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The Chandos (Samuel Smith)

Beer (sort)	Average Score (sort)	No. Samples (sort)
Samuel Smith's - Old Brewery Bitter		8

Visits Details

13 Mar 2016 (Philip Pirrip)

Evening until 10.30pm close.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Samuel Smith's - Old Brewery Bitter	4.00		After the statutory top up request I enjoyed this beer which was in prime condition. £2.90pp or per part of per pint

27 Aug 2015 (Philip Pirrip)

Evening until close.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Samuel Smith's - Old Brewery Bitter	4.00		Tarter than the other day, thus probably as Humphrey intended

24 Aug 2015 (Philip Pirrip)

Evening until close. Quiet and in obvious clean up and get 'em out mode.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Samuel Smith's - Old Brewery Bitter	4.00		Smooth and well balanced. I enjoyed this one a lot

27 Jul 2015 (Philip Pirrip)

Evening until close. Seems an obsession here with closing time as my beer order was greeted with "we close in ten minutes" when they don't, they simply stop serving in ten minutes.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Samuel Smith's - Old Brewery Bitter	4.00		Topped up with scorn

26 Jul 2015 (Philip Pirrip)

Evening.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Samuel Smith's - Old Brewery Bitter	4.00		Always a sharp odd taste but left a good bitterness mouthfeel

02 Jan 2015 (Philip Pirrip)

Evening until close. At 5 to 11 the antipodean asked me, upon placing my order for a pint, if I felt able to finish it in 20 minutes!!!! Strange don't want you as customers feel on every visit here.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Samuel Smith's - Old Brewery Bitter	4.00		In good nick but wonder what it might taste like if not ripped to death through a restrictor

07 Feb 2014 (Edbeck)

Very busy mid evening to closing time

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Samuel Smith's - Old Brewery Bitter	4.00		Perfectly acceptable at less than £3 a pint in Charing Cross

25 Aug 2012 (Philip Pirrip)

2245 hours visit. Some football or rugby chanting inside heard from a distance but all good humoured. 2300 last sales strictly enforced. From what I saw I'd be asking for a top up on every pint.

Beer	ABV	Score	Notes
Samuel Smith's - Old Brewery Bitter	4.00		Always a difficult beast to judge. Advised it is sold in 36s with only one on at one time sold through one active pump on each of the two pairs of handpumps. At first tasted tangy and fruity but a strange almost vinegary after-taste. Hmmh

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About The Chandos

The pub sign. The Chandos, Charing Cross, Central London

Summary of Beer Scores

	Total
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	33
	17
	8
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The pub is found in Charing Cross, Central London, WC2N 4ER.

Located off Trafalgar Square in St Martins Lane as it goes north up to Leicester Square. In the middle of real tourist country a Sam Smith's pub (amazing that a small regional owns some high value central London real estate). Used to be renowned in London for really low prices but they are slowly creeping up but still cheaper than surrounding haunts. Pretty much all products sold are Sam Smith's branded. A street corner location, bare boards inside with various seating niches - drinking at the bar seems frowned upon or at least discouraged. 4 handpumps in the ground floor bar. Upstairs is the lounge also named "Opera Bar" from its proximity to the ENO, with its own servery for food as well as beer; and where families are welcome.

We have visited this pub 58 times, seen 2 different beers and tried 1 of them.

Map location

Postcode: WC2N 4ER