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Operator: All Our Bars
4 Bedfordbury, Charing Cross, London, WC2N 4BP (View on Google Map)
(020) 7831 1391
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It's easy, but not recommended, to miss the Lemon Tree just off Chandos Place and next to the stage door of the Coliseum. It's a small pub, with a first floor "secret lounge" providing some more room, dating back to around 1737, and Lemon Tree Yard adjacent used to be a lot larger with a successful coaching business into the 20th century.

The pub is an old favourite with stagehands and musicians, as well as Coliseum-goers and locals. Five ale handpumps dispense at least three different ales; three 1/3 pints are also served. This is a successful wet-led pub reported by its operator as a "business is based on standing customers drinking craft beer and craft gin and the results are very consistent".

The Lemon Tree site has been noted by Westminster Council as an unlisted building of merit.

Historic Interest

It is thought that lemons were first brought into Britain in the fifteenth century and the pub name very probably originates from the fruit being introduced into the then nearby Covent Garden market.

Information for this venue is provided by the West London Branch of CAMRA
Previous Names
Jack Beards at The Lemon Tree
Local Authority
Westminster
Last updated
06/03/2025
Last surveyed
16/01/2020
Leasehold owner
All Our Bars Ltd
Freehold owner
Shaftesbury
Pub ID
WLD/16274
Asset of Community Value
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Monday
Noon - 11:00pm
Tuesday
Noon - 11:00pm
Wednesday
Noon - 11:00pm
Thursday
Noon - 11:00pm
Friday
Noon - 11:00pm
Saturday
Noon - 11:00pm
Sunday
Noon - 10:30pm
Monday
Noon - 9:30pm
Tuesday
Noon - 9:30pm
Wednesday
Noon - 9:30pm
Thursday
Noon - 9:30pm
Friday
Noon - 9:30pm
Saturday
Noon - 9:30pm
Sunday
1:00pm - 8:00pm

Current beers

This Pub serves 2 changing beers and 1 regular beer.

Regular and recently seen
Sussex Best Bitter - Harvey's
Harvey's - Sussex Best Bitter Session Bitter • 4% Spotted 19 times
Sussex Best Bitter - Harvey's
Harvey's - Sussex Best Bitter

Session Bitter

Dispense: Handpump
ABV: 4%
Vegan: No
Gluten Free: No
This beer is served regularly.
Spotted 19 times
Boltmaker pumpclip
Timothy Taylor - Boltmaker Session Bitter • 4% Spotted 7 times
Boltmaker pumpclip
Timothy Taylor - Boltmaker

Session Bitter

ABV: 4%
Vegan: No
Gluten Free: No
Spotted 7 times recently. Last spotted 5 days ago
Gun - Scaramanga Extra Pale
Gun - Scaramanga Extra Pale Session Pale Ale • 3.9% Spotted twice
Gun - Scaramanga Extra Pale
Gun - Scaramanga Extra Pale

Session Pale Ale

ABV: 3.9%
Vegan: Yes
Gluten Free: Yes
Spotted twice recently. Last spotted 1 week ago
Changing

Changing beers typically include: Sambrook's - Junction , St Austell - Proper Job , Timothy Taylor - Boltmaker

Source: National

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Facilities
Sports TV Sports TV
Terrestrial games
Lunchtime Meals Lunchtime Meals
Separate independently-run kitchen offers Thai food and a few 'English' dishes.
Evening Meals Evening Meals
Function Room Function Room
Wi Fi Wi Fi
Features
Cask Ale Cask Ale
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Cask Marque Beer and Cellar Hygiene rating
Cask Marque: Beer and Cellar Hygiene rating 5 out of 5
Transport
Close to bus routes (100m)
Nearby Station (250m)
London Charing Cross
Close to London Underground/Overground/DLR (250m)
Charing Cross

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