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Young's pub in Mayfair, with a restaurant upstairs.

We've been coming here for years; it's a good, reliable pub which also serves good food. We used to use the function room for London Perlmongers, too (but stopped when they started insisting on a room hire charge). Never tried the restaurant, though, just the pub food.

It gets quite busy post-work; get here before 5pm if you want to be guaranteed a seat, particularly later in the week, and when the weather's not great for standing outside. Service is generally friendly and well-organised, and there are newspapers available for customers to read.

On our March 2008 visit, Bombardier was £3.05/pint, Deuchars IPA was £3/pint, and Waggledance was £2.70/bottle. (They usually have a couple of Young's beers in bottles, but it's never predictable which as they run out quickly - don't believe the list on the menu.)

On our July 2008 visit, Waggledance (£3.10/pint) had replaced the Deuchars. We noted they also had Blackthorn cider on tap (this is quite unusual these days). Surprisingly, there were still a fair few seats left at just gone 6pm, but then it was a Monday.

Food is served 11am-9:30pm Monday to Friday, and noon-4pm Saturday (restaurant times differ).

Beginning on 13 January 2009, the Windmill hosts a pub quiz from 7:30pm every Tuesday, with £2/person entry and bar tab prizes.

Accessibility: Single step of several inches at each entrance door. Men's and women's toilets are both up a flight of stairs; no sign of accessible toilets.

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Last visited by Kake, Bob, and Ryan, 21 July 2008. Opening hours and food times taken from Young's website, March 2008. Quiz info taken from the Windmill mailing list, January 2009.
OS X co-ord: 529009 OS Y co-ord: 180909 (Latitude: 51.511877 Longitude: -0.140687)
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