The City Retreat, Fleet Street  rated3 pints - click for an explanation of our ratings

location:

Fleet Street

address:

74 Shoe Lane, EC4A 3BQ

phone:

0871 984 1571*
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nearest stations:

City Thameslink Railway station
(210m)

Chancery Lane London Underground station
(400m) - zone 1

Farringdon London Underground stationRailway station
(490m) - zone 1

Blackfriars London Underground stationRailway station
(520m) - zone 1

St Paul's London Underground station
(670m) - zone 1

how to find it:

Chancery Lane: From the tube, take the Left exit on the south side of Holborn. Head down to Holborn Circus and take the right turn into Shoe Lane.

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nearby attraction(s):

St. Paul's Cathedral (640m)

Museum of London (720m)

Sir John Soane's Museum (760m)

picture of The City RetreatOld style Young's boozer set in the corner of a truly monstrous concrete slab of an office building. Once inside you'll soon forget about that. Clientele seem to be the cast of The Office. Beer is naturally good (Young's don't allow tardy cellar keeping as a rule), food is cheap pub fair - but served really fast. Staff are really friendly and jolly. Overall, quite a good little bolt-hole the sort of place the tourists ignore.

reviewed:
29/9/2004
reviewed by glider
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