31st March 2007
Worth pointing out that this place exists - because one if its main attractions is that a lot of people don't know that. Nestled round a corner from both Tottenham Court Road and Charlotte Street, it's often overlooked by the crowds. Not exactly a hidden secret, but sometimes pleasantly empty when everywhere else close by is spilling out onto the streets.
The downside is that it's pretty small, so it only takes one or two sizeable groups of people to realise its there, and it's rammed as well.
As far as it goes, it's a minor Sam Smiths: not one of their best, but perfectly good cheap beer in a nice setting. Especially useful for meeting up before decamping elsewhere (which isn't to say that you can't have a good evening just staying there). Certainly high quality enough to become a fairly regular haunt, insulated from the surrounding fleshpots of Central London.