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Refurb turned a reasonably comfortable boozer into a bland sports bar for the local young meedjah types. ESB still good.
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*True* widescreen live sports is available at this pub, unlike many other pubs with so-called widescreen [[W]]. Excellent! Come here to watch the Premier League without any bits missing! Find out more about true widescreen availability in pubs in my profile.
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Very Trendy, Now gets a few more women in which is nice :)
3 Widescreens around the pub with 3 lcds behind the bar sky sports is normally shown all day but the sound is only up for major games & events, then its just trendy background music
Function room now open with full working bar heard its going to be a big steak house, will have to try this!
Pricing is similar, some prices have risen but some have fallen....FOOD is MUCH BETTER
Overall Refurb is good now its nice and clean including the loos!
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The recent refurb hasn't done it any favours. Now just another trendy Farringdon sports bar
anonymous - 2 May 2007 13:53 |
The City Pride has just been re-furbished (March 07)and is now a trendy 'Sport Bar' with TV screens all over the place. As a result it now gets quite crowded but is quite pleasant and I suspect the drinks prices that increased as a result? The picture of the outside is now out of date.
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Virtually empty on a weekday lunchtime. ESB was ok, but not very welcoming at all.
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found the atmosphere not very welcoming at all, lots of regulars acting like they own the place - but to be fair, they are welcome to it. Dull silent square interior and unsmiling staff in a dead part of street between nowhere and nowhere.
anonymous - 1 Aug 2006 14:19 |
Informal put-your-feet-up kind of place. Take their beer seriously enough. I like. looking forward to going back in the summer when they open it out.
RogerB - you following me about?
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Variable opening times and "private parties" in the main pub (when a large function room is available) make this a nightmare to know whether you'll get a pint or not. Only London Pride on tap on last visit. Better Fullers pubs with their full range within a stones throw.
Avoid!
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No atmosphere to speak of, though I have only been a couple of times. Service seemed ok. Good beers. There are better pubs in the area, though if you crave a pint of ESB then this is a good option.
anonymous - 14 Dec 2005 14:36 |
A down to earth, no thrills, no nonsense, Fullers pub just off Clerkenwell Green. The main bar is quite bare with wooden floor and geared more to stand up drinking with just a few small tables. The walls are plain with the occasional picture, mirror, plate etc but nothing over the top. A large plasma TV perched above the door appears to be too big for where it is situated and awkwardly overhangs part of the window behind. One interesting feature is that the front of the pub is entirely full length doors so in the hot summer months (or should that be 2 days a year) the entire bar can be opened up straight onto the pavement, continental style. There is a separate room in an extended area in what was, I presume, originally the premises next door. This is a bit more geared to seating. Reasonably priced and well kept Fullers beers. The pub is friendly enough and fine for what it is but not special enough to go out of the way for.
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Superb. Best place around for a weary journo on a late news shift. Great staff, lunchtime food is lovely and reasonably cheap. Gets quiet in the evening because of its location. If you're really picky like me, you could say that the London Pride is served a tiny bit too cold. But if that's its only fault then its doing a bloody good job otherwise.
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proper pub with fullers in great condition.
kevin - 17 Sep 2004 14:42 |
