Randomness Guide to London - Differences between Version 37 and Version 5 of Crown And Two Chairmen, W1D 3SB
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| Pub in [[Locale Soho|Soho]], serves real ale, real cider, Belgian beer, and good food. It's part of the [[Category Mitchells And Butlers|Mitchells & Butlers]] [[Category Castle Pubs|Castle]] sub-chain. |
Pub in Soho, serves real ale, real cider, Belgian beer, and good food. |
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The downstairs has an open-plan bit plus a few tables in a little hidey-away bit to the side of the bar. There's also a lounge upstairs with sofas, cushions, and even a standard lamp and recliner chair. There's a bar in the upstairs lounge, but it's not always staffed. |
The downstairs is full of smokers and TV sport; the good bit is upstairs in the non-smoking lounge, which has sofas, cushions, and even a standard lamp and (small, modern, but still!) rocking chair. |
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Judging by our several visits so far, it's much more pleasant in the afternoons than in the evenings. On a lunchtime visit in March 2008, it was almost empty at 12:30pm, though the place started filling up while we were eating. Evenings can be somewhat grim; very crowded, and the music turned up loud so people have to shout at each other, still the case on a visit in February 2010, although there were at least tables available. When football is being shown in the upstairs lounge, the crowding is even worse; however, on non-football nights the upstairs area can be completely empty even when the downstairs is standing-room only, so it's always worth checking up there. |
The day we visited (May 2007), the available beers included Broadside, Crop Circle, Greene King IPA, Belle-Vue Kriek, and some form of Frambozen. They also had Addlestones cider. On the non-alcohol side, they offer acai (doop, can you expand on this a bit?). Timothy Taylor Landlord has also been spotted in the past, but was off that day. |
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The beer selection seems to rotate fairly frequently; those we've seen on tap here include Abbott Ale, Adnams Broadside (£2.85/pint, June 2007), Bombardier Burning Gold (£2.95/pint, June 2008), Bonkers Conkers (what a splendid name!), Crop Circle, Timothy Taylor Landlord, Deuchars IPA, and Greene King IPA. Continental beers on tap have included Belle-Vue Kriek, some form of Frambozen, Frueli, Erdinger, Paulaner Muenchen, Hoegaarden, and Leffe. Cider-wise, we've seen Addlestones (around £3/pint), Aspalls, and various Weston's (including Old Rosie) cider on tap, as well as Brother's Bar perry in bottles (Festival Strength! 7%!). On the non-alcohol side, they offer acai berry juice and blueberry juice. |
Varied and interesting-looking food menu, including plenty of vegetarian options (such as butternut squash and sage risotto, £6.90) and some that looked potentially vegan. [[Kake]] tried one of the "light bites" — smoked trout served with horseradish cream and buttered brown bread (£4.90). It was good, and not an insubstantial portion. Sandwiches are also on offer, costing £4.60–£4.90; worthy of note is the fish finger ciabatta sandwich. Burgers are £7–8. Platters and sharing dishes feature things like olives, hummous, and baba ganoush. They do a selection of desserts, all at £3.50, and a cheese board at £5.50. |
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Food is served noon-10pm Monday to Saturday, and noon-9pm Sunday. As well as bar snacks such as wasabi peas and pistachio nuts, they offer a varied and interesting-looking food menu, which seems to change quite often (so specific menu items mentioned below will quite possibly not be available any more). |
Food is served noon–10pm. |
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On the March 2008 menu, mains ranged from £6.90 to £9.90, including several vegetarian options and some that looked potentially vegan. Platters and sharing dishes (only served after 5pm) offered things like olives, hummous, baba ganoush, pitta bread, falafel, wedges, etc, with one item priced at £3.50, three at £9, and five at £11. There was also a selection of desserts, all at £3.50. We've also previously spotted a cheese board at £5.50. In May 2007, [[Kake]] tried one of the "light bites", smoked trout served with horseradish cream and buttered brown bread (£4.90); it was rather good, and not an insubstantial portion. On a lunchtime visit in March 2008, [[Ewan]] had the grilled halloumi with couscous and roast vegetables (£7.90) <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/55935853@N00/2331354643/ photo]</small>, which was very tasty, with expertly grilled halloumi, though the vegetables (aubergine and courgette) were a little dry and tasteless. Alice's toad-in-the-hole (£8.50) also got a positive review (though it was actually a huge yorkshire pudding with bangers and mash inside, rather than normal toad-in-the-hole). [[Bec]]'s lentil and spinach veggie burger (£6.90) <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/55935853@N00/2332182858/ photo]</small> was massive and lovely. Very garlicky and not at all dry, which is where some veggie burgers go wrong. It came with massive fat chips and sour cream/mild salsa for dipping. [[DrHyde]] comments: while the burgers and chips are a good size, some of the other dishes are decidedly miserly. They have a pub quiz (£2.00 entry) on Mondays from 7:30pm, and show short films on Sunday evenings. Accessibility: One step up to get in. Toilets are upstairs. As mentioned above, it can get very noisy. See also: * [http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/comments.shtml/748/ Beer In The Evening comments] * [http://www.fancyapint.com/pubs/pub119.php Fancyapint review] * [http://desdemoor.co.uk/crown-and-two-chairmen-w1/ Des de Moor's review] * [http://www.timeout.com/london/bars/reviews/11632.html Time Out review] |
* [http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/comments.shtml/748/ Beer in the Evening comments] * [http://www.timeout.com/london/bars/reviews/1526.html Time Out review] |
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* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/antimega/2354694011/ Chris Heathcote's photo of the Sunday lunch] |
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<div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Ewan]], [[Sarah]] and others, 16 February 2010. Food times taken from printed menu in pub, March 2008. Opening hours taken from Time Out website, April 2008.</div> address='31-32 Dean Street' category='Belgian Beer,Castle Pubs,Featured Article,Pub Food,Pub Quiz,Pub Quiz On Mondays,Pubs,Real Ale,Real Cider,Real Perry' |
<div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Kake]] and many others on 5 May 2007. Food prices and times taken from printed menu in pub, 5 May 2007.</div> address='31 Dean Street' category='Belgian Beer,Food Served Evenings,Food Served Lunchtimes,Pubs,Real Ale,Real Cider' |
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phone='020 7437 8192' postcode='W1D 3SB' summary='Pub in Soho, serves real ale.' summary='Pub in Soho, serves real ale and real cider.' website='http://www.thecrownandtwochairmenw1.co.uk/' |
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Pub in Soho, serves real ale, real cider, Belgian beer, and good food.
The downstairs is full of smokers and TV sport; the good bit is upstairs in the non-smoking lounge, which has sofas, cushions, and even a standard lamp and (small, modern, but still!) rocking chair.
The day we visited (May 2007), the available beers included Broadside, Crop Circle, Greene King IPA, Belle-Vue Kriek, and some form of Frambozen. They also had Addlestones cider. On the non-alcohol side, they offer acai (doop, can you expand on this a bit?). Timothy Taylor Landlord has also been spotted in the past, but was off that day.
Varied and interesting-looking food menu, including plenty of vegetarian options (such as butternut squash and sage risotto, £6.90) and some that looked potentially vegan. Kake tried one of the "light bites" — smoked trout served with horseradish cream and buttered brown bread (£4.90). It was good, and not an insubstantial portion. Sandwiches are also on offer, costing £4.60–£4.90; worthy of note is the fish finger ciabatta sandwich. Burgers are £7–8. Platters and sharing dishes feature things like olives, hummous, and baba ganoush. They do a selection of desserts, all at £3.50, and a cheese board at £5.50.
Food is served noon–10pm.
Last visited by Kake and many others on 5 May 2007. Food prices and times taken from printed menu in pub, 5 May 2007.
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