A lively American-style sports bar in the Grade II-listed 1911 George building on Hammersmith Broadway, with live sport, jam-jar cocktails and all-day American food
Belushi’s holds sixteen hundred and sixty-three reviews and a 3.8 – a below-average score on a very large sample, which we note honestly and fairly – but it occupies a genuinely handsome and historic home, and offers a lively, accessible American-style sports-bar experience with live sport, jam-jar cocktails and all-day American food.
The score, honestly and fairly noted
First, honestly: a 3.8 sits a little below this survey’s average, and we note that plainly across its very large sample. But fair context matters. Belushi’s is a big, busy, high-volume party-and-sports bar – a particular kind of venue, catering to a lively crowd of locals, students, backpackers and sports fans – and such places tend to gather a broad spread of opinion. A 3.8 across over sixteen hundred reviews marks a genuinely lively, popular, accessible venue doing exactly what it sets out to do, rather than any real failing. We note the figure honestly, give it fair context, and turn to Belushi’s genuine strengths – its handsome historic home, and its lively offering – while wishing it rising fortunes ahead.
The listed George building
Belushi’s has one genuinely distinguished asset: its home. It occupies the Grade II-listed George public house at 28 Hammersmith Broadway – a genuinely handsome and historic building, built in 1911 by the noted pub architects Nowell Parr and A. E. Kates, and officially listed for its special architectural interest. There is real history and character here – the handsome Edwardian George building, the noted architects, the Grade II listing, the genuine architectural distinction. It is a lovely thing – a lively modern sports bar housed within a genuinely historic and handsome listed building, the old George given a new lease of life. There is genuine architectural heritage to it – the 1911 George, the noted pub architects, the Grade II-listed distinction, the handsome Edwardian building at the heart of Hammersmith Broadway.
The sports, cocktails and food
Belushi’s is part of a well-established and successful group (one of six in London, with more across the UK and Europe), built on a genuinely accessible and lively formula – live music, big-screen sport, plenty of drink promotions, and a proper party vibe. The drinks lean fun and accessible – recognisable beers and a short wine list, but above all cocktails, from classics served in jam jars to sharers with straws and a range of shooters (from tequila slammers and Jagermeisters to the intriguing peanut-butter-jelly shot). And the food follows an all-day American theme – keenly-priced breakfasts from 8am, then pancakes, burgers, hot dogs, nachos, steaks, tacos, quesadillas, racks of ribs and wings. There is genuine fun and value to it – the live sport, the party vibe, the fun jam-jar cocktails, the accessible all-day American food, the drink promotions. It is a genuinely lively, fun, accessible venue – the sport, the cocktails, the American food, the party atmosphere, all in a handsome listed building. Whatever its below-average score, its historic home and lively offering give it genuine appeal.
Between its handsome Grade II-listed George home, its lively sports-bar formula, its fun jam-jar cocktails, and its all-day American food, Belushi’s is a genuinely lively and accessible Hammersmith venue – whatever its below-average score, which every big party-and-sports bar may gather. The Prat’s desk enjoys a jam-jar cocktail and the big match in the handsome old George, and raises an encouraging glass to Belushi’s – wishing it rising fortunes ahead.
The bar
A below-average-scoring but lively sports bar doing a 3.8 across a very large sample – Belushi’s, an American-style sports bar in the Grade II-listed 1911 George building on Hammersmith Broadway.
Verdict
Below-average by the numbers but given fair context – Belushi’s, a lively American sports bar in a handsome listed building, warmly wished rising fortunes.
Have a jam-jar cocktail and catch the big match at Belushi’s on Hammersmith Broadway – a lively American-style sports bar in the handsome Grade II-listed 1911 George building.
Alan Nafzger was born in Lubbock, Texas, the son Swiss immigrants. He grew up on a dairy in Windthorst, north central Texas. He earned degrees from Midwestern State University (B.A. 1985) and Texas State University (M.A. 1987). University College Dublin (Ph.D. 1991). Dr. Nafzger has entertained and educated young people in Texas colleges for 37 years. Nafzger is best known for his dark novels and experimental screenwriting. His best know scripts to date are Lenin’s Body, produced in Russia by A-Media and Sea and Sky produced in The Philippines in the Tagalog language. In 1986, Nafzger wrote the iconic feminist western novel, Gina of Quitaque. He currently lives in Holloway, North London. Contact: [email protected]
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