuine looking but the warning signs are there for the discerning pubgoer. Under the picture of the great man himself on the sign outside is the motif "A traditional pub". Yes folks what we have here is that great staple of this area - the tourist trap. Venturing inside for what turned out to be a very swift pint it did indeed transpire that most of the occupants were our friends from over the Channel or the Atlantic (how do their arses get so big) all guzzling fish and chips and trying to drink Guinness without grimacing. The sillier ones ask the barman for "4 beers" at which point he pours them tasteless crap like Carling. The only useful function this pub serves is to lure in tourists before they reach the Ship and Shovel 50 yards away. Best described as a necessary evil. murgatroyd - 29 Dec 2008 19:05 |
| Hmm; some cellar skills need to be applied here; really dreadful Old Speckled Hen was on offer recently. How many tourists thought that this was what ale should taste like? Could be really great, just needs a bit more TLC. nigelrowe - 9 Oct 2008 15:24 |
| Really a tourist restaurant as far as I can see, with tourist prices to match, although it does do some real ale (GKIPA, Abbott, OSH and “Sherlock Holmes Ale”). Some Holmes memorabilia around the wall, plus a small Sherlock Holmes “museum” upstairs. As a pub it’s not too bad as long as you don’t mind lots of tourists, the pervasive smell of overpriced fish and chips, and Greene King beers. But the Ship and Shovell a few feet away is far superior. RexRattus - 21 Aug 2008 18:46 |
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