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Coach & Horses, WC2
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WC2E 7BD
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Real Ale Ray left this review about Coach & Horses
Quite a nostalgic visit for me. Great to see Jim still there. If your into your Guinness then this is the place for you. Good to see some real ales on and are well kept.
On 14th August 2011
- rating: 7
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E TA left this review about Coach & Horses
The small,single bar is welcoming and has the feel of a proper local pub despite its location. The traditonal interior sets it apart from the various bars and tourist traps nearby. The clientele is mature and sensible, while the staff are friendly and welcoming. There were soem excellent deals on at lunchtime, the food being great value. There were 4 ales on this time, and I had a pint of very well-kept Hobgoblin. With so many London pubs' being ruined by modernisation, it is a pleasant treat that pubs like this remain as they are. It claims to be "the best pub in West London; I wouldn't go that far, but it is good and well worth a visit.
On 24th March 2011
- rating: 7
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John Bonser left this review about Coach & Horses
The Coach and Horses is a small, welcoming, traditional pub in the heart of Covent Garden's Theatreland.
An attractive exterior, featuring hanging flower baskets and retaining Watney Combe Reid etched glass windows, leads into a small single room. Reflecting the landlord's Irish origins, the walls are decorated with Guinness memorabilia, together with golfing and hurling photographs.
A fine moulded ceiling and a large Coach and Horses pub mirror add to the traditional feel of the cosy and carpeted interior. Notably, for its location, it's not a tourist orientated pub and it's got a genuineness that better known pubs such as The Coal Hole and The Wellington, with their transient tourist emphasis, can never hope to achieve. Indeed, on my recent Sunday lunchtime visit, a band of obvious regulars were engaged in friendly banter with the jovial Irish landlord, Jim Ryan. Perhaps inevitably, Guinness is popular here and a framed undated newspaper article tells us that it's one of the few pubs here to serve Guinness that comes from Dublin. This is certainly no tacky Irish theme pub.
Beers on were Spitfire and Courage Best. The Spitfire - £ 3.20p - was reasonable, but I doubt there's much real ale trade here. A hot food counter serves a limited menu.
The size of the pub means that seating is largely limited to bar stools around two sides of the room, which doesn't make for much in the way of comfort. Despite this, and the limited ale selection, I think this pub is worth seeking out
On 6th October 2010
- rating: 7
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Rex Rattus left this review about Coach & Horses
They had Courage Best and Spitfire on handpump during my visit. The Spitfire was good, and at £3.10 a pint not overly expensive for the area. This is a small one-room pub; so small in fact that there appears to be no room for any tables. Furniture consists of stools at ledges round the sides of the pub; at the bar; and at a tall drinking pedestal in the middle of the room. The windows look as if they have been there a good few years – if the “Watney Coombe Reid” affiliation is anything to go by. I didn't eat there on this occasion, but the sarnies looked a good bet – pick of the bunch being the hot beef or Irish ham at £5.75 a throw. On the face of it this has the look of a pretty ordinary pub, but nonetheless it remains one of the more friendly and welcoming pubs around – in an area where they are not exactly thick on the ground. I think this is the nearest thing you will get to a backstreet boozer right on top of Covent Garden. Definitely worth dropping in for a pint if you're in the area.
On 26th August 2009
- rating: 7
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Steve C left this review about Coach & Horses
I liked it in here even though it is very small. The mirrors make the place look bigger and busier, but unfortunately they don't add any extra square footage.
Spitfire and Courage Best were available along with John Smiths, Guinness, Strongbow and a couple of standard lagers. There is a sign up on the wall boasting of over 70 whiskies available.
I found the barmaid to be nice and they have the worlds smallest plasma screen up on the wall.
I'll probably pop back in here again next time I'm in the area.
On 24th November 2008
- rating: 7
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about Coach & Horses
Small? Yes. Expensive? Yes (but what would one expect for the area?). Decent pub? Yes.
On 20th May 2008
- rating: 8
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