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As a regular user/reviewer of this pub , my last visit (today) was disappointing. This once vibrant busy wine bar was totally deserted this lunchtime. Even in winter/Spring you would be hard pressed to find a table outside. Today every one of the dozen or so tables was available. This can be put down to two things. One a new menu where a lot of old favourites have been removed and a large hike in prices for what remains (a small cafe next door is far better value for money) and where I now go. The other is a steady hike in wine prices , a "house" bottle of Spanish Rose is �19.95 where it used to be �14.95. Still a nice place to go and people watch and listen to the Buskers, but I fear it is pricing itself out of the market. Better value places in the area to consider first.
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very good selection of wine, and not too pricy for the area. there are a couple of meantime beers available in bottles as well, so covers all bases.
great setting in terms of people watching, and you often get street entertainers/buskers playing outside.
much better than most places in the immediate area, nice ambience, and helpful staff. a little bit so-so in my view when it comes to food, but i'd happily recommend it, especially for central covent garden. not too touristy either.
mps77 - 16 Dec 2009 17:35 |
Excellent place to go for a drink or two. Wouldn't spend all night there, but its right in the middle of covent garden so alway nice to pop in when passing.
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a great place to pause amongst the hubbub of covent garden and enjoy a nice bottle of plonk. the wine selection is good, the food is reasonable value for the area and the bar staff are efficient.
the one thing i do object to is being asked for a gratuity by the credit card machine when all the barmaid has done is hand me a bottle of wine and two glasses - not on i'm afraid.
having said that, you normally get some high quality classical music performers busking outside and dropping a few quid into their hat is always a pleasure.
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great atmosphere, buzzy and friendly, excellent staff with a decent wine selection, and the tapas plate for nibbles was good value!
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I popped my head in here yesterday evening and this place looked more like a restaurant to me as everyone was eating and there were plenty of waitresses buzzing around.
I�m not a big port or wine drinker so I doubt I�ll ever venture back in.
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Another excellent Lunch Time, a couple of bottles of House rose' and watchibg excellent Buskers. 10/10
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Went back again Wednesday 25th, packed as usual. Great lunchtime/afternoon atmosphere, listening to the Singers and players of Covent Garden. Gets a bit much though when they keep coming round for a donation. A few years ago they were not allowed to come to the tables!!. Food gone up (as expected), but surpringly the Rose' was cheaper and very nice too! Well worth a visit if you are in the area.
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Went in here yesterday, last time i was here was May 2006. Largely the same but have increased the seating area inside by knocking out the Toilets and opening up another area. The Toiletes are now a very high standard that would put some London Hotels to shame. The price - well the Wine has gone up and the selectio reduced, I paid �18.25 for a bottle of Rose' and �6.95 for a Sausage Sandwich (admitadly it was Cumberland - although not a complete one). Still worth a visit even if it just to watch the Buskers.
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I use this Wine bar a lot to meet up with friends I used to work with in Holborn. Best sit outside to people watch and listen to the everchanging buskers (Did not get to see G4 but most entertainers are fairly listenable. Beware they often come round with the hat or try to sell CD's not sure but I believe they are not supposed to when you are seated! have eaten here once or twice OK but nothing special, typical london prices. Recommend the House white wine or nuber 71. which are reasonably priced. Seats (outside are wooden and slatted which get a bit hard on the Bum after a while. Worth a Visit
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Important to note: it's a wine bar, they don't serve beer. The wine selections a bit limited too as it's part of the Davy's chain. However, it's a great place to sit & have a relaxing port at the end of the night.
Most of the chairs are wooden & not that comfy so you have to get there early to get the big armchairs & the cosy alcoves.
Part of this place is a restaurant which is a bit pricey as it's a central tourist area.
Something draws me back here time after time though!
anonymous - 31 May 2006 14:20 |
It is an indoor outdoor pub that does really good food and drink sitting outside in the market area listening to the buskers that change about every ten or so minutes i saw G4 busking there last year!relaxed atmosphere friendly staff a great oasis to sit after hectic shopping in london
Gabrielle burns-smith - 23 Feb 2005 14:22 |
