Celebrate the festive season at The Hercules Pillars located in the heart of Holborn. Whether you’re planning after-work Christmas drinks, a festive three-course meal, or a Christmas lunch with friends and colleagues, our pub is the perfect setting. With a lively atmosphere, and a wide selection of draught beers, wines and cocktails we’ll make sure your celebration is one to remember.
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Book your Christmas party by 31st October and receive 50% off your food packages! Use code XMAS50 when you make your booking.*
*The offer is available on all bookings over 10 people and excludes the following dates: 10th | 11th | 17th | 18th December 2026
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Get into the festive spirit at The Hercules Pillars, its a charming traditional English pub that can be found minutes away from Holborn Station, serving classic English dishes along with a host of real cask ales. Whether it’s after-work Christmas drinks, a hearty three-course meal, or a Christmas lunch with friends, family or colleagues, we’ve got everything you need to celebrate the season in style. If you’re looking for an exclusive space for a Christmas party, our function room downstairs is ideal, with room for up to 80 guests standing or 40 seated, plus its own private bar, HD screens, and a large projector to set the mood.
Whether you’re planning a sit-down meal or a more casual buffet-style gathering, our team will make sure everything is just right. So gather your friends, raise a glass, and let’s make this Christmas one to remember at The Pillars.
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The kitchen that feeds Holborn all year turns its hand to Christmas from November, and it does it properly. A festive three-course menu built around roasted turkey, smoked honey gammon, herb-crusted salmon, and a mushroom wellington that holds its own against the lot. Puddings range from Basque cheesecake with Cornish clotted cream to a decadent white chocolate and raspberry panna cotta and a classic sticky toffee pudding.
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Monday: 12pm – 11pm
Tuesday – Wednesday: 11am – 11pm
Thursday: 11am – 12pm
Friday – Saturday: 11am – 1am
Sunday: 12pm – 10pm
Monday to Sunday: 12pm – 9pm
18 Great Queen St
London
WC2B 5DG
020 7242 2218
herculespillars.co.uk
From the first whistle in July to the final Autumn Nations fixture in November, catch the Nations Championship at The Hercules Pillars, two minutes from Holborn Station.
The World Rugby Nations Cup is a new international rugby tournament that will be staged biennially, beginning in 2026, ensuring it does not take place during the Men’s Rugby World Cup or British and Irish Lions tour years.
Running alongside the Nations Championship 2026, the competition will feature 12 unions from six continents.
These teams will be split into two geographically aligned pools of six, with each team playing every union in the opposite pool.
The tournament will be played across two windows, with each team playing three matches in July and three in November, with the results contributing to a final standings table.
At the conclusion of the November fixtures, the top-ranked team in each pool will be crowned Nations Cup champions.
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At 4pm on any weekday, The Hercules Pillars becomes one of the best-value happy hour pubs in Holborn. Two hours and fifty-nine minutes of 2 for 1 G&Ts, 2 for 1 cocktails, 2 for 1 stone-baked pizzas, 2 for 1 Coronas, prosecco at £24 a bottle, and real ales at £3.80. Monday evenings add £5 cocktails to the mix. The only question worth asking is what time you are leaving the office.
Every Premier League match is screened live on a large projector and multiple HD screens, two minutes from Holborn station. The Hercules Pillars has been the go-to Premier League pub in Holborn for years, a proper pub with a loyal crowd, real cask ales, and classic pub food served until 9pm. Whether it is a midweek fixture or a full Saturday programme, you will find a screen worth watching and a pint worth drinking. Just show up, find your spot, and enjoy the game the way it should be watched.
Every Monday night at The Hercules Pillars, the full cocktail menu drops to £5. Not a reduced selection. Not a list of two. The full menu, all evening, in a characterful Holborn pub a short walk from both Holborn and Covent Garden stations. If Monday is the hardest sell of the week, £5 cocktails in central London make a reasonable counter-argument.
Watch the Europa League live at Hercules Pillars and you get something the newer bars nearby cannot offer a room with genuine character, a crowd that has been coming back for years, and food available until 10pm to see you through to the final whistle. Sixty-four clubs. Thirty-two nations. The tournament that has a habit of producing the nights nobody saw coming. 18 Great Queen Street. Every fixture, every round.
The Hercules Pillars is a charming traditional English pub that can be found minutes away from Holborn Station, serving classic English dishes along with a host of real cask ales. Whether it’s after-work Christmas drinks, a hearty three-course meal, or a Christmas lunch with friends, family or colleagues, we’ve got everything you need to celebrate the season in style. If you’re looking for an exclusive space for a Christmas party, our function room downstairs is ideal, with room for up to 80 guests standing or 40 seated, plus its own private bar, HD screens, and a large projector to set the mood. Whether you’re planning a sit-down meal or a more casual buffet-style gathering, our team will make sure everything is just right. So gather your friends, raise a glass, and let’s make this Christmas one to remember at The Pillars.
Book your Christmas party by 31st October and receive 50% off your food packages! Use code Xmas50 when you make your booking*
*Offer is available on all bookings over 10pax and excludes the following dates: 10th | 11th | 17th | 18th December
From Melbourne to Monaco, every Formula 1 Grand Prix screens live at The Hercules Pillars. This is a pub that has been drawing sports crowds for years, and race day is no different. Pull up a seat, order from the kitchen, and watch F1 in London the way it was meant to be watched: with a drink in hand, in a room full of people who know what they are looking at.
