Pub review: Dovetail

Roger

25 November 2004

Address: 9 Jerusalem Passage, London EC1V 4JP
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Longitude: -0.104014
Latitude: 51.523177

Belgian bar in a pedestrian passage. Sometimes full, sometimes empty; it seems to depend a lot on the time of week. Fairly pricey.

Start with de Koninck (permanently on draught), then ask for recommendations. Pints of chips (with mayonnaise) are also recommended.

Can be hard to find if you haven't been there before. Start from Farringdon Station. Turn left out of the station into Cowcross Street, and left again up Turnmill Street. You'll walk slightly uphill with the railway tracks on your left (behind a wall). When you get to the first bridge across the tracks (Clerkenwell Road), turn right and cross the road at your convenience. Pass a garage on the left. You'll arrive at a square set back from the road, on the left; enter this, and near the back left corner look for an alley leading directly away from the road. In this alley, Jerusalem Passage, is the Dovetail.

Things near here (straight-line distances):

Sekforde Arms (pub) 0.1 miles NNW
Jerusalem Tavern (pub) 0.1 miles SbE
Farringdon Station (British Rail, Circle Line, Hammersmith & City Line, Metropolitan Line) 0.2 miles SSW
New Seoul (restaurant) 0.3 miles WbS
Barbican Station (Circle Line, Hammersmith & City Line, Metropolitan Line) 0.3 miles SE
Ye Olde Mitre (pub) 0.4 miles SSW
City Thameslink Station (British Rail) 0.5 miles S
Pakenham Arms (pub) 0.5 miles WNW
Chancery Lane Station (Central Line) 0.5 miles SW
Calthorpe Arms (pub) 0.5 miles WbN
Angel Station (Northern Line) 0.6 miles NbW
St. Paul's Station (Central Line) 0.7 miles SSE
Old Street Station (British Rail, Northern Line) 0.7 miles EbN
Moorgate Station (British Rail, Circle Line, Hammersmith & City Line, Metropolitan Line, Northern Line) 0.7 miles ESE
Wenlock Arms (pub) 0.7 miles NEbN
Holborn Station (Central Line, Piccadilly Line) 0.8 miles SWbW
Blackfriars Station (Circle Line, District Line) 0.9 miles S
Bank Station (Central Line, Docklands Light Railway, Northern Line, Waterloo & City Line) 0.9 miles SEbS
King's Cross Thameslink Station (British Rail) 0.9 miles NWbW
Mansion House Station (Circle Line, District Line) 0.9 miles SSE
Temple Station (Circle Line, District Line) 0.9 miles SSW
Russell Square Station (Piccadilly Line) 1.0 miles W
Cannon Street Station (British Rail, Circle Line, District Line) 1.0 miles SEbS
Lord John Russell (pub) 1.0 miles WbN
Abeno Okonomiyaki (restaurant) 1.0 miles WSW
King's Cross St. Pancras Station (British Rail, Circle Line, Hammersmith & City Line, Metropolitan Line, Northern Line, Piccadilly Line, Victoria Line) 1.0 miles NWbW
British Museum (museum) 1.0 miles WbS
Ta-Zu (restaurant) 1.2 miles WNW
Imperial War Museum London (museum) 1.9 miles SbW
National Army Museum (museum) 3.5 miles SW