Best two bartenders in town! Helped us find a suitable beer and gin and tonic. These boys made our night!
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Vincent Speil
Google
4 days ago
5.0
Had the Fish&Chips and it was the most delicious i had in my life! The service is just phenomenal and the atmosphere let's you feel like a local!
Cheaky barkeep is holding the bar even higher!
Can highely recommend the Glassblower!
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eric gruson
Google
2 weeks ago
5.0
Nice pub , great pub food , simple but good. Nice people. Room upstairs is cool. Off Piccadilly best deal
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Angelika Barclay
Google
2 weeks ago
4.0
We had a couple of drinks and dinner. Friendly staff great mixed crowd all ages you could actually talk and hear your conversation. Beer good food very tasty. Would recommend.
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Patricia Hausnerova
Google
2 months ago
5.0
Cozy place with good vibe. Nice and helpful staff. We got some burgers and fish and chips. They make their fish and chips with a twist (smashed avocado and jalapeño ranch dressing), and it was very good!
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Ivan Velazquez
Google
3 months ago
5.0
Great customer service and amazing beer selection and not to mention a very nice low key vibe. 10/10 would come back to the Glassblower.
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Juan Chastang Puerma
Google
3 months ago
5.0
Awesome spot in the middle of town. You can find a vivid ambiance as well as a quiet ambiance if you go upstairs for a more chilled time. The food is also incredible and prices are good compared to the quality and portions.
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Caitlin Steinbach
Google
4 months ago
5.0
The vibe is right. The staff is fantastic, friendly and chill. Me and my dad saw it from a street over and had to pop in. Did not disappoint. Great beer selection, and though we came in after the kitchen had closed, I wish we hadn’t bc the food menu looked dope. Would recommend.
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Martin Caine
Google
4 months ago
5.0
Nice little modern pub. Lots of draft ales and a couple on cask. Poured my pale very quickly though. Not a bad beer. Nice friendly bar staff, quick, and attentive. Nice atmosphere inside. Music on not too loud, lots of people talking but not overly loud so could hear ourselves.
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Chi Man Chan
Google
7 months ago
5.0
Very good vibe. Music is just right. They provide mobile phone charging station here with £2 per hour, its convenient. Good crowd of customers in the pub as they are not too noisy. Larger and ciders are in competitive prices.
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Shana G.
Yelp
2019-10-22
5.0
Came back for another meal at this local pub. Good food, great atmosphere, and local vibe. Burgers were good, fish and chips were spot on and great conversation with the staff. We will be back!
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Susan C.
Yelp
2019-07-01
5.0
This super adorable pub was the perfect place to rest our weary feet. I had a delicious strawberry vodka with lemonade and my boyfriend had a local IPA.
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Andrew N.
Yelp
2019-03-09
3.0
A decent experience would best describe this cool establishment. You can sit upstairs if you want a more intimate setting or be right in the thick of things downstairs. The food was decent we ordered the Favourites Platter. The burgers didn't have flavor, the fish and chips were pretty solid, the chicken wings were cooked perfectly but still left something to be desired in the flavor department.
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Sabby T.
Yelp
2018-11-22
3.0
It's the typical English styled pub in the Soho alley. This place has 2 levels and upstairs is the dining area.
The food and service was okay, nothing great. You need to order at the bar and then find a table for yourself. Gets pretty busy in the evenings.
No free wifi, and very few tables, which are very close to each other and okay food justified my 3 rating.
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Rhiannon F.
Yelp
2018-04-07
5.0
I had an amazing meal here. Ordered the fish and chips which was hot, perfectly crisp, and delicious. Hubby ordered the chicken and mushroom pie and we couldn't decide whose was better. Cannot recommend highly enough and sad I didn't have time to go back during my stay.
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Anni D.
Yelp
2016-11-24
3.0
Its a Pub! Inside its cosy, Visitors in all ages, Menues are easy, but tasty. Price ok, staff friendly. They offer starters for two, menues and a big range of beer.
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David S.
Yelp
2016-11-02
3.0
I've decided to mark this place down as the Vine Street pub, namely because Vine Street is basically a back alley with absolutely nothing on it. Anyway, enough of that because I should be writing about the pub as opposed to the fact that this is the closest pub to Vine Street. Well, the Glassblower is basically your typical English Pub, and a fairly small one at that. Okay, it does have two levels, with the dining area upstairs. It is actually quite a small place, but rather homely as well. In fact I didn't mind this pub at all, even though there wasn't all that much about it that made it stand out from the other pubs in the area. Okay, I wouldn't be in any hurry to rush back here, but it isn't a bad one nonetheless.
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Andrew O.
Yelp
2016-07-15
3.0
Great bar-horrible food
Pub had a hop on. Many people outside. Ate upstairs. Slow but very polite service. Food is edible but sub-par. Have a drink but keep walking for food
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A S.
Yelp
2016-06-19
4.0
Decent pub near Piccadilly Circus, particularly impressed with the bar service. Quick, efficient and friendly smiling bar staff. Shame about the price of beer nowadays
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Kristine Diana Tsiknaki
Zomato
Feb 07, 2016
3.5
Pretty much a quintessential pub, lots of beers, noise and sticky tables.<br/><br/>We were lucky to find a table with a big group leaving as soon as we walked in but the majority of the customers usually stand around drinking on the downstairs floor. Upstairs there's another area with space to sit and have food and it's less busy than the downstairs.<br/><br/>Despite everything, the bar was never busy, they had enough people to serve everyone and we didn't have to wait for more than one more person to get served before us. <br/><br/>If you look young it's good to bring ID as they did check mine. However the customers' ages vary from 20s to 50s as expected from a typical pub in a central location. While it's not a must go destination it's a good place to have in mind if you're looking for something in the area.
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Kristine T.
Yelp
2016-02-06
3.0
Pretty much a quintessential pub, lots of beers, noise and sticky tables.
We were lucky to find a table with a big group leaving as soon as we walked in but the majority of the customers usually stand around drinking on the downstairs floor. Upstairs there's another area with space to sit and have food and it's less busy than the downstairs.
Despite everything, the bar was never busy, they had enough people to serve everyone and we didn't have to wait for more than one more person to get served before us.
If you look young it's good to bring ID as they did check mine. However the customers' ages vary from 20s to 50s as expected from a typical pub in a central location. While it's not a must go destination it's a good place to have in mind if you're looking for something in the area.
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Mert Gündoğdu
Zomato
Jan 19, 2016
1.5
2012 yilindaki Londra maceramda burayi hep gorup fotografini cekmistim. Sonunda bugun buraya gittim. Iceri girerken de hafif bir heyecanlandim. Cunku hep gorup gelemedigim yere gelmistim fakat mekan fotograf acisindan guzel ama yemek lezzeti olarak cok cok kotu.. Fotografta balik harika gozukuyor olsa da, disinin citir citir olmasi gereken balik ne yazik ki hamurdu ve mideme oturdu. Bu yuzden ustundeki kaplamayi siyirip oyle yedim. Bir adet bira ile birlikte 17.7pound..
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Aby E.
Yelp
2015-12-13
3.0
Not a bad location and not a bad place really. Service was good, waiters very friendly. They let us dine downstairs once the dining room upstairs was closed.
Although... I've had better burgers everywhere else. Mine was overcooked and flavourless, despite being made of "wagyu" beef.
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James Kempster
Zomato
Aug 13, 2015
4.0
Good tap list (didn't have their cask ale available, which was sad,) great burger and meat pie. Nice British pub feel. Service was average, they must have thought we were American judging by their short responses.
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N T.
Yelp
2014-09-17
3.0
Quite nice local pub for this area. The service is nice and so are the beers. It's just nothing special. The ambient was ok. Everything was ok. You won't 'fall' here, but won't take off to heaven.
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Eddie C.
Yelp
2014-08-19
3.0
Stopped in for a quick pint while waiting to be seated to have dinner at Nando's. Nice pub, friendly bartender and prices were reasonable. Standard English Pub with dark wood tables, seating and nice selection of craft beers. Appears to be a local favorite since we were there in the middle of the afternoon and already a small crowd was building outside.
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Eakan G.
Yelp
2014-03-27
3.0
Visited this place during St. Patrick's day. Epic crowd and the bar tenders were all dressed in green wearing hats. I haven't tried the food to give you a good review. Will update when I revisit. But I liked the ambiance there.
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Lara P.
Yelp
2012-06-27
2.0
This was the first pub that I went to on my first real trip to London and I was a bit disappointed. My friends were awesome and I had a great time but this pub lacked warmth and the drinks and food were not very good. I tried their Codfather platter and the fish was so bland and tasteless, like a frozen fish encased in batter. The sides were dull and bland as well. I understand that peas are not supposed to be exciting but they need to taste sweet and not watery right? The wines are flat for whatever reason and tasted like vinegar so I remained with the wine cooler, Rekordelig, which was awesome and tasted of summer. We stayed for a while because no one really bothered to ask us for anything. Lesson learned to not go to the first pub that you see off the subway station.
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Ian W.
Yelp
2012-06-18
5.0
Nice little pub between regent st & piccadilly circus, really good selection of beers & lagers, the food is fantastic! With a very good menu! Try the sharing platters, they are divine!
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Andrew M.
Yelp
2012-04-27
2.0
It's a Taylor-Walker pub which makes it a tad better than a 'Spoons. Barely. Not that I have anything really against a 'Spoons pub. They are large, usually quite clean, and have a reliable if unimaginative offering of food and drink. But I like my pubs with character and sadly more and more of such places seem to be disappearing each day. I understand the economics of the situation, but it's just a sad. A moment of silence please for our fallen locals.
Otherwise, what to say about the Glassblower? It's fairly small with lots of tables crowded together. It seems to be busy all the time with shoppers taking a break and tourists who got lost after taking a wrong turn from Piccadilly.
The best thing I can say about it really is that it is right across the street from Ittenbari and hence is an excellent choice for meeting people before a Ramen dinner. It's also very warm and a welcome respite from cold and rainy days.
Overall, it's a no nonsense, no frills pub that does what it says on the tin. Get in, get a drink, and relax, but don't expect to be amazed.
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Kevin F.
Yelp
2010-11-07
2.0
went here this weekend, nice looking pub from the outside.
its ok when you get inside, typical oldy world pub. old oak bars,
we ate upstairs, this was a lot lighter than downstairs, lots of dirty plates on the bar and on some tables.
however service from the bar and the food was ok,
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Anna A.
Yelp
2008-11-27
3.0
Located equidistant between Regent Street and Piccadilly Circus, this popular sophisticated pub is always packed after work and at the weekend.
Located in central london so the prices are as expected, quite high and the clientele ranges from tourists, shop assistants, business men and women and students.
It consists of two floor, the ground floor being the bar area with wooden floors and high tables and stools, people standing and sitting around drinking and chatting. Whereas upstairs is a more traditional set-up with carpeted flooring, tables and chairs and an old wooden pub bar. The windows give a view out over the streets making the room feel light and airy.
The food is very standard - sandwiches, sausage and mash, chips etc. Not somewhere I would go to eat but if you need a nibble or a quick bite it is convenient.
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Echo
Yelp
2008-04-23
4.0
I like this little spot in Soho for a quick pint or chill out. It has two floors, which is useful as the bottom floor quickly gets quite packed, especially around the time everyone finishes work and heads straight to the pub. You'll find a lot of suited men in here come evening time, but in the daytime it's a nice quiet spot with reasonably priced drinks and snacks.
Upstairs holds a few leather sofa's, which are DFS quality so very cosy indeed. If you want a bite to eat, their lunches are quite filling and fairly priced. A nice stop in the day or evening.
