Britannia, Cannon Street

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FancyaPint?'s review...

Patronised by a healthy mix of suits and civvies, the Britannia has several things going for it. It's right by the Monument, ensuring you can't miss it. Secondly, depending on what you order it can be very cheap - two pounds for a pint of Carlsberg, which fell to one pound when ordering food: indeed, it's not the first time we have experienced an apparently whimsical pricing policy here. Thirdly, for aficionados of American football, it's a handy place to go on a Monday if you failed to stay up to watch the Sunday night game on Sky - they seem to have highlights on permanently, and on several screens too. The beer selection is predictably unimaginative, but they do at least have Landlord. It's clean and tidy, although the stairs down to the underground bar reek of stale smoke (the lower entrance on Fish Street Hill leads more quickly to the bar). Unfortunately, we found the food service poor. At GBP 3.49 for a burger one can't grumble too much, but we waited 25 minutes on a not overly busy Monday lunchtime, before enquiring and being told that the kitchen had "forgotten" our order, necessitating a 5-minute wolfing-down of the same.

Reviewed by kentish_man 04 Feb 2011 Helpful? yes/no