Pub review: Phoenix

Ian and Roger

10 March 2008

Table of Contents

1. Ian's review

2. Roger's review

Address: 37 Cavendish Square, London W1G 0PP
Telephone: +44 20 7943 8003
Streetmap: http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=528907&Y=181323&A=Y&Z=1
Multimap: http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?lat=51.516134&lon=-0.143608&scale=10000&icon=x
Google Maps: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=51.516134,+-0.143608+(Phoenix)&z=16&iwloc=A&hl=en
Longitude: -0.143608
Latitude: 51.516134

1. Ian's review

Looks like a standard, rather anonymous, post office pub with a mix of suits and skirts. Inside the modern exterior lurks a dark modern interior, lacking in soft furnishings so sound gets amplified.

From this point onwards the experience improved dramatically.

They have a beer menu and a lot of choice on draft. On 30 August 2007, there were two wheat beers on tap, Schneider Weisse and Franziskaner, plus Hoegarden, at least two fruit beers (Fruli, Liefmans), and a mix of lagers. The bottled beer collection covered continental beers as well as some more British. The draft Black Sheep was well kept, the Spitfire less so. The draft Maredsous Blonde was apparently great. The wannabe gastro food snacks, platters, all tasted good but are expensive.

2. Roger's review

On 1 October 2007, the draught ales were all off. I mostly drank Franziskaner, which I am glad to find I still love, though it's all fairly pricey (£ 3 a pint for Black Sheep, £ 3.85 a pint for Schneider Weisse). Not somewhere I'd want to spend a lot of time, but a good rendezvous point and not too horribly loud.

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Garlic and Shots (restaurant) 0.5 miles EbS
Tottenham Court Road Station (Central Line, Northern Line) 0.6 miles E
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Regent's Park Station (Bakerloo Line) 0.6 miles NbW
Warren Street Station (Northern Line, Victoria Line) 0.6 miles NNE
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Piccadilly Circus Station (Bakerloo Line, Piccadilly Line) 0.6 miles SE
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Euston Square Station (Circle Line, Hammersmith & City Line, Metropolitan Line) 0.7 miles NEbN
Leicester Square Station (Northern Line, Piccadilly Line) 0.7 miles SEbE
Green Park Station (Jubilee Line, Piccadilly Line, Victoria Line) 0.7 miles S
Marble Arch Station (Central Line) 0.7 miles WbS
British Museum (museum) 0.8 miles ENE
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Covent Garden Station (Piccadilly Line) 0.8 miles EbS
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Russell Square Station (Piccadilly Line) 0.9 miles NEbE
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