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Angus Steakhouse has closed its Oxford Circus location.
The red-leather booth and neon-sign friendly branch, right next to the tube station at 243 Argyll Street, has been shut as of last month, with a sign on the door reading: ‘Sorry we are closed’ that directs diners to the nearest open location at 10 Woodstock Street, near Bond Street tube.
There are now only three London locations remaining of the once-thriving, omnipresent and oft-mocked Angus Steakhouse chain, including their Leicester Square and Paddington branches.
In 2021, the chain was seen as being on the brink of collapse, trying to find support while negotiating rent agreements. At its peak, in 2002, it had 21 locations.
A couple of years ago, crafty Londoners were allegedly using nefarious means online to make sure their fave central London restaurants didn’t get overrun by tourists and out-of-towners.
How so? By spamming Reddit with overly positive reviews of the chain, in the hope that tourists would book a table there rather than at one of London’s best restaurants. The ruse seemed to be working, with Reddit threads posting pictures of apparent queues outside the Cranbourn Street branch of Angus Steakhouse.
Established in London’s West End in 1963, Angus Steakhouse took its lead from American grills, offering various cuts of steak in a ludicrous number of sizes, as well as fish, lamb, chicken and veggie options.
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