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Not a pub, obviously. Not the best Davey House either. Friends and I use the small private dining room for boozy get togethers over a meal; I wouldn't dream of using the place as a boozer. Limited for beers and lagers but good for wine, naturally.
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Although it does serve an excellent pint of ale in a pewter tankard, I have always used this place as a wine bar and in that category it, in my view, excels. Excellent and, for the West End, not too pricy wine list and super sandwiches - the roast beef is without equal. My only moan is that they serve wine in the 175 cc glasses and that is a bit small if you just want the one.
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This place is ok for a subdued pint of Old Wallop (which is the only ale offering) whilst talking shop with work colleagues before jumping on the train home, but it is not a bar that I would choose as my destination for the entire evening.
Usual Davy�s set up, so good if you like that sort of thing.
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Personally quite like the place - a "cosy" environment and if you go early in the week you can get a nice quiet table and have some decent food/wine
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Have been in here many times over the years. Useful place to meet someone travelling via Charing Cross station. Can usually get a seat here when it is impossible at Gordon's. Inevitably mainly patronised by office workers, but the place has a decent ambience in my opinion. Old Wallop can be good, if pretty expensive, but I have had the odd dodgy pint which is only detected with the first gulp, because the use of pewter tankards prevents you from seeing if there might be anything wrong with it. Also, I do not rate the house wine very highly. I would not come here for the quality of the drink on offer. Some trivia - used to be a pub called The Villiers above it, pretty well where the escalator is now. Later renamed the Buckingham (Villiers being the family name of the Dukes of Buckingham).
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Poor. Arrogant staff. Expensive and full of W**Kers in suits.
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The Old Whallop is excellent. The wines are good as are the snacks. The restaurant does good food. Book an "office" in advance if you want to have a quiet meeting with up to half a dozen guests. There's no extra charge and the guests will be impressed. Best avoided early in the evenings as it can be full of suited w**nkers.
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Fine if you want a glass of wine or you are taking out a girl way above your usual standard for a quick drink before dinner but the staff are really arrogant in here
juzza - 31 Mar 2006 14:20 |
One for winter. You can buy Old Whallop by the half gallon, and drink from tankards. Some of the best sausages money can buy, and the cheese board always goes well with a bottle of port.
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Subterranean vaults where the spirit of Edwardian London still survives. Bookable rooms and alcoves make this a gem amongst pubs and wine bars.
miyoko - 2 Nov 2003 05:10 |
Excellent! An oasis os peace in a post work neurotic area of guzzlers! I can find seat here and the air is not totally dominated by the atmospheric facist smokers as across the way at Gons Wine Bar. Drinnks range limited and expensive but long may it reign as a subterranean refuge from atmospheric facism!
mahatmacoat - 31 Oct 2003 22:50 |
