The Stags Head — Restaurant in London

🚇 Great Portland Street 🍺 £5.95 Heineken ❤️ An authentic interwar old school boozer. . Nestled on a corner in Fitzrovia at the base of an office block you’ll find The Stags Head. The nearest Tube is Great Portland Street, it’s just a five minute walk to get here. . The first pub built on this site was back in 1776, the current Art Deco office block was built in 1940. . This is a small one bar pub that has a superb oldschool interwar feel to it. This pub has retained some of its original features, most notably the wall panels to the left of the bar. The seating is a mix of low level tables and chairs, a ledge with stools around the windows plus the odd stool around the servery. There are a few TV’s dotted around the walls which show live sport. To rubber stamp this pubs oldschool credentials, check out the proper red pub carpet, love it. If the weather is good, outside are plenty of benches with parasols. . The beer offering was straightforward and included one cask ale. My choice of beverage was a pint Heineken, my pint was very agreeable and price point average. The food menu here is Greek street food, the food is not served by the pub but by a Greek takeaway based in the same building. You order by way of a QR code, then order and pay online. There is a good selection of Souvlaki, Skepasti, meat skewers and sides. . I visited around 5pm on a Saturday afternoon, on arrival the pub had a welcoming local feel with a bit of banter going on around the jump. The punters were a mix of middle aged locals plus a mixed group around a table who could of been from the Beeb which is close by. There were two friendly ladies on duty, one of which must have been the Landlady. Both really made a difference to the atmosphere and vibe of the pub. The backdrop was a chilled pop and R&B soundtrack whilst the Southampton v Man City game was on mute. . The Stags Head was a fantastic visit, it was great to spend time in a truly authentic boozer. If you love a bit of oldschool, this pub is right up your street. . ℹ️ Info correct on...

I just had one of the rudest and most elitist experiences in this pub (and that's including interactions with the notoriously rude staff at luxury shops in Moscow during the 2000s). My friend and I came to have a drink at one of their outdoor tables. My friend went inside to order her drink, while I waited with our bags. Immediately, a member of staff came and told me to move on, because this was their last outdoor table. I explained that my friend was inside ordering. The member went inside to check and returned to say that there was nobody at the bar and I have "2 minutes" to leave. When my friend returned with her drink, she explained that when she went inside there was nobody behind the bar (probably, because the staff were too busy having a go at me for no reason), so she first went to the toilet, then ordered.

I am a generally introverted and anxious person, so this experience made me feel terrible and I would have preferred to leave straight away. Since my friend already got her drink, I had no choice but to go get a drink.

I can't think of a reason for this extremely hostile and inappropriate interaction, except for the way I look. Edit: after another table got free, two middle-aged gentlemen sat down; finished their cigarettes; then, one of them went in to order, leaving his friend at the table. No member of staff approached him to ask why he was sitting at the table without a drink. Clearly, I was not targeted due to a lack of tables, but because of the way I look. While this is an ordinary pub, the clients tend well-dressed professionals due to its location in Marylebone. By contrast, I have visible tattoos (all abstract, rather than text or traditional) and don't believe in the suit and tie nonsense. But, I am willing to bet that I am literally the only person on premises who lives locally in Marylebone and pays their council tax here.... and, yes, I don't dress up when popping out for a drink at a pub 5 mins walk from my apartment, after a day of...

Worst pub I have ever been to. Went with a group of friends. Bought a pint and sat at a table, used the QR code and menu on the table to order food. Finished my pint. Some friends went to bar to get more drinks and the bartender singled me out that I had finished my pint so would have to get another or leave. I went to the bar to explain I had ordered food and was waiting. Was rudely told the kitchen was a separate business and I would need to buy another drink or leave. So bizarre, I have been to hundreds of pubs and never been harassed to constantly have a drink, why do you that is a reasonable way to treat customers? If the food is separate why do you have the menu on the board on the wall and a QR code on the table? A couple of bar staff visibly had an argument with the guy from the kitchen, so maybe something else was going on, but no need to take it out on customers. Now looking at other reviews it seems this experience wasn’t unique - the chair thing even came up for us, ha. If a pub outside London had this attitude it would not...