The Beer Tapestry, Bloomsbury, WC1

The Museum Tavern has been renamed to coincide with the opening of the exhibition of the Bayeux Tapestry at the British Museum opposite. Greene King have created a pastiche of the famous piece of embroidery, which they are calling the Beer Tapestry. https://uk.news.yahoo.com/greene-king-creates-beer-tapestry-112642129.html

I popped into the Museum Tavern on a recent Friday afternoon after a hiatus of over nine years. The layout is the same as back in 2017 and the seven hand pumps were drawing TT Landlord, Dorking Brewery’s Sunbeam Golden Ale and Old Peculiar alongside GK’s Abbot Ale and IPA, while the Tribute was coming soon. Being opposite the British Museum there are obviously lots of tourists, but it wasn’t heaving, which was mostly down to the bar staff. During our 30-minute stay not a single table was cleared of dirty plates, let alone given a wipe down, in fact the staff were stood behind an empty counter watching people walk in and then back out again after seeing no clear tables. Terrible service, if I was the manager of this pub and I walked in to witness this they both would have been sacked on the spot. This is a pub that is relying on its location to bring in the dollars, poor show.

Official site of Museum Tavern - www.greeneking-pubs.co.uk

Official site of Museum Tavern - www.greeneking-pubs.co.uk

A good traditional Bloomsbury pub with typical nice wood and glasswork. A fairly long thin bar, with leather banquettes along the side and a few tables outside on the pavement. Handy for the British Museum opposite. On handpumps were the usual Abbot and IPA, plus Theakston's Old Peculier, Sambrook's Junction and Wimbledon Copper Leaf, as well as a couple of ciders.