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Browns Victoria, Victoria, SW1
SW1
SW1E 5AG
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Browns (Mitchells & Butlers)Reviews (Current Rating Average: 3 of 10) see review guidelines
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E TA left this review about Browns Victoria
Well described below, Browns is a characterless pseudo-winebar with a restaurant upstairs. No real ale – although Meantime IPA was available from keg - incredibly slow service from the arrogant foreign staff and a general air of unfriendliness make it a place to avoid.
On 10th May 2018
- rating: 4
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custodian 42 left this review about Browns Victoria
Noting good about this place. Guinness was acceptable. Large restaurant upstairs.
On 8th March 2017
- rating: 3
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about Browns Bar & Brasserie
Thoroughly anonymous bar/restaurant pretty much indistinguishable from the street from the other food and drink outlets in the Cardinal Walk shopping centre near Victoria station. Inside, it has a two-storey layout with modern furniture and decor with the full-height ground floor glazing being the only feature of note. Some small 'outside' tables in the mall. No real ale, and not even John Smiths or other any keg bitter, so it was a quick bottle of Worthington White Shield from the fridge (£4.35) and I was off... (NB - Review dates from July 2012, so I had better go back and check the new handpump situation.)
On 8th September 2012
- rating: 3
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Nick Davies left this review about Browns Bar & Brasserie
M&B make something of a thing about Browns being in significant landmark buildings. Whoever decided that Portland House, famed as the former headquarters of Blue Circle cement, should be bestowed with such an honour was clearly having an off day. Apart from rebranding things would appear to have changed little since Roger wrote his account six years ago. If you go after work the place is crowded out with loud, braying blokes in suits from the offices upstairs whose awful racket is even then overpowered by the loud music. If you can get to the bar you have to brace yourself for a shouted conversation with someone for whom English is not their first language; nor indeed their second.
Oh there is one improvement, such as it is. There is now a handpump with a Pride clip on it, next to another one without any clip at all on it. I judged it to be too risky, and lacking the emotional energy that would have to be mustered if it needed sending back stuck to Wifebeater, a snip at £4.70 a pint.
I know it's Victoria, an area not known for the quality of its pubs, but you can do better than this.
On 6th September 2012
- rating: 2
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Roger Button left this review about Ha! Ha! Bar & Canteen
One of a range of Ha! Ha! Bar and Canteens that are gradually being introduced around the country. The traditional pub lover will hate it, the chrome and neon brigade will love it. Those who baulk at the sight of All Bar Ones and Piano and Pitchers now have a new monster to contend with. This latest addition to Victoria's drinking scene is set over the first 2 floors of a 60's high rise and comes complete with wall to ceiling windows, pink neon lighting, pine floors, square furniture and plasma screen (with limited viewing). Up the large metal staircase is the restaurant – I didn't bother venturing this far. Outside in the canopied shopping precinct are a few chrome seats where you can watch the shoppers roam by. Don't look for any bitters – they don't have any, not even keg bitter which is probably a plus. Fosters, Stella and Guinness are the mainstream attractions. The adventurous can go for Peroni or 1664 Blanc. If you are feeling affluent, they do “wine bottle” sized Hoegaarden for £7.95 or Leffe, a snip at £10.95. That all said, Wines start at a “reasonable” £10.95 and someone somewhere may be tempted by the Krug Grande Cuvee NV at £119.95 that will apparently leave your palate dominated by honey and nuts. A bowl of sugar puffs and a packet of dry roasted will also have the same effect for a lighter tariff. Personally if I were spending £120 on a bottle of bubbly I would choose somewhere a bit more special than this. Shooters are available for £3 and a range of cocktails are £5 a glass or £10 a jug. Main courses for lunch start around £5.50 for Egg and Chips with “proper meals” around £7-£11 which is again fairly reasonable for the area. All cynicism aside, this place will probably appeal to many young office types and I would expect it to get quite busy in the evenings. Personally it's not my cup of tea.
On 1st August 2006
- rating: 2
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