Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese

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145 Fleet Street

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Mon Jul 18 2011

This Fleet Street landmark was rebuilt back in 1667 (‘in the reign of King Charles II’), and its seventeenth-century history is in large part responsible for its twenty-first-century appeal. The royals to have been served thereafter are painstakingly listed outside in a higgledy-piggledy passageway, drawing in dozens of tourists a day to the pub’s baffling labyrinth of rooms.

Few leave disappointed – the layout, starting with the chop room on the left as you walk in, resembles a Cluedo board, and screams ‘historic’ as you stoop your head and dive down a cramped staircase to discover yet another bar room.

The beer comes from Samuel Smith’s, no better here than at the brewery’s other London operations, and the food is the expected collection of historic pub grub staples (‘ye famous’ steak and kidney pudding, and so on).

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Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese 145 Fleet Street
London
EC4A 2BU

Phone:
020 7353 6170
Opening hours:
Open 11am-11pm Mon-Fri; noon-11pm Sat; noon-4pm Sun. Food served noon-9.30pm Mon-Fri; noon-8.30pm Sat; noon-3pm Sun
Transport:
Tube: Chancery Lane or Temple tube
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1. Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese
  - 145 Fleet Street
    London
    EC4A 2BU
  - 020 7353 6170
  - 51.514328,-0.107359

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History buffs. Local flavour. Unique. Unique London

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(6 ratings)

This is a good old pub to go to in may!

Keith Sat Apr 20
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Think this might be a good choice for when you are down in may! X

Keith Sat Apr 20
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A place like this where you can hide an entire party without it being generally known that they are there is a diamond among pubs, it should be more widely known that “party people” can wet their whistles there with impunity.

Sam Johns Wed Dec 19 2012
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Stopped in on a chill autumn eve. It's a film set. Incredible. The beers are excellent too. Despite Fleet Street being so busy it was so quiet in there. Only the tick tock of the big clock above the door and the crackle of the burning wood on the fire. Bring a headtorch though ;). So dark it's Impossible to count your change!

Brian McAllister Tue Nov 13 2012
Rated as: 5/5
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Worst management EVER. Will not go back again.

Enn C. Thu Oct 11 2012
Rated as: 1/5
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Amazing pub, you can't visit London and not have a swift wheat beer in the Cheshire Cheese. Unique.

Marc Benger Wed Aug 15 2012
Rated as: 5/5
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