Lamb & Flag in City of London, Westminster

Beautiful traditional pub with good food and a very good selection of beers. Excellent service too!

Traditional pub located in a small alley. The waiter was very nice and we enjoyed a traditional "scotch egg" and the other two dishes were just as good, I recommend if you are in the area.

Old London pub in vintage style frequented by Londoners. I ate an excellent fish and chips accompanied by a good beer recommended by the waiter.

We arrived to a very busy atmosphere with no reservation. Initially they couldn't accommodate us but the manager overheard us talking to the waiter and asked us to wait a short time. Upon checking on a no show reservation, he seat us. We were very happy with the service. We enjoyed the sticky toffee pudding, fries, tea and coffee. We really appreciated the effort to accommodate us.

It is a place that mix English history, coziness, and food quality. Highly recommended for a typical English dinner in the heart of Convent Garden.

Un pub inglés tradicional , con historia al que Dickens solía ir. La decoración es auténtica y no parece muy turístico sino con gente de la ciudad. Está situado en Covent Garden, en un pequeño callejón que también le da su encanto. La comida deliciosa, quisimos probar el fish and chips y luego pedimos un pastel de carne sobre puré y la salsa típica de allí y un entrecot muy bueno también. De precio normal para lo que es Londres. Los camareros muy amables. Lo recomiendo totalmente.

Our favorite proper olde pub whilst visiting London on trip away together as a couple, due to the history and ambiance and excellent food!!

Great pub. Good beer, good service and a great location in Covent Garden. The only downside is the piece of a pint but considering the location I don't think anywhere nearby would be any better.

There were a group of men being openly hostile to the women in the pub, banging on the women's toilets, making disgusting comments as they left. This occured for some time without the bar staff intervening I cannot recommend enough that you should not visit here whilst this vile behaviour is accepted.

Wife and I visited several pubs in the west end. This one was OK, but very busy and a bit lacking on seating, so we moved on after one drink.

Great pub, so old and atmospheric

Hard to locate, hard to forget.

Family atmosphere and popular prices

Excellent, good atmosphere. Pleasant setting in the center of London. Great service, a little long.

Muy bien ambientado, buen servicio y muy buenas cervezas. La comida nos ha gustado el pastel de carne mucho. Es un sitio muy agradable y muy bien situado. Hemos sido los únicos extranjeros del bar. Muy recomendable

Proper grubby London pub. Smarter in restaurant upstairs. Good service from manager. Normal pub food reasonably priced. Busy so book especially if more than two. Exiled Londoner

We visited the pub in Rose St. it’s tucked away but in a good location. It’s an historic building which reflects in its amenities such as the loo. Food was good and staff were friendly and efficient. I’d recommend.

Well worth a visit all 3 enjoy it.

Very old English pub with great ambience

A great old pub Friendly service And has some cold beer The white wine is not so cold.

One of the oldest pubs, lots of English breweries. Nice place to hang out. I gave it 4 stars only because it smells like fish inside 🙁

Only had 1 beer soon emptied out theatre time

Classic pub with good beer and food.

Small London pub serving since the 1600s. Very little seating downstairs. Upstairs is restaurant seating. Service was great. Good as expected for pub but prices on high side.

If you approch the pub from Floral Street it's down a narrow alley that you practically have to duck your head to avoid the beams, but if you approach from Rose Street the pub has a somewhat normal frontage on the cobblestoned pavement outside. Fabulous traditional four hundred year old pub with a history dating back to Elizabethan times. Once called "The Bucket of Blood" due to its association with bare knuckle boxing. Good beers andfood to be had right in the heart of Covent Garden. Beware of the vagrants and street drinkers who will pester you in the evenings. There are homeless hostels nearby, even in this most afflent of locations. Just tell them NO and they'll usually leave you alone. They're mostly harmless, at least we've never had any trouble with them.

Our favorite address in the neighborhood. Always equal quality. Good pub food. The bartender was charming and even had us taste the beer.

Great historic pub, with tasty food and delicious beers. Set back on the original street and dripping with history

All fine. Lots of tourists. But awesome location and drink

We tried an amazing Sunday roast here, it was sooo delicious. The cauliflower and the brownie were really good too, maybe the brownie could be a bit cheaper. Book a table in advance otherwise you won’t be able to eat here. The service was awesome 🙂. 100% recommended!

Very Kind people Quite Place Food very good!!

Very nice pub Things to do if you're in London

Great atmosphere and staff. Loads of intetesting information to read around the walls. We didn't eat here on our visit but the menu looked very tempting.

One of the great London boozers tucked away down a side street. Normally packed.

Fabulous atmosphere inside and out. Many were enjoying their pints out in the courtyard. We booked to come back for dinner after our show and we’re not disappointed. Though the scotch egg was a little smaller than I would anticipate the flavour was top notch.

Lovely traditional pub tucked away down a cobbled street. There is a dining room upstairs with a separate bar. We had reserved a table and it was full. Great service, good pub grub selection and at a reasonable price considering the location. Highly recommend 👍

Traditional English pub, welcoming and comfortable environment. Excellent food especially the Fuller's London Pride marinated steak & ale pie and Beer battered haddock & chips.

Excellent pub tucked away just off the main Street. Nice beer selection and good food.

A great British pub of the traditional kind, that you think of when you imagine socialising back in the 70s and 80s, before the Internet killed conversation and contact. Dickens would be right at home in his old local, except perhaps for the eye watering London prices. Anyway, for what it's worth this is definitely a pub worth making a detour to, when in and around Covent Garden. Loved it 😉

Looking for a classic British pub? This is it! Circa 1623! Great staff. Stop in for a bite and a pint!

Great choice of beers and IPAs. The place was incredibly busy, but service was very quick. I would certainly recommend the IPAs.

Great pub with amazing atmosphere and history. Perfect place to pop in for a pint when in central London.

The staff are lovely and the pub is old and beautiful…but the food is atrocious. We went for a Sunday roast- the beef was ok-ish but my plate was barely warm, came with the gravy already on it, and just left a lot to be desired. The cauliflower cheese was utterly bland, the scotch egg was fine, and the stuffing with the chicken (which was at least hot) was hard and inedible. A good enough pub for (expensive) pints, but skip it for a meal.

Typical English pub. Good food. Quiet atmosphere on the second floor. Very attentive service. Good prices

Service and food was top notch! Wife said it was the best pie she has ever eaten and the fried fish sandwich was super tasty too! Highly recommended.

The venue is gorgeous, it is a real old pub. The service was great too, very friendly staff. The food (Sunday roast), not so good. The potatoes tasted old, the sirloin steak which they say comes pink was great and dry. The gravy tasted like that supermarket powder thing. I am putting 2 stars, not 1, because the Yorkshire pudding was good and the dessert was alright.

A real British pub with loads of history, great pub fare, great atmosphere and terrific beer! A real Jem! When you are in Covent Garden you have to try The Lamb and Flag! The Sunday roast was delicious, and a pint or two of Fullers London Pride ale was so smooth, I can’t wait to have another. The staff was super friendly, and it’s great to go to a pub frequented by Charles Dickens!

Lovely pub and great atmosphere! Staff very friendly and welcoming. Would definitely recommend and will be coming back!!!

Quintessential English pub. Well curated cask ales.

Lovely VERY old pub, from the outside we were a little cautious about what we were venturing into, however this is starting point for a mystery guide so we went in and were glad we did. The pub has bags of character and really is old. Definitely worth a visit

We drank a beer there after seeing a musical. As in so many pubs, there is a selection of draft beers. The Pooh It's nice and cozy and corresponds to a solid standard pub.

We sat at Oscar Wilde's booth. Creepy

Yet another great visit to this great pub.

My favorite pub in London. Rustic and cozy atmosphere. Good beer selection and great food. The conditions are also very friendly. Everything was great😀🙃

Great choice of drinks, not overly priced. Just wish the guy serving would look like he was enjoying the job. Smile it costs nothing

Typical English pub, pleasant atmosphere. The security staff was really friendly.

Awesome British pub, lamb and flag serves delicious beers in a cool atmosphere. Busy with locals and tourists. Beer battered haddock and chips and steak ale pie were great. Would love to be here for the football.

Everything a traditional old English pub should be. I have been visiting over 40 years when I can.

A beautiful classic British pub, with great food and amazing service. The staff were absolutely lovely

Beautiful place in the center of London, since 1623, cold beer, I had a wonderful IPA

I really wanted to experience a very old pub with tons of history and this pub did not disappoint. I loved the decor and the Idea that people drank beer here hundreds of years ago. I finally got to try traditional Pie and gravy and it was delicious. Also tried a proper British beer called the London Pride and it was surprisingly interresting. I can highly recommend this pub you won't be dissapointed.

Classic old English pub. Wood panels on the wall, good range of beer and a real feel of history. Lovely place to spend a couple of hours if raining outside.

Busy, bustling and felt like an institution. Had my first scotch egg and it was delicious. Tasty and full of flavor. Good beer selection. It was a bit hard to get a table to eat but there are 2 floors so you can get one fast enough.

Stopped In this very old pub and they served lots of zero alcohol drinks. I did actually have a,shot of rum in my hot apple juice and wonderfully warming. Nice peaceful retreat on a Monday afternoon to escape crowds

Only hung out downstairs. Was quite busy, but managed to nab a seat at the bar in the back room eventually. Enjoyed an appropriately themed winter ale.

A great traditional pub with a great atmosphere and friendly staff.

What a fantastic place. We met with family for lunch. The food was superb, service with a smile and the atmosphere sublime. Sitting in a 401 years old pub was a pleasant experience, eating in one made it very special .

My first pub, the atmosphere was great, the man at the counter was friendly! I only went for a beer, a short break, and read a bit - but I felt really good. The women's toilet on the ground floor was broken, but there was still one - I thought that was good ;-)...

Pub historique très sympa Les plats ne sont pas forcément extraordinaires mais le lieu est assez joli et à côté de soho Idéal pour une petite pause pendant le shopping

In London for my daughter’s graduation and after a fantastic meal at Dishoom, I fancied a traditional English pub so decided to rekindle my patronage with the Lamb and wasn’t disappointed

I wanted to take my partner to a true British Pub. This place had all the features and feel of one for sure. Upstairs is where you sit to eat, pretty cool bar and seating area, we got a seat by the window overlooking the alley, pretty cool views. We waited for someone to come ask us for drinks for over 10 minutes. I literally was about to get up and walk to bar to give me our orders when someone came. Since we had so much time we already knew our orders, unfortunately all 3 dishes we picked were out of stock, lamb? Lamb in London? You're out? The shepherds pie was gone as well, really? It's early on a Friday night and they are out of stock on food? So we were left to pick 3 other dishes and all of them were horrible, now I know why those were still in stock. I would go back for a pint, but eat somewhere else.

Really good old pub, nice Beer and will definitely go back

Great Old London style pub. While maintaining a classic, nineteenth-century style, it has an excellent and clean kitchen, I will definitely return

While I consider paying £11 for a small plate part and parcel of eating in the west end (at the end of the day we all have to cntribute to the extortionate rents), I think this place should reconsider if they should call "Crispy slow cooked brisket & Cheddar nuggets served with mustard mayonnaise & a pickled gherkin salad" to what appears (still untouchd) on the picture attached and then charge £11 i.e. £2.20 per nugget .The line between "expensive" and "pisstake" is not as thin or blurred as many business owners would like customers to believe.

This is a cracking wee pub near Covent Garden; a real gem down a short lane. Good beers and ales on tap, and probably the best Scotch egg I've ever had. Great atmosphere - a proper pub through and through.

Beautiful and charming old pub, with a nice and peaceful energy - all the staff was really friendly! The beer very good too! A little gem in the heart of London, I had a good time (:

Pre theatre snacks were very disappointing. I think they forgot to put the squid in the batter!Great atmosphere in this quaint little pub.

Fairly busy but still impressively quick service, good beers at an acceptable London price

Nice pub with a great vibe and tasty food. Don’t skip dessert—get the sticky toffee pudding!

Very old original Pud frequented by Londoners. Excellent traditional cuisine. We ate their truly delicious sheep sausages.

Great spot have been going here for years, as you approach the pub down the alleyways it looks packed and ten deep to get to the bar but in the back there is often a table. Selling Fullers beer this is an old favorite and upstairs is the dining area very good fish and chips and Steak pies.

One of The BEST oubs in Covent Garden! Two floors with space, food and really good beers, and craft beers ,casks and many others! A bit hidden on The street but nice ambient and people! Service IS great!

A hidden gem. The Flag and Lamb has an authentic old-world vibe .. complete with a unique loo, wonky floors and fabulous bar. The service was 11 out of 10. Food and cider was good. They even kindly swapped my chips for mash on the Steak Special. I loved the history of the pub and it's close location to the theatres. Will definitely be back

Great atmosphere, the doorman on that night was superb and had a great conversation with him.

Seriously the best service in town .. waiters are awesome the food and the drinks as well it’s just amazing ! Must see in London the atmosphere is incredibly Victorian !

A classic for old timers in london pub scene.

Great little pub with friendly staff

Had lunch here with my daughter and we both had a delicious roast. They were very accommodating when I asked for a slight change to the menu. Waiter/waitress were lovely, polite and efficient. Only small downfall is that we had a small table and it felt a bit claustrophobic as there's not much space between tables, so you are very close to other customers. Chairs could be a bit more comfortable too. However, It was a very enjoyable experience and we will return on our next visit to London

Not mad, just disappointed and confused. We had a reservation, got seated, only to wait 15 minutes at the table looking over the menu before a staff member approached us. She asked what we wanted to drink and informed us of all the items they were out of—including the one appetizer and main course (beef pie) we had planned to order. Having spent that time deciding, we now had to rethink our choices from a limited menu. She apologized, adding that numbers were much larger than expected this year and how she knows this because “she’s in charge.” We started with the tomato soup, which was the highlight of the meal and the reason this review isn’t a single star. However, things went downhill from there. While eating our soup, we noticed a couple who arrived after us being served two beef pies—the very dish we were told was unavailable. At first, we thought they must’ve pre-ordered these online. Nope. This continued throughout the evening as we watched at least eight other pies being served. It was baffling and frustrating, to say the least. Why did she tell us they were out? Side note: One beef pie even came up the conveyor lift from the kitchen looking, as the server laughingly told the customer as she served him it, “like it was thrown around the loo a couple times.” What the customer didn’t see, but I did, was the server attempting to clean up the pie’s appearance by using a blue paper towel from the bar counter before delivering it. Not on the plate—on the pie itself. This lack of professionalism and cleanliness was astonishing. The main dishes were underwhelming. The fish & chips were good, but the salmon dish was dry, lacked flavor, and came with poorly cooked potatoes and a lackluster balsamic “reduction.” Adding to the disappointment was the service. While eating, we watched staff turn away numerous customers from a half-empty room due to “upcoming reservations,” leaving those patrons visibly confused. Spoiler alert: no reservations filled those tables. If you don’t have the capacity to serve due to staffing, tell people that. One server struggled to communicate this unavailability to a non-English-speaking guest, eventually turning away without resolving her confusion. I stepped in to translate what he tried to communicate for her, and though it was greatly appreciated by the customer, my assistance was neither acknowledged nor appreciated by the staff. To top it all off, when asked how our food was, we honestly replied, “Alright.” We then questioned the availability of the beef pies, pointing to a nearby table enjoying them. The server laughed and admitted the kitchen had managed to make more but didn’t care to inform us. She tried to blame it on poor timing, but that’s just not true considering the table arriving after us receiving their pies before we received our food. This lack of communication and blatant lying felt dismissive, especially since we had clearly expressed our disappointment earlier. We left the service charge on the bill, though it wasn’t deserved. The entire experience was unorganized, uncommunicative, and underwhelming, despite the other promising reviews. Unfortunately, we won’t be returning or recommending—regardless of whatever showful reply we get about wanting to “make it up to you if you’ll let us.”

You can get the best cheeseburger there. He's mega

Ok pub run out of Guinness food was okay

Classic pub. If you want the authentic pub experience, this is the place.

Love a pint at this place.. Also the food never disappoints whether it’s their Sunday roast or the regular mains..

Good atmosphere. They didn't have Guinness on this occasion so I chose another one. The dish I ordered cost 11 💷. It was a breaded squid dish. Too expensive and small for the quantity since it didn't have squid, it was just smoothie. The tartar sauce was perfect.

Oldest pub in Covent Garden. Feels very historic while also being spacious. Its interesting history makes it a good place to visit when in London

Had an amazing dinner at this Covent Garden pub! The food was way above the standard pub fare. The atmosphere was truly British, with a cozy, traditional vibe. Highly recommend for anyone looking for good eats in a classic setting. Five stars!

Had some lunch which was served fairly quickly and tasted great and a reasonable sized portion for lunch. Great selection of beer. Place started off quiet then by the end of lunchtime it was rammed.

Nice pub - always very busy in the evenings like most others

Pre booked a table as we were going to the theatre later .We both had the steak and ale pie, which was lovely , nice little pub, although downstairs was very busy, so glad we were upstairs in the dining area

Although it was packed on a Friday night, getting served at the bar was reasonably quick, I was impressed. We didn't eat, the tables were all reserved

Xmas time …we came for food and drinks but unfortunately they don’t have pub classics food…...( turkey dinner) how that is possible for biggest pub franchise company in the uk they don’t have special dishes for this time of the years!!! doesn’t make sense ….and the pub location is heart of the London most touristic city and street in the world … l am vey disappointed of this pub …!!!