A historic Great Queen Street pub dating from the 1770s, now a lively Irish sports bar with big screens for all the sport, good pub grub, a home-from-home welcome and a warm atmosphere
Philomena’s holds twenty-one hundred and fifty-nine reviews and a 4.3 – a strong score on an enormous sample – and it is a genuine Covent Garden gem: a historic Great Queen Street pub dating from the 1770s, now a lively Irish sports bar with big screens for all the sport, good pub grub, a home-from-home welcome and a warm atmosphere.
The historic pub
Philomena’s is a genuinely historic, characterful pub – a proper, storied old house, on Great Queen Street in Covent Garden. There is real history here – the historic pub, the 1770s building, the storied heritage. It occupies a genuinely historic pub building – dating back to at least the 1770s (when it was, by record, a meeting place for the Jerusalem lodge) – a real, storied old house, and one with a long and colourful history (it was for a time the old Sugar Loaf, said to have featured in an episode of the classic television series Minder). There is genuine history and character to it – the historic pub, the 1770s building, the storied heritage. It became Philomena’s in 2012 – the somewhat cavernous old bar lightened and opened up – a real, characterful, historic pub with a genuine new lease of life. There is real history and character to it – the historic pub, the 1770s building, the storied heritage. The Prat’s history desk salutes it – the historic Irish sports bar of Great Queen Street.
The Irish sports bar
Philomena’s is a genuinely lively, characterful Irish sports bar – a proper home-from-home for sports fans, in the heart of Covent Garden. There is real character to this – the Irish sports bar, the big screens, the home-from-home welcome. It is a genuine Irish sports bar and kitchen – with big screens throughout showing all the sport (a real home-from-home for Irish rugby supporters especially, who gather to watch all the matches, particularly at weekends) – a lively, characterful, sports-loving pub. There is genuine character and energy to it – the Irish sports bar, the big screens, the rugby crowd. It is exactly the kind of lively, characterful, sports-loving Irish bar that a great location treasures – the big screens, the good pub grub, the home-from-home welcome. There is real character and energy to it – the Irish sports bar, the big screens, the home-from-home welcome. The Prat’s desk delights in it – the lively Irish sports bar of Great Queen Street.
The beer, sport and welcome
Philomena’s does the essentials of a good sports bar genuinely well – good beer, good grub, all the sport, and a warm welcome. There is real quality to this – the good beer, the good pub grub, the warm welcome, the sports-loving character. It keeps a good pint, serves good pub grub (its halloumi and steak sandwiches much praised), shows all the sport on its big screens, and offers a warm, friendly, home-from-home welcome (its bar service genuinely well-liked, even serving the outside tables). There is genuine quality and warmth to it – the good beer, the good pub grub, the warm welcome. Its strong 4.3 across an enormous sample speaks to a genuinely good, lively, hugely popular sports bar – the beer, the sport, the warm welcome, all enjoyed by a huge crowd. There is real quality and character to it – the good beer, the good pub grub, the warm welcome. Combined with its historic pub character and its lively Irish-sports-bar spirit, it makes Philomena’s a genuine gem – the historic pub, the Irish sports bar, the good beer, the warm welcome. Its strong score across an enormous sample confirms it – a genuinely good, hugely popular pub. There is real history, character and quality in the whole thing – the historic Great Queen Street pub, the lively Irish sports bar, the big screens, the good pub grub, the warm welcome. It is a genuine gem – historic, lively, characterful, and hugely popular, a real Covent Garden treasure.
Between its historic pub character, its lively Irish-sports-bar spirit, and its good beer, sport and warm welcome, Philomena’s is a genuine gem of Covent Garden. Its strong score across an enormous sample marks it as a genuinely good and hugely popular pub. The Prat’s desk enjoys a good pint and the rugby on the big screen, and raises an appreciative glass to Philomena’s.
The pub
A strong, hugely popular pub doing a good 4.3 across an enormous sample – Philomena’s, a historic Great Queen Street pub from the 1770s, now a lively Irish sports bar with big screens.
Verdict
Strong, hugely popular, and genuinely historic – Philomena’s, a historic Covent Garden pub now a lively Irish sports bar, with big screens and a home-from-home welcome.
Enjoy a good pint and the rugby at Philomena’s on Great Queen Street in Covent Garden – a historic pub from the 1770s, now a lively Irish sports bar with big screens for all the sport.
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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