French House Bar
| Address: | 49 Dean Street W1D 5BG | |
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| Tel | 020 7437 2799 | |
| Website: | Visit French House Bar website | |
Price:
£21.00 
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Wine: £14.50 |
Champagne: £30.00 |
| Opening Hours: | Mon-Sun 12N-11pm (Sun -10.30pm) |
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Square Meal review of French House Bar:
There’s a hint of ’Allo ’Allo’s Cafe René about this most Gallic of Soho watering holes – the smoke from a million Gauloises coats sepia-tinted walls plastered in fading photographs of long-forgotten faces from Paris Match. The French House is so named because, during the war, it played HQ to servicemen (including Charles De Gaulle) who had escaped Nazi-occupied France. Such a heritage means that beers (Duvel, Leffe & draught Kronenbourg sold only by the half pint) play second fiddle to wine, cider, eau de vie & pastis: more Ricard is reportedly sold here than in any bar outside France. More pan-European food is served in an upstairs room where General de Gaulle is popularly held to have written rousing speeches for broadcast to his compatriots.
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