The Dog And Duck — Restaurant in London

🚇 Tottenham Court Road 🍺 £6.05 Amstel ❤️ Great things come in small packages. . The Dog & Duck is nestled on the corner of Bateman Street and Frith Street in the heart of Soho. The nearest tube is Tottenham Court Road. . This pub was built in 1897 and has had some notable punters over the the years. Painter John Constable and writer George Orwell have both frequented this establishment. . This is a tiny pub that really packs a punch. The decor here is outstanding, this pub oozes all things Victoriana. The Victorian tiles are simply stunning and can be seen all around the walls. The etched mirrors are beautifully detailed and give the bar area a sense of space. The servery is clad in mahogany panels and across the ceiling are brass chandeliers to complete the look and feel of this traditional boozer. Upstairs is a dining room for those in need of sustenance. Gents, if you need to spend a penny be sure to bring your Bear Grylls game, the stairs to the toilet are very steep. . The beer choice here was good, this pub is Cask Marque accredited and has five real ales to choose from. I opted for a pint of Amstel, my pint was enjoyable and price point was good considering the area. There is a hearty pub grub menu on offer, Fish & Chips costs £15.50. . There was a cracking atmosphere in this @nicholsonspubs , I arrived around 4pm on a Tuesday and the pub was packed with a couple of regulars, opportunist passers by plus those imbibing outside. The service was also good and efficient. . This was my first visit to the @dogandduck_soho18 and I absolutely loved it. The decor here is simply marvellous and I found myself gazing around taking it all in. The beer and food were on point and you won’t be taken to the cleaners. If you are going for a wander around Soho, put this place on your must visit list. . ℹ️ Info correct on...

I went to this place in September 2010 and the experience was nothing less than memorable. To this day, what happened at The Dog & Duck remains a crowd favourite whenever I am in a social gathering and the people around me start to share bizarre stories. I walk in with my wife and the place seemed nice and quaint. We asked for a couple of pints and ordered our fish and chips, and bubble and squeak. While we are waiting for our food we spot a mouse running around, under tables and people's chairs while they are enjoying themselves and are completely oblivious to the fact that the creature is there. While we are enjoying our pints, the bar tender "passes gas", or if you may, "farts" and it was a loud one. He smirked and probably thought to himself "nobody heard that". Well guess what, this Portuguese-Canadian did. After laughing about it and asking myself, where the f--- am I?, I tell the bar tender that there is a mouse running around in the pub. He says "are you sure?" I said, I only had a couple of pints, my sight is still pretty good and it surely wasn't a Dog nor a Duck. He said "well maybe it's from the construction next door. I assure you it has nothing to do with the cleanliness of the establishment." REALLY?! Coming from the guy that just farted?! If it weren't for the exhaustion of a long flight from Toronto, I would have probably been upset, since it was the first day of our honeymoon and tour across Europe, we just laughed it off. I highly suggest renaming it to The Dog, Duck and Mouse. Or...

Extremely disappointed. We came to visit London and out of thousands of places to eat, we chose this venue as we seen great advertisements about the pies. I ordered the Steak and Ale Pie and was told they didn't have it available. So I chose Fish and Chips and my wife and son ordered the vegetable Cottage Pie. My son asked if he could replace the sweet potato mash with normal mash of which the waitress said yes. Both there meals came and they hadn't swapped the mash as requested. Disappointed he continued to eat it. My Fish and Chips still hadn't arrived by the time they finished eating, so I asked the waitress at the bar where it was and she said sorry she had forgot to order it and it would be a further 20 minute wait. When we got the bill at the end I was surprised that there wasn't any recognition of the service issue and in fact still quoted a service charge of nearly £10. I asked to speak to the manager to ask why they would still expect the full charge and extra after the service provided. The manager then rather than acting in a professional manner pretty much acted like a child, took the service charge off and left the card machine on the table with me. The machine sat there for a further 20 minutes with no one returning. I eventually took the machine to the bar to hand back with payment complete. Very surprising and disappointing experience....