The Lyric — Restaurant in London

🚇Piccadilly Circus 🍺 £6.20 Budvar ❤️ A friendly and welcoming beer lovers paradise.

The Lyric is located on Great Windmill Street at the southern end of vibrant Soho. The nearest Tube is Piccadilly Circus which is a three minute walk away.

In 1739 there were two separate pubs present here, The Ham and The Windmill. By 1811 the two had merged to become the Ham & Windmill. The name was changed to the Lyric Tavern in 1890 and the pub was re-built in its current form in 1906. The pub sits opposite what was The Red Lion where in 1847 Karl Marx submitted proposals for writing the Communist Manifesto.

This is a two room pub that has the main bar on the ground floor with a cosy room set aside for dining upstairs. The decor here is traditional and has that unique Soho pub feel to it. The walls are painted a pale green to make the pub feel light and spacious. The servery is compact, well stocked and has an ornate back bar. Across the ceiling are hundreds of pump clips and beer mats of beers that have graced the pumps here. There are also some beautiful features throughout the pub, the tiled entrance, the etched windows and two period fireplaces.

The beer selection here is vast, there are ten cask ales, three cask ciders and twenty keg options to choose from. I decided on a pint of Budvar, my pint was excellent, price point was average. The food menu is full of pub classics plus a selection of Pizza’s and Burgers. Roasts are available on a Sunday, Fish & Chips costs £16.95.

I visited around 3pm on a Friday afternoon in early November. The pub had a dozen or so punters in attendance, the atmosphere was relaxed and laidback. The service was fantastic, I got chatting to a few of the team who were all welcoming, friendly and personable.

@thelyricpub is a cracking little pub that is warm and welcoming. The beer lovers among you will love this place with 33 taps to choose from. The setting is atmospheric and traditional, the service was friendly and personable. I really enjoyed my visit here, definitely a must visit if you’re in this part of town.

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Went for an Xmas party dining from their £27 Xmas menu.

The Cornish crab and avocado salad was terrible mostly rocket and watercress mine looked like the crab had been dropped on the plate from height the “avocado “ was in the form of the worst unseasoned guacamole ever and the promised lemon vinaigrette was non existent after searching for the crab for 10 mins I opted to stick to the wine

The roast beef followed and when it arrived looked oh so promising well presented raised on roast potatoes Pink med rare on tucking in however discovered it was stone cold and CB the potatoes looked like they were leftover from yesterday the carrots and parsnips were glazed and although slightly overdone palatable The sprouts were over boiled and then roasted to within an inch of their life on asking for my food to be heated up I got a look that could have killed from the waiter who took it away microwaved it then returned it minus my cutlery now I tried to eat but after the microwave it was tough chewy and so had wine for second course as well

Dessert no one can mess up a cheese board I thought I was wrong 2 triangles of cheese 2.5 cm at the widest and about 10cm to the point not even .5cm thick ,1 mild supermarket cheddar the other stilton I teaspoon of chutney and 4 Jacobs crackers no gapes no garnish wholly disappointing

All dishes served on plain white china no attempt at garnish presentation was good on main oh and some places were laid up left handed definitely not worth the money thank goodness for the company but we supplied that ourselves

The Malbec wine was excellent however a bottle was £3 less than the cost of...

The most memorable and best times are usually those you don’t plan on having. Exactly that kind of time is what we enjoyed at this establishment.

We needed somewhere to eat and a warm place to duck into. We found this small, unassuming pub in a back alley ready to accommodate those needs. On the first floor is the quintessential pub with a few standing tables, booths, and a large bar area. Upstairs is a more intimate slightly small dinning area with a cozy fireplace.

The wait and kitchen staff are very kind. First, we were the only dinners upstairs and the waiter came and lit the fireplace just for us, no request necessary. Both staff accommodated my son who is a very picky eater. When I say they both accommodated him I mean the waitress helped tailor his want, and the chef came out to our table to ask if there was anything else he could do to spice up the dish to my son’s liking. Great people!

The food was delicious! The fish and chips were huge, even the chips were as thick as the fish. The kitchen prepared my son’s hamburger perfectly. After living in Spain for so long we forgot what it was like to have a fully cooked hamburger and all the ketchup you could eat (it’s the small things in life you know). After we were done with our meal, we wanted to rest and play uno awhile as a family, and the staff kindly obliged.

Overall, this was a delicious place filled with great staff that took care of us both physically and emotionally. If you’re from out of town and need a pub fix, in my opinion, there’s no place better than The...