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Pub near [[Locale Aldwych|Aldwych]].
 Good Beer Guide pub near [[Locale Aldwych|Aldwych]]. Note that they're closed on weekends.
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The main bar on the ground floor is fairly small, with a mix of seating including a couple of armchairs. It generally starts to fill up between 5pm and 5:30pm every evening, and by 5:30pm one would struggle to find a seat — though it does quieten down later. There's also a bookable function room upstairs, which can seat about 20 comfortably and has a limit of 45 people due to fire regulations.
 This is a must-visit location for fans of real ale. [[Bob]] describes the beer as "very drinkable" - high praise indeed. They have eight handpumps, and even their own house beer, Edgar's Pale Ale (it's basically Nethergate IPA with extra hops). They're also very keen on guest ales.
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The ceiling is covered with old beermats and pump badges, and the walls with old advertising material, including a line of flickering, illuminated cigarette adverts and a slowly-rotating "Long Life Beer" branded lamp. Small-paned windows with old-school thick, imperfect glass allow in a little daylight while shielding drinkers from the gaze of the outside world.
 Beers available on our March 2008 visit were Adnams Bitter (£2.85), Edgar's Pale Ale (£2.85), Nelson Trafalgar (£3.05), Wooden Hand Cornish Mutiny (£3.15), Mauldons Moletrap (£2.90), Shepherd Neame Masterbrew (£2.95), Wooden Hand Black Pearl (£3.10), and Salopian Abbey Gates (£3.05). Three of these ran out during the evening and were promptly replaced by three others whose names we failed to note down. One nice touch is that the pump clips of the next beers in line are displayed on the wall next to the handpumps.
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Lauded in the early days of this guide (2007-2008) as "a must-visit location for fans of real ale" with "very drinkable" beer, it remains worth a visit, though the size and diversity of the ale selection seem to have declined somewhat over the years. On our most recent visit in March 2016, only five of the eight handpumps were in service, almost all offering the currently-fashionable paler ales, including Rudgate Barristers Brief and Mauldons Dickens — the darkest beer available was Harvey's Sussex Best. However, the staff were knowledgeable about the beers, and happy to offer multiple tasters.
 A blackboard seen outside in October 2007 said that food is served noon-9:30pm Monday to Friday, but a menu seen on the same visit said that breakfast is available from 11am (and served all day). Food is provided by [http://www.apcateringltd.com/ AP Catering], a franchised catering business, and is pretty good. [[Kake]] tried the chicken schnitzel with herb mash, chunky tomato salsa, and creamy mushroom sauce (£8); it was good, with tender chicken and a good flavour to all the components - and a very nice twist on generic pub food.
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Food is served, possibly all day. In March 2016, [[Kake]]'s all-day brunch (&pound;9.50) <small>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/26206210395/ photo]</small> was fine, with good quality ingredients cooked competently, proper runny yolks on the fried eggs, and plenty of black pepper in the sausage.
 Toilets are upstairs, and there's another (bookable) room up there too. The function room can seat about 20 comfortably, and has a limit of 45 people due to fire regulations.
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It's worth noting that, like many other pubs in the area, they're closed at the weekend. Also, according to notices on the tables in March 2016, laptop use is not permitted <small>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/26139898441/ photo]</small>.

Accessibility: A tiny step at the Essex Street entrance and a larger step at the side entrance. Toilets are up a flight of stairs with a sturdy handrail.
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* Photos of the menu as of March 2016: [https://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/26180288396/ main menu], [https://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/25933334560/ toasted sandwich menu]
* [http://fancyapint.com/pub/601 Fancyapint review]
* [http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubreviews/22089/ Pubs Galore comments]
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* [http://boakandbailey.com/2009/05/the-edgar-wallace/ Boak And Bailey review]
* [https://willstrangebrews.wordpress.com/2014/11/27/taverns-in-town-4/ Taverns In Town article]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20120630124925/http://www.londonaletaster.co.uk/2010/10/edgar-wallace.html London Ale Taster review]
* [https://whatpub.com/pubs/WLD/15919/ WhatPub entry]
 * [http://fancyapint.com/pubs/pub601.html Fancyapint review]
* [http://flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/1649488404/in/set-72157602529212328/ Photo of the October 2007 beer list]
* [http://flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/1648448373/sizes/l/ Photo of the menu as of October 2007]
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<div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Kake]], [[bob]], [[Ilmari]], [[Martin]], et al., March 2016. Opening hours taken from the 2015 Good Beer Guide.</div>
 <div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Kake]], [[Nick]], and other Perlmongers, 6 March 2008. Opening hours taken from the 2008 Good Beer Guide and updated from the Edgar Wallace website, October 2007. Lack of weekend opening verified January 2008.</div>
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summary='Pub near Aldwych.'
website='http://edgarwallacepub.com/' website='https://www.theedgarwallace.co.uk/'		 summary='Good Beer Guide pub near Aldwych.'
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Good Beer Guide pub near Aldwych. Note that they're closed on weekends.

This is a must-visit location for fans of real ale. Bob describes the beer as "very drinkable" - high praise indeed. They have eight handpumps, and even their own house beer, Edgar's Pale Ale (it's basically Nethergate IPA with extra hops). They're also very keen on guest ales.

Beers available on our March 2008 visit were Adnams Bitter (£2.85), Edgar's Pale Ale (£2.85), Nelson Trafalgar (£3.05), Wooden Hand Cornish Mutiny (£3.15), Mauldons Moletrap (£2.90), Shepherd Neame Masterbrew (£2.95), Wooden Hand Black Pearl (£3.10), and Salopian Abbey Gates (£3.05). Three of these ran out during the evening and were promptly replaced by three others whose names we failed to note down. One nice touch is that the pump clips of the next beers in line are displayed on the wall next to the handpumps.

A blackboard seen outside in October 2007 said that food is served noon-9:30pm Monday to Friday, but a menu seen on the same visit said that breakfast is available from 11am (and served all day). Food is provided by AP Catering, a franchised catering business, and is pretty good. Kake tried the chicken schnitzel with herb mash, chunky tomato salsa, and creamy mushroom sauce (£8); it was good, with tender chicken and a good flavour to all the components - and a very nice twist on generic pub food.

Toilets are upstairs, and there's another (bookable) room up there too. The function room can seat about 20 comfortably, and has a limit of 45 people due to fire regulations.

See also:

Getting here: Come out of Temple Station, turn to your left and go up the steps, cross over the crossing and turn right. At the end of the road there's a little lane going off to your left, marked off with bollards. Go along here, and up the steps at the end. This is Essex Street; the Edgar Wallace is just a little way up on the right, on the corner of Devereux Court.
Last visited by Kake, Nick, and other Perlmongers, 6 March 2008. Opening hours taken from the 2008 Good Beer Guide and updated from the Edgar Wallace website, October 2007. Lack of weekend opening verified January 2008.

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