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  • Telephone: 020 7629 0319
  • Address: 8 Dering St, W1S 1AF
  • Website: taylor-walker.co.uk/pu...
  • Opening Hours: Mon-Sun: noon-11pm

Busy Taylor Walker pub near Bond Street, just south of Oxford Street. It's dominated by a spiral staircase slap bang in the middle of the pub, leading to more seats upstairs. Otherwise, the decor is fairly standard for the chain.

Kat visited on a Thursday evening in September 2014. The downstairs area was busy with after-work drinkers, and there were enough people stood on the pavement outside to make getting to the door annoying, but there were plenty of seats available upstairs. A reasonably well-kept pint of Long Man Copper Hop was £4.05 (Doom Bar and Taylor Walker's own 1730 Ale were also on the pumps). According to the website, food is served all day until 10pm (9pm Sundays).

Kat's verdict: unspectacular but perfectly fine for a quick pint.

Last visited by Kat, 25 September 2014. Opening hours taken from the website.
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