The Coal Hole

One of my top ten London pubs . How they can maintain the atmosphere of a local in the very heart of London I'll never know, but they do and it's a nice place for a pint.

Distinctive traditional pub , rumoured to have been the Savoy Hotel 's coal cellar. Gilbert and Sullivan performed here. Head down to the basement where it's a bit quieter .

Nicholsons Pale Ale was great; a smile and conversation from the barman would have been better after I asked which beer was good.

Pilsner urquell on the tap is delicious and also try the downstairs bar if upstairs is full

I can't respect a pub where the bar staff , when asked "do you have any porters on tap ?" respond by asking "what's that?"

Get there early to avoid the crowds and get a table

Best pie I've ever had. Chicken and chorizo .

My fave pub . Great history and lovely little area called the Wolf parlour (shame the fire doesn't work).The Burger is fantastic.

As there's a recession on don't go spending all your spare cash on gin and tonic ! 2 litres of White Lightening from Lidl should do you! :-)

Nice atmosphere, excellent beer , near theatre and friendly

The ladies in our group absolutely love the Rekorderlig Strawberry Lime Cider .

Food is good. Service is also good.

Go downstairs, usually less crowded

Fish and chips is my tip for lunch .

Good beer and atmosphere

Lovely little place. Some reasonable ales

Coal hole! What you say? Coal hole! Hey, hey, hey!

this is NOT a toilet stop pub . walk on!

Richard Harris is said to have frequented here whilst living at The Savoy .

If the bar is crowded (as it often is) there's a large basement bar worth trying.

A nice selection of bitters

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Sausage and mash + London pride!

Great bar , decent food

Appalling - £5.95 for a pre-mixed bloody Mary consisting of a bottle of spiced tomato juice and a splash of Worcester sauce which tastes awful. The positive - they exchanged the drink.

Great beer battered mushrooms

The calamari is really good here

London pale ale ja chipsit

Good selection of beers

Great guinness

Dumbledor from Harry Potter drank here regularly.

Old pub on the Strand that does a good pie and a pint

Mezzanine level is a good little corner to hole up in

Noisy but lively ... full of people who've come for a drink after work.

£4.85 for a single gin and tonic , don't they know there's a recession on?

£5.95 for a pre mixed Bloody Mary . Avoid!

Wow, that gents' toilet really does smell bad

Expensive, slow, chain pub with nasty toilets .

Beware poor customer service and rude waitress downstairs

service was pretty crappy

Try the mulled cider !

Best C. Hole in London

Over priced

Are these the stinkiest gents in London?

Awful roast dinner :(

Tienes que ir a pedir la comida y la cerveza a la barra, esta delicioso todo.

Excelente comida, fish and chips y meat pie

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