Blimey !

[derekpara]

I've just been charged £5 for a pint of Timothy Taylor's ' Landlord' bitter in one of my favourite London pubs- the Coal Hole on the Strand. No more Coal Hole for me !

D

[mikey4444]

I used to go to the Coal Hole in the late 1980's, as you could be guaranteed a proper pint of beer there.

But £5 seems like an awful lot of money....what do places like Wetherspoons sell beer for up in Town these days ?

[Islay]

You will always pay more on the Strand and in Central London, we ued to drink in the 2 Chairman round the corner from the office in Westminster and paid a good £1-£1.50 more than the local back home.

[EDDIE51]

cheapest and most expensive pint in London here
https://thetab.com/uk/manchester/2015/07/24/tried-find-londons-cheapest-expensive-pint-12332
£2 58 to £10 a pint !!!

[Buenchico]

For reasonably priced beer in that area, walk up Kingsway to the Shakespeare's Head, which is an 'acceptable' (rather than 'exceptional') J D Wetherspoon's pub.

Or come and join me in my usual haunt around there, the Lyceum Tavern (354 The Strand, opposite Maplin and Tesco, near Aldwych and Waterloo Bridge)
http://londoniscool.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/tavern-6.jpg
It's a Sam Smith's pub, where they only sell there own beers, wines and spirits. There's no Guinness, no Carlsberg, no Stella, no Jack Daniels, etc, etc. If Sam Smith's don't brew it or bottle it they don't sell it! (That doesn't mean that there's a lack of variety though; I particularly recommend their draught wheat beer). Their prices are thus MUCH lower than pubs which have to deal with 'middlemen'.

If you're at the other end of The Strand, try the Chandos (29 St Martin's Lane), just off Trafalgar Square, which is also a Sam Smith's pub:
http://londoniscool.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/the-chandos-2.jpg

I could also recommend the superb Betjeman Arms at St Pancras Station but I suspect that you might object to paying £5.50 per pint for bitter there ;-)

[EcclesCake]

I support Chris's recommendation of Sam Smiths pubs. The opera longe upstairs at The Chandos is a very comfy spot to meet with friends.

[EDDIE51]

The £10 pint was in Shoreditch which is the real place that Eastenders Walford is based on! Try asking £10 a pint in the Queen Vic!

[Berniecuddles2]

And that's why I drink at home got 30 cans of kronenberg 440ml £20 last week Mrs c case of old mout cider (12) from cash n carry where she works £7.. a months date to drink
em !

[Buenchico]

My favourite pub in Pimlico currently has cask beers starting at £4.35 per pint but their Imperial Stout is £12 per pint (they actually sell it in thirds!) or you can buy a 750ml bottle of Reforged XX (11.0% ABV) for the piffling little price of £105.00 ;-)
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/577f77cf3e00be9f47c61c0b/t/5946f342197aea4e9bc51cc7/1497822024267/Today%27s+Beerlist+1.pdf

[Garaman]

^^ but that is drinking as opposed to socialising.

I used to work near Fleet Street but didn't go to the Coal Hole very often. The Harp in Chandos Place is a nice normal pub with decent beers. (It used to be The Welsh Harp.) There is usually a good selection of real ales and the prices were reasonable when I was last there, though that was nearly two years ago.

[Garaman]

Sorry, my ^^ was of course referring to Bernicuddles.

[mikey4444]

Another Pub I used frequently, was the Museum Tavern, opposite the British Museum on Bloomsbury. Very handy for my hotel in Russell Square, although I'm not sure of the cost of a pint.

Another was the Princess Louise, at Holborn. Wonder old Victorian pub, with lots of real ales.

[derekpara]

Thanks to you all.

Chris, I know the Shakespeare's Head well; quite spacious and comfy.
I frequent the Chandos every two weeks and think it's great, food as well as beer, but you have to get upstairs early before the theatre goers arrive if you want a seat. I may take up your inviation to the Lyceum Tavern ( never been there) - and the first is on me !

I think I'll enjoy myself visiting all the other suggestions except for the £10 er.

.

Keep 'em coming.

D

[EDDIE51]

There is a pub in my home town in North Herts that charges £4.65 a pint! It is exactly next door to Weatherspoons that has real ale from £1.89. The thing is that both pubs do a very good trade, they just cater to a different clientele.