Leicester Arms

Terrible service. Sunday breakfast and the staff were grumpy. Service was slow. Wrong items delivered to the table. Full English breakfasts served without bacon.

beers on tap. The staff are fast at the bar but lack the friendly touch you expect when your are paying these price’s.
I am with 8 of my work colleagues and have gone out for a lunch time meal. We have had to wait for ages for the food and when it came, half have had to go back as they where cold. The gravy is very lumpy and not a good flavour.
The menu is very simple and should be good. I think I would prefer to go to a kebab van than here, as you know what you are going to get. And at least it would be hot.

Solid if uninspiring pub just off Regents Street and near to Piccadilly Circus. It seemed to be the least packed of the pubs in that area, which can be an attraction if you want to sit down. A couple of cask ales as well as the usual suspects. Food looked ok though didn’t try it. Would visit again. friendly service. There are two upstairs floors (stairs really steep so watch that pint). I went to the top floor and there were loads of spare tables despite it being the evening. Great place to sit by the window and look down at the passing crowds.

Very nice and clean! Great place to get out of the rain. Definitely better to eat upstairs. My son loved the venison pie and, after eating, said this was the best restaurant in London so far. Sunday roast was good, fish and chips good, too. (The Hunters chicken and cole slaw was inedible, though.) Waiter boy upstairs was really sweet.

Decent environment. Probably not a lot of regulars given the high tourist environment.
Beer selection had several well known names like Amstel, Heineken. etc.
A bit disappointing that there weren’t any traditionally British beers on tap. I know Boddington’s is from Manchester, but still?
My Steak and Ale pie was tasty. Though it did take a long time to be delivered.
Perfectly acceptable option in the area.

Monopoly Pub Crawl — Stop #23 — Vine Street (Orange)
We were so close to the end, we could taste it and the pubs were coming fast & dirty (or maybe we were just dirty). There was no time to rest and Grant’s Tom pushed us steadily onward. So we crashed into the Leicester Arms on Glasshouse St. Now there isn’t anything wrong with the Leicester Arms and in fact it’s a alright place for a pint or some cheap filling food. My problem with it is that it’s trying to be too much like the American ideal of a pub (a flashy place for a bottled beer and large tvs for the game) and less like the traditional British boozer that I love. Still, a matter of personal preference I suppose.
Most days, this place is likely filled with office crowds and to be honest even on a Saturday you can expect a slightly older (mid-​20s-​early 30s) group dressed up for a night out and just sneaking in a pre-​game pint. It’s very much geared to serving large numbers which makes it an excellent crawl stop but that’ s probably the only time I’ll ever go in. The staff is friendly though they are missing the quality banter you get from the barman who has been pulling pints for the better part of 20 years.

A bit crowded, too bright, and the staff were wearing christmas hats and one individual was wearing a terrible christmas tie and this was on 25 November. Only stayed for one.

This pub had a bunch of suits standing around during HH time… all mighty fine looking to this American girl! Definitely a good place to rub shoulders and grab a pint (or in my case, a glass of rose).
Can be difficult to get a seat or table, but with everyone else standing around…
Service was quick and efficient as there were three bartenders to serve the masses.

I used to come here after work with coworkers. It’s what I imagine when I think of an English pub. A great relaxing place to sit and enjoy some good conversation.

Fue una casualidad el ir a parar al Leicester Arms porque aunque esté al lado del Piccadilly Circus, está metido en una callejuela.
Tenía buena pinta, no el típico restaurante atracaturistas. E incluso osé a probar el ‘fish and chips’. Todo un acierto, aunque por la pinta del resto de platos, creo que todo me hubiera gustado.
Además, vistas decentes, el local es agradable y el servicio es simpático y atento.
No se encuentran muchos locales así de turismo.

the leicester arms is dear to my heart because it is so close to piccadilly that it has become a common place to meet. it is a little 3 minutes walks from the tube station but is located in one of those quiet streets far from the circus’ crowd, just at the entrance of Soho and China Town.
we love meeting there as it is convenient and it is not really colonised by tourists (or if it is then they usually stay polite and discreet).
the prices are ok, well it is still the centre but they serve good beers (nothing exciting), good food, I wouldn’t really recommend the wine because it is a bit too modern for my taste but it is only my opinion — I just think that rosé shouldn’t taste of bublle gum.
most of the times when I went there with some friends (hardly ever on week ends but who would want to do that), we had seats and were served in no time.
the atmosphere is also friendly and it is very close to all the clubs and theatres. there is also tons of restaurants all around so it is nice for the «apéritifé for example.