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| A tiny French-themed pub in [[Locale Soho|Soho]], with a small restaurant on the first floor. |
A tiny French-themed pub and dining room in [[Locale Soho|Soho]]. |
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The pub downstairs is indeed exceedingly small, with a few little tables in an alcove to the left of the bar, some high tables opposite it, and stools around the walls. It's very much not a place to meet groups of friends. However, the clientele have definite character, and seem to embody a lost side of Soho: it continues to feel like a locals' pub and its walls are decorated with vintage images of French actors, not to mention famous patrons of the past (such as Francis Bacon). |
The pub downstairs is indeed exceedingly small, with a few little tables in an alcove to the left of the bar, some high tables opposite it, and stools around the walls. It's very much not a place to meet groups of friends. However, the clientele have definite character, and seem to embody a lost side of Soho: it continues to feel like a locals' pub and its walls are decorated with vintage images of French actors. |
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The bar itself has no handpulls for ale, and only a couple of draught lagers (including Kronenbourg). Beer is served only in half pints: it is a point of pride that they do not offer pint glasses. This means that the wine offering is to the fore, and as such it is fairly extensive; the house wine is priced reasonably. |
The bar itself has no handpulls, and only a couple of draught lagers (including Kronenbourg), served only in halves: it is a point of pride that they do not offer pint glasses. This focuses the menu more on the wine offering, which is fairly extensive; the house wine is priced reasonably. |
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As of April 2010, food was served in the bar as well as the upstairs restaurant, but we're not sure if this is still the case given the restaurant changes noted below. |
There is a restaurant upstairs which focuses, as one might expect, on French food, though our contributors haven't tried it. They do not take bookings, however, according to the website. |
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The restaurant has undergone some changes over the years. Prior to mid-2010 it focused on French food ([http://brockleycentral.blogspot.com/2010/10/old-nuns-head-becomes-brockleys-rive.html according to Brockley Central], the ex head chef moved to [[Old Nun's Head, SE15 3QQ|the Old Nun's Head]] in [[Locale Nunhead|Nunhead]]), but in August 2010 the space was taken over by [http://www.polpo.co.uk/ Polpo] as the home of a small Italian restaurant called Polpetto (see [http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/restaurants/review-23871174-polpetto-proves-small-is-beautiful.do Fay Maschler's review]). Polpetto too then moved on. [https://www.theguardian.com/food/2018/nov/16/grace-dent-french-house-soho-london-restaurant-review According to Grace Dent in <em>The Guardian</em>], as of November 2018 it once more does French food. |
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* [https://www.timeout.com/london/bars-pubs/french-house Time Out review] * [http://www.yelp.co.uk/biz/french-house-public-house-london Yelp comments] * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_French_House,_Soho Wikipedia entry] * [http://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/07/02/lesley-lewis-the-french-house/ Spitalfields Life article] |
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<div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Ewan]], February 2010. Opening hours taken from the French House website, November 2018.</div> |
<div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Ewan]], 16 February 2010.</div> |
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category='Featured Article,French Food,Pub Food,Pubs' edit_type='Minor tidying' |
category='Food Served Evenings,Food Served Lunchtimes,Pubs' edit_type='Normal edit' |
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formatted_website_text=' class="external">frenchhousesoho.com' host='2a00:1098:86:4d:c0ff:ee:15:900d' hours_text='Mon-Sat: noon-11pm; Sun: noon-10:30pm' latitude='51.512842' |
formatted_website_text='http://www.frenchhou...' host='161.74.11.25' hours_text='noon-4pm, 5:30pm-11pm Mon-Fri; 5:30pm-11pm Sat; closed Sun (restaurant)' latitude='51.512331' |
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longitude='-0.131771' major_change='0' |
longitude='-0.130190' major_change='1' |
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opening_hours_text='Mon-Sat: noon-11pm; Sun: noon-10:30pm' |
opening_hours_text='noon-4pm, 5:30pm-11pm Mon-Fri; 5:30pm-11pm Sat; closed Sun (restaurant)' |
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postcode='W1D 5BG' summary='Tiny French-themed pub in Soho.' |
postcode='W1D 5BE' summary='Tiny French-themed pub and dining room in Soho.' |
A tiny French-themed pub and dining room in Soho.
The pub downstairs is indeed exceedingly small, with a few little tables in an alcove to the left of the bar, some high tables opposite it, and stools around the walls. It's very much not a place to meet groups of friends. However, the clientele have definite character, and seem to embody a lost side of Soho: it continues to feel like a locals' pub and its walls are decorated with vintage images of French actors.
The bar itself has no handpulls, and only a couple of draught lagers (including Kronenbourg), served only in halves: it is a point of pride that they do not offer pint glasses. This focuses the menu more on the wine offering, which is fairly extensive; the house wine is priced reasonably.
There is a restaurant upstairs which focuses, as one might expect, on French food, though our contributors haven't tried it. They do not take bookings, however, according to the website.
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Last visited by Ewan, 16 February 2010.
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