The Coal Hole, Strand - pub details
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Address: 91-92 Strand, London, WC2R 0DW [map] [gmap]
Tel: 08721 077 077 (ref 813)
Embankment (0.2 miles), Charing Cross (0.2 miles), Covent Garden (0.2 miles)
London Charing Cross (0.2 miles), London Waterloo (0.7 miles), London Waterloo East (0.7 miles)
Chain: Nicholson's
Pub facilities/features:
- Food served, Real ale
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> Current user rating: 5.4/10 (rated by 125 users)
> Local guides: London pub guide, Central London pub guide
other pubs nearby:
Hops!, Covent Garden (0.1 miles), Porterhouse, Covent Garden (0.1 miles), Maple Leaf, Covent Garden (0.1 miles), Nell Gwynne, Covent Garden (0.1 miles), Henry's Cafe Bar, Covent Garden (0.1 miles) - see more nearby pubs
user reviews of the Coal Hole, Strand
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| I have to admit I was impressed by The Coal Hole. Impressed that service could get as bad as that which I received. On attempting to order a round which included a couple of pints of one of their guest ales, Becks and Staropramen I was informed that they had none of their listed guest ales on tap and that they had run out of both Becks and Staropramen. Impressive stuff. Then the bar staff serving me changed her mind; Becks was available. Yet, instead she mysteriously decided to furnish me with 2 pints of London Pride instead of Becks. Sadly, I paid before I pulled these 2 pints into the light to realise they were not Becks. In this time, she'd already run off to serve someone else in this busy bar. I attempted to catch her attention so that she could rectify her mistake, but instead she proceeded to drop a glass on the floor and then disappear somewhere out of public view for some minutes. By the time she did return to serving and see me, she claimed that I had been standing at the bar "for well over half an hour" since she'd served me and thus she could not take back the 2 wrongly delivered London Prides. I had been there for 10 minutes, max 15. Eventually she extremely begrudgingly exchanged the pints for what I had originally ordered. Avoid this pub. SaintAlbanian - 7 Feb 2010 22:21 |
| The real point about the Coal Hole is that it is consistently busy and is therefore getting through a lot of real ale, which as a consequence tends to be of decent quality. I've never had a bad pint of TT Landlord, which always seems to be on, in there. A recent visit again saw the Landlord on top form and the Coal Hole is one of the best places in London to sample this great, but often badly treated, beer. Thuck_Phat - 8 Dec 2009 10:14 |
| Not too bad for a Nicholsons, with an interesting interior and nothing like as dull as the name suggests! A reasonable selection of real ale, and the Robinson's 'Wags to Witches' was on good form. Better than I remembered... rpadam - 31 Oct 2009 23:10 |
| Have I been drinking? The stained glass lettering is SWL...Strand Wine Lodge! Maldenman - 27 Sep 2009 08:38 |
| There never seems to be anywhere to sit in this large Nicholson's pub, whenever I arrive its like the last seat has just been taken! Deservedly popular though and not cause for complaint. The usual Nicholson's abundance of dark wood, this pub has very high ceilings, a tiled floor and bar edge, a huge and attractive feature fireplace with a frieze adjacent of women picking grapes. Above the fireplace is a gallery area which was full of diners on my visit, but I don't think it is exclusively for eating. The pub name apparently came about due to the regular custom of the coal heavers from the nearby riverside. previously it was the Strand Wine Lodge, the letters YSL are picked out in yellow glass in the leaded windows. I received friendly and chatty service, beers on are TT Landlord and Golden Best, Pride, GK IPA, and the guest was Daleside Autumn Leaves, at £2.85 good value for this part of town. There is also a wine bar area downstairs in the basement but I have never ventured down there. I agree with others, better than its current rating of 5.4, worthy of a 6 in my estimation. Maldenman - 27 Sep 2009 08:35 |
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