After a lovely little guided tour around Blackfriars we found ourselves here. I don’t come to Blackfriars often and this pub is cute.

It was a perfect summers evening and the beer flowed freely. For some reason I was drinking shandy. I really have no idea why but I blame summer. Though it means I don’t feel qualified to comment on the quality of the beer. There was ale and lager and usual stuff though. Nothing out of the ordinary that I could see.

The outside courtyard bit was rather lovely. Although the pigeons above in the trees were pesky. There were ten of us there and THREE of us ended up getting pooed on. There was pigeon poo in my hair. I know this isn’t the pubs fault though and actually, it was quite funny.

The pub is very ‘old fake’ as it’s an old theme pub. But it’s got some cool bric a brac and looks fairly interesting. It’s also a welcome change from all the bars around the area chock full of lawyers and city types. It’s amazing how close you are to the city and this pub makes you forget that.

So why only a four? Well I much more intrigued by the little wine cellar bar next door and must go there next time I’m in the area, and when we migrated into the bar it had a really funny ‘loo smell’ which wasn’t nice at all. But the whole experience is making for some interesting tags in this review.

If you are going to live dangerously and visit this pub then make sure especially if travelling by tube to choose your exit very carefully.Believe you me its all too easy to emerge from a network of passage ways and find yourself on the wrongside of the street or abandoned on a traffic island. Logistics apart,this is a must see pub because of its extraordinary decor which has some of finest examples of Edwardian Bronze and Marble Art Noveau to be found anywhere in the UK.
The Adnams,Fullers,London Pride,Timothy Taylor Landlord are all the usual standbys alongside some guest beers. There is a decent range of wines by the glass and plus a fruit machine. We were impressed by the straight forward bar food which included sandwiches at 4.25,ham,eggs and chips for 6.95,sirloin steak 9.95. The service is prompt and friendly

Turn right out of the station and you will hit the Blackfriar. Quite a cool looking place with a real feel of Victorian Britain. A decent selection of ales and beers and the staff are really nice.

I went in here on the circle line pub crawl and we managed to get about 25 lads into this pretty tiny pub (alongside the local drinkers). The staff were friendly and accommodating. They must be used to it!