The Pembroke (ex-Coleherne), Earl's Court

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location:

Earl's Court

address:

261 Old Brompton Road, SW5 9JA

phone:

0871 258 5553*
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nearest stations:

West Brompton London Underground station
(280m) - zone 2

Earl's Court London Underground station
(330m) - zones 1/2

Gloucester Road London Underground station
(870m) - zone 1

Fulham Broadway London Underground station
(920m) - zone 2

West Kensington London Underground station
(1Km) - zone 2

how to find it:

From Earl's Court: Turn right out of the station on Earl's Court Road. After a few minutes, you'll come to an intersection with Old Brompton Rd. Turn right and the pub is ahead on the left. From West Brompton: Turn right out of the station and head down Old Brompton Road. The pub is about 5 minutes walk on the right.

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nearby attraction(s):

Earl's Court (380m)

Brompton Cemetery (760m)

Chelsea FC (790m)

Once a landmark in this part of town, as the Coleherne, it was a famous (or infamous, perhaps) gay pub. So famous, we suspect it was the pub Armisted Maupin used in his Tales of the City series. But that's all gone now and a new clientele has moved into the extensively gastrofied pub. It's got a decent, and not terribly expensive menu, interesting beer on the taps - try the Edelweiss Wheat beer, available by the jug, apparently - as well as three hand pumps with regular guest ales. It's also got a reasonable wine list. This is a gastropub, plain and simple, but at least it's honest about it. And the punters don't seem to mind, tucking into the upmarket nuts and crisps with abandon. So, with a regular clientele and DJs in the upstairs bar, or board games for those boring evenings, they're doing a lot right. It's not the old Coleherne anymore, but no one there seemed to be missing it.

reviewed:
26/01/2010