Philomena's Irish Bar  

 
 
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40 Great Queen Street, Covent Garden, London WC2B 5AA
 
 
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Sun to Wed 9am-12midnight, Thu to Sat 9am-1am
 

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Philomena's is an Irish themed bar and sports cafe on Great Queen Street, just two minutes walk from Covent Garden tube station. A great place to watch live sports - there's a great atmosphere when there's an Irish match or the Six Nations rugby is on - this bar on the site of an O'Neills pub is a family-owned business which now has a far more genuine Irish feel to it. The narrow twin-bar layout remains much the same but improvements have been made to the menu, which is reasonably priced and includes delicacies like bacon, cabbage and mash and Galway bay oysters. It also serves real ale from four handpumps, Guinness on tap, Tayto crisps and shows lots different sports on the many TV screens. Perfect for watching Leinster on the big screen above the fire with a pint of the black stuff in hand.

 

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Rosewood London
London > Hotels > Luxury Chain Hotel
252 High Holborn, WC1V | 5 minutes from Philomena's Irish Bar
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The Montague on the Gardens
London > Hotels > Mid-Range Chain Hotel
15 Montague Street, WC1B | 7 minutes from Philomena's Irish Bar
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London > Hotels > Luxury Chain Hotel
Whitehall Place, SW1A | 12 minutes from Philomena's Irish Bar
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Fortune Theatre
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Russell Street, Covent Garden, London WC2B | 3 minutes from Philomena's Irish Bar
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Museum Of Freemasonry
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Freemasons Hall, 60 Great Queen Street, Covent Garden, London WC2B | 1 minute from Philomena's Irish Bar
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45 Wellington Street, Covent Garden, London WC2E | 4 minutes from Philomena's Irish Bar
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Covent Garden Piazza, Covent Garden, London WC2E | 4 minutes from Philomena's Irish Bar
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1 Sheffield Street, Holborn, London WC2A | 4 minutes from Philomena's Irish Bar
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h Club London
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24 Endell Street, Covent Garden, London WC2H | 2 minutes from Philomena's Irish Bar
On the site of the old St Paul's Hospital in Covent Garden, hip private members' club h Club London has been designed specifically for the creative ... More
 
 
 
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Thai Square Spa
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25 Shelton Street, 40 Earlham Street, Covent Garden, London WC2H | 4 minutes from Philomena's Irish Bar
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The Sanctuary
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12 Floral Street, Covent Garden, London WC2E | 4 minutes from Philomena's Irish Bar
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Sir John Soane's Museum
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13 Lincoln's Inn Fields, Holborn, London WC2A | 4 minutes from Philomena's Irish Bar
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The Congress Centre
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23-28 Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1B | 6 minutes from Philomena's Irish Bar
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British Museum
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Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury, Bloomsbury, London WC1B | 6 minutes from Philomena's Irish Bar
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