location:
address:
28-30 Portugal Street, WC2A 2HF
phone:
0871 984 1741*
* calls cost 10p/minute, click here for more about 0871 numbers.
nearest stations:
Holborn 
(340m) - zone 1
Temple 
(440m) - zone 1
Covent Garden 
(520m) - zone 1
Chancery Lane 
(590m) - zone 1
Leicester Square 
(840m) - zone 1
how to find it:
Turn left out of Holborn, walk down Kingsway until you nearly get to the end of it, turn left into Portugal Street and the pub is on your left at the junction. From Temple, walk up Arundel Street to the Strand, cross the Strand in front of the Church, turn left, walk a little way then turn right up Houghton Street, then left again and the pub should be right in front of you.
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nearby attraction(s):
Sir John Soane's Museum (260m)
British Museum (800m)
On the door step of the LSE it may be, but this a step above your average student pub drinking haunt. The Victorian exterior and interior is fairly well preserved and inside you'll find a pretty good array of beers and a regular range of other tipples. This one's just far enough off the main drag (Kingsway) to to deter all but the most determined tourists, but it's not difficult to find. And, although it's actually now owned by the LSE, non-students are allowed in. All in all, not bad at all.

