I really like The Perseverance and disagree with the negative points below...

I think the new management have done a brilliant job with it - I never used to go in there because the food was overpriced and pretentious (and not very good quality) but the new team have created a total revolution and the food is now no nonsense, reasonably priced and tastes great!

The staff could do with smiling a bit more but the location and the food itself mean this is well worth a visit

I agree with most of the reviews. Don't eat at The Perseverance. The food whenever we've tried it is bad and overpriced. It seems to be either cold or overcooked. My friend's was both last time (and I mean last time) we visited.



The bangers and mash seemed to be bought in. Yes, something as simple as that. The staff are grumpy and reflect the general don't care attitude. This is a classic case of buying a succesful going concern and destroying everything that made it good. They either don't have a clue or don't give a damn. That's all I can judge from The Perseverance.

The Perseverance has recently been re-opened under new management. It provides a friendly, relaxed and comfortable environment. The new chef provides great food, simply done at reasonable prices. The new management have done a great job in bringing this popular local pub back to its roots of providing good beer and food to the local workers and residents of Bloomsbury.

The Perseverance used to be a well-loved local boozer staffed by friendly folk and always busy. Since it was taken over a couple of months ago the level of customer service has plummeted and almost all the regulars have decamped to the Duke of York on Roger St or The Lamb down the road.


Don't perservere with the Perserverance - the beautfully restored interior (thanks to the previous owners) and wonderful location are wasted at the hands of these cowboys.

The Perseverance I used to know and love is dead! It's been taken over by new owners. They've not yet destroyed the decor, but keep the interior lights on high beam and only turn them down when they start to kick the punters out at 9pm! That's right nine.


There's also new lacklustre bar staff who make it clear they'd rather be anywhere else than serving you, especially a new chavvy bartender who likes to talk loudly on his mobile. They do this by putting the chairs on the tables at 9pm! The Perseverance used to be a great pub. And what happened to the grade A food?

The Perseverance is an incredibly pretentious unfriendly pub, the staff are rude and unwelcoming and take as long as they like to actually serve anyone. Why the attitude? The Perseverance is only a pub after all!

Not sure what the last two reviewers did to annoy them so much but our experience at The Perseverance could not have been better.

The Perseverance has fantastic food, helpful and friendly staff and is reasonably priced. And they called us a cab home.

I second the first reviewer. Could not be more appropriately named. This once decent local has been reduced to a pitifully overpriced tombstone to "gastropub" excess. And the staff...almost worth going just to experience how people behave when they have lost rudimentary interactive skills. Within seconds you'll feel like redistributing your £10 bowl of mash in their faces. Within minutes you'll realise anyone paying for the "Perseverance" experience is more of a victim than someone eating at MacD's.

This pub has the rudest staff of any pub I've ever been in. A big group of us got there for last orders, they served us, took our money no questions asked. The barman then got particularly narky when I asked for some ice in my drink.

Rather than politely ask us to drink up. He flatly ased us all to 'just go' in a very rude manner.

If you're looking for a warm and friendly pub, this is not the place. Try the pub a bit further down the street next door to the Italian Restaurant. They don't act like arrogant arses in there.