Pub review: Museum Tavern

Roger

23 February 2007

Address: 49 Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3BA
Telephone: +44 20 7242 8987
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Longitude: -0.125827
Latitude: 51.518186

Pleasant pub across from the British Museum. Tends to get a bit packed with tourists, in the season. Beer is generally on decent form, but the range is quite limited - often just one or two on out of the standard list of Director's, London Pride and Old Peculier..

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