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Terrible little pub, trying to cater for everyone. Choose a scene and stick with it. Are you a football pub, college pub, white collar pub, blue collar pub. Really confused with this venue. Do yourself a favour and take the 5 minute walk down upper street to a real venue.
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Best pub on Holloway Road, great Thai food and a good selection of lagers. I work just down the road from it and often pop in for lunch or after work.
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This place clearly has an idendity crisis.
I was gobsmacked when the bargirl charged me £2.50 for a pint of tap water and cordial recently. Perhaps they've forgotten they're on the holloway road and think they're in monte carlo.
p.s. i am not the kind of scabby git who sits around drinking fruit drinks in pubs. i was in the middle of a few pints and fancied getting some water into the system.
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True widescreen viewing is available here, if you fancy popping in for some footie.
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Only a quick visit here, sadly the only ale (London Pride) was off but the Guinness was fine. Fairly quiet on a Thursday at 4pm so hard to judge but the place feels relaxed and lived in. The large screen at the back is pretty big....
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barstool, you've obviously got nothing better to do than give your words of wisdom. You have showed you know nothing about The Bailey, or the industry for that matter....have you been there??? i think not. And as for the havinalaugh/anonymous, which is obviously the same person, the phrase sour grapes springs to mind...
I think its quite a nice thing to do let people know there has been a change in management, and a bit of self publicity never harmed anyone. Take a walk down holloway rd and then tell me the Bailey is rubbish. I drink there, i like it, its busy, vibrant and has a nice eclectic mix of people 10/10
anonymous - 6 Dec 2006 21:25 |
Another of those pubs where something just doesn't quite click and a potentially good boozer drops into mediocrity. The building's fine and the pale wood flooring and tables make it seem light and airy. The music is inoffensive and some of the couches are very comfortable, but the beer is non-descript and slightly over-priced. Service isn't terrible but could most definitely be better. There's a huge screen for showing sports but the seating is arranged in such a way that very few people will get a good view. Overall this place feels soulless and more like a pub simulator than a real pub.
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This place is an alright pub but a bit boring. There is a big screen for football though.
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Generally a decent pub - pleasant bar staff, wooden interior. Music was a bit too loud for a Thursday, and the screen a bit too big and dominant when nothing worth showing (MTV). Table was slightly cramped, but overall, not an unpleasant evening. In a locality of sinister looking venues, this is probably the best.
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Bit of an old man's pub but the food looked really good.
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The refurbishment under new owners started promisingly but now the place seems to be trying to appeal to all markets while actually annoying everyone. The music is just at that volume where you can’t ignore it or quite hear it. The TVs are distractingly on all the time, but muted and usually showing nothing worth seeing. They have Thai food *and* a hot pie cabinet. There are romantic lights but big communal tables. However, all this is academic because the previously friendly staff have all been replaced by the kind who pointedly walk off to a distant corner when a new customer enters. Should you manage to tempt one away from their private conversations, the drinks are pretty average. And, just to show who really matters, they start piling chairs on tables at exactly 11, turning the lights full on and opening the doors to let the cold air in. Predictably, this approach has resulted in all the previous regulars drifting away without attracting anyone new.
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BORING
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Not a bad place , me and mates use it before heading down to Highbury for the football.
Exactly the same round always comes to different prices for some strange reason , I guess it depends of the Maths of the bar staff !
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A good pub with first-class thai food, friendly staff, and an excellent choice of ale in 6X.
One thing I don't understand though is why it has sofas all around the place which are a right pain to eat from. Sofas in a pub are a nonsense anyway, but it's the thin end of the wedge having to eat off them...
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It's just had a refurb
New pool table, got rid of those gremlins from the old disgusting toilets - all new tiled floor and walls - long overdue make over!
Big projector screen TV for the essential Arsenal games and luckily for me, it's not just 100% Arsenal fans that drink in there!
Good vibes, Sunday Roast soon - good Laos/Thai kitchen during the week for lunch and dinner, quiz night on Monday nights - good prizes.
I'm now a local and glad to be next to a pub where you can call people your mates!
Long may it last and onwards and upwards!
Matthew Lightbourn - 16 Apr 2004 14:13 |
The name is just "The Bailey." Yes it is a good pub.
Patrick - 12 Mar 2003 10:58 |
great atmosphere ... art on the walls furnished by nearby university of north london students (also a big lou reed poster). the patrons are very diverse. everybody seems to come here and i like that. last but not least is the wonderful thai and malaysian food they serve for lunchs and dinners. quite reasonable, very delicious and in great contrast to normal pub fare. it's a great place to hang out before going to a show at the garage or union chapel!
rob wood - 17 May 2002 18:44 |
