Northumberland Arms, Kings Crossback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Can't really add anything new to the last report.
Still offering no real ale with all the usual lager suspects on offer instead. Pleasant enough crowd in at time of visit most watching footie on a large screen TV, with a welcoming and efficient barmaid. Not sure if I would want to send the evening there but fine for a quick pint.
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Not sure if the clientele here are a fair reflection of Kings Cross as a whole, but the stark white interior and wooden floor is a world away from the welcoming 'pub from 20 years ago' Carps just down the road. No real ale, only the keg favs John Smiths and Worthingtons (the former just £2.85). An older, male-dominated, shouty crowd, albeit unintimidating, but may not feel that way to others. A rare sight in a London pub - a pool table.
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Called in on a recent visit to London. Typical locals bar from my point of view. Only Smiths, no real ales. Pleasant enough.
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Solid pub on a busy road for passing trade, locals and many of the workers currently demolishing and rebuilding much of King's Cross. The Northumberland Arms has definitely had a refurbishment in the last year, as all the light wood that now covers the floor hasn't yet stained too badly and the walls no longer seep nicotine and tar, but the character of the place has changed little - it remains a good enough pub for a couple of pints before a train, after a day spent hauling bricks and cement around or, like the nearby Dun-a-ri bar, for throwing back lager at terrifying speeds before and after your northern football club plays in London, whilst watching other sides play on the huge screens on every wall.
Unsurprisingly, there is no cask ale (just keg Smith's and keg Smith's smooth), which means I'd generally use McGlynn's when in the area, but this is otherwise a decent little pub.
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