The Nellie Dean of Soho, 89 Dean Street

The Nellie Dean of Soho, 89 Dean Street, W1D 3SU

It looked nice from the outside, painted rich red with gold gothic lettering, and a spherical glowing lampshade in the window that resembled the future earth after the radical inaction of the Bali Treaty. The inside (of the pub, not the earth) was filled with flapping transients attempting to amuse themselves with the lyrical delights of Newcastle vs Fulham on Albanian TV. The Nellie Dean's standout feature is a vertiginous stairway that sadly doesn't lead to heaven, but rather to a fetid piss-swamp masquerading as the gentlemen's loos, toilets which, moreover, weren't even full of gentlemen, but rather a solitary nutter bashing his head against the wall. Well, it's better than Fulham vs Newcastle.

Reviewed by Fraul Flangeton, Dec 2007

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Nearby pubs: The Carlisle, 2 Bateman Street (180 metres), The Dog and Duck, 18 Bateman Street (140 metres), The Crown and Two Chairmen, 31 Dean Street (120 metres), The Blue Posts, 22 Berwick Street (160 metres), The Moon and Sixpence, Wardour Street (160 metres), The Ship, 116 Wardour Street (100 metres), Bradley's Spanish Bar, 42-44 Hanway Street (200 metres), The Bath House, 96 Dean Street (70 metres), The Pillars of Hercules, 7 Greek St (180 metres), The Black Horse, 6 Rathbone Place (180 metres)

Nearest station: Tottenham Court Road, Zone 1 (220 metres)