The Shakespeare, Clerkenwell - pub details
Address: 2 Goswell Road, Clerkenwell, London, EC1M 7AA [map] [gmap]
Tel: 020 7253 6116
Barbican (0.2 miles), Farringdon (0.4 miles), Moorgate (0.5 miles)
London Barbican (0.2 miles), Farringdon (0.4 miles), Old Street (0.5 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Sky TV, Big screen
- Pool table, Fruit machines, Quiz machines
- Food served, Real ale
- Outside seating
Pub added by anne. Last visited on 26th Aug 2005. Suggested by Simon on 8 Apr 2004.
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other pubs nearby:
Hat and Feathers, Clerkenwell (0.1 miles), Chequers, Old Street (0.1 miles), Play Bar and Club, Clerkenwell (0.1 miles), Essence Bar, Farringdon (0.1 miles), Sutton Arms, Barbican (0.1 miles) - see more nearby pubs
user reviews of the Shakespeare, Clerkenwell
please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
| This pub would have been better had it remaine part of the Firkin chain - which is saying something. Utterly soul-less, indifferent bar service and only manufactured pies to eat on my visit. The curse of the flat roof strikes again. BoehmBawerk - 1 May 2008 13:55 |
| I visited this large pub just across the road from Barbican Tube Station for lunch today. I wish I didn't bother. My wife and I chose our lunch from the reasonably priced menu and the indifferent bar maid took our order. The first thing that I found a bit odd was the way she held the "chip and pin" pad in the air for me to enter my pin number rather than placing it on the counter, with quite a few people standing around I found this a bit uncomfortable. We chose our table and sat waiting, and waiting, and waiting for our food - no one bothered to come and explain the delay - other pubs that serve food do! After 45 mins our lunchbreak was almost over where were the simple dishes we had ordered? (A burger, onion rings and a chicken sandwich) we went to the bar where the barmaid explained that "everyone was having a go at her and there was only one chef working" - We were not having a go! We just asked how long our food would be! Perhaps she should have told us this when we ordered! After all most of the other customers were also on their lunchbreak!! It was quite hard to talk over the loud heavy metal music they were playing today - all in all an unpleasant experience at lunchtime - we ended up getting a refund as we had now wasted an hour and our entire lunchbreak! It is a shame that this one bad experience has let down a pub that has the potential to be a really nice place to stop for a lunchtime drink... bingbangbong - 16 Jun 2005 21:13 |
| Recently refurbished by Firkin, this quiet pub serves a great range of real ales, and bottled beers from Belguim and the Czech Rep. food is OK too - the fish finger sandwich being a definite favourite. Downside is that it tends to close early in the evenings, but lunchtimes are good. Simon - 8 Apr 2004 17:06 |
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