The Brewmaster, London

Last week on the 27th of July i was in London visiting friends and we'd found ourselves in the middle of Leicester Square, having gone there for a bite to eat, i.e. KFC. But we fancied something a little stronger to drink than coke and fortunately we'd spotted "The Brewmaster" at Leicester Sq. tube station. And when i mean at the tube station its situated next door to one of the entrances and part of it actually covers the entrance. So you cant really get any closer than that. **Drinks** The first time we visited the pub it was just for a drink, and they do have the usual wide-ish selection of ... more

Whilst in London over the weekend, my Dad, who is obsessed with pubs, took me to Brewmaster in Leicester Square for a quick beer to break up our busy day. He told me he had been before although my younger brother had been with him so they had been turned away. They have a rule of no children in the bar. Brewmaster is located next door to the entrance to Leicester Square tube station. It is a friendly pub with a bar on the ground floor as well as a further one upstairs. It serves a selection of beers wines and spirits as well as food. We entered the pub to find a traditional looking bar with a ... more

The Brewmaster seems like an average, perfectly pleasant pub in the heart of London, with wooden floors, lots of room, and clean, well maintained loos. Until ten o’clock, that is, when the infamous ‘tape’ comes on (well, infamous according to the naval officer who introduced me to the place). The unwitting punter is bombarded with an incredible selection of cheesy classics, of the sort usually heard at university bops – they range over five decades, from Frank Sinatra through Abba and Wham to more contemporary pop delights. If you’re slightly drunk and have no musical pretensions, this is the ... more

Visiting London for the weekend we came into the Brewmaster for a sunday roast but the whole experience was very disappointing. We checked first that they were doing a sunday roast and that there wouldn't be too much of a wait as we had cinema tickets in an hours time opposite, and were told they did roast beef and roast chicken and they there wouldn't be a wait. Well, we waited over half an hour, had to chase it, to which we got quite a surly response, then were delivered the wrong meal, a roast beef yorkshire wrap with chips rather than the proper roast beef dinner. We informed them it was ... more