Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, Fleet Street

Reading all the previous reviews, I must admit I'm at a complete loss as to how people are rating pubs.
I can only assume the most of the reviews for the Cheshire Cheese have been submitted by American tourists.

The Cheshire Cheese, is to be honest one giant tourist trap.
The Beer - Sam smiths is vile, although very cheap.
The atmosphere is non existent, it may well be one of the oldest pubs but it's sub-divided that you may as well be sat in a very dark and dingy harvester restaurant.

It's definitely a 'traditional british pub' if you're a tourist, I guess it
fits the stereotype.

But come on?
- No proper real ales - Sam Smith's ales / lagers are bl**dy awful
- No Landlord .... the landlord is the heart and soul of any proper
boozer, just a load of students of varying nationality behind the
bar.

In my mind, if Disney were to open a theme park with a 'traditional British pub' then the Cheshire Cheese would be the result.

9 Jun 2010 14:28