Pub review: Porterhouse

Roger

25 November 2004

Address: 21-22 Maiden Lane, London WC2E 7NA
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Longitude: -0.122965
Latitude: 51.510676

Large and usually crowded pub that fills up sharply around 6pm; get a table before then if you can. Dim lighting, West End prices, but the Plain porter is nearly worth it. Also tends to have a decent selection of bottled foreign beers.

Has a nasty habit of putting on live music.

Food is available but pricey.

Things near here (straight-line distances):

Hazuki (restaurant) 0.1 miles WSW
Covent Garden Station (Piccadilly Line) 0.2 miles NWbN
Wasabi (restaurant) 0.2 miles S
Charing Cross Station (Bakerloo Line, British Rail, Northern Line) 0.2 miles SW
Ship and Shovel (pub) 0.2 miles SSW
Embankment Station (Bakerloo Line, Circle Line, District Line, Northern Line) 0.3 miles SbW
Leicester Square Station (Northern Line, Piccadilly Line) 0.3 miles WbN
Misato (restaurant) 0.4 miles W
Crispy Duck (restaurant) 0.4 miles W
Temple Station (Circle Line, District Line) 0.4 miles E
Wong Kei (restaurant) 0.4 miles WbN
Garlic and Shots (restaurant) 0.4 miles NWbW
Pillars of Hercules (pub) 0.4 miles NWbW
Bloomsbury Tavern (pub) 0.4 miles NbW
Centre Point Sushi Cafe (restaurant) 0.5 miles NWbN
Holborn Station (Central Line, Piccadilly Line) 0.5 miles NbE
Piccadilly Circus Station (Bakerloo Line, Piccadilly Line) 0.5 miles WbS
Tottenham Court Road Station (Central Line, Northern Line) 0.5 miles NW
Abeno Okonomiyaki (restaurant) 0.5 miles NbW
Hummus Bros (restaurant) 0.5 miles WNW
Plough (pub) 0.5 miles NbW
Museum Tavern (pub) 0.5 miles NbW
Nellie Dean (pub) 0.5 miles NWbW
The Ship (pub) 0.5 miles WNW
Black Horse (pub) 0.6 miles NW
British Museum (museum) 0.6 miles NbW
Joi Cafe (restaurant) 0.7 miles NWbN
Shaston Arms (pub) 0.7 miles WbN
Jack Horner (pub) 0.7 miles NWbN
Chancery Lane Station (Central Line) 0.7 miles NE
Waterloo Station (Bakerloo Line, British Rail, Jubilee Line, Northern Line, Waterloo & City Line) 0.7 miles SE
Westminster Station (Circle Line, District Line, Jubilee Line) 0.7 miles S
Ramen Seto (restaurant) 0.7 miles WbN
Blackfriars Station (Circle Line, District Line) 0.8 miles E
Goodge Street Station (Northern Line) 0.8 miles NWbN
Windmill (pub) 0.8 miles WbN
Ye Olde Mitre (pub) 0.8 miles NEbE
Russell Square Station (Piccadilly Line) 0.9 miles NbW
Oxford Circus Station (Bakerloo Line, Central Line, Victoria Line) 0.9 miles WNW
Southwark Station (Jubilee Line) 0.9 miles SEbE
City Thameslink Station (British Rail) 0.9 miles ENE
New Seoul (restaurant) 1.0 miles NEbN
St. James's Park Station (Circle Line, District Line) 1.0 miles SWbS
Farringdon Station (British Rail, Circle Line, Hammersmith & City Line, Metropolitan Line) 1.0 miles NE
Phoenix (pub) 1.0 miles WNW
Green Park Station (Jubilee Line, Piccadilly Line, Victoria Line) 1.0 miles WSW
Imperial War Museum London (museum) 1.2 miles SEbS
National Army Museum (museum) 2.3 miles SW