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The Montagu Pyke (Lloyds No.1 Bar), Soho, WC2

105-107 Charing Cross
WC2
WC2H 0DT
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Lloyds No. 1 (J D Wetherspoon)

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Bucking Fastard left this review about The Montagu Pyke (Lloyds No.1 Bar)

This is a monsterous 'spoons and best left to the tourists.House in what in latter years was the Marquee Club (but not the original) and before that a cinema,you can walk through from the Charing Cross Road to Greek Street.Both ends are at street level with an occasional keg only bar at the Greek Street end while the main servery and most of the seating is at mosh pit level.There is a balcony which is calmer but the noise when full is intollerable,and service can be slow.Identikit 'spoons furniture everywhere,it's souless.
Besides the trio of doom,the guests on my visit were Windsor & Eton Guardsman and Boatman together with Hop Union Moose River (dull brew NBSS 2).Food pricing takes into account the tourist location,this is a 'spoons to avoid.I won't be back.

On 7th August 2022 - rating: 3
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Quinno _ left this review about The Montagu Pyke (Lloyds No.1 Bar)

A Spoons (well, a Lloyds technically) in the building that was the second incarnation of the Marquee Club (the odd musical artefact is on display as are pictures of artists who didn’t play this venue!) so you can have half a guess as to how the interior pans out – down a few steps to a sunken main bar with a small section beyond. Fairly modern colour scheme, cream and red with purple lighting but not much in the way interesting internal architecture. Due to the location the place gets seriously busy at weekends and the furniture is packed in tight enough to make a battery hen complain. Six pumps with four guest ales. Sadly my Windsor & Eton Knot was tired and hazy (NBSS 1.5). It’s good to know it’s here but won’t be a Spoons I’d seek out specifically for a return.

On 11th July 2019 - rating: 5
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Blackthorn _ left this review about The Montagu Pyke (Lloyds No.1 Bar)

A good sized Wetherspoon’s in what appears to be a former concert hall, first impressions were that it was quite small with no real ale on tap. Very odd I thought, until I realised that I had actually come in the back entrance from Greek Street and this was a secondary bar counter with another, larger one further on in the main body of the pub.

Once you get past this small back bar area, it opens out in to a large double height room, with a rounded ceiling that had a few porthole style windows in and a mezzanine level floor that had a glass balustrade to make the most of the views over the ground floor area. A couple of gig posters for bands such as The Who were on the walls. Perhaps they played here back in the day. A very large projector screen took up almost the whole of an end wall, although fortunately this was not in use on our visit. Décor wise it was fairly unremarkable, with a mixture of cream and deep red paintwork and a polished wood floor in the main part of the pub. A number of wooden seating booths were down one side.

Beers on tap were London Pride, Bellhaven’s Robert Burns, Doom Bar, Peerless Lottie Dod, Fuggle Dee Dum and Scrum Down. Ciders meanwhile were well represented with Thatcher’s Gold, Magners, Strongbow and Strongbow Dark Fruit.

On 2nd February 2018 - rating: 6
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Map location corrected by john mcgraw
London Charing Cross, 0.58 miles, 11 min walk (show)
London Euston, 1.28 miles, 24 min walk (show)
London Waterloo, 1.38 miles, 26 min walk (show)
Latest updates View all updates for The Montagu Pyke (Lloyds No.1 Bar), WC2
7th Aug 2022, 09:57
Review submitted by Bucking Fastard amended by Bucking Fastard
 
7th Aug 2022, 09:53
Review submitted by Bucking Fastard

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  • CAMRA Discount : No - just the usual 50p vouchers - last updated 08 September 2019 by Quinno _
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  • Live TV Sports : Yes last updated 08 September 2019 by Quinno _
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  • Real Ale : Yes last updated 08 September 2019 by Quinno _
  • Real Cider : Yes last updated 08 September 2019 by Quinno _
  • Wheelchair Access : Yes last updated 08 September 2019 by Quinno _
  • WiFi : Yes last updated 08 September 2019 by Quinno _
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