The Royal George

Food (the «Fully Loaded») and service were average, though the pub has a cool and comfortable feel to it and decent enough beer selection. The basement seems like it could be a cool place to hang out for small shows.

Food was great and drink was okay but their service and behaviour towards their customers is absolutely terrible. Can’t recommend if you value good service.

Love this bar. Excellent beers including Weiss beir on tap. Also very good American Diner food. Great music and atmosphere. Highly recommended.

Petit pub sympa dans lequel notre hôte nous a emmenés en arrivant à Londres.
Situé en plein coeur du centre touristique, du côté de Tottenham, ce bar sert des bières assez atypiques !
J’ai testé de la Doom’s Bar, qui est une bière ambrée plate, donc sans gaz. Le goût est assez spécial et il m’est difficile de dire si j’ai aimé ou pas cette bière, j’ai surtout l’impression d’avoir bu un thé glacé à la bière ! J’ai ensuite testé une blonde qui s’appelle Candem Hell’s, qui né m’a pas convaincue. J’ai eu l’impression de boire de la piquette de premier prix. Je suis alors passée au mojito, qui était trop sucré mais très désaltérant.
Le pub en lui même était très cool. Un DJ était présent quand j’y étais et il passait des morceaux sympa, de Pharell aux White Stripes (moi non plus, j’ai pas compris le lien).
J’ai vu aussi qu’ils faisaient des burgers, mais nous n’avons pas essayé.
En somme, Le Royal George est un bar très sympa où vous pouvez boire des bières dont vous né vous rappellerez pas, entre amis !

Went here for a stand up comedy night, which also happened to be 2-​for-​1 burger night. The comedy was fine, but the burgers were pretty meh. I had a bacon cheeseburger with fries — the burger was overcooked, the cheese was rubbery, but the bun and bacon were decent. The fries were excellent, and rescued the meal. My friend’s chorizo and halloumi burger had good cheese but totally burnt chorizo.
I definitely wouldn’t eat there again, and I would recommend against paying full price for the burgers. The service was pretty terrible as well. Go for the comedy, but stick to fries and beer.

Love this place! I don’t make it over the pond all that often but when I do I definitely stop in for a pint or five.
The staff is charming and as good as it gets.

This is a lovely pub, where Ukulele Wednesdays began. On the 3^rd Thursday of each month they have KaraUke, too. Ever fancied being the lead singer of a ukulele backing band? Get involved at the Royal George!

Came here with a friend for pints and laughs. It was almost closing time when we came in, so the place was dead, but we were serviced.
The ambiance of this place is divey, like a bar you’d see in NYC’s lower east side.
The dranx were aight…
The staff– OK, but when it came to closing time, they made it plain that you had to go lol.

£12.75 for a burger — well i now know what one tastes like and provided you ask for it a little pink and have the orgasmic sticky toffee pudding for afters with couple of dark ales to wash it down, then you are in for a treat. — need to add a photo!

Sometimes I think Boris is building CrossRail just to challenge my sense of direction. I used to understand the area around Tottenham Court Road. I was a whizz at Charing Cross Road navigation. Now every time I leave the station, I look like a confused tourist. Goddamnit, I was a film runner. I know Soho. This is my stomping ground. And I’ve been to the Royal George before.
I still walked half-​way to Cambridge Circus before I found it again.
If you know precisely where you’re going post-​refurbishment, it’s actually remarkably easy to spot as a result of its befairylighted exterior. And also, now, thanks to the huge, incongruous, nauseatingly pink sign.
Don’t get me wrong: I’m a fan of the colour. Like, a big fan. My bedroom walls are full-​on fuchsia. Half my Christmas presents comprised rosy-​hued kitchen implements. Nonetheless, the colour, typeface and size of their sign are out of place, ugly and incredibly naff, giving the impression of a particularly crummy student union and above all, totally at odds with the pub itself. It’s already situated right next to G-​A-​Y; they hardly need to up the campness quota.
It’s a shame because the hideous signage detracts from the interior which is a pretty decent, largely forgettable (but hardly revolting) pub. Good amount of seating, including several large tables for bigger groups. They have a couple of interesting beers on tap and in the fridge (not many, but enough) and food, according to the blackboard menu, is standard upmarket pub fare (posh burgers, roast chicken, salmon fish cakes) but I didn’t eat so couldn’t comment on the execution. Someone mentioned Connect 4 nestling on a shelf round the back. Well done George. Everyone loves Connect 4. Except me, when I lose (which is often).
But never mind all of that. I DON’T UNDERSTAND THE PINK SIGN. What are they trying to do? To say? What image do they wish to project? It’s so — well — I don’t get it. There’s no consistency. Confusion reigns. Posh chicken and imported beer and pink signs just. .. they just don’t work. Sorry George. But given the plethora of pubs in the area, until you work out your personality issues, I can’t see myself voluntarily returning.

WTF, ignore these fools and trust me that this is a down right decent boozer. Right now (if you haven’t noticed) TCR is being dug up and it’s a bit of a shit show. The good thing is, that the tourists have lost their way and don’t stumble upon this gem of a pub, making it one of the most chilled out, relaxing places to go for midday drink. Not that I endorse day time drinking but it’s friggin’ great. That boozy haze that hits your face after the second bloody mary.
I love the staff here, cool, friend and cute. They provide me with sufficient eye candy. As Evelyn M mentioned, there are only loos downstairs, so don’t hire it out for your party unless you are happy with regular punters wandering though. The down stairs is pretty cool actually. It’s decorated well and there is some fabulous art on the walls. That goes for upstairs too. Oh and did I mention you can have a full home cooked meal here for less than £6? Did I also highlight the fact that they have bands playing? Yup, this pubs a winner.
Finally, if you fancy a laugh, as Paul F says, sit outside and watch the lost people walk to the pub, realise its at a dead end and then have to turn back without looking like idiots. Amazeballs!

I like this pub, I’ve been in better but this place has something about it.
I came here on a Sunday for a date… at the time I was also MASSIVELY hungover! 2 things that should never go together, still, after a couple of ciders i was feeling much better. The dimly lit corner we sat in helped too!
My date also informed me of the interactive game this place has. Situated on a dead end off Charing Cross Rd has an extra perk; You can watch tourists and unsuspecting locals walk towards the pub, realise it’s a dead end and try to casually turn around without looking like too much of a numptie!
I swear, one guy actually got his phone out and pretended to take a call!
Apparently the downstairs is being refurbished for live music and on Wednesday nights they have a Ukulele jam session! What’s not to love?
Will have to come back when it’s busy to get the full picture but I like it!

Went here last Friday, after walking around Soho for a while. While my cranberry vodka was thirst quenching and the bar was hopping, nothing about this place really stuck out. While there aren’t too many other bars like this in Soho, I’d suggest just walking down to Tottenham Court Road to find some better pubs. I will say that the one thing that intrigued me about this place, is that the signs suggested this bar often hosts performances downstairs and pretty much anyone can perform. I’m thinking that could be a fun night!

The Royal George’s popularity is largely due to its location by Soho and Oxford St attracting the post work crowd as well a few stray tourists. This means if you walk in to this place after 6 o’clock you’re liking to feel very cramped and uncomfortable. I visited here a few weeks ago for a Christmas party and was sorely disappointed with the whole feel of the venue. We had booked the downstairs room for a private function but due to the fact that this room housed the only toilets in the venue, we regularly had crowds of people shuffling through. At one point a friend went to the lengths of putting up a sign pointing to the toilets because as it was his table was so near the doorway he felt like he was a toilet attendent directing people to the cubicles every few minutes. This regular flow of traffic also completely undermined the free bar that we were supposed to be enjoying. As one after another patron shuffled to the bar, the barman seemed to just stop checking their hands for stamps and we ran out of free drinks far earlier than planned.
I’m afraid the night went from bad to worse after a couple of my friends had their bags stolen. Of course this wasn’t the fault of the bar itself, I’m sure if anyone had spotted something shifty they would have intervened but when we tried to report it to the bar staff they just shrugged it off. If anyone has ever had their wallet or handbag stolen I’m sure they can sympathise with the stress it causes so to have such a harsh reaction from the bar felt especially cruel.
Although the Royal George has a good location and is one of the few ‘pubs’ in the area, I doubt I’ll risk going back here. The staff were rude and clearly disorganised and overall we felt our Christmas night out was ruined.