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Halfway To Heaven, Charing Cross, WC2
WC2
WC2N 4JF
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Tris C left this review about Halfway To Heaven
Came here once to meet a gay friend the best part of 20 years ago. The reviews here and on CAMRA recall my experience.
On 29th October 2021
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custodian 42 left this review about Halfway To Heaven
Gay bar with an outrageously camp barman. Only Doombore and Tribute on as ales.
On 16th February 2017
- rating: 3
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E TA left this review about Halfway To Heaven
A small, inconspicuous bar just off Trafalgar Square, previously The Lady Hamilton and The Duncannon. It is operated by Stonegate. The ground floor is a fairly basic bar with mirrored walls, a bar counter and hard wood flooring, while there is a busier and slightly more luxurious bar in the basement which has a small stage and is used daily for live entertainment from 3pm onwards. Two ales on, I had a pint of Doombar which was reasonably drinkable, but not the best I’ve had. The clientele on this visit were primarily heterosexual couples, and there was no suggestion that we were out of place. I’d be happy to drop in again for a lunchtime pint while passing but will probably avoid evening visits.
On 19th October 2016
- rating: 6
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john gray left this review about Halfway To Heaven
Small ground floor bar with little to recommend it.Do gay people not like craft beer.Bog standard Doom and Trib on cask.Sign at door said they operate a majority gay and lesbian door policy.They let me in so either I looked gay or they already had their majority in.Probably a new EEC directive.
On 28th May 2016
- rating: 5
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about Halfway To Heaven
Not been here for decades - the last time being one New Year's Eve when it was still the Duncannon - but had a little time before catching a train from nearby Charing Cross so ventured in again (knowing full well what to expect, perhaps unlike some baffled tourists...). Actually, the compact main bar is relatively straight-laced, although it sounded like the entertainment had started downstairs. Anyway, you can find two real ales on - Doom Bar and Tribute - should you wish to venture in.
On 21st November 2015
- rating: 5
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Roger Button left this review about Halfway To Heaven
An unpretentious and unassuming pub situated on the edge of Trafalgar Square frequented mainly by the gay community although as a straight person it didn’t feel uncomfortable like some pubs of its ilk. Apart from a quite camp barman (plenty of them in straight pubs in central London), I barely noticed that it was a gay pub at all.
The L-shaped interior is quite small and has pretty standard décor and furnishings with one side wall containing several random pictures, theatre posters and old photos of the local sights. There is a further bar downstairs into which I didn’t venture and a couple of tables out the front wher you can watch the cabs and buses trundle by.
As part of the Stonegate PubCo who count Slug & Lettuce, Yates and Scream among their portfolio, don’t expect anything other than bog standard at the bar. The 2 ales were a good pointer, Greene King IPA and Bombardier and whilst the quality was fine and prices very reasonable for the area, they won’t get me rushing back or encourage diiscerning beer drinkers to seek the place out but then most people probably don’t come here for the beer anyway.
The place for me is decidedly average and certainly has no appeal for a future visit. For some it will be viewed as halfway to heaven, for others, halfway to hell.
On 16th November 2011
- rating: 4
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