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Spirit Group pub in Bloomsbury, just across the road from the British Museum, in the Good Beer Guide.

Given its location, it's a bit of a tourist magnet, and indeed there are various signs around the place pointing out that this "real ale" stuff is also known as "bitter" or "English beer". The decor is fairly traditional, with frosted glass windows and small privacy screens.

Kake, Ewan, and friends visited on a Tuesday afternoon/early evening in September 2009. Ewan has a list of the real ales that were available, and will no doubt add it here. Service was (quite understandably) efficient and somewhat detached.

Food is served at least lunchtimes and evenings, according to the 2010 Good Beer Guide. The menu is a standard Spirit Group one photo. We tried the nachos (£9), which were fine, though the use of some kind of cheese sauce rather than actual cheese did give us pause at first.

Accessibility: A small ramp sort of thing (a smoothed-over step) to get in. Toilets are down a flight of stairs. There's no much room to move about inside.

See also:

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