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Bricklayers Arms, Fitzrovia, W1

31 Gresse Street
W1
W1T 1QS

Phone: 02076365593

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Fitzrovia

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Ian Mapp left this review about Bricklayers Arms

I am recreating a pub crawl detailed by the Fitzrovian drinking set from the book "The Fitzroy - Elizabeth Fiber". All pubs still exist, although a few have changed names. An interesting experience - and with the exception of the French House - I am unsure whether I'd make a beeline for any of them again.

Like the Fitzroy Tavern - where I started - this is a Sam Smiths. Certianly looks lovely at night, tucked in down a side street. A single, small downstairs room and another room around the back. I failed to investigate upstairs - although I heard some customer saying they had left the darts in the board - so maybe that's how they had been entertaining themselves.

Keg only Sam Smiths beers.

On 23^rd September 2026 - no rating submitted
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Moby Duck left this review about Bricklayers Arms

Small keg only Smiths pub, not as grand as some but pleasant enough. Normal Smiths keg range that always interests me more than their cask offering anyway. The pub dog came and joined me on the padded bench seating but soon found more interest in exploring its nether regions.

On 18^th August 2024 - rating: 6
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Quinno _ left this review about Bricklayers Arms

A pretty and unusual looking building which gave me the forebodings as I could remember my previous visit here fairly well. Downstairs, which I appeared to have not remembered anything about at all, is two teeny rooms one behind the other with a bar dividing the two and serving both. It’s dark wood panelling, quarry tile flooring and banquettes in the front, and flock wallpaper in the rear. The upstairs lounge gave me a slight shudder when I went to confront my demons but it seemed a lot smaller than I remembered – time playing tricks I suppose. Interestingly, the mobile phone ban is actually enforced here. We sat in the downstairs front bar which had a good atmosphere with some regulars in situ providing pub banter. No cask OBB so finally went for a keg OBB which was absolute grot. A decent mid-ranking Sam’s. 6.5

April 2006
Sam Smith's pub with a laneway under the left-hand side of the building. A funny little place, the upstairs is like a gentleman's club that hasn't been decorated since 1976 - very cosy. Downstairs is divided into a front and back room. No OBB, so the ale drinkers might as well give this one a miss. Found the barman to be a grumpy sod; someone queried a short measure (turned out it was a lined glass) but his attitude in dealing with the query was rather abrasive which put a bit of a dampener on the atmosphere. As usual for SS pubs, no TV etc. Rated 5

On 20^th December 2019 - rating: 7
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