Opened in autumn 2023, this 'dream pub' off Piccadilly Circus in Soho combines the talents of ex-Guinea Grill landlord Oisin Rogers and Flat Iron founder Charlie Carroll. There's a classic bar downstairs and an ambitious dining room upstairs knocking out cuts of dry-aged Scottish beef on a wood-fired grill.
Fooderati favourite, Oisín Rogers – previously of The Guinea Grill – and Flat Iron founder Charlie Carroll created their dream pub in the heart of the West End at this refurbished boozer, just north of Piccadilly Circus (opposite Brasserie Zédel). Opened in Autumn 2023, it’s no surprise given their joint heritage that prime steak – dry aged and butchered on the premises – is intrinsic to the formula. But so, too, is just dropping in for a pint.
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"A really lovely place - the setting of a Dickensian dining room with first class food and wine presented with energy and enthusiasm. "
"Downstairs - a bustling pub with excellent beer at a price higher than most of the country. Upstairs, more a set of pub ‘dining rooms’ than a restaurant. It’s noisy, efficiently run and the cooking is sound. More ‘old time favourites’ than ‘cutting-edge cuisine and the better for that. Less instagram and more ‘get it down you’ it has little to be criticised. However, when there are empty tables all over the place and a single diner wanting a single seat is turned away then you have to question the hype …. Enjoyable, yes. As hyped? Not really."
"Bustling pub and grill restaurant. Some dishes great, some fairly average."
"Why the hype? It’s a mediocre gastropub - both food and service."
"Not too sure what all the fuss is about. Good? Certainly. Exceptional? No"
"Fire + carefully sourced ingredients + craft = fantastic results. Steak, lobster, scallops, crab, soufflé all brilliantly executed. Menu filled with other dishes that will tempt me straight back. Room slight awkward but full of laughter and happy punters. Service brilliant from start to finish. What a cracking place!!"
“The meat is exceptional, the wood-fired oven the largest such weapon I have ever seen, the decor classic and unobtrusive, the service skilled and smart and old-school,” he said, struggling to come up with something new to say. Then he had a brainwave: “even the loos are traditional, furnished with Thomas Crapper porcelain.”
William Sitwell - 2024-03-10| Monday | 12 pm‑10 pm |
| Tuesday | 12 pm‑10 pm |
| Wednesday | 12 pm‑10 pm |
| Thursday | 12 pm‑10 pm |
| Friday | 12 pm‑10 pm |
| Saturday | 12 pm‑10 pm |
| Sunday | 12 pm‑5:30 pm |
