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Penderels Oak

Holborn, London

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The Penderels Oak is a traditional pub that serves a variety of beers, wines and spirits as well as traditional pub food throughout the day. Catering for private parties of up to 200 guests is avai... show more
Address:

283-288 High Holborn, Holborn, London WC1V 7HP

Tube:

  • Chancery Lane Station (0.2 km)
  • Holborn Station (0.4 km)
Contact us:
020 7242 5669
Opening hours:
Usually pretty late.
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3 stars for Penderels Oak
Review of Penderels Oak from 4 May 2012
It's a Wetherspoon which means it's never going to be great but it won't disappoint either... Decent atmosphere, good prices but the basement area has a weird layout that doesn't work well for larger groups

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Review of Penderels Oak from 23 February 2012

Another great pub in London! Friendly staff, amazing location, excellent food! It was not too overcrowded on a Friday evening and I really enjoyed the quiet atmosphere there.

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Review of Penderels Oak from 31 July 2011

Reasonable Wetherspoons but nothing special. Always pretty busy and the beer is not much cheaper than other pubs in the area, which pretty much defeats the point of a ’spoons. Perfectly tolerable place to have a drink but not a destination pub

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Review of Penderels Oak from 17 April 2011

Alright for a wetherspoons but its really a beer and burger supermarket rather than a pub (which implies some kind of atmosphere)

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Review of Penderels Oak from 1 April 2011

One of the better Wetherspoons pubs in the area, and much better than the Shakespeares Head on Kingsway. The Penderels Oak is a large pub so ideal for larger groups and there's quite a nice Lloyds bar downstairs.

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Review of Penderels Oak from 27 May 2010

Despite being a 'spoons, this is a pretty nice pub with a decent amount of space. A bit dark, and the staff don't clear up as much as I do when I have worked in bars which can be annoying, but this pub is really convenient when trying to gather large groups because of its size and location.

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Review of Penderels Oak from 11 January 2010

A more modern branch of Wetherspoons. Pleasant enough decor, the usual Wetherspoon's offering, and obviously gets very busy. Very close to the Cittie of Yorke which beats it hands down for character, but nonetheless one of the nicer Wetherspoons establishments.

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Review of Penderels Oak from 21 November 2008
(updated on 6 February 2009 )

My favourite Wetherspoons. What differentiates it from many of the chain is the layout. With lots of different rooms and areas you never quite feel like you are part of the mass intoxication ritual that you can sometimes feel in some of the chain’s other barns…I mean pubs.

The pub is set in Penderel House, named after the bloke that hid Charles II in a tree (an Oak tree I would imagine) and helped him escape the roundheads. Morrissey would have approved. He went on to father 12 illegitimate children (Charles….not Morrissey). Princess Diana (and thusly William and Harry) are descendants from the aforementioned b’stards so Penderels Oak is fairly significant in todays Royal family. Bad family tree pun gracefully sidestepped.

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Review of Penderels Oak from 19 November 2008

Everyone knows what a Wetherspoons pub does, and whether you even get through the door will probably be decided by your view of what the JDW monolith does for the UK pub industry.

Penderel’s Oak is no better and no worse than any other Wetherspoons boozers. Bored staff serve just about drinkable lager at low prices in a cavernous area with nothing original to recommend it other than the 'no-music’ policy (and the food is dire).

If you’re desperate for a seat with a big group of friends (even on a Friday night) it might be worth a pop; but if you’re half-interested in your surroundings, then there are better pubs within a two minute walk.

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Review of Penderels Oak from 18 November 2008

It’s got everything you would expect from a spoons pub. So beer festivals (cheep beer) wine festivals (cheep wine) and weekday specials (Tuesday grill night floats my boat).

The downstairs bar is pretty quiet and there’s lots of nice little tables hidden away.

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Review of Penderels Oak from 26 September 2008

I work very close by and for many, this is the local watering hole. Not my style though and -even as Weatherspoons go - as mundane as they come. All that is missing to make this equal to the dingy, 'traditional’ pubs one used to associate with London, is the smoke…
With the variety of excellent pubs in the area, you can definitely give this one a skip!

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Review of Penderels Oak from 26 September 2008

I have to agree with Toucs here. Sure, it’s not the `nicest’ pub ever and is never going to win any awards. The furniture and decor isn’t the greatest, (although they do have a collection of novels and encyclopedia’s for drinkers entertainment). But I feel many of the other reviewers are missing the `attractions’ of this pub.

Many of the good and bad points about this pub have already been raised, but to start, the pub is very big and doesn’t get overly crowded. This means you can just rock in with a large group of people and you won’t be struggling to find space together, and you never have to cue for 4 hours at the bar! They also have a large selection of alcoholic drinks, loads of ale, cider, perry, single malt whiskey’s, some belgian beer, bacardi breezer’s etc. Basically, they have drinks to suit everyones needs. But combined with these facts the main winners are the fact it’s open until 1am and it CHEAP! A pint of ale here comes in at around £2.20, that’s over 80p cheaper than the Lamb (an award winning pub) just up the road. Over the average ten pint night that’s a saving of over £8! That’ll get you your kebab on the way home and a bottle of water in the morning with some change to spare. And also, one of the main reasons for ending up in this pub is that you’ve been drinking elsewhere and now most of the places serving good drinks at reasonable prices are shutting. So when you rock in here after 10 pints are you worried about the place being a `touch’ sticky or the odd chav or alcoholic hanging around? Well, I’m not, my main concern is getting the pints of 8% Westons cider in. £2.50 a pint? Yes please, 4.

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  • Phil Chambers, 26 September 2008:

    “average 10 pint night” - lol :)

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1 star for Penderels Oak
Review of Penderels Oak from 15 September 2008

Ew. Ew. Ew. I really hate this pub. More for its total and utter averageness than anything else. There’s nothing here to inspire, nothing to cheer, nothing to comfort, nothing to warm, not even anything to tempt you towards drinking yourself into oblivion. At weekends it’s empty and this area of town is deserted; but if you must drink in Holborn, much better to hop down the road into the Sam Smith’s (its name escapes me) which is cheaper (you better believe it) and has the added bonus of (shock horror) character and friendly staff. Something which will feel like room service at the Four Seasons after this absolute shell of a pub. I hate to be entirely negative - but in this case I’m willing to make an exception.

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  • Phil Chambers, 26 September 2008:

    I think this is my mate Rhodri’s fave pub!

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3 stars for Penderels Oak
Review of Penderels Oak from 15 September 2008

Been here a few times as its very close to my office in Holborn. Its the standard JD mix. Once you have ben in one you have been in them all.

That said the staf are nice and the food is ok and if you go 12ish you will get served quickly so you wont have to scoff your food down to get back to work inside the hour mark lol.

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Review of Penderels Oak from 26 August 2008

Standard Wetherspoon’s pub with good selection of beers and cheap food. People often scorn about these types of pub because of their decor and clientele. It might not look great, but it is cheap and serves a need. There are better pubs in the area, but if it is towards the end of the month and times are tight, this isn’t a bad option.

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4 stars for Penderels Oak
Review of Penderels Oak from 20 June 2008

Afraid I have to disagree with phil and andrew here… The Penderel’s Oak is a pretty decent watering hole with a good range of cheap beers, no rubbish music and niceish decor. It’s not toooo chavvy either - just make sure you get a booth where you can’t see or hear any that might come in.

Always a danger to go to with any friends you might have who are fans of strong ciders… such as westons… I almost got pressured into having a second pint of it the other night.. that would have been a BIG mistake.

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  • Phil Chambers, 2 July 2008:

    God damn unemployed people always rating the ‘spoons. I dunno…

  • guybtaylor, 7 July 2008:

    Another factor which might tip the scales in the penderel’s favour - when i went there yesterday they had hanby ales cascade on tap! sure you don’t want to revise that star rating phil?

  • Phil Chambers, 7 July 2008:

    OMFG! 5 stars!

  • Phil Chambers, 7 July 2008:

    You’re probably making that up of course…

  • guybtaylor, 8 July 2008:

    see photo…

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2 stars for Penderels Oak
Review of Penderels Oak from 17 December 2007

Hmm..... I'm really not a fan of Wetherspoons pubs. This was OK and was the 2nd port port of call on our weekend pub crawl. Lots of space and plenty of seating for a saturday afternoon. Definitely not a young and hip pub, but it is a cheap watering hole in the centre of town. I did spend quite a bit of my time in here looking at my watch thinking "yeah.... i'm ready to go to a proper pub now".

REVIEW IN ONE LINE - Good for a half, you'll get bored if you order a whole pint.

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Review of Penderels Oak from 13 December 2007

A huge, sprawling sticky affair - this branch of JD Wetherspoons is probably the cheapest place to drink in Holborn, but by no means the best. Yes, the ale is cheap. Yes, they have some guests. Yes, the clientèle are an amusing mix of chavs and alcoholics - which makes for fun chat! But, it's really not that nice... the staff are a bit disinterested, and it has that sticky-pub-feel of somewhere that's never had a proper clean. Still, you can always sit down, so if you're out with a massive group of people, it's ideal.

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  • ALFRED0207, 27 September 2008:

    I am sorry to say this but I hate wetherspoons pubs.the staff seem to be affraid of using words like please, thank you, or even hi.and I think a lot of it is to do with this duty manager system they have,no one person is in control all the time,I have known people who have been barred from a wetherspoons for what ever reason,but go back when the duty manager changes shift,

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