Halfway To Heaven, Charing Cross, WC2

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An unpretentious and unassuming pub situated on the edge of Trafalgar Square frequented mainly by the gay community although as a straight person it didn’t feel uncomfortable like some pubs of its ilk. Apart from a quite camp barman (plenty of them in straight pubs in central London), I barely noticed that it was a gay pub at all. The L-shaped interior is quite small and has pretty standard décor and furnishings with one side wall containing several random pictures, theatre posters and old photos of the local sights. There is a further bar downstairs into which I didn’t venture and a couple of tables out the front wher you can watch the cabs and buses trundle by. As part of the Stonegate PubCo who count Slug & Lettuce, Yates and Scream among their portfolio, don’t expect anything other than bog standard at the bar. The 2 ales were a good pointer, Greene King IPA and Bombardier and whilst the quality was fine and prices very reasonable for the area, they won’t get me rushing back or encourage diiscerning beer drinkers to seek the place out but then most people probably don’t come here for the beer anyway. The place for me is decidedly average and certainly has no appeal for a future visit. For some it will be viewed as halfway to heaven, for others, halfway to hell.