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Bag O' Nails, Victoria, SW1
Westminster
SW1
SW1W 0PP
Reviews of Bag O' Nails (Average Rating: 5 of 10) see review guidelines
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Tris C left this review about Bag O' Nails
Grade II-listed and originally the Devil & Bag o’ Nails, this appears to have been mucked about with since the previous review, with typical Victorian-style Greene King predictability, but with a part carpeted floor and tourists, given its proximity to Buckingham Palace.
The main novelties here are Christmas decorations in early November and the enormous invisible rip in the oxblood peripheral banquette, which almost swallowed me whole on sitting down; another portion nearby was visibly ripped and poorly repaired with Sellotape; customers appeared to be undiscerning office types and young.
Ales offered amounted to Abbot, GK IPA, Rocking Rudolph, London Glory and Black Sheep Best at £2.80 a half and fine, served by a weird barman who insisted on addressing me from the far end of the bar.
This pub may get an extra point for having a drinkable non-GK beer, or for that matter Pride or Doom, but the utter predictability of the place and the couldn’t care less air of the brand around Victoria, ensures I won’t return. It’s a bag o’ something, but whatever it is, it’s less preferable than nails.
On 17th November 2021
- rating: 4
[User has posted 2208 recommendations about 2165 pubs]
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Steve of N21 left this review about Bag O' Nails
This pub is also now part of the Green King empire and again its one they haven’t mucked about with so the interior remains the previous old world character with its red ceiling and wood panelling throughout. A tourist haunt during the day it was city workers only late on when we popped in for a last one of the evening after visiting the newly opened newest member of the Flight Club chain on the ground floor of one of the new Victoria tall glass buildings nearby.
As to be expected the six handpumps were dominated by GK brews with IPA, Abbott and London Glory on three and then Doombar and Black sheep on two more with the last one unused. As there were eight of us we covered all the available beers between us except for the Abbott. The problem was a more insipid collection of boring brown bitters you could not have experienced to the extent that we began to think something funny was going on with the cellar pipe work. The Black sheep certainly didn’t taste anything like Black Sheep, the IPA tasted more Like Black Sheep, the London Glory did look like London Glory and the Doombar was pretty indescribable.
I don’t think we will be rushing back to this one.
On 13th June 2019
- rating: 4
[User has posted 2236 recommendations about 2098 pubs]
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custodian 42 left this review about Bag O' Nails
GK pub with no real ale of any strength. Standard kegs including Punk IPA. Also an upstairs diner but nothing to entice me back.
On 8th March 2017
- rating: 5
[User has posted 1693 recommendations about 1691 pubs]
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London Victoria, 0.29 miles, 5 min walk (show)
London Charing Cross, 1.26 miles, 24 min walk (show)
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- Accommodation : No last updated 20 November 2019 by ROB Camra
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 26 November 2015 by Quinno _
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 20 November 2019 by ROB Camra
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 20 November 2019 by ROB Camra
- CAMRA Discount : No - Discount withdrawn - last updated 20 November 2019 by ROB Camra
- Car Park : No last updated 20 November 2019 by ROB Camra
- Child Friendly : Yes last updated 17 November 2021 by Tris C
- Darts : No last updated 26 November 2015 by Quinno _
- Dog Friendly : Yes last updated 17 November 2021 by Tris C
- Function Room : Yes last updated 20 November 2019 by ROB Camra
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 20 November 2019 by ROB Camra
- Jukebox : No last updated 26 November 2015 by Quinno _
- Karaoke : No last updated 26 November 2015 by Quinno _
- Live Music : No last updated 20 November 2019 by ROB Camra
- Live TV Sports : No last updated 20 November 2019 by ROB Camra
- Micropub : No last updated 20 November 2019 by ROB Camra
- Pinball : No last updated 26 November 2015 by Quinno _
- Pool Table : No last updated 26 November 2015 by Quinno _
- Quiz Night : No last updated 26 November 2015 by Quinno _
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 20 November 2019 by ROB Camra
- Real Cider : Yes - Lilley's. - last updated 17 November 2021 by Tris C
- Wheelchair Access : No - Ladies WCs upstairs. - last updated 17 November 2021 by Tris C
- WiFi : Yes last updated 20 November 2019 by ROB Camra
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