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De Hems, Soho  fancyapint.com rated pub, rated3 pints - click for an explanation of our ratings

location:

Soho

address:

11 Macclesfield Street, W1D 5BW

phone:

0871 258 7254*
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nearest stations:

Leicester Square London Underground station
(240m) - zone 1

Piccadilly Circus London Underground station
(310m) - zone 1

Covent Garden London Underground station
(500m) - zone 1

Tottenham Court Road London Underground station
(500m) - zone 1

Charing Cross railway stationLondon Underground station
(640m) - zone 1

how to find it:

It's on the short road that joins Shaftesbury Avenue to the middle of Gerard Street. It's near the Soho Curzon Cinema. If you can see pagoda shaped phone boxes you're not far away.

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nearby attraction(s):

Leicester Square Theatre (110m)

Queen's Theatre (120m)

Gielgud Theatre (130m)

picture of De Hems
This one wavered in our affections after a change of ownership diluted the unique Dutchness on offer here. Safe to say, the company in charge saw sense and this one quickly returned to a format of continental beers accompanied by a Low Countries menu (Bitterballen, Frikandel etc). Always one of the most popular pubs in Soho - the ground floor bar quickly becomes standing room only - we'd advise getting here early or giving a look upstairs, before giving up hope of a space.

reviewed:
24/07/2008
reviewed by jack

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second opinion:

posted by marijus - Sunday 21st June, 2009, 12:44am
We were in shock with service!!! It was low level!!! Barman couldn't manage the situation, then manager came OVER and done worse!!! He couldn't understand that foot was bad, he just said, that we have to leave the place!!! We were 10 people - we gave them around £100 bill, but they get stuck with £3 nachos plate :) they didn't recover or gave us money back about non-happy food!!! We couldn't believe what we are hearing!!! We are from 26 to 32 years old men / girls and this was the first time that we had this kind of treatment !!! We are not coming back!!! EVER!!!
posted by Hugh - Friday 26th October, 2007, 10:11am
I suspect things have changed a little since this review was written - the food there now is certainly much more traditionally dutch.
2 comments on this pub - why not add your own?
click to visit the randomness guidesRandomness - for an alternative point of view, see TheDe Hems's review on the Randomness guide to London.

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