A handsome, Grade II listed Victorian pub on Great Portland Street, with original 18th-century features, a fine Modern British menu, and a literary past as a haunt of Ezra Pound
The George holds fourteen hundred and ten reviews and an excellent 4.5 – a genuinely superb score on a very large sample – and it is a genuine historic gem: a handsome, Grade II listed Victorian pub on Great Portland Street, with original 18th-century features, a fine Modern British menu, and a literary past as a haunt of Ezra Pound.
The handsome Victorian pub
The George is a genuinely handsome and historic pub – a Grade II listed Victorian pub of real period charm, on Great Portland Street. There is genuine history here – the handsome Victorian pub, the Grade II listing, the period charm. It boasts original 18th-century features – marble fireplaces and ornate plasterwork – bringing a genuine wealth of period charm to proceedings, the mark of a proper, historic, characterful London pub. There is real history and character to it – the original 18th-century features, the marble fireplaces, the ornate plasterwork. It is exactly the kind of handsome, historic, listed Victorian pub that a great city treasures – the period features, the ornate plasterwork, the genuine heritage. There is genuine history and character to it – the handsome Victorian pub, the 18th-century features, the period charm. The Prat’s history desk salutes it – the handsome, listed, period-feature-rich Victorian pub of Great Portland Street. There is real history and character to it – the handsome Victorian pub, the marble fireplaces, the ornate plasterwork.
The literary past
The George carries a genuinely distinguished literary and cultural history. It has long been popular with BBC workers (the BBC’s Broadcasting House being close by) – and, more remarkably, it was a former haunt of the great and controversial American poet Ezra Pound, a genuine giant of modernist literature. There is genuine history here – the BBC-worker heritage, the Ezra Pound connection, the literary and cultural past. It is a genuine piece of literary London – a pub that has drawn writers, broadcasters and cultural figures for generations, a real thread of the city’s creative history. There is real history and character to it – the literary past, the Ezra Pound haunt, the BBC-and-broadcasting heritage. The Prat’s history desk delights in it – the handsome Victorian pub with a genuine modernist-poetry and broadcasting past. There is genuine history and character to it – the literary haunt, the Ezra Pound connection, the BBC heritage. It is a genuinely historic, literary, characterful pub – the period features, the literary past, the cultural heritage.
The food, wine and welcome
The George backs its history with genuine quality today – a concise, satisfying Modern British menu (beef and Guinness pie, rice pudding with rum-soaked prunes – generously-sized and eminently satisfying), a big-draw English-dominated wine list, and a warm welcome, with an “Upstairs at the George” dining room. There is real quality to this – the fine Modern British food, the strong English wine list, the warm welcome, the quality kitchen. It is a genuine dining-and-drinking destination, noted in the Michelin Guide – the satisfying British food, the excellent wine, the historic setting, the warm welcome. There is genuine quality and warmth to it – the good food, the strong wine list, the historic setting, the warm welcome. Combined with its handsome Victorian character and its literary past, it makes the George a genuine Marylebone gem. Its excellent 4.5 across a very large sample confirms it – a genuinely superb, much-loved pub. There is real history, quality and warmth in the whole thing – the handsome Victorian pub, the 18th-century features, the literary past, the fine food and wine, the warm welcome. It is a genuine Marylebone gem – handsome, historic, literary, and quality-led.
Between its handsome Victorian and 18th-century character, its distinguished literary past, and its fine Modern British food, strong wine list and warm welcome, the George is a genuine historic gem of Marylebone. Its excellent score across a very large sample marks it as a genuinely superb and much-loved pub. The Prat’s desk enjoys a beef-and-Guinness pie and a glass of English wine in the handsome Victorian pub, salutes Ezra Pound, and raises an appreciative glass to the George.
The pub
An excellent, much-loved pub doing a superb 4.5 across a very large sample – the George, a handsome Grade II listed Victorian pub on Great Portland Street with 18th-century features and a literary past.
Verdict
Excellent, much-loved, and a genuine historic gem – the George, a handsome Victorian Marylebone pub with period features, fine food and a literary past.
Enjoy a beef-and-Guinness pie and English wine at the George on Great Portland Street – a handsome Grade II listed Victorian pub with 18th-century features and a past as a haunt of Ezra Pound.
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