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Submitted on Tuesday, 23rd September 2025
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The Porterhouse, Covent Garden, WC2
Covent Garden
WC2
WC2E 7NA
Served areas
Reviews of The Porterhouse (Average Rating: 6 of 10) see review guidelines
Will Larter left this review about The Porterhouse
Well described by Richard, so I'll try to say something different. Three cask beers on which, were Sambrooks Wandle, Purity UBU and something called Big Hug Pave the Way, a 4.6% pale (NBSS 3, £6.90/pint) "Brewed with our friends at Portobello Brewing to support our charity partners Only A Pavement Away."
This is an extraordinary building, with huge copper piping everywhere, display cases of beer bottles ditto, and a bar counter in wood and tiles, the latter spelling out The Porter House Brewing Company over and over. I'd come back another time for a better look, but I'm not sure I want to pay £3.45 for half a pint of pretty ordinary beer.
On 23rd September 2025
- rating: 6
[User has posted 4491 recommendations about 4122 pubs]
Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about The Porterhouse
The usual problem with this place is overcrowding, both inside the various bars / seating areas on different levels and out on the front patio, but it was unusually quiet inside the various seating areas on different levels on my latest visit. It's not exactly a cask ale stronghold, but it had Sambrook's Wandle and Portobello JPA (brewed with Sorachi Ace hops and infused with Japanese green tea leaves, £6.60) on the handpumps this time. However, it does have an interesting choice of keg beers from Ireland's Porterhouse brewery plus a good selection of bottled beers.
On 16th July 2025
- rating: 7
[User has posted 8918 recommendations about 8918 pubs]
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Real Ale Ray left this review about The Porterhouse
A lot larger set up here than it's sister pub in Dublin. There was plenty of space in the front patio area and the interior was also a good size, with an impressive bar area as you step down into the pub. There was lots of copper ducting and piping all around the place and I asked one of the floor staff did they do any brewing in here. Apparently all their Porterhouse beers are brewed in Dublin and are shipped over. Apart from the extensive range of keg beers displayed on fish eyes along the centre of the bar, they also had a choice of two cask ales and one cider, which were doubled up. The choice was Sambrooke's Wandle and Purity Mad Goose and Monty's cider.
On 17th November 2019
- rating: 6
[User has posted 3716 recommendations about 3716 pubs]
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- Official site of The Porterhouse - porterhouse.london
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- Accommodation : No last updated 17 July 2025 by Tris C
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 17 July 2025 by Tris C
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 17 July 2025 by Tris C
- Beer Garden : No last updated 17 July 2025 by Tris C
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 08 September 2019 by Quinno _
- Car Park : No last updated 17 July 2025 by Tris C
- Child Friendly : No last updated 08 September 2019 by Quinno _
- Darts : No last updated 17 July 2025 by Tris C
- Dog Friendly : No last updated 08 September 2019 by Quinno _
- Function Room : No last updated 08 September 2019 by Quinno _
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 17 July 2025 by Tris C
- Jukebox : No last updated 17 July 2025 by Tris C
- Karaoke : No last updated 17 July 2025 by Tris C
- Live Music : Yes - Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 21.00/21.30. - last updated 17 July 2025 by Tris C
- Live TV Sports : Yes last updated 17 July 2025 by Tris C
- Micropub : No last updated 17 July 2025 by Tris C
- Pinball : No last updated 17 July 2025 by Tris C
- Pool Table : No last updated 17 July 2025 by Tris C
- Quiz Night : No last updated 17 July 2025 by Tris C
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 08 September 2019 by Quinno _
- Real Cider : No last updated 08 September 2019 by Quinno _
- Wheelchair Access : No last updated 17 July 2025 by Tris C
- WiFi : Yes last updated 08 September 2019 by Quinno _
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