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94 Lamb’s Conduit Street
Holborn
WC1N 3LZ
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I'd say this place needs a drastic re-reviewing. Look of the place remains but they are doing their best to spoil it with those crappy chalkboard signs all over the place. The beer was awful when I was in - we went along the taps trying to find something that wasn't stale and flat, to no avail. Service / friendliness was ... neutral at best. Clientele ranged from lurching, farting Camra types to confused tourists, who'd obviously looked the place up in their guidebooks and were wondering what all the fuss was about as they tucked into their stodgy pie and frozen veg. Deserves to have two pints knocked off the rating.
Went in here in June and can only say it was awful!
Two guest beers with tadpoles floating in them - dreadful dried out fish and chips and ribs that were presented in lake of sauce with nothing else.
So, someone is managing to run one of the capital's jewel pubs into the ground.
The only decent beer I had was a pint of Special and if that was off in a Young's pub I'd say it was the end of the world.
If this is a five pint pub I'm the Pope.
I agree with the previous comments, we popped in as we had a booking at a nearby restaurant, it took so long to get served by the staff who stayed at the far end of the bar and refused to acknowledge us that we had to leave our drinks. We will be voting with our feet in the future. Its such a shame because this used to be a nice pub.
Went in here a couple of weeks back, on a Wednesday evening about 18:30 with 4 friends for a quick drink straight after work. Although only half-full, after 10 minutes we had still failed to "attract the attention" of either person behind the bar - after being ignored for the umpteenth time in favour of someone coming straight in off the street, we left.
What a complete and utter waste of time - who knows what the beer is like - the utterly rubbish service put paid to finding out....
Had a bit of an odd experience in here recently.
Trekked there in the pouring rain from King's Cross on the recommendation of this site.
The place was busy but jovial so we were please to bag a table. Half an hour later (while we were looking through the menu), a staff member dropped a 'reserved' sign on all the tables near us. she moved with such speed that neither me or somebody sitting opposite had chance to query it. A minute or so later she shot past again, announced 'tables reserved' in a very odd dialect and vanished again.
This was at 8pm. not a time you suddenly decide to evict people sat at a table. needless to say we ditched the menu and left swiftly. never to return.
Careless, ignorant staff costing a nice boozer business.
This is a quality boozer - charming interior, good Young's ales and even the occasional evening of readings in the function room upstairs. As the entry suggests, it even has quality local drunks to add colour. Although on one occasion, an office worker did vomit straight into her empty pint glass which I could really have done without.
I'd say this place needs a drastic re-reviewing. Look of the place remains but they are doing their best to spoil it with those crappy chalkboard signs all over the place. The beer was awful when I was in - we went along the taps trying to find something that wasn't stale and flat, to no avail. Service / friendliness was ... neutral at best. Clientele ranged from lurching, farting Camra types to confused tourists, who'd obviously looked the place up in their guidebooks and were wondering what all the fuss was about as they tucked into their stodgy pie and frozen veg. Deserves to have two pints knocked off the rating.
Went in here in June and can only say it was awful! Two guest beers with tadpoles floating in them - dreadful dried out fish and chips and ribs that were presented in lake of sauce with nothing else. So, someone is managing to run one of the capital's jewel pubs into the ground. The only decent beer I had was a pint of Special and if that was off in a Young's pub I'd say it was the end of the world. If this is a five pint pub I'm the Pope.
I agree with the previous comments, we popped in as we had a booking at a nearby restaurant, it took so long to get served by the staff who stayed at the far end of the bar and refused to acknowledge us that we had to leave our drinks. We will be voting with our feet in the future. Its such a shame because this used to be a nice pub.
Went in here a couple of weeks back, on a Wednesday evening about 18:30 with 4 friends for a quick drink straight after work. Although only half-full, after 10 minutes we had still failed to "attract the attention" of either person behind the bar - after being ignored for the umpteenth time in favour of someone coming straight in off the street, we left. What a complete and utter waste of time - who knows what the beer is like - the utterly rubbish service put paid to finding out....
Had a bit of an odd experience in here recently. Trekked there in the pouring rain from King's Cross on the recommendation of this site. The place was busy but jovial so we were please to bag a table. Half an hour later (while we were looking through the menu), a staff member dropped a 'reserved' sign on all the tables near us. she moved with such speed that neither me or somebody sitting opposite had chance to query it. A minute or so later she shot past again, announced 'tables reserved' in a very odd dialect and vanished again. This was at 8pm. not a time you suddenly decide to evict people sat at a table. needless to say we ditched the menu and left swiftly. never to return. Careless, ignorant staff costing a nice boozer business.
This is a quality boozer - charming interior, good Young's ales and even the occasional evening of readings in the function room upstairs. As the entry suggests, it even has quality local drunks to add colour. Although on one occasion, an office worker did vomit straight into her empty pint glass which I could really have done without.