The Bricklayers Arms, Fitzrovia - pub details
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Address: 31 Gresse Street, Fitzrovia, London, W1T 1QS [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 917 0007 (ref 880)
Tottenham Court Road (0.1 miles), Goodge Street (0.2 miles), Oxford Circus (0.4 miles)
London Charing Cross (0.8 miles), London Euston (0.9 miles), London St Pancras (1 mile)
Brewery: Samuel Smith's
General information: Comfy sofas in the upstairs bar.
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> Current user rating: 6.3/10 (rated by 53 users)
> Local guides: London pub guide, Central London pub guide, Fitzrovia pub guide
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user reviews of the Bricklayers Arms, Fitzrovia
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| Just off Rathbone Place this is a traditional Sam Smiths pub with interesting architecture. There is a laneway under the left hand side of the building and the pub itself is clearly divided into a front and back room. The front bar had a timeless (and indeed customerless) quality on the Wednesday afternoon I dropped in. The front of the bar, appropriately, was brickwork but the rest of the room could have been decked out any time between the 1890s and 1950s. It was in very good order though and the hour or so I spent in here was well worth it particularly with the organic lager at around £2.16 a pint. There are still pubs in central London that exist as an oasis of calm and this seemed to be one of them. murgatroyd - 28 Jun 2009 19:20 |
| Choc a Bloc with punters on a Friday evening - pub okay, only one bar person on upstairs, took ages to get served. Plastic glasses also. KeithP - 27 Apr 2009 19:41 |
| Was one of the best West End pubs - I reviewed it down below - and I've drunk there on and off for 10 years - and it may still be a decent pub during the day, but seems to have grown a cavalier attitude to anyone who dares be there around 11pm. On my last visit, in the chilly start to January '09, the barman was happy to serve at 10.59pm, but at 11.01pm the manager (a very young looking chap who had half a beard and glasses and hadn't been seen behind the bar at all) flung the doors open to drive people out for 11.20. Not a good way to win friends when it's -1C outside, and he was grinning as he told his bar staff what to do. When I left and shared a few choice words with my friends about his attitude (hey, I'd had a few pints and he hadn't), he suddenly pricked his ears up and hung in the pub doorway challenging me for this, as if he wanted to prove himself as a really big boss. It was just a bit sad, really - I know central London's a tough place to run a pub, and the licences aren't great, but on a really quiet night, there was no need for him to fling the doors open at 11.01, and no need for him to stand in the doorway and try to impress his staff by rowing with a customer. And sad, too, because the dark-haired guy working behind the bar was good, but let down by his rubbish boss. Sad, because that's driven me away from this pub, and it used to be a cracker as well. darryl - 3 Jan 2009 01:03 |
| Visited last Saturday under the impression that it had real ale, but the barman informed me it hadn't had any for several years. Nothing else there to compensate for the lack of proper beer. Small, sparse, plain, not very welcoming. Only possible plus points - nice exterior, no loud music, could get seats tamerlano - 23 Dec 2008 10:25 |
| Another Sam Smiths pub with an extensive choice of real ale, continental lagers from every corner of the planet and a young vibrant attractive client base – Ahem! It is small, but worth a look around as it’ll only take 30 seconds, which is 4 minutes and 30 seconds less time than it took me to be served. I wouldn’t have minded, but a bloke standing behind me was served before me. On enquiry the barmaid thought that I had already been served, she was the only one working the bar. I’d walk past if in the area again. Strongers - 31 Oct 2008 10:07 |
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