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A great sports bar. Really friendly staff, 2 ales on tap and lagers include Staropramen and Fosters. Reasonably priced, though not the cheapest in the area, but I'd say that it's worth it because the staff are very friendly, it's got a nice interior with a choice of booths or open tables for seating.
The thai food is actually excellent, I was quite surprised to find, and very reasonably priced!
I'd definitely recommend Bok Bar!
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The Hotel California of pubs?
Friendly, good for watching sport, lots of friendly regulars
Worth a try, you could get addicted...
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I wasn�t expecting this place to be much cop due to the crap name, but I was very wrong as I had a good time watching the football on one of their three plasma screens. The barman was very friendly and my Guinness was on good form. Young�s Ordinary and Adnams were also available along with a standard draught selection.
It is primarily a sports pub, but I would happily drink in here when there is no match on which is rare for sports pubs as they are usually devoid of atmosphere when the footie is not on.
As the name suggests, Thai food is available, but I did not try any even though it smelt really good.
I�d get rid of the electronic advertisement screen in the bar area the type of which is usually found in a club toilet, but apart from that I really liked this place and would have no hesitation in returning.
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The food was good and reasonably priced. There seems to be a bit of confusion about whether or not a table can be booked as we booked a table only to find when we got there that they don't accept table bookings. We also phoned ahead to ensure that they were showing the SA vs Australia cricket match and were very disappointed to hear that they were not showing the 2nd innings as they planned to show the Israel England football match which had been advertised. Given that this is a South African pub in London and that we had planned to be there for the duration of the cricket match, eating lunch and dinner, we were less than happy to say the least. So if you are planning on going there to watch a sporting event, don't trust whoever answers the phone!
anonymous - 26 Mar 2007 10:19 |
Nice little place. Carpet could use a wash, probably hasn't seen one since Thatcher. Great service, especially from the nice Swede dude, although he might be mistaken for a philosophy student on his way home from his studies in the library at the British Museum. The ladies do a right pint as well. Hard working young man managing it well, and it shows.
anonymous - 27 Nov 2006 11:23 |
The Bok Bar - perfect for a winters night as its always about 40 degrees inside... are they taking the authenticity too far here?
Best pint of Guinness around (new tap apparently) and a top selection of 'nouveau ciders'... all reasonably priced. Not a lot of bottled lager. Food is also worth a butcher's. Staff are accomodating... met a south african guy who was very genial until I pointed out his national cricket team was pants.
As an addendum to previous poster there is indeed a good atmosphere most nights.... strangely less busy but noisier on a sunday. If you're looking to watch top grade sport (or just Tottenham) this is the place.
Couldnt find the downstairs toilets and there were about 50 different free papers which were redundant. Gents needs a refurb.
Loved the Leopard print! Grrrrrrrr.
anonymous - 25 Oct 2006 15:26 |
Great pub, good bar staff; new manager seems to be turning the place around. On Sundays in the autumn, they show the NFL (American Football). Good group of locals show up for that. Some Yanks, some Brits, all quality. No food on Sundays, though.
anonymous - 20 Oct 2006 19:58 |
pleasant enough place with good value food.The Guiness I was drinking went down well.The food portion was a bit small but at �5.50 a head in this location .....
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Great value and very tasty Thai food. Good service, pleasant barmaid. Quite nice for central London, not touristy or tacky and has outside seating so you can sit and watch the traffic. If you�re around Baker Street with a thirst on and get a craving for some noodles with your pint, this is the place to go.
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great bar think owner belongs in an institution for the alcholicly insane but h makes the bar
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if you're eating, eat thai.
unless you like boiled steak.
anonymous - 5 Nov 2005 11:31 |
what a fantastic pub!!! Seems to have atmosphere and a buzz EVERY night of the week.
Quite honestly one of my favourite pubs in London.
Shows any sport requested or simply any choice of music channels on one of the many plasmas screens. Food great, staff friendly and very competent (cant understand some of the accents sometimes though!). Locals also on site for a chat and a beer which is always welcome - its difficult to have a quiet pint if you're on your own - which I found out!
Outside seating is a blessing.
Only downside is the gents is upstairs and not the best - could do with a refurb.
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decent pint of the black stuff...polite staff... seating outside was welcomed, and the street wasn't too busy given we were close to oxford and baker streets.... good place to watch some sport while the missus spends all your money
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Nice bar and good food! Friendly staff too. Can get busy though.
kat74 - 12 Apr 2005 21:39 |
Love this BAR!!!
The Locals are great and the Staff friendly. Can get really busy when the sport is on but the atmosphere is wicked and more then makes up for the barbarian style fighting required to get to the bar!
anonymous - 8 Feb 2005 18:31 |
ok bit suity for me its belongs on BLANDford dt
anonymous - 20 Dec 2004 13:40 |
