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  • 020 7636 6301
  • 134 New Cavendish Street, W1W 6YB (streetmap) (osm) (gmap) (bingmap) (streetview)
  • 11am-11pm Mon-Fri; closed Sat-Sun

A nautically-themed pub in Fitzrovia.

Decor is as you'd expect, and involves a huge amount of brass, with all kinds of nautical fittings attached to the walls and ceiling. The space is cosy and carpeted, and there aren't a huge number of tables (maybe four or five small ones), with banquette seating on either side of the front door.

On a Thursday evening in October 2009, the pub got fairly full by around 6pm, and due to its central location and being not far from the BBC, there seemed to be a few radio people around.

Ale on tap is just Bass (£3.60/pint), despite there being three handpulls. Basic lagers are also available.

Food is served 11:30am-3pm Monday to Friday, and is sourced from the cafe next door on Hanson Street. On Ewan's June 2011 visit, they also had a short menu sourced from Back to Basics cafe, just down the road. Ewan tried the German sausage from the latter menu (£6, served in a cardboard takeaway box), a single large sausage which comes with plenty of sauerkraut, mustard, and salad (celery, potato and, again, mustard). It was perfectly decent fare.

Signs advertise a bookable function room though it didn't seem to be open on a May 2009 visit.

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Last visited by Ewan, 28 June 2011. Prices taken from that visit. Opening hours and food times taken from Time Out website, May 2008.
OS X co-ord: 529087 OS Y co-ord: 181797 (Latitude: 51.519840 Longitude: -0.139238)
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