Old Coffee House, Soho  rated3 pints - click for an explanation of our ratings

location:

Soho

address:

49 Beak Street, W1F 9SF

phone:

0871 258 7323*
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nearest stations:

Piccadilly Circus London Underground station
(410m) - zone 1

Oxford Circus London Underground station
(410m) - zone 1

Tottenham Court Road London Underground station
(630m) - zone 1

Leicester Square London Underground station
(670m) - zone 1

Green Park London Underground station
(730m) - zone 1

how to find it:

Leave Oxford Circus station, go down Regent Street, take the third left into Beak Street, walk along it a short way and it's on your left. From Piccadilly Circus, walk up Regent Street, take the fourth right into Beak Street and you'll find it on your left.

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nearby attraction(s):

Hamleys (170m)

Piccadilly Theatre (220m)

Liberty (220m)

picture of Old Coffee House
A traditional looking pub, with loads of knickknacks hanging from the ceiling and pictures on the wall to impress the tourists - ranging from poster for prize fighters to recruitment posters from the second World War to beer ads to a stuffed antelope head - but it doesn't have that forced olde worlde look some places do, because it's looked like this forever. Probably Victorian, it looks older, which is fine for visitors and it is, after all, a proper pub. After work, it's packed with local workers, and although some stay and some go, providing a steady turnover of people, the atmosphere somehow manages to stay relaxed. Every so often a bunch of tourists wander into the place, but the pub takes them in its stride. Inexpensive food in good quantity, plus Wadworth 6X, Deuchars and Pedigree were on draft last time we were in and with prompt, attentive service, this pub would be a pretty decent local anywhere, especially remarkable in Soho.

reviewed:
21/08/2008
reviewed by septic

pub features:(click on an icon to see an explanation)

good beer served - click for explanationreal ale - regular guest beers
TVs - click for explanationSky TV (one screen)
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