Waxy O’Connor’s

Oh my how did I only make it to this place earlier this month! Where the hell have I been living?! Under a rock? Honestly, total mistake! It’s soooo cool! I’m biased because I love Irish people, but what a damn good night out this place is!
I went on a Friday night and they had a live music set on which was great. Some of the songs weren’t what you could say Irish and a bit poppy, but who cares, we were loving it. The beer obviously helped and the prices weren’t too shabby for this! The only thing that was annoying was when the barmaid tried to get us to pay for a drink we never ordered. That could have put a dampener on the night, but once we simpered out the confusion, we put it behind us and started dancing!
It gets busy with reservations but maybe it was just because Christmas was around the corner and people wanted to have their work parties! Anyhow we managed to get a great spot and you can easily spend a whole night here dancing!

Lovely pub, with a consistent theme throughout. It even has a «tree» inside (it’s plastic really). The day I was there there was absolutely no chance of a seat, and I got the impression this was normal. Lovely atmosphere though.

Classic Irish Pub with occasional sports shows on. That s why I came in actually, to watch a game. The place is big so you can show up with your group. But this place is kind of average. Well, it is well located, I mean conveniently located.
It attracts a crowd of different types of people, reeaaaallly different.
I would probably never go back but again it can be convenient when you need a place, central london, where to meet. Thats it.

This watering «hole» is a must to visit. I agree with Catherine as the scene does look like it is straight out a Harry Potter film. It also is a bit touristy. But the scene and for «people watching» it’s amazing. I had several beers with a couple co workers and staff last Friday night. I definitely will be back.

This «hole» is a MUST. And I say «hole» for a reason!
This place is like a Hobbit Hole and the cottage from Snow White had babies!
It’s charming and filled with personable staff.
There’s live music and charming detailing throughout.
Go go go go. You won’t regret it ;)

Located just off of Leicester Square and Chinatown, this pub looks like it’s straight out of a Harry Potter film! You walk inside and it’s a never ending maze of staircases and different sections of the pub. It’s decorated in what I can only describe as a medieval fantasy world.
It wasn’t too busy either and we got served at the bar almost instantly!
Good music, good vibes and a quirky little pub in the heart of London!

A nice pub with decent food, and ample space. They really need to work on their food workflow. When we ordered food they just asked the general location of the restaurant that we were seating.
They didn’t take a name or number or anything, which felt strange to me. Surely the person at the bar taking my order would not be delivering my food? How would they know where to deliver it to?
Sure enough, they brought our food to the wrong table. The other table apparently wasn’t sure what they ordered, but started picking up our food and eating it anyway. It looked like our food, so I asked the waitress about it, and then they just picked up the plates and put them on our table. Thanks for serving us food touched and eaten by other customers.

There’s not much to say about Waxy O’Connor’s. It is a truly great pub. They’ve got a great selection of drinks and the ambience is excellent. Oh, AND THEY HAVE A TREE GROWING INSIDE!
It’s usually busy, often full of tourists because it’s right next to Leicester Square and Soho but that has never put me off.

We really enjoy drinks in Waxy’s when we are near Char X, the interior is like something out of Hogwarts, you go through a little door on one side of the street (or the main entrance the road over) and down some stairs into a maze of seating areas and bars including an area with an awesome wooden tree in the middle of it! Has a great atmosphere although can get very busy, the main negative though is a slight bone of contention as we enjoyed my birthday here a year or so ago, we paid a fifty quid reservation deposit which was promised as to be returned as a bar tab but it was quite uncomfortable (paticularly for my bday) that when my husband asked to use the bar tab they seemed confused and reluctant to give us the bar tab wanting proof of payment? Eventually (be warned getting signal here is tricky) he managed to bring up the confirmation email prooving he had paid! So be aware if booking to take a printed email as the staff might not be told, overal a great place to hang tho!

Un grand pub irlandais sur plusieurs sous-​sols près de Leicester Square.
La déco est vraiment présente, il a même un arbre à l’intérieur !
Détail: j’adore les toilettes :)
Les tables sont petites pour y manger mais mais ça colle bien avec l’ambiance grâce aux petites tabourets et tables en bois. Les soirs de week-​end ça doit être bien cool pour aller boire une bière.
Les plats sont typiques de pubs et super bons.

Awesome irish pub with a really cool decoration and ambience.
I really recommend «the lot» (a board with lots of snacks) it costs £20.- and has a good variety of snacks in it. the egg is just awesome!

A great irish bar. A bit of a warren of a place but there’s always a great atmosphere here particularly when there’s a game on — so many tvs and big screens. The food is tastey and reasonable enough on the pocket while it has all the usual you’d expect at a bar. A plus point for any irish out there is that they sell toyto crisps — which in itself is deserving of the five star rating.

This pub is pretty awesome due to its labyrinth layout — I’m pretty sure I’ve yet to discover every little hideout at this place. Stairs go up, down, round, behind and who knows where else — all leading to… well seats — but seats are good! One of the rooms has a little fire place which gives it a nice homey feel. While the massive tree in the middle, makes you feel like you’re in a fantasy world or forest pub haha. Definitely worth a visit if you haven’t experienced it for yourself. It can get ridiculously busy (especially if there’s some sort of sport on) and it isn’t the cheapest place to drink, but if you fancy something a little different — check it out.

Un pub aussi unique qu’incontournable à Londres ! Découvert cette semaine, je n’arrêtais pas de pousser des «oh c’est trop canon» dedans tant c’était juste TROP CANON ! Un arbre fossilisé à l’intérieur (!), des salles multiples, un décor celtique, un confessionnal (!)…
C’est juste le plus chouette pub irlandais dans lequel je suis allée et la prochaine fois que je reste quelques jours à Londres, je me suis promis de manger et d’y passer la soirée car j’ai aimé son ambiance très «locale» justement. Un endroit à voir aussi bien qu’à fréquenter et très accessible, juste à côté de Leicester Square !

Great pub and very cool interior! Very crowded! This is one of the must see pub and we had lots of fun here. There is also an Indian guy who carry his camera around, he is from the pub though, trying to earn some bucks by printing picture on key chains, etc. Anyway our group photo was uploaded to the website event photo! Was a great night out.

This is an excellent, fun, and lively pub just off the main thoroughfare of Piccadilly Circus. It’s vast, with several different bars — and many different rooms and nooks to hang out and enjoy a drink or pint alone, or with friends. The decorum is beautiful, the scene is lively, and on my visit during a Friday night — it was a grand time! Highly recommended.

Cool place but the service was awful. Might have been a bad shift because I have been there before and it was quite good; but after my last experience I don’t think there will be a next one.

We stumbled upon Waxy while in search of a good English pub and a nice beer. Upon first inspection, Waxy seems small. But alas! Go down the stairs and you’ll find that the pub actually has several areas further underground. There are a total of 3 bars, so you can indulge your inner, or outer, alcoholic. To be honest, the source of my fascination was not in the amount of ciders they have on tap, but rather, I felt like I was in Middle Earth and expected to see Legolas deftly descend from the ceiling at any second.

I love the atmosphere. You’d swear you were in some kind of combination church and hobbit hole. It’s all twisty turny passages, nooks and crannies, and places to tuck away into a corner. We came here for beers on a weekday night and service was quick, the bar was efficient, and we found a table that held 8 of us with no trouble. If there’s a downside to Waxy’s it’s the layout. I gotta believe that after you’ve had a few beers it can be hard to find your way out! Mind your step.

Un vrai pub comme on les aime.
Cet endroit à l’ambiance chaleureuse et bien british est immense. Un vrai labyrinthe, il y a moyen de s’y perdre (surtout après quelques pintes).
Vous y trouverez plusieurs bars et même un restaurant. On vous sert à manger le soir, c’est bon de ce que j’ai pu goûter.
Les prix, sans être méga cheaps, né sont pas faramineux non plus et se défendent pour Londres. Tous les dimanches soirs, un groupe vient jouer pour le «Live Sunday». C’est franchement chouette (le seul souci qu’on a eu pour le coup, c’est que la musique du bar n’était pas coupée pendant qu’ils jouaient, et comme on était à côté d’enceintes, c’était un peu cacophonique).
Je recommande si vous voulez tester un pub chouette à Londres.

Waxy O’Connor’s is one of those bars I’ve always heard of but never made my way too. And for no good reason too, it’s a pretty good spot to grab a drink with friends that feels both touristy and local at the same time.
I say touristy really only for the location (and the terrible name) that makes it feel like this place would be ripe with tourists. But if they were, I didn’t feel it. Of course, it also helps that this place is massive, going into the ground with room after room filled with tables. It’s like a secret fort with booze. Plus, there’s a giant tree in the middle of it. A secret tree fort with booze!
They have live music from time to time and serve food. I saw neither of these things but I do know they exist.
What I did see what beer, and unfortunately, it’s a limited selection. A few basic options on draft and a few more in bottles. Blah.
Still, if you’re stuck in this area or meeting friends who are visiting and want to see it, this is a good spot to be. You’ll get a table. You’ll get a drink. You’ll pretend you’re in a secret Irish tree fort. What’s not top like.

Are you looking to infect yourself with an STD so you can get £££ from some NHS-​sponsored study while serving as a scientific guinea pig? Please, don’t wait to visit Waxy’s! Plenty of strains to choose from — and plenty of places to get infected!
The toilets are flooded, the service attendant doesn’t give a shit, and a cockroach weaves in and out between feet at the main bar at midnight! They’ve got it all!*
Waxy’s will even throw in a free show of drunk douche-​bags jamming along to the «Macarena» at the front door!
Seriously folks, come one, come all! You’re missing out on one hell of an unhygienic, freaky Friday night in London!
*£10 minimum card purchase on all drinks.

A lovely labyrinth inside! I only wish there was also a lovely labyrinth of beers for my taste buds to navigate rather than the usual blah suds. Guinness was my best option. Still, worth a visit to see the inside, and for its central location. Haven’t tried any food, but the menu looked like your average pub fare.

Le Waxy fait partie de ces lieux où mes pas me portent à chaque fois que je me rends à Londres.
Le dédale de ses nombreuses salles en demi-​niveau reliés par des volées de marches donnent parfois l’impression que le temps n’a pas d’emprise sur ce lieu. Certaines salles sont immenses d’autres plutôt basses de plafond. Partout on peu jouer aux fléchettes et savourer une des nombreuses bières proposées à la pression.
L’arbre fossilisé et la flèche de cathédrale dans le bar tout en bas des marches né sont à manquer sous aucun prétexte, cela dit, ils sont immanquables.
Vous pourrez y grignoter à toute heure et, le soir, profiter d’une salle de restaurant.
L’ambiance y est bonne et le personnel sympa et patient même avec les clients à l’accent anglais déplorable.
Bref, vous n’avez aucune excuse pour né pas vous y rendre.

A chaque fois que je vais à Londres, je passé faire un tour au Waxy et je né suis jamais déçue. Découvert totalement par hasard la première fois il y a plusieurs années, cet incroyable pub en sous-​sol est vraiment à voir: entre son entrée feutrée, son arbre intérieur comme fossilisé et sa flèche de cathédrale en bois sculpté tout en bas, c’est un lieu qu’on a envie de visiter avant même de s’asseoir boire un verre… Au choix, il y a plusieurs bars et même une selle de restaurant (mais on peut manger partout des plats anglais et irlandais). Attention, les plats apéritifs à partager sont super copieux ! Sinon, comme il se doit, les bières à la pression sont nombreuses.
Un droit original et un peu «hobbit» je trouve, et où je continuerai à aller avec le même plaisir !

I love it. Its the best Pup in Town. Good Prices and its nice .I will always come back.

Uno de los mejores pubs de Londres. Todos los turistas deberían pasar a verlo. Tiene varios niveles y barras y un árbol en medio. Totalmente recomendable. La de dinero que habré dejado allí

Auch wenns ein irischer Pub ist: Während meiner drei Monate in London habe ich jeden Besuch hier hin geschleppt und alle warn begeistert.
Riesiger «Keller-​Pub» auf mehreren Ebenen mit einem riesen Baum in der Mitte.
Pub-​typischs Essen und Getränke zu Londoner Innenstadt-​Preisen.
Am Wochendende wirds voll und das Party-​Volk bringt sich hier teilweise bei toller Live-​Musik für den anschließenden Clubbesuch in Stimmung.
Auf Grund der Größe und dem schönen sakralen Ambiente auf ein Pint für Touris sehr zu empfehlen!
Take a look!

Precioso! Un pub diferente al resto, con un montón de pasadizos como si estuvieras en el interior de un árbol…es fácil perderse, sobre todo si ya llevas unas pintas encima!
lo único malo es q había demasiada gente… llegamos sobre las 8 y ya no había mesas, y eso que es enorme! algunas salas son agobiantes, por la gente que hay y el calor… pero merece la pena visitar este sitio! además ponen música y puedes comer algo, aunque de la comida no puedo decir nada porque no la he probado!
Recomendable

Quelle ambiance !
Le Waxy toujours plein à la sortie des bureaux avec un cadre fabuleux, une ambiance très sympa et bonne musique ! J’ai eu la chance d’assiter à un concert rock la première fois que je suis allé la-​bas et depusi c’est une de mes étapes obligatoires ! Par contre, quelle foule le week end !

A wonderful world !!!
Parait que ce pub est le plus vieux pub de Londres… je né sais pas si cela est vrai mais par contre, ce que je peux affirmer, c’est que cet endroit est a voir !!! Il est immense, il est «crowded», il est beau (le pub s’articule autour du reste d’un tronc d’arbre)… Y aller le Jeudi ou le vendredi en début de soirée, pour allumer la chaudière… ca fait partie des plaisirs dela vie !!! Je le recommande sans retenue… parait que l’abus, dans ce cas, est très bon pour la santée !!!