User name:

Password:

Login


Sign in with Facebook


Not already a member?
Join our community and - Rate & review pubs - Upload pictures - Add events JOIN for free NOW


Chat about:
Random news of the day with Tris39 on the Pub Forum

No image yet posted for this pub
No image yet posted for this pub, be the first.
Only members may add pictures, click to receive free membership
Notifications

Requested be closed with reason - Other: No sign of this establishment at this location.

Ballyhoo, Bloomsbury, WC1

Pub added by Roger Button
36-38 New Oxford Street
WC1
WC1A 1EP
Correct details

Served areas

Reviews of Ballyhoo (Average Rating: 5 of 10) Add Review see review guidelines

Please Note: This review is over a year old.


Roger Button left this review about The Bowery

Formerly a relatively well known music venue for new bands called the Fly, it still functions as the same but as a pub it is really more of holding bar for people attending whatever gigs are on in the basement.

The main bar has little in the way of aesthetics with a mass of air conditioning pipes being the most prominent feature. There is a single flat screen TV and that’s about as far as the interest goes. The music venue downstairs has its own bar and the stage, lighting etc is functional rather than groundbreaking although it does provide an intimate setting to see a band.

There is at least a more expanded selection of beers on offer since my last visit (when it was still the Fly) although it won’t cover everyones tastes. I noted Amstel, Heineken, Guinness, Red Stripe, Birra Moretti and Symonds Cider. I had a trawl through most of them and found prices around the £3.80/£4 mark which is actually more reasonable than most mainstream music venues.

As a pub I wouldn’t particularly go anywhere near it but I have had a few half decent evenings here watching bands although its transition from the Fly to the Bowery is hardly noticeable.

On 9th November 2011 - rating: 5
[User has posted 1239 recommendations about 1233 pubs]

External web links for Ballyhoo

Pubs Galore is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.

Pub location see interactive map of local area
Map location corrected by Roger Button
Latest updates View all updates for Ballyhoo, WC1
31st Oct 2016, 07:48
Request to mark pub as closed by Komakino . approved
 
31st Oct 2016, 00:17
Request to mark pub as closed submitted by Komakino ., with included notes: Other: No sign of this establishment at this location.
Local pubs

Icon Key: Picture Recommendation Rating Closed