The John Snow

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39 Broadwick Street,
Soho,
London,
W1F 9QJ

0872 148 1911
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31/01/2012
Terrible terrible place.Nothing like it claims to be. Wouldn't go back.period.
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Reviewer londonistar
18/04/2011
I'm gay. A militantly political gay couple insisted on going snogging-overboard in the pub one evening and were subsequently asked to tone it down or leave. Any hetero couple would likely have been asked to moderate overly sexual behaviour but no...any opp to make a story and here we go again. This was and remains a pleasant place to drink in Soho, a great pub, in spite of the stupid and unnecessary militantly political stance some have taken towards the place in order to drive the owners out of business for some absurd reason. There are plenty of places in Soho where you can go and act out teenage fantasies to annoy your parents. I'll be drinking here more often than previously to demonstrate that nasty bullying by a militant extreme won't succeed. I can't stand it.
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Reviewer Deanoi
18/04/2011
I used to drink here a couple of times a month but since a gay couple were thrown out for having a kiss I won't be going until the Manager is reprimanded and the brewery offer an apology to the LGBT community and more importantly to the couple concerned. If this has been done to a heterosexual couple also then I will reconsider my position but I'm afraid this bigoted establishment has no place in this great city of ours.
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Reviewer Vampster
16/04/2011
A nasty place for nasty people - spit on the cesspit and step on.
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31/01/2012
dead on!
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16/04/2011
Terrible staff and atmosphere. Plenty of better bars in the area. Avoid.
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Reviewer Abson76
16/04/2011
"If people don't like the house rules, drink and cavort elsewhere."
That sounds like 'time' at the bar at The John Snow.
a tenner says the land it's on gets turned into flats.
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Reviewer Innes5
16/04/2011
If people don't like the house rules, drink and cavort elsewhere. This is not a gay bar, have some consideration for those who find the lifestyle choices and antics of some people offensive,

Respect and tolerance works BOTH ways
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Reviewer anthonyn
16/04/2011
Whether you like or not, we have anti-discrimination laws which bans all services from refusing people because of their gender, ethnicity, sexuality. However, fear not, there is an abundance of intolerant countries that would welcome you with open arms. I hear Iran still has the death penalty for being gay.
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Reviewer AFR
21/04/2011
i thought the place was alright, i doubt i could enjoy a drink if there were two blokes getting off in the corner. sounds like the owner was pretty reasonable about it and people are over reacting, not every bar in soho has to be a gay bar
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Reviewer AFR
21/04/2011
i thought the place was alright, i doubt i could enjoy a drink if there were two blokes getting off in the corner. sounds like the owner was pretty reasonable about it and people are over reacting, not every bar in soho has to be a gay bar
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Reviewer alexcn
15/04/2011
A man has told of how he was ordered to leave a central London pub after a staff member objected to him kissing a man he was on a date with.

James Bull, 23, said he and Jonathan Williams, 26, were thrown out of the John Snow on Broadwick Street, Soho.

Mr Bull said he was "shaking" after a woman claiming to be the pub's landlady removed them for being "obscene".

The Metropolitan Police are investigating the incident, while the John Snow pub is yet to comment.

Samuel Smith's brewery, the owner of the pub, declined to comment on the incident.

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