Old China Hand, Clerkenwell

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location:

Clerkenwell

address:

16 Tysoe Street, EC1R 4RQ

phone:

0871 984 1473*
* calls cost 10p/minute, click here for more about 0871 numbers.

nearest stations:

Angel London Underground station
(600m) - zone 1

Farringdon London Underground station Railway station
(780m) - zone 1

King's Cross Thameslink Railway station
(890m)

Chancery Lane London Underground station
(980m) - zone 1

Barbican London Underground station Railway station
(1Km) - zone 1

bus routes:

19, 38, 341

how to find it:

From Angel: Turn left out of the station and head toward the lights at the intersection with Pentonville Road. Cross over Pentonville Road and proceed down St. John Street on the right hand side. Turn right into Chadwell Street and then immediately left into Arlington Way. At the bottom of the street turn right and head down Roseberry Avenue and the pub is on the corner with Tysoe Street. From Farringdon: exit tube, turn right and then head right up Farringdon Road till the junction with Roseberry Avenue. Turn right there, keep walking along Roseberry Avenue and you'll see the pub on your left.

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nearby attraction(s):

Sadler's Wells Theatre (290m)

Business Design Centre (940m)

picture of Old China Hand Once it was the great O'Hanlon's, then it was the average Mulligan's. Now, this one's the Old China Hand. "No ordinary London pub" it proclaims outside and for once the advertising has a point. The unique selling point of this one is real ale & dim sum - a combination few pubs promise so perhaps this one sees a gap in the market. The food is simple but effective and the regular guest beers, which usually include something from the O'Hanlons range, are top notch. There are also two fridges filled with scores of different bottled beers from around the world to sample. Alas, the interior isn't to everyone's taste, with wooden furnishings out of Lord of the Rings (or at least Waxy O'Connors): strange stumpy stools and tables. But here you have somewhere attempting to stand out from the other pubs of the area and for that at least, you've got to give this one some credit.