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Artful Critic @ Holiday Inn London Bloomsbury, Bloomsbury, WC1

Coram Street
WC1
WC1N 1HT

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David Walton left this review about Artful Critic @ Holiday Inn London Bloomsbury

Visited 28/07/25. Turned out it was the opening day for the new bar area after a big refurb! Visited previously as Callaghans at the hotel of the same name on 11/10/21.

No cask. Keg offering of Mahou, Camden Hells, Stella, Amstel, Neck Oil, Guinness and two from Brewpoint, their own Artful Critic branded lager and the Foghorn Hazy Session IPA.

There is an astroturfed seating area out the front of the hotel with regular tables and chairs and lots of plastic hedge plants. Inside the bar counter is on the rear wall opposite the separate entrance to the bar area or to the left of the main hotel entrance. The area is a mixture of modern boarded and ceramic tiled, and seating is a mixture of regular tables and chairs and around the L shaped internal area. The bar counter is attractive and modern but surprisingly given the space they missed the trick of adding stools along the length of the bar counter. Didn't spot the TV options as I recall Callaghans used to be an OK hotel bar to watch the evening footy if in the area when some of the nearby traditional pubs were packed (eg for England games). Again, nothing wrong with the place as a hotel bar but lacking in beer options to deserve anything other than a slightly below average score.

On 1^st August 2025 - rating: 4
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Philip Carter left this review about Callaghans

Large(ish) bar attached to the hotel. No real ale, but the Guinness is Â£2.50 as opposed to Â£3.00 or so across the road. sells food all day and has disable access. Families welcome, as far as I can tell and if you have one too many, you could stay in the hotel. Update. Went in there, looks like they have had a refurb. Doesn't seem to be all the decorations have gone. Now bare brick everywhere. And to clinch it, the Guinness is now £5.25 a pint. Rating down. Not visiting again.

On 15^th December 2018 - no rating submitted
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Strongers . left this review about Callaghans

This place has plasma screens and a projector for showing Sky Sports and Setanta and is the sort of place you end up in when you have run out of ideas of where to watch the match.

There is only a selection of basic draught available and there was also an overpowering smell of fat whilst I was there making my first and last visit very brief.

On 7^th April 2009 - rating: 4
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