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Savoy Tap, Strand, WC2
WC2
WC2R 0BA
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Savoy Tap
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Reviews of Savoy Tap (Average Rating: 5½ of 10) see review guidelines
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Nick Davies left this review about Savoy Tap
Remains much as below, quite busy when we visited on a midweek afternoon, indeed the staff said it wasn't usually like this. Which meant the usable seating had been cornered by a noisy group and we were left to a stretch of banquette without tables. Naturally most of the rest of the furniture, all annoying sodding posing tables, and useless for those in our group physically unable to climb onto the stools, were unused.
The beer situation is as described by Tris. One pump labelled Masterbrew, the other "Bottled Real Ales". Asking for a pint of "Bottled Real Ales" failed to raise a smile. Be that as it may, the Masterbrew was OK. There was another beer on, I forget what, when the first of our party got there but was rejected as sour at first sip and the clip commendably removed.
It's alright for a quick one away from the tourists, but that's about the best I can say for it. And avoid if you are going to need the loos and aren't good at stairs.
On 8th December 2022
- rating: 4
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Tris C left this review about Savoy Tap
Just off the Strand (have a banana!), this was the New Savoy Tavern upon building in 1926, later the Savoy Tup now Savoy Tap, this is a Shep’s pub, so how it can be a ‘tap’ is puzzling.
It has what appears to be a traditional interior, despite the age, with dark lacquered wood panelling, otherwise tedious smoky blue and white paint with ordinary drinking ledges, high furniture or fawn banquettes with Victorian-style lighting and brass hanging ‘porthole’-style lamps over the bar; there’s a shiny tiled bar back, with square section tubular steel shelving. Décor is in the form of framed prints of luminaries who may have had some connection with the vaguely local area and reasonable music played over the stereo. Customers included women who could outsquawk those in the George up the road.
Being a Shep’s pub, it came as no great surprise that there were no ales, with four unused pumps, unused pumps in their pubs being not uncommon pre-pandemic. I plumped for a half of yet more Neck Oil at a painful £3.30 a half, which tasted mainly of line cleaner; I couldn’t finish it.
This is by no means a great pub, so a return visit won’t be in the offing.
On 3rd November 2021
- rating: 4
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john gray left this review about Savoy Tap
Passed this many a time so decided to give it a try.Small but busy bar with an upstairs area.Sheperd Neame Whitstable Bay and Spitfire on cask ruined the ambiance.
On 11th October 2019
- rating: 6
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- Accommodation : No last updated 03 November 2021 by Tris C
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 03 November 2021 by Tris C
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 03 November 2021 by Tris C
- Beer Garden : No last updated 03 November 2021 by Tris C
- Car Park : No last updated 03 November 2021 by Tris C
- Darts : No last updated 03 November 2021 by Tris C
- Function Room : Yes last updated 09 October 2015 by hondo .
- Hot Food : No last updated 03 November 2021 by Tris C
- Jukebox : No last updated 03 November 2021 by Tris C
- Karaoke : No last updated 03 November 2021 by Tris C
- Live Music : No last updated 03 November 2021 by Tris C
- Live TV Sports : No last updated 03 November 2021 by Tris C
- Micropub : No last updated 03 November 2021 by Tris C
- Pinball : No last updated 03 November 2021 by Tris C
- Pool Table : No last updated 03 November 2021 by Tris C
- Quiz Night : No last updated 03 November 2021 by Tris C
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 31 July 2022 by Rex Rattus
- Real Cider : No last updated 03 November 2021 by Tris C
- WiFi : Yes last updated 03 November 2021 by Tris C
