The Three Greyhounds

If you find a place to sit in here, you are lucky. Good selection of beers, wines and spirits. They play good music. We haven’t tried any food here so cannot say anything about that. It gest crowded on weekends. I would come back when next time in SoHo.

Can’t tell much about this bar.
I had a couple of beers with friends, lovely place crowded with nice people and the waitress is a nice person.
Even afterhours they have packed peanuts or almonds you can buy to eat while drinking your beer, frankly they could serve complimentry beer-​nuts.

Small sized pub with good selection of drinks. Always feels comfortable here despite how busy the streets can be outside. I’ve never tried their food, I usually visit for a late night drink.

While we had a round of drinks at the three greyhounds we overheard that the bartender was very rude to this lady next to us when he served her drink and she told him that it wasn’t what she had ordered. We thought it would be an exception until the same thing happened with our next round of drinks, he poured a wrong drink and we told him we hadn’t ordered that. He got really rude immediately and lost his temper and wouldn’t consider he was at fault even though we all heard exactly what one of us had ordered and knew he was wrong. He shouted at us: «why didn’t you stop me when I poured this then? Now I have to waste a pint!?» I told him that we don’t go to bars to babysit bartenders and because he was incredibly rude we chose to leave. Don’t come here unless you really want to attentively watch the bartender to make sure he pours the right drink! There is really no excuse for being SO RUDE to customers.

The pub itself is very pretty. Dark inside with a cute little bar upstairs, and cosy tails and booths. Cannot comment on the food, as I didn’t try the menu (which did look quite diverse), after paying £9.75 for a double vodka and orange juice and a glass of water.
The girl tending the bar was unable to tell me why it cost me the equivalent of a meal for two drinks (one of which was, presumably, free), when I double was only meant to be an additional £1.50. I couldn’t be bothered arguing over a few quid, but I drank my two pricey drinks and finished my night off elsewhere. Very disappointing.

Pretty standard place, went there in search of some food. Had the pie which was really dry and hard per my standard, although must say the filling was great (can’t remember the name but it was the veggie cheese one)

Great spot for a quick drink. I would suggest the food and they don’t have much beer on tap but the staff is great and it’s great for a quick refresher!

This is an ok pub. I didn’t find the staff particularly friendly, and my bag of crisps cost £1.25 (we were starving) which were then knocked straight on the floor and they asked if we wanted more then tried to charge us, so we obviously said we didn’t want some anymore. Plus £4.75 for a pint of Amstell. Rip off

I was warned that London was not known for their food, but that the fish & chips were good. So on my first night in London, I set out on a quest to find some fish & chips. We walked around Oxford Circus and somehow ended up in Soho. We passed by lots of pubs that advertised fish & chips, but all of them had people spewing out. We spotted The Three Greyhounds, and it was busy, but still had some room for us to squeeze in.
We ended up ordering fish & chips and a chicken & mushroom pie. I was definitely not disappointed. The piece of fish was huge! The batter was crispy and the fish was still moist inside. The chicken & mushroom pie looked huge, so I thought there was a ton of filling. But it ended up being a big puffy pastry with the filling on the bottom. The filling was still delicious, though. Nice and creamy and satisfied my tummy.
If you’re ever in London for a short stay, definitely try pub food!

Reasonably priced and comfy Nicholson’s pub. Good selection of real ale on tap, too. The one real downside is that the music is too loud for conversation. The point of a pub is really to hang out with and/​or meet people.

Stumbled into this place after considering and dismissing several others as being too touristy. I’m glad we did. There’s a good (and presumably ever-​changing) selection of beers and ciders on tap, and the food was solid. I had a wild boar burger with chorizo, which was awesome. Chips were good too. I’d definitely come back. Oh, and they’re serious when they say «mind your head» on the way to the restroom. I should’ve listened.

This is a fairly standard Nicholson’s pub that due to its location cannot help but be busy of an evening. Unfortunately the layout doesn’t really help in times of congestion.
Had a strange beer. Not a bad one, just unusually nutty. Like someone too lazy to eat and drink put beer and nuts in a blender. Named after the time when dogs used to chase hares in the area. You can see a similar phenomenon occurring on a weekend, late at night!

Little place, but they pack the people in. Also open till midnight, which is appreciated in a city where pubs close far too early. Great selection of real ales.

I really enjoyed the chicken and mushroom pie. Reasonably priced as far a London goes. Comfortable and welcoming environment for an out-​of-​towner without being at all touristy. Well done Greyhounds!

It is a pub, and there are a handful of outdoor seats. Nothing at all wrong with it, and a nice mixed crowd of people. For cheap pub drinks in Soho, no complaints, but I prefer The Toucan off Soho Sq.

Stopped in here on a day when I had nothing to do in London back in 1998. Felt like just drinking pints in an old old London pub. This hit the spot. Someone in there told me that it was a pub that Shakespeare drank in, who am I to argue with them?, it sure looked old enough to have been around 1000 years before WS. As a California kid, I loved every minute of it. The food was the perfect pub food that I wanted. I went back a couple years later and had the same experience. Nothing had changed. I would live here.

One of the few traditional English pubs on Old Compton street. Not a hint of them trying to be anything other than a standard, solid place. Reasonably priced drinks, friendly people.
Very cozy inside. A lovely escape from the cold, as I recall.
Living in the area it was nice to have a non-​pretentious place to go to. I just love that corner table by the window looking out onto the street — a good place to sit. And surprisingly quiet during the day.

The Three Greyhounds stands out from the other more trendy bars in the area for being quite old fashioned and traditional. It’s a tiny pub that knows how to serve a decent pint and where we recently managed to get a bottle of wine for less than £10 and, honestly, it wasn’t half bad!
There are seats provided outside for great people watching during the summer months whilst inside their area a few uncomfortable stools.
Still, it has a nice atmosphere and is quite relaxed and offers something slightly different for Old Compton Street.

It is nice to find such a local pub in a tourist centric packed area of town. We went on a Tuesday night so it was very quiet but a nice place to settle and relax with a fine ale for a good ol’ natter.
Agree with the service comments — I had a Pimms, but they don’t have straws so I had to try not to swallow the mint while I drank! And the barmen were quite short with us. Not to mention the lights went out several times which left us talking to each other in the dark.
It’s a nice small place to escape the crowds outside, but don’t expect anything great from it.

I should confess at the outset that I’m not a great fan of the Old Compton street area, which always seems frenetically busy, and is full of over-​priced bars serving fizzy lager and alcopops.
The Three Greyhounds is one of the few pubs in the area that serves decent real ale, with usually four or five choices (although nothing out of the ordinary — Fuller’s London Pride, Greene King IPA, Timothy Taylor Landlord, that sort of thing).
The interior is very small (and much smaller than it looks from the outside), and seating is limited, so it packs out quickly. The appearance inside and out is traditional, and they do a range of bar food (although why eat average pub grub in an area surrounded by restaurants?). There’s also an outside seating area. (NB — watch your bags etc. in this very busy area).
Unfortunately, in my experience the service has not always been up to scratch — sometimes friendly, sometimes not — hence the rating. Fine for a quick beer in an area with a shortage of pubs.