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Visited here last Friday night. The pub is a small single room place with a couple of TVs showing that were showing World Cup football. Two real ales were on - Brakspear Bitter and Wychwood Hobgoblin. The interior was fairly modern, with plenty of light wood, as I remember. Service was fairly friendly. Handy for a few nearby tube stations but tucked away sufficiently to ensure that not too many people will notice it.
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An odd place, but perhaps it befits the slightly odd area it is located in just south of the Euston Road. The pub is a single-room affair that is rather like a classic north London shopfront boozer. The interior is modern, and I agree with jonnyboy below that it rather jars. My main criticism would be that it was the hottest pub I had been in for years. I visited on a weekday evening when I would call the weather warm at best - but the pub interior was absolutely stifling. Not sure why, but they need air conditioning or some fans, and quickly. Two real ales on when I visited: Pedigree and Adnam's East Green (the UK's first carbon-neutral beer apparently). I tried a pint of the East Green which was reasonably well werved.
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I thought that this place had more of a bar feel than pub and although barmaid was nice enough my pint of Pride had seen better days. Along with the two Pride, there are two Greene King IPA hand pumps, which were both off during my visit, and a limited selection of standard and premium lagers.
There is a large plasma screen on the front window and the pub shows both Sky Sports and Setanta. There was no sport on during my visit, but there was some nice chilled out music playing at an unimposing volume.
The pub is very small, as is the bar on the back wall, but it is laid out nicely and the three picnic tables on the path outside add some much welcomed drinking space.
It is a shame that my pint wasn’t great as I would have probably stayed for another. I’ll have to try this place again to see if I have more luck next time.
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Good bar. Friendly Staff. Had a great night. Thanks!!
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Used to come here fairly often but today was the first time since the refit. They've cleaned it up and it looks shiny. Only Pride was on, looked like they had Bombardier normally. OK for a lunchtime drink but wouldn't want a session in here.
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Was quiet last Saturday when we called in. Not being a big place it'll be interesting to see how it handles more than 3 customers.
Very clean and tidy - but didn't appreciate the female member of staff sprawled all over the armchair.
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Very odd refurbishment - can't quite put my finger on what is wrong but it seems very sterile. Looks like they ran out of money for seats and tables... Staff freindly enough but prices over the odds for the place it is.
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Looks really good now since the recent refurbishment. Went in on a Thursday night and there was a good atmosphere. Good place to watch sport as it has a brilliant plasma TV.
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Went there last night & they had Rebellion on as guest ale - a nice surprise. Decent pint & the pub seemed an agreeable enough small local to me.
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It's been a hot thirsty day, but even so when a pub runs out of cask beer and is totally unable to put on another barrel you kind of know the place is no good. Add to that the gloomy ugliness and appalling poor taste of the hot and stuffy single room and you can see why most people choose to stand outside. Well, it's either the dreary decor or the hideous noise of the office yobs bawling to be heard above the thudding and screeching rock music that drives people to stand out on the road. Adding to the general mayhem are two tv screens showing The Simpsons. It can only be desperation that drives people to buy their beer here. Or a spineless apathy that prevents them from wandering in any direction to find something better.
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I like, I like, I like. It's gone through a bit of a trasnformation of late and it is far removed from it's grotty old self. Nice people behind the jump and welcoming too. It spins my wheels.
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Small and cosy, very friendly staff!
Leona - 31 Oct 2004 21:39 |
Think you were a bit unlucky Shelly. I've started going to the Smugglers regularly recently, and found it to be a very friendly place. The manager is a nice guy, (I'm not sure I remember a Landlord), and the atmosphere always seems OK. A big improvement since the refurb anyway, though I don't think it could have got much worse.
MATTHEW - 16 Sep 2004 21:26 |
The landlord was INCREDIBLY rude when I went recently and seems to make up his own closing times. Maybe I got unlucky....maybe not.
Shelly - 10 Sep 2004 14:34 |
recently refurbished, cheap beer, tables outside - great place to meet for a mid-week drink
nicola stanton - 10 Jul 2003 10:32 |
Very nice pub - feels a bit like a local
Tammy - 17 Jun 2003 15:05 |
Small pub, friendly staff. Guiness, London Pride, Miller, Fosters on tap.
The Dr - 4 Apr 2003 13:44 |
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