Edgar Wallace in City of London, Westminster

Beautifully decorated but the worst waitress ever

First visit, came for a quick drink. Beautiful interior that is more akin to a museum from yesteryear than your traditional pub but I really loved it, couldn't stop staring at all the blasts from the past. Relaxed atmosphere.Good choice of drinks at usual London prices. Service was good.

Stopped in for out 1st pints during our trip to London. Nice selection of beers. The walls were decorated with vintage marketing of cigarette companies and the ceiling had beer companies. It is located on a side street so we kind of stumbled on it. I'm so glad we did.

The stars relate to the experience of this pub as a unique loved gem. Though the scruffy, badly presented notes on the tables asking for no formal meetings and laptops is insane. Pubs have suffered terribly from the capacity of the likes of Starbucks to take lunchtime trade away from places of note. To not see this is an irritation. The walls are full of branding iconoclast which is great...but where is/are the Edgar Wallace referencing?

Great old pub nice staff Good for groups Fab for a hash on inn

Decent enough pub, but there’s a pretty aggressive chucking out process barely five minutes after last orders.

Great traditional central London pub, very nice beers and food at fair prices.

Good old fashion pub. John and his staff fantastic.

I love this pub so much best Onion rings from London very good cool pub in London my Favorite pub from London uk

Busy and fun looking pub with quick service at the bar. Seating available upstairs, inside and out. Quirky and enjoyable place for a drink.

Este es probablemente uno de los pubs más destacados que fuimos a Londres en este viaje, y tenía una gran sensación de "bar de buceo" en el interior. Fue acogedor y destinado a una gran discusión con sus amigos. El personal era amable y al grano, vamos a conseguir una pinta. Hay mucha historia aquí que aprendimos en nuestro histórico pub crawl. Realmente se puede entrar en el ambiente de este pub y yo diría que es una visita obligada para los viajeros si se puede llegar aquí para una copa.

Cálido y animado pub digno de hacer una excursión, gran decoración y buenas bebidas. El tamaño justo para hacerlo alegre sin ser apretado. Recomendado.

Wonderful to revisit after so many years. Warm, atmospheric and friendly. Great range of beer including several casks. Amazing collection of memorabilia adorning the walls and ceiling. Recommended

Beautiful place, excellent atmosphere and attention

Great central London pub. Busy. Old style.

A great pub. Feels proper. Support them and buy lots of pints

Simple pub with great, fun decor. Not super cheap but it's central London so prices are reasonable. Staff friendly.

Another very very old bar, so much to look at, so much to see and a brilliant atmosphere inside. , Such a glimpse into the past, with all the ads and old smoking stuff dotted about, Such a well kept bar

Lovely, quirky pub located in Temple, recommended

Lovely friendly little pub with local beers

Great place and very friendly staff. Had a good selection on beers and ales and their gin tonic is amazing.

This is a delightful pub located down a side street near Aldwych. I opted for a Camden Hells lager at £7. They did have 3 cask ales available. Of interest is the special offer of a £10 lunch which is excellent value. It was fairly busy for a mid week afternoon, due mainly to a pub tour group. There is a nice seating area upstairs and a small standing area outside. The ceiling is covered with beer mats, a feature I liked. The bartender, Jana, was everything you could wish for, very friendly and engaging. In summary a very nice pub.

Nice little quirky pub just off the Strand

There is a cozy atmosphere and good service. This is a real pub where the locals come.

It's a nice pub, with character, but the lady that works there is extremely aggressive, I don't know who upset her, but she's not happy serving you. I asked for a pint glass for my drink, she rolled her eyes. Then she was serving a customer, so I was in the que looking at my phone, and she said "can you get off your phone, I've got things to do" to which I said, sorry I didn't see that you finish serving, and she was just full of thunder.....zero customer service....but hey, sometimes you don't know what people are going through in their personal lives, but hope things get better. Trying not to be a karen here....but cor blimey, it's every time I go!

I can only compare this pub with the way it was in 1982, when I was a regular, working in EC4. It was bustling. I’ve now been back four times over the years since, visiting from overseas. On these occasions, it has always seems moribund. There are better options in the immediate area.

Old traditional pub with great character

Come here for the atmosphere, be prepared for the brisk and abrupt service!

All of the beer coasters on the ceiling are great. Typical pub food.

Great pub, lots of history and memorable interior. Busy and atmospheric. Recommend the upstairs seating area.

Terrible staff (two ‘ladies’ behind the bar), rude and aggressive for some reason, like a couple of drug addicts no joke. Place is dirty and for the prices go next door to Devereux where you get a warm welcome. Seriously don't waste your time or money here. I’ve lived in London 20 years and never had this bad of an experience!!!

This once lively and welcoming pub is now lifeless and unwelcoming. The range of ales is uninspiring. The pub will no longer be on our itinerary.

Just a lovely pub. The word 'just' doesn't do the Edgar justice - pubs like it are increasingly hard to find. A GEM.

We visited this establishment for a lunchtime drink and snack, and whilst the beer was fine, the sandwiches were dire. Who only serves sandwiches on sliced white bread these days with no options ? The place was empty, which was hardly surprising, and it has really weird decor with old smoking memorabilia adverts. On the basis of this visit, i really cant recommend it as a must-see London pub.

A fabulous pub, great atmosphere and one to visit when in London

Wonderful London pub heaving with Character, charm and great staff. Beer is good and value for money.

Fantastic hidden gem friendly staff loved looking at all the beer and smoking. Memorabilia on the walls and ceiling great very clean pub really recommend

Rude service. The women behind the bar are spiteful and very standoffish.

A good pub with its own characture. Exceptional tobacco and beer ad decore.

Lovely pub - no idea about food - and dilly recommend visit when near Legal London

In a crowded field of pubs near the Temple, the Edgar Wallace has the best atmosphere and a good range of decent value ales and lagers. The owner/manager is a really nice man who is almost always there and often having a drink himself. The pub has an iconic old school look, which I hope never changes. It also has an interesting history that you can read on a sign outside the pub (no spoilers!) You can easily spend a whole evening here catching up with friends in one of the pub's little nooks and crannies. Warning: it can get very busy on a Thursday or Friday.

A wonderful and unique museum of 70's pub culture, and they serve a good point.

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Located on Essex St and dating back to 1771, this pub was originally called the Essex Head but had its name changed in 1975 to commemorate the centenary of Wallace’s birth in 1875. It wasn’t busy when we visited on a weekday afternoon and this gave us the opportunity to study the beer mats plastered over the ceilings and cigarette packets/posters on the walls. Unfortunately there wasn’t much choice in the way of ales and so our group moved on after one pint.

La comida no está mal ya que pedimos un Sandwich con patatas pero la camarera que nos atendió se puso a recoger las cosas y limpiar la mesa con la balleta sin habernos levantado todavía

Great find this bar staff very welcoming easy food menu to get your head around

Amazing pub with old fashioned memorabilia

Can't rate the food because we only had beer, which was in very good condition and served with a smile. Nice warm atmosphere 👌

Old fashioned, tiny boozer, but genuinely unique decor makes it interesting and worth seeking out. Walls are lined with old antique advertisements.

Hugely overpriced (£7 for a single gin and tonic is a joke) and terrible service - staff told us we couldn't sit down despite us buying drinks and the place being half empty.

Full of character, a hidden gem of a pub. Highly recommended.

I didn't have food but the staff are friendly. Awesome atmosphere and the decor is so interesting. Very much worth visit.

Good for a pint and a bite after a city walk. Fun decoration

Absolutely fantastic pub! The memorabilia is amazing! Can’t wait to go back to London & visit again. Definitely in my top 5 of amazing pubs!

Lovely 'law area pub' with period references covering the walls and ceilings. Nice friendly service, clean loos, & great ale. Update : repeated my QA process with a group & we all agreed it was a fantastic pub for a post urban ramble.

I didn't eat here having come from lunch at a restaurant nearby so I can't rate the food this time (but I did come here for a work Christmas lunch years ago & the meal was great at that time). Very unusual pub, cavernous and airy with walls and even the ceilings plastered with beer mats and tobacco/cigarette posters from bygone times. Pub not crowded at all in the late afternoon and service was prompt.

Great traditional pub near the Thames! Great service!

Long time since I have been there. Beer good but choice more limited than in the past

Ambiance sympathique, service agréable. Fish and chips passable

A stop on the historic pub crawl. Very cool pub with great history , staff and beer!

Unique, quirky, totally eccentric. I loved it.

Great stop and a great proprietor!!

Always a pleasure when enjoying a drink here, the staff are friendly and attentive

A good pub is defined by the bartenders, the ambience and the clientele. The guests were super sweet, the bartenders were funny and polite and the chairs were good. Go and speak with the blonde ma'am working there. She is extremely funny. The perfect neighbourhood bar.

Very old pub with old decorations

Historical pub with lots of old advertising signs, masses of beer mats of the ceilings and lots of Edgar Wallace books displayed. Worth a visit for a couple of drinks

Nice atmospheric pub. Good service. Fish finger sandwich and a pint of Tribute. What more can you want?

Good beer, reasonable food, interesting themed pub.

Very busy pub near inns of Court, lots of interesting cigarette and tobacco memorabilia, very interesting. Decent selection of beer , pint of beer £6.

Quirky hidden away pub with good beer, friendly service and a good atmosphere.

Great place to stop for a pint.

Nice little pub situated away from the main drag food was very nice tasted fresh and a nice cold pint of Cider Well worth a visit for lunch quite quiet in there when we went which I didn't mind friendly staff as well

Quirky central London pub off the beaten track is how my brother would describe it. Gloriously adorned with classic drinking and smoking paraphernalia that you'll be delighted to have seen is my take.

Returned recently after not having been for a few years and was very disappointed: they used to do an excellent steak and kidney pudding (not pie) and that is now off the menu. Just toasted sandwiches and chips and the like. Furthermore, apart from Guinness there is no real ale on draught, just lagers!

Lovely boozer with a fantastic decor based on genuine vintage pub signs. The landlord is a lovely fellow and this place is worth a visit both for a nice pint and a nice look around.

The drinks are expensive these days (maybe it is the same everywhere), but it is a good local pub with quick service and helpful people who have been there many years.

Just a good spot for a pint. Hand pulled cask is always a treat.

Nice pub, good selection of ales.

I. The decor is genuinely different. At the first floor coaster all around, some panels and also a nutcracker The second floor one corner old books, another part photos at 60s. Then also old magazines. Really entertaining. Mine criticism it is too the waiter. We were a big group, I was the only one that order wine. The wine was tasting like vinegar. I went to complain and she was adamant that she couldn’t give me a new one. That was the house wine . It wasn’t by the price but the taste was horrible. A guy in the bar even tried my wine and said the same. I said it was bad and the waiter got offended. Any other pub would give me a new wine without charging me and this one didn’t.

This is a good pub. I have no idea whether it is part of a chain or brewery but it didn't feel or look like it was, that's a great thing in my eyes and a rarity these days. Great atmosphere and good decor. Usual beers you get in most London pubs, I stuck to Tribute. Really friendly and helpful staff. Good choice of pub snacks, peanuts, scampi fries but no pork scratchings. I brought some American friends here and they got exactly what they were after, a decent London pub experience.

Eclectic kind of place, but felt very warm and welcoming. The kind of place you lose entire afternoons and evening without the foggiest idea!! Good days indeed. The missus even added “they have the best pub toilets I’ve ever been in” high praise indeed.

A very interesting place to visit

Easy menu good food and beers and great surroundings..what's not to like

Lovely pub, tucked away in a side street. Good selection of drinks, friendly staff, welcoming atmosphere.

Another great london pub.good beer.great landlord.

A quirky decorated pub, does a nice Guinness and the vibe inside was good.

Went to this pub for the first time on Saturday. Very centrally located opposite Royal Courts of Justice off the Strand. Absolutely love the floor to ceiling kitsch, retro, pub-themed decor. Staff were so friendly (happy to accommodate some of the miscreants that I was out with 😂) Menu basic but really good - I had the corned beef & mustard toastie and it was great! Such a change to the norm! Several people had the fish finger or sausage & onion equivalent and enjoyed theirs too. Fairly cosy space-wise but nice room upstairs as well, and..... the important bit for us ladies.... the loos were gorgeous! You can always judge a place properly by the loos 😂 Will absolutely go there again, love it 👍

Nice old school type pub, comfy and welcoming

Can't praise it enough. Lost my card but they had it behind the bar next time I walked in xxxxx

Es un lugar lindo, de mucha tradición y buenos precios.

Compact street corner pub in the legal district. Decent cask beer. Eclectic decor with 1960s and 70s cigarette adverts on the walls and real ale pump clips on the ceiling. Appropriately lid of Edgar Wallace books along the window ledge. A pleasant place to while away an afternoon.

This was the last pub in a London pub tour and only because the planned last pub had ran out of beer 🙄. It was however a real find with 60's and 70's breweriana on the walls and ceilings and excellent ales. We'll recommended 👍

Full of classic characters and the publican is really nice and old school. Love the coasters on the ceiling!

I was visiting London from NS, Canada, and I stayed in the building right next door to the Edgar Wallace the week of September 18th. (above the Devereux)...One evening around 9:30pm, I poked my head in the door just to see if their kitchen was still open. A kind gentleman said it was not but what would I want to eat? They could maybe get me something. It was so kind of him to ask. It turns out he and his wife own the pub. I ended up just sitting with them for a pint and chatting about Nova Scotia and London. I was so glad to have met up with them and always chatted and waved on my way by the rest of the week. It was usually always busy midday and after work! Although I didn’t even catch their names, this is such a great memory for me of London. I spent my last evening having a couple pints and chatting with some of their local regulars. Cheers my friends! You gave me a wonderful, welcoming experience in your area of London!

I was visiting London from NS, Canada, and I stayed in the building right next door to the Edgar Wallace the week of September 18th. (above the Devereux)...One evening around 9:30pm, I poked my head in the door just to see if their kitchen was still open. A kind gentleman said it was not but what would I want to eat? They could maybe get me something. It was so kind of him to ask. It turns out he and his wife own the pub. I ended up just sitting with them for a pint and chatting about Nova Scotia and London. I was so glad to have met up with them and always chatted and waved on my way by the rest of the week. It was usually always busy midday and after work! Although I didn’t even catch their names, this is such a great memory for me of London. I spent my last evening having a couple pints and chatting with some of their local regulars. Cheers my friends! You gave me a wonderful, welcoming experience in your area of London!

Worth a visit for the eccentric 60s and 70s advertising decor alone. A lot of nostalgia in there. Real ales available

A interesting pub, basic food but good.

Great pub stacked full of vintage advertising. Proper pub food as well. Choice of ale is a bit limited though.

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Is a stone cold stunner of a pub and one of my go to’s when I’m knocking about the temple area. It was also the destination for @peteinthepub to complete his 365 pubs in 365 days challenge so I had to pop in for a few cold ones. You should definitely checkout @peteinthepub year long adventure and get yourself down to The Edgar it’s a cracker!