Historical version 7 of De Hems, W1D 5BW (view current version)
- 020 7437 2494
- 11 Macclesfield Street, W1D 5BW (streetmap) (osm) (gmap) (bingmap) (streetview)
Dutch bar on the outskirts of Chinatown, serving a wide range of continental beers. Can be a bit pricey. Beers on tap might include Kriek, Frueli, and Leffe Blonde and Brun.
Serves pub-type food (chips, lots of deep-fried and breaded things). Also serves Dutch food such as frikadella. Food served all day.
It's pretty dark inside, and the music can be loud. It gets very crowded in the evenings. Drinking outside on the pavement is permitted, and they have a few tables and chairs out there as well. In good weather, the large windows at the front of the pub are opened to let in the sunlight and breeze.
GPS data collected by Kake on a Garmin eTrex, 12 April 2007, and released into the public domain: OSGB 529765, 180903.
Last visited 13 April 2007 by Kake, Richard, Nick, and muttley.
Comment added by Ewan: Visited 13 Sep 2007. The beers on tap were Oranjeboom, Amstel, Grolsch, Heineken, Stella, Hoegaarden, Leffe Blonde (of course); also Leffe Brune, Maredsous Blonde, De Koninck, Artois Bock, Fruli Strawberry, Belle Vue Kriek. Also a good range of bottled beers with a beer/wine list, including descriptions. I can only echo Kake's note above about it getting very busy and noisy, particularly during weekdays after work (6pm onwards). There's an upstairs bar and seating area which can be booked. However, I could barely hear the people I was sat next to. The beer is still very tasty, and they have all the correct glassware for the various bottled beers.