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Good pint of Guinness and the bar staff were friendly enough. Showing Gaelic football on the TV Decent enough. 6/10
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This is one of my favourite pubs in Camden and have always had a laugh when I've been there.
Found the staff to be friendly enough.
The food during the day is pretty good to!!
All round a good place to go for a nite or start a nite off!!!
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Well well, where to start? The rudest bar staff i've experienced for a while, asking for a drink was an inconvenience to them. Not one single smile between them, Camden has always been famous for its Gothic connections but it seems the staff here have mistaken it for misery. In fact the only time a member of staff did change their expression was when they messed up one of our food orders and when we asked if it could be corrected the reaction was to laugh in our face and say 'its too late now!' No apology was put forward and to make matters worse two other members of staff looked towards us and shook their heads being more concerned with their trendy hairstyles it seemed. And the toilet had urine all over the floor, I think this pub summed up the whole of Camden 'going downhill and stinking'.
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Not a bad boozer, but not as good as has been stated(horses for course though i suppose0
Its got a certain sort of "Older and wiser retired camden crowd" as its punters,who probaly had their day during Brit pop.Worth a drink if passing, buty nothing else really
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I hear that Pat Logue has departed the Oxford Arms for pastures new, and of course the legendary quiz has gone with him. Does anyone have information on Pat's current whereabouts?
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This pub is synonymous with success. Great service from Ronaldo and Giggs makes the whole experience fulfilling. Speaking of filling, the baked potato range is extensive and and isn't over-priced. Speaking of United's squad this season, cannot wait for Saturday afternoons in the Arms to return.
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The Oxford Arms is little more than a basic Victorian boozer that has been stripped back to the basics taking its heart and soul with it. The beer range is limited and expensive (London Pride £3 a pint on my last visit) and you would need to plant a forest the size of Brazil to offset the carbon footprint left by the multiple plasma screens. There is some nice original tiling in the entrance that the builders must have missed this as they tore away at the pubs innards. The décor is plain and unfussy with bare floors, large plain windows and dull cream walls and ceilings. On a positive note there are some nice old b/w pics of Camden and the music is generally a bit quieter than some of its neighbours and there is beer garden at the rear although this is little more than a paved area with a few benches. The Oxford is perfectly adequate and functional but as for being “unarguably the best pub in London”, I would say it’s unarguably the best pub at 265 Camden High Street and little more.
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many a great saturday afternoon here. this place really lives up to my user name. best known for local alcie charlie who does a great frog impression while downing a pint. always best when starky isn't there
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Tremendous, words fail to do the arms justice. The seen of many historic battles over the years including the taming of the Jonce by lunchtime and the massacre of 7 tequila T-shirts. Unarguably the best pub in London
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On the face of it, there is nothing noteworthy about this place, but having worked in the area for many years, I can say that it makes a brilliant effort to capture the feel of a local in a neighbourhood that does everything it can do to conspire against this.
The landlord is everything a landlord should be and a splendid bloke. The pub quiz is perfectly judged and the free sausage, beans and chips a brilliant touch after a hard night's drinking.
The pub retains its slightly bohemian character and attracts all manner of Camden types. I have given it a 9 only because of the disappointing decision to axe the juke box a few years' back.
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The closest thing to a proper pub on the Camden High Street.
Not the best beer selection in the world, but well kept (ie: the London Pride here is pleasantly drinkable), and the landlord is a decent bloke.
Good for watching the football.
Nice garden (they actually bother to put out flowers), especially when it's winter and you're with your Geordie mates who don't care if it's a little cold out...
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Intriguing mix of clientele ranging from the elite to the man who lives on the street. Highly recommended for fans of football watched to the sounds of soft rock. Cristiano Ronaldo taking on the full-back to Foreigner's "I wanna know what love is" is the 9th wonder of the world.
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ok for football and if you want to pull a tourist at half time. bit tun of the mill
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I was in the oxford last weekend, really good atomsphere, well worth a visit. The food is well impressive and cheap. Carla 24
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Quite a run-of-the-mill Camden affair. The beer is ok and it's good fr watching the football. The pub quiz is ok and not too hard to baffle all and sundry. Thats about it really - 6/10
wocca - 24 Aug 2006 15:47 |
The place is a toilet, but it's always got a good crowd and it's got a late license. Beer garden's nice (in comparison to sitting inside, that is). Seems to purely exist as "a place to go watch the football".
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what a cool place to watch the footie!! Wicked atmosphere at all the matches and with 6 plasma screens couldn't really go wrong! Good food if you are stopping for lunch. And for London drinks are reasonably priced. Me and my mates have had many a fun nite here bopping to the everlasting Pete the DJ.
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Presentable but unremarkable boozer that at least has the advantage over many of it's neighbours of not trying to be particulary "trendy" or "funky". Alright for a couple of pints but nothing more and not worth going out of your way to visit.
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slow (if attentive)service, real ale not available, passable pit stop - a few notches above most of the dreary watering holes in this area
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In the old days, the best thing about this pub (apart from the 1am license) was when the posh people who had come to see the play upstairs collided with the rough people from the doss-house
round the corner. It's been done up now, I hear, but at least Pat's still there.
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What a great place to go for a mid shopping pint and a bag of peanuts. Went in one hot summers day a couple of years back for a pint of cider and was fortunate enough to ba able to sample cloudy cider from a hand pump. Great stuff!!!!
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Good late night pub and excellent pub quiz.
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The number of times I've stumbled in here, happy as Larry for a few late drinks, only to find that the alcohol-fuelled euphoria of the evening is being washed out of me with every sip of the minging piss they pass off as beer.....
DJ''s good on a Friday though.
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went once whilst trekking through the markets and shops of camden.
my mate got his wallet emptied when he got a double malibu.
go to the worlds end, its got a better atmosphere.
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In 1989, I was a crazy yank studying at Oxford. I went to see an Arsenal game in London and I came across your establishment in a rather Irish state. I stole your sign. It hangs in my garage. I'm sorry. I will return it and buy everyone in the Arms a drink when I do. I still love Arsenal to this day even though, as a red blooded yank, I hate soccer. . . or football. . . but Arsenal kicks arse!! CHEERS!!!!!! the crazy yank.
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Very plain boozer - it had a needless refurbishment - but has quite drinkable ale. Late-licence that used to sting you for a couple of quid entry for little return (the Dublin Castle may do the same but they at least have a shambolic indie disco out the back). Not sure if they do that anymore.
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OK pub, decent beer, inc. usually Pride. Beer 'garden' if you're desperate for some sunshine. I think 7 is a bit high, gets a five from me.
Owen - 21 Jun 2004 17:31 |
good atmosphere, nice staff, and the outside area is good for sunny days. i'd give it 7 out of 10.
kate - 9 Jun 2004 13:24 |
Popped in on a Monday and saw the quiz in action. Great fun atmosphere with plenty of micky-taking by Pat. He seems obsessed with where people come from ("which part of Camden?") Seemed like a lot of fun with one team, the Brazilian Mafia, struggling to answer one simple question. The brilliant Dark Destroyers wiped the floor with the others and my ambition is become part of that team, but I hear their initiation rites are not for the faint-hearted!
big ray - 27 May 2004 16:20 |
Pat's quiz night is still a thing of genius but the pub is not what it was. Alright so it was shabby before the refurbishment and it needed the smoke problem sorting out, but it was cosy. The atmosphere seemed a bit more aggro when I went back, but then I'd been drinking stella so maybe I was paranoid.
Matt - 12 Jan 2004 12:47 |
A very good pub with a friendly atmosphere. Landlord Pat Logue is a legend and comes into his own on quiz nights on Monday when his laconic and witty delivery is guaranteed to bring the house down. Free sausage and chips after the quiz as well!
grecian - 29 Dec 2003 11:10 |
This was at one time my favourite bar in london, but since they refurbished it in earlt 2002 they wasted the whole feel of the pub and i for one will not be going back,
pat - 22 Oct 2003 15:14 |
nice boozer for a late drink,its ok if u know the security on the door as the will let u in for free after 12.00.its always busy on a friday and saturday nite, with all types of people.the DJ aint bad, cos he looks like worzel gummage.
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This has received a much needed facelift and now accomodates TV's with Plasma screens, non-carpeted floors and clean toilets. The food is still great, this is real pub food, great for nursing a little too much from the night before. The bar manager is very friendly and the clientele are usually off the street. The pub isn't huge but isn't particularly cosy either as it is bright and clean
Sefton - 6 Aug 2003 12:53 |
Used to be the best pub in Camden two or three years ago, with a friendly, regular crowd, a less aggro atmosphere than anywhere else around and the best quiz night I've ever experienced in London. The onlytrue local I've ever had in London. Still under same management last time I went (hi Pat if you're still there) but had lost something in the refurbishment - its down-at-heel charm perhaps. Now just slightly too bland where before it has yellowish character, of a smoky, ever so slightly dingy sort.
Matt - 5 Aug 2003 06:01 |
Probably the best after-hours boozer in Camden, although it fills up pretty quickly so it's best to get there before eleven. Fewer pretentious twats/underage girls than in most nearby establishments (on the nights I've been, anyway), and you can sit outside in the summer. They sometimes have a charmingly old-fashioned middle-aged DJ as well.
Joe - 3 Apr 2003 17:20 |
Not bad, not bad. Opens late (1 AM) Friday nights (possibly other nights too - I've only ever been there on a Friday). Beer is fine, good crowd, gets v busy. Theatre upstairs, apparently, that is meant to be good, but it's passed me by. Yeah, out of all the places in Camden, this is one of the best. I like it.
ElDickster - 18 Feb 2003 15:14 |
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