Punch Tavern, Fleet Street

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location:

Fleet Street

address:

99 Fleet Street, EC4Y 1DE

phone:

0871 258 8488*
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nearest stations:

Blackfriars railway station London Underground station
(260m) - zone 1

City Thameslink railway station
(260m)

Blackfriars Millennium Pier River Thames boat service
(370m)

St. Paul's London Underground station
(540m) - zone 1

Chancery Lane London Underground station
(650m) - zone 1

how to find it:

From Blackfriars, leave the station by the north exit onto New Bridge street and follow it up to the junction with Fleet Street and Ludgate Hill. Turn left and the pub is just on the left.

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nearby attraction(s):

St. Paul's Cathedral (460m)

The Millennium Bridge (630m)

Museum of London (710m)

Street View - click to see the area around the Punch Tavern

Unfortunately, the Punch Tavern is only half the pub it used to be. For some reason, hard to work out at the moment, the pub was divided in two a few years ago. Now only half of the magnificent Victorian interior is accessible by the punters. A real shame, it was one of the great Fleet Street pubs when Fleet Street was the centre of journalistic excellence (or otherwise) in the UK. It still does a pretty decent pint of Guinness but the other beer is not very remarkable. Always busy, a Friday evening visit saw this one's resources stretched to the limit. A recent innovation on the food front has established what's been described as "a self service gastropub", which translated means "buffet". Pop in on a quieter night to admire what's left of the interior and ponder what's now on the other side of the wall on your right as you enter.

reviewed:
11/05/2007