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The Only Running Footman, Mayfair  fancyapint.com rated pub, rated2 pints - click for an explanation of our ratings

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location:

Mayfair

address:

5 Charles Street, W1J 5DE

phone:

0871 258 8522*
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nearest stations:

Green Park London Underground station
(330m) - zone 1

Bond Street London Underground station
(670m) - zone 1

Hyde Park Corner London Underground station
(790m) - zone 1

Oxford Circus London Underground station
(790m) - zone 1

Piccadilly Circus London Underground station
(880m) - zone 1

how to find it:

Come out of tube station onto Piccadilly. Head east in direction of Piccadilly Circus, turn first left up Berkeley Street and walk up to Berkeley Square. Turn left and walk along the south side of the square. Charles St. is the road leading off the Square straight ahead of you.

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nearby attraction(s):

The Royal Institution of Great Britain (300m)

Hamilton's Gallery (340m)

The Ritz (370m)

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It's perhaps surprising that they aren't more places in Mayfair like The Only Running Footman. How best to describe it? Gastropub? Pub and Dining Room? What's easier to define is how much of it is actually a pub. In floor space, it's half of the (small) ground floor: a couple of tables, tall stools around the windows - the rest is table-clothed dining space. So, even with a decent drink selection including three real ales and friendly enough staff, there's just not that much room to enjoy yourself in, though the large windows opening onto the side are a boon on nice days. Upstairs is a first floor restaurant, there's a function room on the second floor and a chef's table on the third. If that wasn't enough stress on this one's foodie credentials, there's even a cookery school in the basement (honest). The food here may well be a knockout - whether made by the staff or the cookery school's pupils - but as a pub, as somewhere to relax over a couple of drinks, even if the loudish music allowed it, we're not convinced.

reviewed:
30/01/2010
reviewed by jack

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function room for hire - click for explanationfunction room for hire
beer garden or outdoor seating available - click for explanationoutdoor seating
separate restaurant - click for explanationseparate dining area
disabled facilities - click for explanationdisabled facilities

second opinion:

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posted by srobbie - Friday 1st May, 2009, 11:21am
Thursday 30 April 2009 We waited an hour and a half, from 7.30pm until 9pm for a seafood pasta dish and a roast pork dish. The food was good, but we were starving by the time it turned up. Taking 2 drinks of the bill did not compensate for the unexcusable wait, we should of left after 30 minutes, but we won't be returning. The drinkers outside on the pavement and road meant that when we left we had to walk out on the road. A rare night out spoilt by the wait. I'd recommend Fino's in Mount Street instead.
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