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Fox & Hounds, SW1
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Reviews (Current Rating Average: 7½ of 10) see review guidelines
Bucking Fastard left this review about Fox & Hounds
A very thorough PSM review requires little extra from me,I too enjoyed the vibe in this small,narrow street corner pub.There is a chatty atmosphere with no muzak.The ale options on my trip were Laine's Factor 50 (NBSS 4),Youngs Original and Butcombe Rare Breeds with a further clip reversed.
I would certainly pop in again if in the area,charming pub.
On 4th August 2024
- rating: 7
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Pub SignMan left this review about Fox & Hounds
This is a quality little traditional pub, tucked away down a backstreet near Sloane Square station. The pub has a very simple, bare boarded interior which sees a single room divided into three notional areas. You enter into the front bar space, with the servery along the right-hand wall and plenty of good seating opposite. Some great button backed banquettes run along the front wall with a padded pew opposite. The bar has a nice, dark wood counter with a rather cluttered, mirrored bar back and a plain gantry lined with blackboards detailing the pub's quiz night and various craft beer options. Beyond is a simple space with short bench seating alongside a lit fireplace, which in turn gives way to the rear space, where high tables and stools stand under a large skylight, with a fake bookcase door to one side. The walls throughout have tongue and groove panelling at half height, with some excellent red lincrusta decoration above. Mirrors are in abundance, perhaps to make this narrow premises feel a little larger, and lots of old fashioned paintings depicting busy city scenes line the walls, along with a few old maps. I spotted a couple of TV screens but they remained switched off and there was no piped music either, so there was a proper, traditional pub atmosphere within.
Four cask ales were available on this visit - Laine Fox & Hounds and Give It A Try (£6.50 a pint), Harveys Sussex Best and St Austell Proper Job - whilst the keg range included a couple more Laine beers. I was greeted by a friendly barmaid who seemed to have a good rapport with her locals, and my pint was in pretty good condition.
I liked this little pub and thought it had a good, laid-back feel to it, with no pretentions, which isn't always a given in this part of town. The traditional interior and decent ale range were a winning combination for me and it felt encouraging to find a pub like this doing a decent trade on a cold Monday evening. Maybe not quite a destination pub, but well worth a look if you're in the area.
Date of visit - 12th February 2024
On 30th June 2024
- rating: 7
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Quinno _ left this review about Fox & Hounds
Idyllic looking be-flora’d backstreet pub a few minutes from Sloane Square tube. The interior delivers, a small traditional layout with two rooms knocked-through decorated with dark varnish, red anaglypta wallpaper, attractive dado and various old prints with an inevitable hunting being a theme – all quite like an old village pub. A lot of fake fauna inside because of the Chelsea Flower Show as well as a few punters who knocked said event on the head early due to the downpour. It's very tight for seating and even mid-afternoon on a Wednesday I had to share a table, though it’s friendly (and generally upmarket) folk for clientele so not awkward and I got chatting to a couple. GBG, there were four pumps with a fairly samey mix of Beers You've Heard Of (this being a Youngs house, having an actual selection is fair enough); Youngs Bitter, TT Landlord, St Austell Proper Job and Harvey's Sussex Best, the latter of which was perhaps a little green but drinkable enough (NBSS 3) and set me back a whopping £6.70 for a pint. Overall it's a charming little place, worth a visit when it's quiet. 7.5
On 25th June 2024
- rating: 7
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Old Boots left this review about Fox & Hounds
Very much a traditional locals pub with old prints mostly of nautical and railway subjects. What isn’t picture is Lincrusta or gold framed mirror, there’s plenty of leather, dark wood and cast iron here too. The rear section has sofas and bookshelves. An odd mix of punters including three clerical gentlemen unless they were in fancy dress. I was surprised to see a Kirkstall beer on and it wasn’t bad even at £6.50 a pint; ‘ow much? didn’t pass my lips, honest.
On 25th July 2022
- no rating submitted
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Tris C left this review about Fox & Hounds
Finding virtually every central London pub closed early, not just on a Sunday, but one post-Hallowe’en and with just 75 minutes to go to fulfil my One Month, 100 New Pubs Challenge, I stumbled across this backstreet traditional boozer, which I’d never even seen before.
It’s a simple traditional place, with much dark wood and small basic bar, the whole long and thin. It’s rough boarded, the walls are black match board to dado, then burgundy Anaglypta to the walls, with a similarly papered white ceiling. There was a very jovial quiz on, on my arrival, with customers and quiz master exchanging much banter, the lovely barmaid joining in. At other times, customers may be drawn from those taking in a show at the Royal Court Theatre. Décor comprises paintings with brass picture lamps, otherwise it’s like a low-ceilinged village pub.
Still a Young’s house, one pump was unused, one for London Original (reversed), the Proper Job and Oakham’s Inferno, very nice but at an increasingly normal £6.00 a pint; this is Belgravia.
This is a very dinky and mainly charming place, definitely one of the best pubs in SW1.
On 1st November 2021
- rating: 7
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Blackthorn _ left this review about Fox & Hounds
An traditional looking street corner pub located down a side street but just a minute or two’s walk from Sloane Square, it has an attractive appearance and was very busy on our Friday evening visit with just as many punters spilling outside on to the pavement as there were inside.
Internally it consists of one long and narrow room with dark wooden boards on the floor, dark wood panelling on the lower part of the walls and red painted wallpaper up above. There were several large mirrors on the walls as well as large oil paintings in ornate gilded frames. A couple of bookcases were at the rear, one of which was free standing and another recessed in to the wall as well as an old piano. A large skylight here brought in some natural light to the rear of the pub. A couple of Chesterfield sofas in both the more traditional red as well as blue provided some comfy seating.
Beers on tap were all from Young’s with their Original, Special and Cityscape. The solitary cider was Orchard Thieves which didn’t seem quite as nice as I had remembered. Prices too seemed expensive with a pint of the cider and a G&T coming it at over £13, although that was at least better than almost £18 which I was asked before querying it.
On 17th September 2019
- rating: 7
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hondo . left this review about The Fox & Hounds
Narrow Young’s pub tucked away on the back streets. Bare boarded interior serving 3 real ales from the 4 taps.
On 25th October 2018
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custodian 42 left this review about The Fox & Hounds
Small Young's pub with four real ale pumps, one reversed. There was Old Hooky @ 4.6% ABV. Just the one room and it was very quiet on Tuesday afternoon.
On 17th May 2017
- rating: 6
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Mark Davey left this review about The Fox & Hounds
Superb corner Young's boozer, perfect for a pre Sunday lunch beer or two. Old world, comfortable interior with a small selection of primarily Young's brews on the bar. Happy to let well behaved kids in, on my recent couple of visits, it has never been too busy.
Well worth a visit for a reasonably priced brew in this over priced part of the world.
On 3rd November 2015
- rating: 7
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about The Fox & Hounds
Traditional Youngs pub just a short distance away from the fancy eateries and overpriced emporia in and around Sloane Square. Compact interior with a mix of furniture, with the rear section be more of a lounge area. Ordinary, Special and the seasonal Hummingbird (£4.00) available from three of the four handpumps on this visit. Worth seeking out (but don't leave it late - they can close up before the advertised time).
On 20th September 2015
- rating: 7
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