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The Soak, Belgravia, SW1

Pub added by Nick Davies
101 Buckingham Palace Road
Victoria
SW1
SW1W 0SJ
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David Walton left this review about Grosvenor Arms

Visited on 04/04/2022!

This is called the Soak and has been for quite some time! Not sure when it ceased to be called the Grosvenor Arms, but certainly pre-pandemic.

It is the bar on the ground floor'ish of the Claremont Victoria hotel at Victoria station. Large, quite plush station / hotel bar with quite a few beers on tap (i had a pint of Goose Island pale ale which was perfectly OK).

Victoria station has its fare share of alcoholic refreshment venues with access from inside the station. Can't say this one is any better or any worse than any of the other alternatives here!

On 15th March 2024 - rating: 5
[User has posted 35 recommendations about 35 pubs]


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Nick Davies left this review about Club Bar (Grosvenor Hotel)

Now closed and turned into a brasserie. Vandals.

On 30th October 2010 - no rating submitted
[User has posted 567 recommendations about 559 pubs]


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Nick Davies left this review about Club Bar (Grosvenor Hotel)

99% of people passing through the station would never dream of looking in here and indeed the small doorway off the concourse with the bureau de change in it (and a very handy cash dispenser, never a queue) is hardly inviting. Once you found your way in, gone past the reception and got to the end you get to what was known for years as the Harvard Bar, it's really the dark wood panelled room on the left, rather than the anonymous hotel lounge on the right. For no apparent reason the rowing memorabilia disappeared a few years ago and it's now called the Club bar, though little else has changed in a very long time.

It is the only haven of civilisation on the station and indeed the only place within quite a distance where you can meet someone for a quiet drink. But of course with this being a posh hotel in central London you pay for the privilege, £4.50 for a pint of Staropramen. However it's sometimes worth it if you need half an hour's peace before running the Southern Railway gauntlet, and of course has the added bonus of free bogs of the highest standard.

On 5th March 2010 - rating: 5
[User has posted 567 recommendations about 559 pubs]


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Map location corrected by Steve C
London Victoria, 0.16 miles, 3 min walk (show)
London Victoria, 0.16 miles, 3 min walk (show)
Vauxhall, 1.41 miles, 27 min walk (show)
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15th Mar 2024, 21:03
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15th Mar 2024, 21:03
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  • Accommodation : Yes last updated 17 March 2024 by paulof horsham
  • Child Friendly : Yes last updated 17 March 2024 by paulof horsham
  • Hot Food : Yes last updated 17 March 2024 by paulof horsham
  • Live Music : Yes last updated 17 March 2024 by paulof horsham
  • Micropub : No last updated 17 March 2024 by paulof horsham
  • Real Ale : No last updated 09 May 2014 by Dave McNally
  • Real Cider : No last updated 17 March 2024 by paulof horsham
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