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The Phoenix, SW1

14 Palace Street
SW1
SW1E 5JA

Phone: 02078288136

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Westminster, Victoria

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Bucking Fastard left this review about The Phoenix

Youngs pubco owned,it's a large street corner building with little charm.The ground floor has been opened out to a sqaure space with a wooden floor ,high tables and a small servery to the right.There was an afterwork crowd in ,mainly civil servants ,which created a hugely noisy interior not helped by mindless muzak.Out the back there is a small beer terrance and metal stairs to a roof terrace which was booked for an event.
On the first floor there is another bar but this too was booked for a party,while the overflow of punters was taking over the street outside.Service at the bar was slow and chaotic and the ale options were Youngs Original and Special,Wimbledon SW19 and St Austell Proper Job,tangy,NBSS 1.5 ,£6.75 and left unfinished.The food menu was standard pub grub but at rip off prices around £20.I won't be returning and felt sorry for tourists who stumble upon this place expecting a traditional pub.The proximity to the Kings Gallery side of Buck House will draw in the unsuspecting,it's pretty awful when this busy.

On 7^th June 2025 - rating: 5
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Tris C left this review about The Phoenix

As mentioned, this pub, which dates from 1928, is close to the Buckingham Estate and next door to the Other Palace Theatre.
Inside and it’s quite a modern pub conversion, with predictable themes such as smoky blue paint, white glazed tiled bar back, stripped bare wood bar front and an apron of Minton-style encaustic tiles, with large oversized metal shades above. Furniture is mixed tall, with blue velour upholstered studded banquettes. Customers seemed to be mainly young, possibly squaddies from the nearby Wellington Barracks, along with some older more genteel customers, perhaps having taken in a show at the theatre over the road. Service here isn't a strong point, with many uncleared glasses on tables, including the one at which I was seated. They were gradually cleared, but oddly not the ones at my table.
The typical Young’s line-up was available, with Proper Job, London Original, Special and Winter Warmer at £2.65 a half and nice.
This place is fine for a drink after the theatre, perhaps with some fish ‘n’ chips, but it’s not a destination, though worth including on a crawl of the area.

On 24^th November 2021 - rating: 5
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Steve of N21 left this review about The Phoenix

As mentioned below the Phoenix is the closest pub to Buck House, but it was suited local office workers from around the Victoria area, rather than tourists, who were packing it out on the early after work Thursday evening last.
Part of the Geronimo Inns chain it has the usual modern stripped back interiors you associate with this chain and the central support pillar is now a bit more restrained yellow and white Humphry straw design colouring.
The main serving bar may be very modern in its design and I am sure the industrial metal racking in front of a white tiled wall may appeal to some, but I still prefer a more traditional pub experience. Also the bar serving area is fairly short in size, meaning that at busy times you have to queue quite a way back, almost into the tables in the central space. When you do get to the bar there are four ale pumps, and these had Redemption Pale Ale, Youngs Bitter, St Austell Proper Job and Dorking brewery Washington gold on for my visit. And then on the craft side Camden Hells and Pale and Beavertown Neck oil were on the taps.
The pub was very busy, and it was even standing room only in the garden section as well. I would certainly consider it again, especially when considering a place to eat with the good lady when in this part of town, but as a pub experience there’s a lot of competition nearby and this one didn’t really do it for me personally.

On 29^th April 2019 - rating: 6
[User has posted 2245 recommendations about 2105 pubs]

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