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The Metropolitan Bar (JD Wetherspoon), Baker Street, NW1

7 Station Approach, Marylebone Road
NW1
NW1 5LD
Phone: 02074863489

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Moby Duck left this review about The Metropolitan Bar (JD Wetherspoon)

A huge Spoons lacking in any ambiance, usual suspect beers with the exception of Saltaire Aquila served in fair condition.

On 20th March 2024 - rating: 4
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Brainy Pool left this review about The Metropolitan Bar (JD Wetherspoon)

I had high hopes - the main room is very beautiful indeed although it lacks atmosphere. Sadly, poorest Spoons I have visited for a while - staff were clueless and unhelpful, tables dirty, and the breakfast was a shocker - bacon cooked on a radiator, toast stuck together, beans cold etc. perhaps the Oakham Black Magic would have saved the day but it was too early for beer. Doubt I’ll bother with this one again.

On 25th September 2022 - rating: 4
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Bucking Fastard left this review about The Metropolitan Bar (JD Wetherspoon)

Right next to an exit from Baker Street tube,the entrance is rather dull with a low ceiling walk way with a few tables and chairs to the side and in a rear alcove.However the main body of the pub is impressive,a very high ceiling in red with good cornicing and coats of arms .Parquet flooring and impressive globe hanging lights.The furniture is the usual 'spoons mix,some seating booths,high tables opposite the bar and some curved banquettes.
There are two ranks of five handpumps with the trio of doom regulars doubled up (GK Abbot,IPA and Doom Bar) leaving on my trip just three guests Fullers London Pride,Mihi NZ Pale(international beer festival) and Titanic Nine Tenths Below (Cloudy ,tangy,NBSS 1.5,the pint was not finished )
With a very transient customer base ,seemingly no one could be bothered to provide decent ale,even the pricing was at a 'spoons premium .Interesting interior but terrible drinking experience ,this 'spoons can be easily avoided.

On 10th April 2022 - rating: 5
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Delboy 20 left this review about The Metropolitan Bar (JD Wetherspoon)

Large Spoons right next to the tube station. Gets rammed when there is a match at Wembley. From what I could see there was a decent choice of beers but ruined by the curse of the plastic glass!

On 7th June 2018 - no rating submitted
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Oggwyn Great left this review about The Metropolitan Bar (JD Wetherspoon)

Well described in previous reviews , very busy on a Sunday morning with mainly Lincoln and Shrewsbury fans on their way to Wembley .
Service was OK if a bit slow , my Trumans Swift was decent enough to warrant a couple of pints .

On 28th April 2018 - no rating submitted
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Nick Davies left this review about The Metropolitan Bar (JD Wetherspoon)

No, it wasn't a cinema, but the dining room for Chiltern Court, the some-time apartments above the station before they became offices. There are old posters inside the pub advertising them. Anyway, it's had a of a refurb lately, more of a wipe its arse job than a full revamp so it's difficult to tell what they did apart from an huge increase of the high table and stools infestation making usable seating hard to find at busy times, like just after work. And there are fruit machines too. Two banks of handpumps, the guests tend to be on the set nearer the entrance, which annoyingly seems to be where the off duty tube staff like to stand guzzling Wifebeater so it's difficult to see what's what.

It is rather a grand venue, so worth it for that, but it's by no means the best choice locally.

On 10th November 2017 - rating: 6
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Tris C left this review about The Metropolitan Bar (JD Wetherspoon)

Well described below, this is indeed a huge and surprisingly grand 'spoons with striped Regency wallpaper and largely bereft of the chain's usual deterrents such as multiple TVs or games machines, which is reflected in a more upmarket clientele than usual. Or perhaps it's just so large that I couldn't see them.
The ale selection was large but my round of three drinks wasn't especially cheap.
OK if you're a fan of the marque (I only came here as my two colleagues recommended it and we were in a hurry), but otherwise walk up the road to The Volunteer.

On 29th April 2017 - rating: 5
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Rex Rattus left this review about The Metropolitan Bar (JD Wetherspoon)

I don't need to say much about this place as others have described it well. It's certainly more of a TARDIS pub than any other 'spoons that I've been in. The relatively small entrance takes you up a few steps before the full scale of the place is revealed on the right. My party of seven found a booth on the left as we entered that accommodated us easily, and was separated from the main area of the pub.

These 'spoons pubs are jolly useful in providing hungry pub researchers with a bit of cheapish scran when it's most needed. They're not everyone's idea of a traditional pub, but we would certainly miss them if they weren't there.

On 3rd February 2017 - rating: 6
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Aqualung . left this review about The Metropolitan Bar (JD Wetherspoon)

I came here today to find all the beers tried were not clear, ranging from a haze to the Stateside Rye being so cloudy I sent it back. None of the three pints tried were in anything like good condition. If Spoons are going to charge over three quid a pint then the least they can do is look after the beer. Score reduced from 8 to 4 and this one goes on my avoid list along with most of the other Central London Spoons.


Visit August 2013
There seems to be a lot of debate about what the original function of this room was.
One of the theories is that it was a Cinema. There used to be a Cinema in the vicinity but I'm fairly sure it wasn't here and the room layout is totally wrong.

The official Spoons line is that it was the Metropolitan Railway's Company Headquarters, which may well have been true at one time, but the Met Railway lost its private company status in 1933.

Like the Finchley Road Spoons this has GK IPA rather then Ruddles included among the eighteen pumps. Sadly there is also Courage Best which I assume is a permanent fixture.
Locale beers were represented by Vale and By The Horns.

I arrived here around midday on a Friday so it wasn't too busy. As all of the guest beers seemed to be priced at £3.25. I went for one of the stronger ones, Brewster's Calamity Jane which was in very good order. This is the most expensive Spoons I've been to apart from the one on Victoria station but I seem to have hit it on a good day as the beer was excellent, I got served a full pint quickly and it was a nice place to while away the time.

On 23rd October 2015 - rating: 4
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Real Ale Ray left this review about The Metropolitan Bar (JD Wetherspoon)

A respectable Spoons this one, well worth a look in for the décor alone. The service was good on our Saturday afternoon visit and our choice of Tring Brewery Kotuku and Twickenham Naked Ladies were in good shape.

On 4th August 2015 - rating: 7
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