The Sherlock Holmes, Charing Cross - pub details
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Address: 10-11, Northumberland St, London, WC2N 5DA [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 658) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
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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> Current user rating: 5.7/10 (rated by 102 users)
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| What's good about this pub? Location, three minutes walk from Charing Cross Station, slightly tucked away. A choice of Ales - Old Speckled Hen, Abbott Ale, Green King IPA and Sherlock Holmes Ale What's bad about this pub? Attitude of the bar staff. Service is slow. Beer is pricey. Abbott Ale £3.55, San Miguel £3.95 and Peroni £4.35 Comments: Despite attracting a number of tourists with the 'Sherlock Holmes' name, the pub is actually very ordinary and has nothing special to offer. The bar staff are happy to serve you and take your money up to last orders and then get very rude when you don't drink up and leave within ten minutes. There is no need for such rudeness. I wouldn't recommend spending your money there. glastogills - 10 Apr 2012 10:44 |
| Was disappointed that the Sherlock Holmes Ale was off when we visited last night. Had to settle for Abbot Ale instead, which was perfectly drinkable although £3.55 for a pint. Place obviously relies on tourists, with loads of memorabilia and also stuff for sale. Tenner for a pint glass, anyone? Downstairs was very busy, and we ended up standing outside for a while. Dining area upstairs was much quieter, though. Food was okay, although nothing special for the £10 or so which they charge for a main course. Did do table service on drinks too, although you had to wait for them to be delivered in the dumb waiter, so a bit of a wait at times, especially as there was only one girl serving. Service at the bar downstairs took a while, although it was very busy. Girl upstairs was very good, so points for that. Only went there because other places were rammed. Better than I thought it would be, although wouldn't rush back. duchyjim - 16 Dec 2011 09:59 |
| I worked at this pub a while ago as I was desperate for some cash in the holidays between studying, it was hell on earth. I was so embarrassed to be working there it was unbelievable, I'd love it if it got shut down as it is such a bad example for tourists. Massively overpriced and intentionally greedy, this is purely a pub for one time only customers. The food was shockingly bad, worse than school dinners and priced at medium restaurant rates. Everyone who worked there was in the same boat and hated it, just tried to get through the day. I tried to be as nice as I could to customers and tourists, helping them choose, speaking a bit of their language but I still had to serve them expensive slop. Rules at the bar included: - No tasters, so no beer was wasted. (This was 'covered' by a sign in the staff room saying "If you have to say there are no tasters, say sorry that's company policy" making you seem like the good guy even though you were told to say this. - Plastic cups only after certain times on busy nights. This was worst when you serve somebody a pint of Peroni for £4.35 in a plastic cup Once, the assistant manager went around pouring the waste from all the drip trays from the ale into a glass and sent it up to a customer in the restaurant upstairs. I looked on in disbelief. All in all, this pub should be SHUT, closed permanently. This is shocking for the UK tourist industry. I hope this message helped anon55555 - 29 Oct 2011 16:50 |
| Visited mid-afternoon on a winter weekday, for a late lunch. Pub not crowded. Very friendly and efficient bar staff, served me almost immediately on two visits to the bar. Sampled two of their beers, one of which was their own "Sherlock Holmes" ale, both quite acceptable. Steak and ale pie had, in the proper way, been removed from pie dish, and contained vast amounts of steak (though purists might object to flaky pastry, rather than short-crust pastry). Interesting SH memorabilia around walls (signs said there was a "museum" upstairs - not investigated). FotWBF - 1 Mar 2011 23:04 |
| Brewed by Morlands? Hell, it must be vintage stuff then! The_Final_Arbiter - 7 Jan 2011 23:56 |
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