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Marquis of Granby, Leicester Square  rated3 pints - click for an explanation of our ratings

location:

Leicester Square

address:

142 Shaftesbury Avenue, WC2H 8HJ

phone:

0871 258 6135*
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nearest stations:

Leicester Square London Underground station
(230m) - zone 1

Covent Garden London Underground station
(320m) - zone 1

Tottenham Court Road London Underground station
(380m) - zone 1

Piccadilly Circus London Underground station
(530m) - zone 1

Charing Cross Railway stationLondon Underground station
(660m) - zone 1

how to find it:

From Leicester Square: Head up Charing Cross Road until you get to Cambridge Circus, junction with Shaftesbury Avenue. Turn right into Shaftesbury Avenue and the pub is just around the corner on the right. From Tottenham Court Road: Take the Charing Cross Road exit (mind the junkies) and head down Charing Cross Road to Cambridge Circus. You should be able to see the pub as you approach Shaftesbury Avenue - it's just across the road.

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nearby attraction(s):

The Ambassadors Theatre (60m)

St Martin's Theatre (90m)

Phoenix Theatre (120m)

picture of Marquis of Granby
We've known this pub for years, and have always had a bit of a soft spot for it after many an afternoon or evening spent here. Fit and working again after a recent refurb, the Marquis has been smartened up, its new decor evoking theatrical times past with a selection of theatre memorabilia (drapes, old opera programmes). Although, with an interior not too dissimilar to many a gastropub, you might expect the menu to be upgraded too, but you'd be wrong. On our last visit, the bar menu merely consisted of a list of quality sandwiches. The beer selection was decent enough and things are clearly governed over by a landlord of the old school. It is worth noting as well that this one fills up for the football and the rugby - it may not be what the tourists are after, but it does make a change for the area. All in all, the pick of the pubs around Cambridge Circus.

reviewed:
14/7/2008
reviewed by septic

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