The Harp in City of London, Westminster - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

Dark and dirty environment, beer sticking to the floor and cigarette smoke inside the bar.

The freshest pint of cask I had whilst in London. Great independent pub which are not easy to find in London. The Hophead was superb and when I went next door to the Marquis (another good independent pub) the same pint was nowhere near as well kept. Always worth a visit this pub when in London, unless you drink Madri/Carling etc. Extra seating upstairs or can stand outside front and back.

A must visit when going to the nearby national gallery/ portrait gallery. Nice staff and good Guinness

Great boozer with a great range of ales. Often very busy

Only had drinks, lovely real pub

Nice well priced bar, good selection of ales.

Cool cafe with lots of choice for beers.

Was my top choice pub to go to if I found myself in this area. In relation to its situation it used to be good value. It's surpassed that threshold now. The beers still good , it's a lovely pub, sadly now not good value.

This is somewhere between a 4 and a 5-star pub. The bottom floor is charming and close and it's nice to be outside there. More character than most spots nearby. However, the upstairs room isn't so nice, a little warm, a little standard and characterless.

Just an excellent pub that looks after its cask ales, with two great staples (Hophead and Harveys) and wonderful and extensive guest beers. And the best thing? Seeing their bar staff washing their hands extremely throughly after going to the loo.

Don’t want to hear excuses about central London prices. I live in London. This is the most expensive pub for ale I’ve come across. £7 for an Ale. Awful. Disgusting even. I go to pubs in the area but not this one in a while. Was shocked. Nice pint but that’s not the point!!! You can still get an ale under 6 and even under a fiver. Shop around. Also this place is so small everyone ends up battered at the bar or in the street standing

Smashing pub with a great selection. Popped in before heading to the theatre

Best bar staff in London! Always get served in turn, and I’m a stickler.

Great beer choice, lovely place, reasonable price for the location

Best pub in London if you ask me. If you are a Harry Potter fan, it is this pub and the alleyway at the back, that gave JK Rowling the idea for the Leaky Cauldron. Apparently she used to drink in here before she was famous It's kind of obvious when you look at it all

Good, traditional pub. Pours a nice pint.

This is a very popular pub with real ale drinkers, evidenced by the 10 cask beers and the hundreds of beer mats above the bar. It is a narrow pub with additional seating upstairs. Being near to both Covent Garden and Soho it is ideally located. I was here at 4pm on a Monday afternoon and it was quite busy. There is a designated standing area out back but many drinkers preferred to drink in the street out front. The toilets are upstairs and accessed by a steep, narrow staircase that could prove problematic for the less mobile.

Superb bar, typical, the people working there and those, like us, who come to drink a cold beer are sunny. ++ The choice of beers, to discover what is done in England ++ The neighborhood is dynamic and even more so in the evening after the end of the day

Small but charming place with a wide variety of beers.

Excellent beer selection. Cozy pub with an upstairs. An easy addition to any beer crawl 😎

Friendly stuff. Nice range of beer on tap

This is a fairly famous English pub in London. Well known but still a little of the beaten path. Nice classic feel with an old age style but new beers. A lot of casks for ales. A small area in the main bar with more space on the second story. Nice place to have a pint of ale.

This is a fairly famous English pub in London. Well known but still a little off the beaten path. Nice classic feel with an old age style but new beers. A lot of casks for ales. A small area in the main bar with more space on the second story. Nice place to have a pint of ale.

Still one of the best real ale pubs in town

Great pub in the heart of london, fantastic real ale selection from across a number of small breweries.

Lovely place. VERY small and hot though.

A wonderful social pub that is always friendly and welcoming. I come her each time I am in London. The staff are amazing and nothing is too much

We entered "The Harp" pub but were not even greeted. The venue was so small that we couldn't find a place to sit. Furthermore, there was a strong smell of urine mixed with that of beer, which made the environment uninviting. Due to these conditions, we had to leave without even being able to enjoy a drink.

Great pub a little away from the main tourist crowds

Small, quaint, cozy pub. We went in for two quick beers and the service was nice and quick.

Nice cosy pub near Trafalgar Square. Great meeting place on a Saturday afternoon

Great downtown bar with nice craft beer / cask offering

It has diagonally at the back, what more do you want ? Busy and friendly. Locals and visitors together. Top spot.

Always my favourite pub in London! Best pint of Darkstar APA going!

Great pub, great beers (especially the Dark Star) and great atmosphere

Like any other bar in London , Greg place to drink but not so much to eat out. Go expecting what you think it will be. Nothing more or less:

Great beer staff could enjoy themselves more :)

A feeling of traditional pub history. Very tempting range of ales on tap. Shame I couldn't try all of them. The pub is compact at floor level with some more seats upstairs.

Decent boozer near Trafalgar Square. Good selection of beers, ales and stouts. Quickly served

Good old traditional pub. No thrills, just beer, as it should be.

Very nice pub ! Relax atmosphere and friendly staff :)

Apparently having more than 4 drinks is a problem, however non of the white people around us we're challenged.

Great ale and staff are very helpful and friendly

Small wonder why it's won London POTY

Slow and grumpy service. Beer was mediocre. Used to like this pub but it has now gone downhill badly. Aways busy so I guess they take customers for granted, I wont be back.

Immaculately kept beer and quick service, even at busy times. Prices are pretty good for London, too. A wonderful pub; the only drawback is that they don’t serve food, but there are plenty of good dining options nearby.

Lovely, cosy pub with a nice atmosphere and friendly staff

Lovely pub in the theater district

Very nice pub, recommended by British people coming out of the place and telling us to drink the best beers there. Very British atmosphere.

Quaint and well-attended pub. Serve good beer and other drinks.

Epic pub with awesome selection of ales and amazing staff

The Harp was once excellent. Then the customer service went seriously downhill. I didn't think it could get any worse but someone has made a real effort to appear disinterested and make customers feel taken for granted. The beer selection is good but it does not make up for the indifferent service.

Always excellent. Tiny, unfortunately.

I recently visited this pub and had an amazing time. The atmosphere was cozy and inviting, the staff was friendly and attentive, and the food and drinks were delicious. I highly recommend this pub to anyone looking for a great place to relax and unwind.

Fun pub, good beer, and great atmosphere. Always busy, so be prepared to squeeze into a corner somewhere.

Small busy pub with good service and atmosphere.

Beer is really well kept. I have vivid dreams about the Harvey's Best. Best boozer in centre of town.

No food eaten, a meeting place for a number of friends. Always a great choice of beers. I have been there many times over the past 30 years.

Fabulous pub with a marvellous range of well kept cask beer. Had the Marble Stout myself. Busy every time I've been in here regardless of the time of day. A central London institution. No children allowed. Additional seating upstairs if it is rammed downstairs.

Still enjoy a visit. Well kept beer. But has lost a bit of its charm in recent years. Still, one of the best pubs in the area

Great pub atmosphere with a good selection of beer styles and on cask

Best pint of Hophead in London.

A revisit, yet again a great selection of beers.

Friendly pub, wide range of beers.

Lovely pint of Guinness in a small but well formed boozer. Great bar staff, really pleasurable place to meet old friends for the first time in 22 years. Thank you The Harp

One of the best pubs in London for cask ale

There are many types of beer and the atmosphere is great. There are many people in the afternoon, so you can have a drink when you are tired from shopping!

guys, the security man made a great job tonight!! noticing a feather boa on a lamp that cold become a serious threat....! Great pub for ales and for people. 😊

We went here on Sunday afternoon with family for a quite drink and we found a table downstairs for the six of us. All was well until a group of about 10 men arrived and proceeded to sing and behave badly. The landlord did nothing about this and this compelled us to leave as the noise was unbearable.

Consistently one of the best pubs in London... period

Amazing pub, 10 hand pumps, all different breweries and beers, all in good condition. Quite reasonably priced for central London

Very tradional pub experience I'd say. You got people around just enjoying a good pint of ale while chilling with their mates. I can just stand there enjoy a fresh pint.

When I lived in London I used to love going to The Harp for an afternoon pint when the pub is quiet. In town for a few days i agreed to meet a pal and fellow Harp customer of longstanding there this week. I arrived while the bar manager was having a loud rant about his job to a customer. He studiously avoided serving me, the only customer at the bar, for five minutes. When he did deign to serve me, he was sullen and unfriendly. He then spent much of his time staring at his phone and I observed when another customer tried to engage him in conversation he didn't want to know, and was more interested in his phone. Buying a subsequent round, I again had to wait for service as he stared at his phone. And again, he was sullen and unfriendly when he did serve me and when I paid for my drinks. I know we all have our off days but this was at a very basic level, unprofessional. As always the beer at The Harp is decent and in years past the bar staff were knowledgeable, friendly and approachable. Good customer service as we all know is so important, especially at a time when the hospitality trade has taken such a huge hit post covid and during a cost of living crisis. Clearly from what I hear, my experience this week wasn't a one off in terms of customer service. Sadly I wont be rushing back to The Harp the next time I'm back in London. It's still one of the best central London pubs to pop into for a pint...but my..the owners need to sort out the staffing/service. I strongly suggest the current bar manager finds alternative employment that doesnt involve interacting with the public. Treating paying customers with borderline contempt and on sufferance is not a good look.

I would give zero if I could. Was once a fabulous place to visit but today was met with rudeness by the staff. Walked out without drinking.

Great atmosphere and superb ale, no more need be said!

Great London pub tucked away so mo tourists. Just locals!!!!

Not cosy and small pub, no music. The only good thing is a good choice of beer.

Good place to have a beer, they have a wide variety

One of the firsts pubs I went to in London. Decent selection of beers to everyone’s taste and the space is cosy

Great beer. Rubbish barman telling me i cant sit on a stool at the bar, when other customers were doing so. Their loss, stayed for 1 instead of 4.

Best pint of Fuller's I've ever had, great staff, very welcoming and efficient. Small pub but polite and considerate clientele, warm atmosphere

Great little boozer for a pint or two whenever in central London. Friendly staff and a lively atmosphere.

The selection of real ales is excellent and been coming here for years without doubt one of the Best, if not THE BEST pints of HARVEYS you will get in London

Nice bar with great atmosphere. When you are trying to choose a beer they will help you and let you taste some so you won’t buy something you do not like which is great!

Small but nice pub, usually pretty lively

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Just get yourself here and Enjoy the Beer . :-)

Still one of the best real ale pubs in London. Always heaving. Have a beer, make some new friends.

Proper pub. Well worth a few pints.

Magnificent classic wooden traditional pub just across from Charing Cross Station. Always a great choice of beers and served with a smile. Staff members are also very knowledgeable if you have any questions or would like to try a sample. It is one of my favourite pubs in London. My only dampner is that they allow people to book tables upstairs. I feel for classic pubs like this that shouldn't be allowed! If in London, pop along, you will not be disappointed.

Siren gluten-free beer is available.

Insutten klassisk pub med fantastisk atmosfär

Very traditional pub in the heart of London !

Only drank there. Pleasant bar with good friendly staff and a great selection of beer on tap. Nice decor and a handy pub to escape the crowds in central London.

Best cask beer in the centre of London

Totally disinterested bar staff, can’t wait to sit back down behind the bar and stare at their phones, no welcome, no warmth, they make the customer feel like a hindrance, I only wanted a drink I’m no bar fly I don’t want to strike up a conversation, It strikes me they think most of the customers are tourists so don’t need to bother, it’s part of your job to be welcoming, even if you fake it, at least look like your interested.

Beer and cider range was very good however the staffs attitude was appalling. He spent all his time on his phone , and made us feel we were honoured to even be served. Never spoke to us but to take our order and didn't give us our total when we paid by card. Lovely pub get better staff

Great Central London boozer with lovely atmosphere.

A typical London pub that is visited by locals and tourists alike. It offers the typical London vibe and a good selection of beers. The prices are moderately expensive, but cheaper than the ones of the region. The customer service was very polite and welcoming.

Best boozer in London very few even get close....Southampton Arms maybe!!!!?