The Lyric Pub in City of London, Westminster

Good choice of beer on tap but shocked when the food arrived at the tiny portion size for the price… the sharer dish for 2 should have been listed as a side dish for 1

Great food at very reasonable prices. Portions are very filling. I had fish and chips- the fish was about 12” Long and Was all fish with a thin batter. Amazing value - ironically very stingy with the mushy peas😂😂. Great selection of beers too. The stairs to the gents are very tight and steep.

This pub has amazing bounces. Very genuine and was lovely speaking to them. Really made the experience much better for not being locals and coming to visit london. Thank you guys you do a great job :)

Great little pub, excellent for a meal before visiting the theatre. Very good beer selection and the food was perfect. Haven't had curry sauce in 20 years and this almost makes me want to move back! The beef and ale pie was very good, and the pizza was rated highly by a teenager.

Delicious British food, great prices and lovely waitress in glasses. Definitely recommend!

Main person seemed friendly although was struggled with staff not showing up. The main server who got my drinks was not wanting to help or answer my questions. I asked her to read one of the flavors of cider to me as it was at the back of the bar and I said I didn’t have my glasses. She just kept on pointing and saying ‘well we only have one’ ….. also, £27 for 1 pint and 2 glasses of Prosecco …

Make a reservation by email I made a reservation when it opened and there were plenty of seats, but they filled up quickly. I had Sunday Roast, but Pork Belly arrived. There are 32 types of beer, so I heard it was recommended and I drank two, and they tasted like crazy dogs💙

Good music. Divided into two. The upper part for lunch and dinner. Spectacular beer. The amazing food. I recommend the buttermilk chicken. And the Scottish eggs. Very friendly staff.

Lovely proper pub, great for a pre-show drink. Friendly landlord, buzzy atmosphere, loved the decor. We didn’t est, but the food looked good.

We were a party of 9 seated upstairs and served by Connor. He was amazing! He provided excellent service and plenty of laughs to match our high spirited party. It made for a very memorable evening. Good food and drink too.

Friendly service from the staff, amazing food and a number of amazing brews to choose from. This was our first meal in London by chance and our last meal in London by choice. Scotch egg is a must.

Every time I return to London it's my fixed stop for an excellent beer before and after dinner.

Lovely pub with good selection of ales. Only slight gripe is that the bar maid looked like she wished she was anywhere else but there.

Great pub with excellent beer selection.

Awesome beer, awesome food, awesome staff. Was heading to a show and looking for a not-super-touristy pub for a quick beer and dinner and this was the perfect place. The upstairs had a quaint little room (with fireplace for when it's cold) and a great view for people watching below. I had a burger and a couple beers (good regular and craft selection), and would definitely come back.

Top beers and tops staff. All you could ask for in a pub

Small but cute pub and the Halloumi Burger was absolutely amazing! Way above pub-standard-quality!

It would be perfect if not for the bleach smell that sometimes hits you when you walk in. However, they have a cracking selection of beers, nice staff and it's a great spot to perch by the bar and watch the madness of Soho go by.

I had booked a table for diner, came right on time, was poorly welcomed, and turned down with no excuse or alternative. Absolutely unprofessional and disgraceful

We booked a table for a group of us to meet prior to a bottomless brunch around the corner. There were 10 of us and we had a lovely table by the open fireplace and the bar. Service was great, the barman was really friendly and drinks were good and reasonably priced. It was very cosy, and already started to get busy come 12:15pm but we felt welcome and it set our day off well.

Yorkshire Man in London again. Just walked in and got a table on Saturday 17th February 2024 @ 4.30pm ( I'd advise booking though, we got lucky) Had Steak and ale pie, the GF had Fillet Steak with Vegs ect, you know the score. A couple of drinks too, bill was about £60 pre- show dinner. Not bad for London. Great atmosphere, staff were very friendly and food was excellent. 5 Stars from me and the Gf. will definitely eat and drink there again when I'm in the West End

Typical pub in Soho. Great for a pint...not so much for eating...

always a great selection of beer and knowledgable team

A proper alehouse, rare in this part of town. Great choice of 8 cask ales when I popped in, with plenty of craft ales as well. Less obvious breweries are featured, like Sambrooks, Harvey's & Exeter. Small and intimate, but friendly and timeless. £5.50 for a pint round here ain't bad, either. Service can be half-arsed, though!

If you want good Pub than this is the place

Far too small bar for the number of people, super slow service. They do have lucky saint on tap though!

It might initially feel a little basic on the inside but the range of drinks on offer is incredible, with lots of unique options too, and admiring the great range of beer mats on the ceiling is a real treat. It’s not overly large so getting a table can be difficult but the atmosphere is nice enough. Very steep steps take you downstairs to the toilets which remind you of the history of the place but with the friendly staff and crowd I’d happily return.

Great food, food delicious, if want to chill eat upstairs

It might initially feel a little basic on the inside but the range of drinks on offer is incredible, with lots of unique options too, and admiring the great range of beer mats on the ceiling is a real treat. It’s not overly large so getting a table can be difficult but the atmosphere is nice enough. Very steep steps take you downstairs to the toilets which remind you of the history of the place but with the friendly staff and crowd I’d happily return.

A really decent proper pub. Great selection of rotating drinks.

Great selection of beers and knowledgeable staff. Nice friendly place

I came in for a beer with my friend on 17th January 2024 at around 9pm. The barmaid was rude and dismissive. It's a real shame, I like the pub but I won't come again.

Muy buenas cervezas y hamburguesas. Buenísimo ambiente, con buena música, chimenea encendida al fondo y muy bien decorado. Recomiendo la Lyric Burger y cualquier IPA!

Excellent little pub with a good range of interesting cask beer. Rare to find a decent pub in these parts

We walked the city for a while on Christmas Day until we found this bar. It served an absolutely delicious first and chips. It was packed but it had some seats on the ground floor. The bar is local and we could see on a normal day that this is where the locals would gather and they do have a wider collection of food. Would come here again during a normal day (non PH!)

One of the best beer selection of London. Cask management is classy

Yikes! A good place that lost its respect for it's customers. I once rated the place as one of the best but the garbage now is incredible. No respect for frequent customers. No interest in preserving quality. Awful.

Really rude staff. We were told to leave the place 20 minutes before closing time, with our beers in hand. We asked kindly why. Only comment was that they were closing down, and that they had been quite patient waiting for us to finish our beers! Weird! Notice: We have had one pint.

Fabulous atmosphere, I've been several times. Food excellent. All male staff were so helpful, polite and good fun. Sadly the young lady serving at the bar the night we went wasn't so helpful and was rather grumpy. We will return as we love the food and cosy atmosphere.

Beer choice was great, but the only limiting factor was not being able to see what beer was on! The lines are too far away from the bar to read. But that's me just being pedantic - great pub.

Great little pub, very busy, great atmosphere.

The Lyric restaurant is located in a small room above a busy sports bar, up a steep set of steps. Despite the big screen TV showing sports events (which I wish wasn't there) the menu is very much a classic English pub menu - but with plenty of variety. We were a group of four who enjoyed the hummus starter, and each had a different main course (Sausage and mash, Caesar saald, Quiche and salad, Burger and chips). Service was fast and friendly, the food tasted great (with good portion sizes) and the price very reasonable. What I like about this place is that it only has three/four tables and so is never too noisy or overcrowded. It is right in the heart of theatre land and makes a great pre-theatre venue. This is our second visit. It won't be our last.

The food was excellent, truly delicious. A heartfelt thanks to the chef; he's truly talented. The variety of beer, with around 20 taps, was also exceptional. They take good care of the taps, ensuring the beer is fresh. However, the positives end there. The service staff is lazy and impolite. Until I approached the bar, no one paid attention to us. The waitress seemed indifferent, engrossed in her phone. There's confusion with the food; the main dish can only be served on the second floor, and it took a while to figure that out. While we were discussing the option with food she looked like I asked her to give me a place for sleep at her house. Don't expect friendly smiles here or some interest to your person.

A good place for a pint and lively atmosphere. The staff could be a bit more pleasant, but I do like stopping in here every time I come to London.

Nice little pub The service was beyond bad - the attitude from the staff was quite honestly appalling. JUST GO ELSEWHERE

Вінтажне місце, прикольне і популярне🙂

The only place to drink good quality ale and craft beer in this small area of London. Brews included Harveys and Brew York on cask. Various keg including Deya and Siren Caribbean Chocolate Cake. The Harveys was in perfect condition. Good cellaring.

The most memorable and best times are usually those you don’t plan on having. Exactly that kind of time is what we enjoyed at this establishment. We needed somewhere to eat and a warm place to duck into. We found this small, unassuming pub in a back alley ready to accommodate those needs. On the first floor is the quintessential pub with a few standing tables, booths, and a large bar area. Upstairs is a more intimate slightly small dinning area with a cozy fireplace. The wait and kitchen staff are very kind. First, we were the only dinners upstairs and the waiter came and lit the fireplace just for us, no request necessary. Both staff accommodated my son who is a very picky eater. When I say they both accommodated him I mean the waitress helped tailor his want, and the chef came out to our table to ask if there was anything else he could do to spice up the dish to my son’s liking. Great people! The food was delicious! The fish and chips were huge, even the chips were as thick as the fish. The kitchen prepared my son’s hamburger perfectly. After living in Spain for so long we forgot what it was like to have a fully cooked hamburger and all the ketchup you could eat (it’s the small things in life you know). After we were done with our meal, we wanted to rest and play uno awhile as a family, and the staff kindly obliged. Overall, this was a delicious place filled with great staff that took care of us both physically and emotionally. If you’re from out of town and need a pub fix, in my opinion, there’s no place better than The Lyric. Enjoy!

Don’t believe the negative reviews!! I would have cancelled my reservation if I had believed all the reviews on here. I’m really glad I didn’t. The pub was packed on entry, a fantastic atmosphere and happy people, all talking to each other. I had booked a table to eat and saw that the dining room was upstairs (quite usual for old London pubs!). I pushed through the crowd (no one in London ever worries about that if you politely say excuse me and smile!) Once upstairs, I found my name on a table and sat down. A nice window seat with a view to the very happening London street below. A nice waiter appeared and we enjoyed good wine and tasty food. The dining room was small (6/7 tables??) so booking is advisable. This is good pub food people!! Not too expensive, not fancy. The Lyric Soho has been there for years. You’re walking into London History when you drink or dine in some London pubs and this one was great. Creaky staircase, fireplace, little windows. If you want modern, posh food, go somewhere else. I’d go back here again.

Nice cozy pub, large beer selection.

Terrible experience. The staff was eating fast food on the table of the pub dressed poorly, shouting and throwing plastic bottles to each other. I’ve heard it was an historical pub of London, it’s been really disappointing….

Great traditional London boozer with an excellent selection of craft beer. Friendly and helpful staff.

Bezocht na een voorstelling in Piccadilly Theatre. Lekker en vriendelijke bediening. Prijs-kwaliteit is oké, in Londen is alles duur.

First stop on our Soho Crawl, good start.

🚇Piccadilly Circus 🍺 £6.20 Budvar ❤️ A friendly and welcoming beer lovers paradise. The Lyric is located on Great Windmill Street at the southern end of vibrant Soho. The nearest Tube is Piccadilly Circus which is a three minute walk away. In 1739 there were two separate pubs present here, The Ham and The Windmill. By 1811 the two had merged to become the Ham & Windmill. The name was changed to the Lyric Tavern in 1890 and the pub was re-built in its current form in 1906. The pub sits opposite what was The Red Lion where in 1847 Karl Marx submitted proposals for writing the Communist Manifesto. This is a two room pub that has the main bar on the ground floor with a cosy room set aside for dining upstairs. The decor here is traditional and has that unique Soho pub feel to it. The walls are painted a pale green to make the pub feel light and spacious. The servery is compact, well stocked and has an ornate back bar. Across the ceiling are hundreds of pump clips and beer mats of beers that have graced the pumps here. There are also some beautiful features throughout the pub, the tiled entrance, the etched windows and two period fireplaces. The beer selection here is vast, there are ten cask ales, three cask ciders and twenty keg options to choose from. I decided on a pint of Budvar, my pint was excellent, price point was average. The food menu is full of pub classics plus a selection of Pizza’s and Burgers. Roasts are available on a Sunday, Fish & Chips costs £16.95. I visited around 3pm on a Friday afternoon in early November. The pub had a dozen or so punters in attendance, the atmosphere was relaxed and laidback. The service was fantastic, I got chatting to a few of the team who were all welcoming, friendly and personable. @thelyricpub is a cracking little pub that is warm and welcoming. The beer lovers among you will love this place with 33 taps to choose from. The setting is atmospheric and traditional, the service was friendly and personable. I really enjoyed my visit here, definitely a must visit if you’re in this part of town. ℹ️ Info correct on visiting 03.11.23

Londra'da kötü puba denk gelmedim hepsinin karakteri hem farkli hem ortak noktalar var, burası da çok iyiydi sandwicler standart 5.5 pound ve çok lezzetli

Probably one of the best pubs in Soho. Decent prices considering it is located on the western side. On top of that, the staff is really friendly. An amazing selection of beers on the tab.

A top notch pub for central London. There was about 15 keg options and eight ale options available. The range was excellent too with lagers such as Veltins and Budvar, plus plenty of IPAs etc available. It had a cosy feel and although quite small downstairs had a really nice feel to it. There appeared to be a dining room upstairs too, so plenty of space if you want to eat. The chap behind the bar was friendly too and the price of a Veltins plus spirit and mixer was just over £12, which is pretty good for the location. A great pub for the centre of town.

Amazing bar..a must do in London! Knowledgable staff!

Use to work here back in the day and came back for a few and a bit of nostalgia the place looks great same buzz as it used to be well worth a visit

Dividido en dos zonas, la parte de abajo es un pub inglés tradicional para ver deportes y tomar unas pintas de cerveza. Pero la parte de arriba esconde un coqueto salón muy cómodo y tranquilo para comer. Con una carta variada que mezcla platos tradicionales, como los Fish & CHIPS con otros más modernos. Uno de los Fish & CHIPS más ricos que he comido en mi vida con materia prima de calidad y muy bien cocinados. El tamaño de los platos y la calidad de los mismo está muy bien en relación al precio. Y el trato de los trabajadores y la calidad de la atención es estupenda. Es como estar en casa en medio del soho londinense. Muy buena elección para descansar del ajetreo de la ciudad y en un sitio inmejorable.

Had the fillet steak and fish and chips and it was divine! Fantastic selection of beers and staff friendly and attentive too

Delicious food and a very decent selection of beers. Staff friendly and attentive too!

Amazing historically original boozer in Central London, with friendly staff and excellent manager

Their beer is nice, but it smells bad inside.

We - family of 4, 2 adults and 2 kids - had a Sunday lunch at the Lyric and we definitely enjoyed it. Nice atmosphere, very good food (glad we had the opportunity to experience the Sunday roast) good beer and friendly stuff. The upper room has a nice fireplace which makes the atmosphere cozy. Hope to come back again soon, highly recommended!

A fairly quiet pub in the middle of Soho, madness! We have lunch here as a large group and everyone enjoyed it. Food was great and a good price for London. Would definitely come again.

Typical British pub. Cold inside, but warm service.

Good selection of beer, although rather pricey even for Soho, and nice down to earth interior, but they have an annoying policy of requiring you to use plastic glasses if you go outside, and it's enforced very belligerently and rudely by security staff, who even lie about it being a requirement imposed by the council. Pretty much every other bar and pub in Soho allows you to take your regular glass outside with you, and security staff elsewhere are usually friendly and polite. Here we were made to feel like criminals. Unlikely to return.

It’s a shame this place has a policy of plastic cups outside, and the security is aggressive and unhelpful. That ruins what used to be a pretty good pub.

Old school pub, done how a traditional pub should do it.

Very noisy place, bad service and bad staff

All in all, decent, comfy, craft bar! Nothing to complain about.

Los pubs en Londres son espectaculares. No dejéis de entrar a tomar una pinta en cualquiera de ellos

Пиво мабуть довго стоїть на кранах - окислення видно і візуально, і відчувається на смак. NEIPA замість яскраво жовтого кольору - брунатна і з неприємним яблучним присмаком, гарантовано ознака окислення. Барменша непривітна

Great beer selection. Great atmosphere. Great history. Miserable staff.

Nice place, good food and beers

Nice little pub, touch shabby but characterful. Not too busy or touristy considering the location. Quite a lot of craft beer choices on draft but in a special challenge, you're supposed to be able to pick one by glaring over the bar & reading the clips from a couple of metres away, not by having a beer board like virtually every other place does so that's fun. They have a board showing what beers are coming up next though so get memorising & jobs a goodun. Ordered a third of something about 10%, got a half given instead. Typical London. Price wasn't too bad actually so couldn't be bothered to say anything. Took time to enjoy it which seemed of interest to the same staff member who was maybe expecting me back at the bar before long. In a faraway & magical land where I got what I asked for, who knows? I could have been. Just as a singer might need a C note from their accompanying pianist for pitch, some young men in here might need their mothers to remind them of their "indoor voice" so other drinkers can enjoy ambient volume levels somewhat below the level of heavy industrial machinery, such was their projection.

We arrived for our reservation at 17:00 and there was no waiter or waitress to welcome us to take a food or drink order. The dining room upstairs was left in a horrendous condition by the staff with a couple of tables left with plates of food which drew the attention of flies. I went into the kitchen to see if we would get any waiter service but neither chief could speak English so I ventured downstairs to the bar and there was a lady on her own clearly not able to accommodate any guests upstairs. To make things worse she opened up the diary to see if we had a reservation and there was no entry written. I did show her my email reservation confirmation with a shrug of the shoulders 'You've not got a booking' and that was the end of that. The booking process is shambolic and isn't accountable either. Who uses a written diary in 2023? Please don't take reservations if you aren't able to provide a level of service as the staffing levels were so inadequate for the service that was required. You've got a great establishment in a brilliant area but the staffing and service are far from what they should be. No hard feelings we wanted to support a local pub but in the end, we went to a tried and tested Weatherspoons. We wish you all the best and hope you iron out these service issues soon.

Good selection of cask and craft ales. Friendly staff.

The food was absolutely amazing, very nice hideaway spot got served my a lovely lady called Kirsty made me very comfortable as I was on my own, however I will point out the manager I believe was very unprofessional and rude not only to his staff by embarrassing her ifront of customers in turn made us customers embarrassed he spent most of his time standing by the bar, just miserable and un welcoming I caught his name as Henry. Apart from this rude individual my experience was lovely. Thank you kirsty I will be coming back for the ale recommendation.

awful warm beers service, dirty gases my friends with plastic glasses

If you like a Beer, this is the ideal place to go! Very good selection of real ales and some decent food offers! Very near to Theatres, so good for refreshments before and after performances.

Very nice english Pub in the Soho district

Convivial, mixture of ages and ethnicities and great range of beer served with a smile. We asked for glass rather than plastic and got it as we were drinking inside. Not bad price for the area and not rammed !

Amazing place, and awesome staff (Connor).

Amazing selection of beer and food is really good. Excellent service too.

Great beers , always a nice atmosphere

Terrible service from lady bartender. Very disinterested in serving us although pub was empty. Ran out of JD and no alternative option offered. Definitely needs some lessons in customer service.

Excellent selection of beers with friendly service. Look up at all the beer mats on the ceiling, there are some crackers!

Great popular pub. Excellent service with a great atmosphere.

Decent pub, good stock of beers on tap, below average facilities (including the flies), appalling service.

Personale gentile, fish and chips molto buono, hamburger ottimo e nachos unici....molto importante: piatti preparati al momento e qualità sopra la media. Consigliato ma prezzi un pochino alti.

Friendly, helpful staff. Any questions were answered. After show dinner with friends. Good food & drink reasonably priced. What more do you need.

Lovely place, lovely staff! Prices are fine for Soho. Doorman was very offish for no apparent reason (the atmosphere was good and nobody was kicking off) but besides that, great pub for a few drinks in a good location.

We had a good tome at the Lyric. The food was great. The fish&chips and the pork belly were very tasty. The wait staff were polite and genuine. Would certainly recommend.

Good little pub in the middle of Soho. Remarkable beer selection for such a small place. Nice friendly staff as well. Worth dropping in for a pint or three.

This is a must pub if you visit nearby They have nice selection of beers and staffs are super friendly They would recommend you upon your preference

Really great service & brill staff. Throughly recommended 👍

wow. have a few things to untangle here. 1. the water this is possibly the most phenomenal pint of crispy crunchy ice cold spring natural water ever served ever. we were expecting a small cup with a jug of lukewarm tap water to drink with our meals but the staff excelled setting our standards high. Thanks