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location:
address:
Stew Lane, High Timber Street, EC4V 3PT
phone:
020 7489 1871
nearest stations:
Mansion House 
(230m) - zone 1
Cannon Street 
(390m) - zone 1
St Paul's
(470m) - zone 1
Blackfriars
(510m) - zone 1
Bank 
(590m) - zone 1
how to find it:
Mansion House: leave by the Cannon Street exit and turn right down Garlick Hill towards the river. When you get to the bottom of the hill, cross Upper Thames Street and you should see an alleyway on your left, leading to the river, with a sign for the Samuel Pepys. Walk down the alley to the pub. Cannon Street: Turn left out of the station and left down Dowgate Hill to Upper Thames Street. Cross the street and turn right heading up Upper Thames Street to Blackfriars, when you get to the foot bridge that crosses the street, you should see Stew Lane on your left.
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nearby attraction(s):
Globe Theatre (280m)
St. Paul's Cathedral (390m)
Tate Modern (430m)
There used to be a Samuel Pepys here years ago, a typical (at the time) bare floorboards and oak beams place in a Victorian warehouse. We recall it was a dark place spread over a couple of floors, where the only view of the river was from a small balcony, which got laughably crowded in summer as people tried to get some air and a view (we used to watch them from the pub across the river). Now the warehouse has been completely redeveloped, retaining the original shell, and the Pepys has been reinstated in more or less the same place with a number of real improvements. The spit and sawdust atmosphere has been replaced with a brighter, more contemporary interior, there's a lot more light and there are a lot more views of the river. (Although there still is just the one balcony. The place is decent enough, there are a couple of (cask marque) real ales on the pumps with an average range of pumped beers and a range of bottled beers including a few Belgians. There's a pretty strong emphasis on food, wine and cocktails now, catering for the lunchtime punters from the City and this is probably what you'd come here for. Yes, you can come here just for a pint, but really this place is geared for the hungry City types and if you are, and you're bored of gambling with other people's money, there's a regular poker night.
13/7/2006
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you can hire some or all of the place
riverside views
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