The Midas Touch, Soho  rated1 pints - click for an explanation of our ratings

location:

Soho

address:

4 Golden Square, W1F 9HT

phone:

0871 984 1502*
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nearest stations:

Piccadilly Circus London Underground station
(310m) - zone 1

Oxford Circus London Underground station
(520m) - zone 1

Leicester Square London Underground station
(600m) - zone 1

Tottenham Court Road London Underground station
(660m) - zone 1

Green Park London Underground station
(690m) - zone 1

how to find it:

Piccadilly Circus: head towards the Regent Palace hotel and go up the road on the right hand side of it (Sherwood Street). Cross Brewer Street and carry on into Golden Square, the pub is about halfway up on your right (Eastern side of the Square). Oxford Circus: head down Regent Street towards Piccadilly Circus. After five minutes or so, turn left into Beak Street, then take the third right into Golden Square, the pub is a short way down on your left.

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nearby attraction(s):

The Royal Academy (350m)

National Gallery (670m)

Trafalgar Square (740m)

picture of The Midas TouchWe were pretty scathing in a previous review of this place and were happy to hear that things had changed here since our last visit and we'd been invited to re-apprise our original assessment. It's taken a long time to get round here, but we finally managed it the other night. Well, we're happy to say that the god-awful music played on previous visits is no longer in evidence, but little else appears to have changed. There are plenty of screens for watching the sport and it still has a late licence (and no cover charge) - but that's not such a rarity in the new licensing regime. The problem is the place just lacks atmosphere, there's little here to warm to. The drink really isn't up to much either, the sort of bland stuff you can find anywhere. If you're walking past and it's late and you're thirsty you'll probably find yourself dropping in, but it's not on a main drag, or on a likely route to anywhere, so even this possibility is remote.

reviewed:
31/8/2006
reviewed by pubdog

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