Randomness Guide to London - Differences between Version 24 and Version 23 of Star Tavern, SW1X 8HT
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| Fuller's pub in Belgravia, in the Good Beer Guide. We've been coming here for years. It used to be a truly great pub. Now, the beer is still excellent, but the food is nowhere near the old standard or value. |
Fuller's pub in Belgravia, in the Good Beer Guide. Serves good food and good beer. Underwent another refurb in February 2008; we've not seen the results yet. Rumour has it the function room may have disappeared. Note that the comments below predate this refurb. |
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Following the February 2008 refurb, the function room upstairs has been converted into a "dining room"; tables can be booked for dinner, but they no longer accept function bookings. |
Function room upstairs, available for private bookings. We've been coming here for years. It used to be a truly great pub. Now, the beer is still excellent, but the food is nowhere near the old standard or value. |
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The pub part always used to be quite full till about 9pm most nights; not sure yet if the new dining room has affected this. |
Quite full till about 9pm most nights. |
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A pint of London Pride was £2.75 in April 2007. |
Can be quite hard to find, but it's worth it for the beer. Easy walking distance from several tube stations: [[Knightsbridge Station]], [[Sloane Square Station]], and [[Victoria Station]]. Pint of London Pride is £2.75 (April 2007). |
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According to the Fuller's website (as of February 2008), food is served Monday-Friday, noon-2:30pm and 6pm-9:30pm. |
Food is served Monday-Friday, noon-2:30pm and 6pm-9:30pm. |
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Starters range from £4.25 (bruschetta) to £5.45 (selection of European meats). Mains range from £7.55 (bacon and cheese burger) to £14 (chargrilled ribeye steak with chips, grilled tomato and mushrooms). There are four vegetarian dishes on the menu: Waldorf salad (£7.55); goat's cheese salad (£8); and saffron risotto with wild mushrooms and Parmesan (£7.75). Another item listed as vegetarian contained oyster sauce. Desserts are also available, priced at £3.25-£4. (Prices as of end of October 2007.) |
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The general food situation as of October 2007 was thus: Starters range from £4.25 (bruschetta) to £5.45 (selection of European meats). Mains range from £7.55 (bacon and cheese burger) to £14 (chargrilled ribeye steak with chips, grilled tomato and mushrooms). There are four vegetarian dishes on the menu: Waldorf salad (£7.55); goat's cheese salad (£8); and saffron risotto with wild mushrooms and Parmesan (£7.75). Another item listed as vegetarian contained oyster sauce. Desserts are also available, priced at £3.25-£4. |
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<div class="getting_here"><b>Getting here:</b> The Star can be quite hard to find, but it's worth it for the beer. It's easy walking distance from several tube stations: [[Knightsbridge Station]], [[Sloane Square Station]], and [[Victoria Station]].</div> |
<div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Bob]], [[Martin]], [[elvum]], etc, 25 October 2007. Food last sampled and prices determined on that visit. Opening hours and food times taken from Fuller's website (February 2008).</div> |
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<div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Bob]], [[Martin]], [[elvum]], etc, 25 October 2007. Food last sampled and prices determined on that visit. Opening hours and food times taken from Fuller's website, February 2008.</div> |
Comment added by Kake: Function room has gone - it's a dining room now. Small parties can book individually for dinner, but no more functions (confirmed via phone just now). |
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Fuller's pub in Belgravia, in the Good Beer Guide. Serves good food and good beer. Underwent another refurb in February 2008; we've not seen the results yet. Rumour has it the function room may have disappeared. Note that the comments below predate this refurb.
Function room upstairs, available for private bookings. We've been coming here for years. It used to be a truly great pub. Now, the beer is still excellent, but the food is nowhere near the old standard or value.
Quite full till about 9pm most nights.
Can be quite hard to find, but it's worth it for the beer. Easy walking distance from several tube stations: Knightsbridge Station, Sloane Square Station, and Victoria Station. Pint of London Pride is £2.75 (April 2007).
Food is served Monday-Friday, noon-2:30pm and 6pm-9:30pm.
Starters range from £4.25 (bruschetta) to £5.45 (selection of European meats). Mains range from £7.55 (bacon and cheese burger) to £14 (chargrilled ribeye steak with chips, grilled tomato and mushrooms). There are four vegetarian dishes on the menu: Waldorf salad (£7.55); goat's cheese salad (£8); and saffron risotto with wild mushrooms and Parmesan (£7.75). Another item listed as vegetarian contained oyster sauce. Desserts are also available, priced at £3.25-£4. (Prices as of end of October 2007.)
Bob, Martin, elvum, Richard, Jacob and Hannah tried the food on Thursday 25 October 2007. The general consensus was that the steak was small, overcooked, and generally worth closer to £6-7 than the £14 that it cost. elvum commented that approximately 4oz of steak for £14 is not a good deal. Bob also wished the "pie heresy" (puff pastry on top of a bowl of stew) to be noted.
Older food comments: Kake and Martin tried the food on Thursday 12 April 2007. The creamy vegetable pie was supposed to come with seasonal vegetables, but it didn't. It was also somewhat overburdened with potato; as well as the chips that came with it and the mashed potato on top, there were several chunks of new potato inside it as well. Apart from that it was good; well flavoured, with nicely-cooked vegetables, and certainly a sufficient portion. The chips were good and crispy too. Martin will have to give more details of his steak, but we did notice that it was somewhat smaller than the fabled Star steaks of the past, and it also wasn't cooked rare, as had been requested.
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GPS data collected by Kake on a Garmin eTrex, 12 April 2007, and released into the public domain: OSGB 528113, 179347
Comment added by Kake: Function room has gone - it's a dining room now. Small parties can book individually for dinner, but no more functions (confirmed via phone just now).
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