{"timestamp":"2007-03-17T02:53:03","locales":["Charing Cross Road","Strand","Trafalgar Square"],"fax":"","opening_hours_text":"","postcode":"WC2N 4ER","content":"* Nearby tube stops: [[Leicester Square Station|Leicester Square]] / [[Charing Cross Station|Charing Cross]] / [[Embankment Station|Embankment]]\n\nThis pub seems to feature in several “Monopoly board” [[pub crawls]], due to being close to [[Trafalgar Square]] and not crap.\n\n==== Drinks ====\n\nSamuel Smith's cider is really rather nice. Um, forgot to check up on prices.\n\nJames 'Silk' Davey adds : I too forgot to check on the prices but I do recall that Sam Smith's pubs are the cheapest I have found in London, and like others The Old Brewery Bitter is a very drinkable pint.\n\n==== Food ====\n\nServed until 7pm. Chips or curly fries (nice) are £2.50, onion rings are £2, and you can have BBQ dip with them instead of boring ketchup, yey. More substantial meals include baguettes at £5–£6 (eg hot brie, tomato and basil; sausage and onion; stilton and apple) and main courses at £6–£7 (eg bangers and mash; fish and chips; leek and mozzarella crumble; prawn and cream cheese cannelloni).\n\nThe sausage and mash (£6.25) isn't bad. The sausages are deepfried, though, and the onion gravy is straight out of a packet. But the mash is OK (though not creamy enough for blech) and has lumps like real home-made stuff.\n\n==== Layout ====\n\nThe upstairs “Opera Bar” has sofas and coffee tables, and window seats. You can open the window next to you right up, which is nice on a warmish day. The downstairs has some of those booth things IIRC.\n\nJames 'Silk' Davey adds : All is all a very nicely decorated pub, though it can get exceptionally smoky if crowded, which it often is. Certainly my favorite pub in the immediate vicinity.\n\n----\n","node_image_url":"","url":"http://london.openguides.org/wiki/id=Chandos;version=1","address":"29 St Martin's Lane","os_x":"","longitude":"-0.125116","latitude":"51.509183","formatted_content":"\n

This pub seems to feature in several “Monopoly board” pub crawls, due to being close to Trafalgar Square and not crap.

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Drinks

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Samuel Smith's cider is really rather nice. Um, forgot to check up on prices.

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James 'Silk' Davey adds : I too forgot to check on the prices but I do recall that Sam Smith's pubs are the cheapest I have found in London, and like others The Old Brewery Bitter is a very drinkable pint.

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Food

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Served until 7pm. Chips or curly fries (nice) are £2.50, onion rings are £2, and you can have BBQ dip with them instead of boring ketchup, yey. More substantial meals include baguettes at £5–£6 (eg hot brie, tomato and basil; sausage and onion; stilton and apple) and main courses at £6–£7 (eg bangers and mash; fish and chips; leek and mozzarella crumble; prawn and cream cheese cannelloni).

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The sausage and mash (£6.25) isn't bad. The sausages are deepfried, though, and the onion gravy is straight out of a packet. But the mash is OK (though not creamy enough for blech) and has lumps like real home-made stuff.

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Layout

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The upstairs “Opera Bar” has sofas and coffee tables, and window seats. You can open the window next to you right up, which is nice on a warmish day. The downstairs has some of those booth things IIRC.

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James 'Silk' Davey adds : All is all a very nicely decorated pub, though it can get exceptionally smoky if crowded, which it often is. Certainly my favorite pub in the immediate vicinity.

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