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location:
address:
51 New Oxford Street, WC1A 1BL
phone:
0871 984 3509*
* calls cost 10p/minute, click here for more about 0871 numbers.
nearest stations:
Tottenham Court Road 
(300m) - zone 1
Covent Garden
(470m) - zone 1
Holborn
(480m) - zone 1
Leicester Square
(610m) - zone 1
Goodge Street
(690m) - zone 1
how to find it:
From Tottenham Court Road tube, turn east up New Oxford Street (towards Holborn) past Centre Point. The pub is on your right in the next block after the traffic lights at the junction with Bloomsbury Street.
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nearby attraction(s):
British Museum (230m)
Sir John Soane's Museum (630m)
Boarded up for a while, this one reopened in 2006 and as is often the case with Sam Smiths pub refurbishments, it appeared virtually the same as it was before it closed. Anyway, the pub's proximity to West End attractions, easy-to-find location and the fact it has a large open seating area behind it under the trees (an area it shares with the neighbouring cafes and provides the West End with a reasonable approximation of a continental style al fresco experience), make this a popular place for meeting up in before a night up west. The usual Sam Smith's limitations may surprise first-time visitors, though Yorkshire émigrés will feel at home with the familiar Sam's beers, lagers and spirits. Our previous visit was a disappointment, with abrasive bar staff and annoyingly premature cleaning as closing time approached - happily, none of that was a problem on our latest visit.
12/7/2008
pub features:(click on an icon to see an explanation)
large outdoor area
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