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Not really a pub - more a rough and ready US or Australian-style 'get it down your necks' sports bar.
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Went in with the boys after swans qpr a couple of days ago. Good value lagers and biltong, and great spot for watching live sports. No ale though, but I guess you can't have everything....
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Third belushis I've been to.
Loved the decor in here, really cool.
Beer was nice, not sure why they have real ale though, seems ridiculous!
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Good rather than great bar, but one of the better ones in this area. Clean, tidy, good atmosphere, background music and TVs to keep you amused, very comfortable booth seating at one end. Food and drink uniformly good and prices not too dear. Good range of bottled antipodean beers (including the always welcome VB and Steinlager), and decent draft lagers. Nothing for the real ale seekers though.
Wouldn't necesserily recommend spending an evening in here, but for a quick lunchtime drink or a couple of "looseners" before going to a gig at The Empire, this is pretty much ideal.
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Not so much a pub as a backpackers sports bar along the lines of a Walkabout but certainly less offensive. The single room interior is mainly open plan with a small more secluded area off to the right of the bar. At one end is a raised area that presumably doubles as a stage given the proximity of the spotlights above. The d�cor is modern but is clean and tidy although bits are probably a bit too lounge like for some tastes (like me). Multiple screens offer a diet of Aussie sports. Murals adorn the walls with one end taken over by the Foo Fighters. On the beer front they only offer kegs and lagers, no ales, and prices are above what I would expect. Aussies and Kiwis will inevitably love it as a meeting up point but for me, a bit like an Irish pub, it is of little interest to anyone other than those who it is specifically aimed at.
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Was in this pub after a trip to Loftus Road with a couiple of mates.
Would normally would hate this sort of boozer but it had some redeeming features. Got a booth with a TV for the Setanta match, The plate of Nachos was massive and the young French girl serving the shots was lovely.
Having said that the beer is cr-p and well overpriced
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I'm not Aussie or Kiwi and i really enjoy this bar. Great Music, great atmosphere, nice staff and the beer tastes good. If you're in the area and in a group or 2-5 then its the better than pretty much anything in the area. You really wont regret it, as long as you're up for a few unusual conversations.
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Just about better than Walkabout. Better staff and atmosphere. Prices a little steep though. Not a bad vibe, even for a Brit.
Can't say you feel to welcome when full of "locals", by which I mean Aussies.
Graam - 27 Feb 2008 16:31 |
Why the hell did I go here? Well, I had to meet someone there who clearly knew no better. It maybe �Belushi�s of Covent Garden� but someone went all the way Heathrow�s Terminal 2, extracted one of its boozers and placed it in the Bush. It has as much atmosphere as one of those mocked-up houses in the Ideal Home exhibition could muster and, of course, has no real beer either � just the usual overtly commercial ice-cold tasteless lagers/Guinness on tap. Still, it deserves praise for keeping its clients out of some of better pubs in the area.
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�3.05 for a pint of Fosters is really takin the p!ss for serving p!ss! A good spot though, considering it's location and if you're feeling rather flush!
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This is a great pub with a full on party atmosphere. I love it - if only cos you can walk in knowing noone, and leave having spoken to at least one bird you fancy. It can get a little rowdy when the Aussie Rules is on - but on a Friday night that's no bad thing. It does great Crown and VB, plus all the usual Aussie drinks like a good Bundy.
However - be aware that this bar runs the usual dodges that non-Londoners might like to look out for.
There are two types of menu running - there is the menu on the wall, and the menu in folded cards on the tables. They have items with identical titles - but different prices and content. If you complain that you've been short-menued, you'll be pointed at a different menu, and told "This is our menu now". It's worth asking for the manager at this point, as they will come out, and immediately appologise - knowing that they've been rumbled for this scam.
You should also check your change - there is the usual "pound short... oh sorry!" problem in common with many pubs in this area.
And - not that it effects you if you're just buying a round - but watch as the staff will always ring up one less pint on the till than you have paid for, but charge you for exactly what you should be charged. They log the "missing" pint on the till receipt beside the till on the left... You pay what you should do; and yet at the end of the night, the till balances perfectly. Odd, that.
anonymous - 20 Sep 2006 01:41 |
If u english dont go in ..... thats all i have to say cause all of them are yakking about this pub.
The aussis and kiwis and south afrikan like it and to be honest we dont want wailing people in there anyway.
as long as u have a laugh ..... who cares.
anonymous - 23 Jun 2005 14:21 |
good atmoshpere, not bad music and best of all, cheap VB's. um um...
anonymous - 4 Apr 2005 13:18 |
Not for me or any other of the locals I am afraid. Loud, expensive, packed and full of rowdy and drunk people from the likes of Australia and such! This is not a pub in the English term at all.....more like an overpriced and rated drinking den!
anonymous - 26 Feb 2005 11:13 |
I have never been to Belushi's, but I visit by webcam nearly every day, from what I see it looks like a great place, with interesting people, I plan to travel to England next year and Belushi's will be a place I will be sure not to miss. Hey guys could you clean the lens on the webcam once in a while?
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Ugly looking place that I've begrudgingly been to a couple of times because of its proximity to the tube over the road.
It's a long way from the worst pub in the area, but that's only because the existance of Edwards, Slug & Lettuce and the Walkabout.
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good place, but i lost my phone in the backpackers. i rang and the girl at the bar said she'd hold it for me, when i came back it had disappeared. had a great night there though
Joel - 24 Jun 2004 05:02 |
Bloody Expensive with Poor Music!
Dave - 17 Jan 2004 17:24 |
Wicked place to party. Good wide screen for the Rugby. The lovelyest Staff ever.
The best Gig's and it got a hostel, just in case u wount finde the way home :-)
But honest: Its the best pub in London.
Kathleen - 6 Nov 2003 15:34 |
Truly awful. Utterly artificial and "beers" are all fizzy pop. One to miss.
Ali - 14 Aug 2003 16:50 |
A semi trendy, down to earth but very friendly, brightly decored bar virtually straight opposite Shepherd's Bush Underground station.
It's straight below a St. Christophers lodge, so it's always got Aussies and backpackers around the place.
Has live music most weekends, which brings in the ladies, and also some of the more alternative sorts - they're often a great laugh to catch up with.
Comfy sofas, internet access and TGI style bar food are available, so it can be your complete night out!
Twilight - 13 Feb 2003 09:32 |
