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Coach and Horses

Soho, London

4 34 reviews Rating details

Address:

29 Greek Street, Soho, London W1D 5DL

Tube:

  • Leicester Square Tube Station (0.2 km)
  • Leicester Square Station (0.2 km)
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020 7437 5920
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HollieChoat

www.coachandhorsessoho.co.uk/i...

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  • Alcohol specialty: Beer/Wine
  • Happy hour: No
  • Credit cards accepted: Yes
  • Air conditioning: No
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  • Price range: Average
  • Dress code: Casual
  • Best night: Sat
  • Best for: Friends
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33 reviews of Coach and Horses in English

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4 stars for Coach and Horses
Review of Coach and Horses from 15 May 2013
A 60s styled pub in the heart of London which has all the original fitments and designs-really like going back in time. beers are good and there is also a splendid restaurant upstairs that used to be the haunt of private eye magazine. While I'm there I see several celeb faces depart the back room from actresses to fashion editors prior to a theatrical performance no doubt.

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Review of Coach and Horses from 18 April 2012

What an awesome night at the Coach, love the Sing a long!!

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Review of Coach and Horses from 20 August 2011
(updated on 16 April 2012 )

Just to add, that it was made famous
by mysoginist,Jeff Bernard, in the 60’s
& 70’s in the Spectator & his mock
rows with the landlord,Norman Balon (his
old mate) Were Jeff still alive he would
not have put up with either the marvellous
live music they have now,or the Wi Fi users, who
would have been roundly abused for their trouble.
Jeff practically lived in here, locked in at night.
(made famous in the stage show “Jeffery Bernard
Is Unwell”)

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London
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4 stars for Coach and Horses
Review of Coach and Horses from 21 August 2011

This is a proper West End pub. It’s slightly like stepping back in time to a more British and austere London with all the charm of theatreland in times gone by. It’s a great place, great selection of whiskeys and beers, I like it.

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4 stars for Coach and Horses
Review of Coach and Horses from 4 May 2011

Used to go here quite alot during the daytime, went on saturday with some pals....although very expensive for a pint, the range of ciders is great and the Mad Hatters Party outside was good to watch on the big benches in the sun

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  • achoat, 16 April 2012:

    Thanks James but for the West End our pints are no more expensive than the pubs next door or down in Old Compton Street. In fact pints of ale just a few doors down are more expensive and they are free of tie… meaning they can buy their beer cheaper than me.
    Alastair – Landlord Coach and Horses

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Review of Coach and Horses from 5 February 2011

Nice Pub, In good weather you can sit on the chunky benches outside and watch the world go by with a cold beer.

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Elizabeth S
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Review of Coach and Horses from 18 November 2010

I love this pub. The decor doesn't appear to have changed since the late 70's/early80's with plenty of wood and some old neon signs of beer brands of times gone by.

I accidentally ended up here one Saturday evening just before closing time and was over the moon to find a Sing-a-long with a piano. This place has London boozer written all over it.

Apparently there is a secret dining room upstairs but I have yet to try that yet.

I also came here on a Thursday afternoon and enjoyed a quiet drink with my Dad. They have a good selection of ciders which was nice to see.

The Coach and Horses is a welcome change from the trendy bars in Soho. Fingers crossed they don't change, as that would be a massive shame.

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GerryG21
London
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Review of Coach and Horses from 29 July 2010

Myself and some chums visit this pub on saturdays to start our weekend off with a bang, love sing-along (even though they only let me sing at last orders to get rid of everyone) LOL.
Great booze and great atmosphere and the sing along dame is fantastic...

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MickyD
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Review of Coach and Horses from 7 April 2010

I have been to this pub a few times now, mainly on saturday nights when they have a fab sing along hostess Magic Betty playing the old joe anna, also they have a nice range of draft cider. Not seen the landlord yet but I understand he is a bit of a character.... bar people are quick, good outside seating for us smokers as well.

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Review of Coach and Horses from 12 January 2010

Pleasant enough corner pub in Soho, serving a couple of ales. One of those pubs full of wood, that look a bit grotty, but are generally alright.

I had a pint of the St Edmonds gold, which was also alright….there was nothing wrong with it, but It didn’t seem quite as nice as it normally is.

Although I had never heard of it and happened upon it by chance while out with some friends, it seems that it has a small amount of fame, due to some well know clientele and until recently a legendarily rude landlord.

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Review of Coach and Horses from 19 November 2008

This is a really famous pub, and has a great history, but it’s a bit of an old dog now. There’s very little seating, and it’s frequently overly busy. It’s ok in the Summer when you can spill outside - but watch your bags! And prepared to be bombarded by beggars.

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Review of Coach and Horses from 19 November 2008

The Coach and Horses is pretty much at the beating heart of Soho. Famous for it journalistic clientele such as Jeffrey Bernard from the Spectator and a really cranky landlord, a takeover a few years ago hasn’t changed it as much as I feared it would. Lovely lovely beers including real ales, friendly and knowlegable staff - only drawback is it’s too popular and it’s practically impossible to find a seat, so be prepared to stand!

If you can get a seat, the food is quite good pub grub, better than most in the area, and the real ales washes it all down nicely.

Nice place to bring a few mates for a laugh and a pint.

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Review of Coach and Horses from 17 November 2008

I concur with all the good reviews! Would just like to mention how amazing it was when I popped there for a couple after work on a Tuesday night and there was a proper piano player accompanied by a proper ratpack-esq singer. That old man’s eyes twinkled like you can’t imagine! Wonderful.

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Review of Coach and Horses from 22 September 2008

Nice boozer. I tend to visit on a Friday from 10am onwards for the Tuttle Club and some social media shenanigans.

We enjoy the free wifi and donate for croissants and coffee. The conversation then tends to continue downstairs and I have enjoyed decent enough food and beer more than once.

Great location attracting a great crowd. I will be sure to return.

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Review of Coach and Horses from 17 July 2008

This is a fantastic boozer. I have been going in here more and more this summer due to it’s location, friendly staff and excellent range of beer! Highly recommended and probably the best pub in Soho. Great for Londoners and tourists alike.

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2 stars for Coach and Horses
Review of Coach and Horses from 9 April 2008
(updated on 25 June 2008 )

UPDATE - The upstairs bar was extortionate tonight. £11.50 for two glasses of wine (one of which they served me in a lager glass)... even the barmaid was shocked by how much it was.

Went downstairs at the end of the evening, two glasses of wine was £6.80 - when I asked why it was so expensive upstairs, they said that because to hire the room it was free, there was a service charge on the drinks. Now, usually a service charge is 12%, for some reason, they thought we wouldn’t notice they were charging a 50% service charge.

And you’re not allowed to buy drinks downstairs and take them upstairs for ‘health and safety reasons’... because we can’t carry drinks upstairs apparently. What they mean is they hope we don’t notice that we’re being ripped off.

I had a great night at the last bloggers meet up, but I don’t like being fleeced. Now this pub have got a bit of a folllowing, they for some reason think it’s OK to screw over their punters.

I’ve taken two stars off them. I’ll drink downstairs, but don’t expect me to be happy about it anymore. - UPDATE

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Yep. Big thumbs up to the Coach and Horses, who have some of the nicest bar staff ever. The food the dished up was fab, and they were extra helpful at the Qype party by making sure they came straight to my two veggie friends as soon as new veg kebabs were ready. This was very sweet.

The pub is great. It’s old school and quite off the beaten track for a Soho pub. No bad thing. I liked being led through the actual bar to get upstairs, and the little smoking part of the pub was a lot of fun and seemed to be having a party all on its own.

Nothing to complain about with this pub. I’ll be coming back soon - if only to abuse their free wi-fi while I drink beer and pretend to be working.

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Review of Coach and Horses from 4 April 2008

There’s something exciting about being lead through the bar and out the back by a good looking bargirl - and she did not disappoint; for this was the way to the upstairs function room. And last night was qype night. The room is a little on the small side, but that’s no bad thing when you want to meet up with new folk. The chef had taken a rather vaudeville approach to platter production; trays of spanish omlette, prawn cocktail, cottage pies in beakers and egg mayo sandwiches as the piéce de la resistance.

It would’ve been annoying for the smokers to troop downstairs every time they fancied a crafty tab, thankfully there’s a private alley-balcony on which to smirt.

I liked it, even the unisex loo.

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Review of Coach and Horses from 4 April 2008

I seem to be in agreement with other Qypers, this is a proper Soho boozer and is deserved of all five of its stars. As the last poster said the upstairs rooms are as relaxed as being at a friends, I was lucky enough to attend a party here earlier in the year and it was one of the highlights of my year so far. The location is good if you want a central meeting point and the staff are friendly and fun. If you haven’t been convinced by the rest of the reviews I urge you to go – you know you want to !

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Review of Coach and Horses from 4 April 2008

Great pub in the heart of Soho, with a particularly nice function room upstairs! I felt really at home here, just like being in your own lounge. Thanks to everyone who came to the party last night, from what I can remember - it was a really good time!

Food was great - particularly the mini shepherds pies which my friends were raving about this morning! Big thanks to the landlord Alistair for letting us have the room, and to Jo and Denise for serving the drinks all night. I shall be back to sample the ale downstairs soon!

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  • Yaelondon, 4 April 2008:

    You are wellcome :-)
    It’s always fun having you guys arround!

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Review of Coach and Horses from 4 April 2008

Hello everyone,

the Qype Party last night was awesome. The venue was great! Great choice! Thanks to the organizers, you did a great job!
You are all very nice. I am so happy that I came.

I met so many people last night, I made friends and planned to meet them so times next week.

I spent most of my time outside in the smoking area. It all started when I went there to smoke. I felt very lonely because I was on my own and then a few people came and some others after… We ended up staying there the whole night because the weather was great…

Thank you so much for the free drinks and free food. It was really appreciated.

I took a few pictures last night. I will try to upload them this week-end.

Well done guys!

I hope to see you soon.

Take care,

Emilie

PS: If you read this review and you were at the party last night and recognise me, please drop me an e-mail, I will be so happy to chat with you again. It is just that yesterday I was a bit “drunk” and did not get everyone’s name or usernames. Sorry… ;-)

And good luck to those who are working today… I don’t think I am going to be very efficient today…

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  • Urbanite, 4 April 2008:

    I concur! Lovely to meet you Emilie and what a rocking time.

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