Shakespeare's Head, Soho, W1

This is a Taylor Walker branded pubco pub, smack bang in the middle of the tourist hell surrounding Carnaby St. They did have some real ale on – Bombardier, Young’s Special and London Gold. There was also a Woodforde Wherry clip reversed. I didn’t bother looking at the menu but feel confident that it would be the usual TW pubco fare. Furnishings are mainly normal tables and chairs, but the centre of the single room pub is dominated by two large tall tables with accompanying tall stools. There’s also a restaurant upstairs, appropriately named “Macbeth’s”. This would be a reasonable enough pub just about anywhere else, but in the nightmare that is Carnaby St it really can’t be. It serves a purpose though, in catering for the tourist masses at this time of year.

Unlike the last reviewer, I always find this place swamped with tourists. If you do manage to get to the bar the beers are average and the service is dire - all the staff appear to struggle with English. Well below average and one for the tourists I'm afraid.