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Disappointment of the week with Tris39
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The Phoenix, SW1
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The Phoenix Victoria
Succulent beef, lashings of gravy, massive yorkies, delicious veg... Sounds like your Sunday will be alright...
12:39 PM Jun 11th from Twitter for Android
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Tris C left this review about The Phoenix
As mentioned, this pub, which dates from 1928, is close to the Buckingham Estate and next door to the Other Palace Theatre.
Inside and it’s quite a modern pub conversion, with predictable themes such as smoky blue paint, white glazed tiled bar back, stripped bare wood bar front and an apron of Minton-style encaustic tiles, with large oversized metal shades above. Furniture is mixed tall, with blue velour upholstered studded banquettes. Customers seemed to be mainly young, possibly squaddies from the nearby Wellington Barracks, along with some older more genteel customers, perhaps having taken in a show at the theatre over the road. Service here isn't a strong point, with many uncleared glasses on tables, including the one at which I was seated. They were gradually cleared, but oddly not the ones at my table.
The typical Young’s line-up was available, with Proper Job, London Original, Special and Winter Warmer at £2.65 a half and nice.
This place is fine for a drink after the theatre, perhaps with some fish ‘n’ chips, but it’s not a destination, though worth including on a crawl of the area.
On 24th November 2021
- rating: 5
[User has posted 1983 recommendations about 1949 pubs]
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Steve of N21 left this review about The Phoenix
As mentioned below the Phoenix is the closest pub to Buck House, but it was suited local office workers from around the Victoria area, rather than tourists, who were packing it out on the early after work Thursday evening last.
Part of the Geronimo Inns chain it has the usual modern stripped back interiors you associate with this chain and the central support pillar is now a bit more restrained yellow and white Humphry straw design colouring.
The main serving bar may be very modern in its design and I am sure the industrial metal racking in front of a white tiled wall may appeal to some, but I still prefer a more traditional pub experience. Also the bar serving area is fairly short in size, meaning that at busy times you have to queue quite a way back, almost into the tables in the central space. When you do get to the bar there are four ale pumps, and these had Redemption Pale Ale, Youngs Bitter, St Austell Proper Job and Dorking brewery Washington gold on for my visit. And then on the craft side Camden Hells and Pale and Beavertown Neck oil were on the taps.
The pub was very busy, and it was even standing room only in the garden section as well. I would certainly consider it again, especially when considering a place to eat with the good lady when in this part of town, but as a pub experience there’s a lot of competition nearby and this one didn’t really do it for me personally.
On 29th April 2019
- rating: 6
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custodian 42 left this review about The Phoenix
Unfortunately no real ale of any great strength in this busy pub so I had to settle for cider. Will not be returning to this one.
On 1st March 2017
- rating: 4
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London Victoria, 0.41 miles, 7 min walk (show)
London Charing Cross, 1.19 miles, 22 min walk (show)
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