Glasshouse Stores

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One of Sam Smith's best 3rd November 2007

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One of no fewer than three Sam Smiths pubs along Brewer Street (along with The White Horse and The Duke of Argyll), and probably the pick of the bunch. Seen from the front, with small windows and a tight entrance, it looks like it's tiny, which might put off passing visitors - but it opens up, Tardis-like, once you get past the bottlenecked bar. Several more rooms, nooks and crannies, a downstairs that's nearly as big again (which serves food, at least most of the time) and a courtyard out at the back mean that you stand a good chance of a seat on even the busiest Friday night.

The rest will be familiar to lovers of the Sam Smiths formula. Lovely cheap drinks, cheerful bar staff, proper old pub decor in a pleasing range of brown tones, and a warm atmosphere. If you're one of those strange people who don't like Sam Smiths, then there's nothing here to change your mind. But then, if you don't like Sam Smiths, your mind is a baffling and quite possibly broken organ which utterly defies rational explanation.

Oh, and there's a wonky bar billiards table. Hurrah.