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A reasonable meeting place, and better than its opposite number as you fall off the Eurostar in Paris!
The beer was good, if a little too cold, and I too was served seriously short measure
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Cafe style bar, pleasant enough if it's quiet but irritating when busy as it's an odd shaped bar and you are always in someones way. It's better to sit outside and watch the Eurostar passengers coming and going. The beer is good but I had to ask twice for a top up as it was well under measure. The food is adequate but nothing to rave about - not too expensive for saying it's in a tourist area. I preferred the old comfy, beat up Shires bar that used to be on this site. Still, times move on and we must be fashionable or die.
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Popped in whilst waiting for the Eurostar to Belgium 3 real ales on and rather cheap as well £3 a pint will be coming back here for sure
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Popped by on a weekend afternoon and I thought it was very nice although fairly empty. The platform-area seating area is much nicer than your average stationside pub, and the house ale by Sharps was very tasty especially considering its session strength (3.6 I think).
Confusing layout at present, worth wandering around because some seating areas are not at all nice (e.g. just by the front entrance which has a few tables with a view of construction hoardings).
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Came in here to kill time and have to say I was disappointed as I thought it was supposed to be a proper real ale pub. Only Pride, a couple of clips were turned around. Bottles of Duvel and a couple of Meantime beers. Modern and functional, you have to walk through a couple of dining rooms to get to the toilets. I almost ended up in a storage cupboard before finding the door. Currently the Gents/Disabled are shared with the ladies. Quite fun to watch the girls preening in front of the mirror while I gave my hands a quick rinse.
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A likeable pub and for a railway station pub it would be very difficult to beat, the real ale I drank was interesting (Sharp's) and good quality, not too pricey by London standards and served in traditional jugs, a nice touch. I can't quite understand the 'joke' with the toilets, a 60 second walk through a dining room to get to them, hardly a problem!
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Not a bad pub at all-referencing some of the previous posts. There were 3 handpumps of which Sharps was the most interesting - it was £3/pint which isn't a rip-off price any more. If you want something expensive try the Champagne bar 100ft away - £7.50 for the cheapest 125cl glass!
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We went to The Betjeman Arms for drinks last Friday evening and it was great. Fantastic venue, great service. Would be good venue for functions, with range of rooms to suit. Very pleased, will be making it a regular meeting place for drinks and dinner.
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Major disappointment - no wonder the statue of the man himself further up the station is looking the other way! Very poor location, cramped, back-to-front (with the half-open kitchen near the door and the bar tucked away at the back). Never did find the toilets, and there may also be some dining rooms hidden away further inside somewhere. Nice pint of the own-brand beer from Sharps Brewery, though.
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I guess that it is where it is because it is the site of the old Shires Bar.
I loved the temporary Baby Betjeman and the way it was run, and liked the staff. I do not know about this one though. The beer is very good, but expensive. The toilets are a joke, and I do not believe planning permission restricted them. Some of the details, like the bar and bar stool height seemed to be to discourage casual drinking (the price does that).
On the other hand the staff are still good and it is quiet because it is a little out of the way. I strongly recommend that you try it yourself.
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Dreadful. They couldn't have made it worse if they tried. Getting it up like a trendy gastropub is a bad start. Sticking it in a remote corner of the station doesn't help. Neither does the fact that it stinks of chips. And that horrid loud music. And why are the loos half a mile down a gloomy corridor? What on earth must those who experience this place as their introduction to British pubs think?
The rebuilt St Pancras is much overrated, as anyone who has to cart heavy cases from from the tube to the trains will tell you, all style over substance, so this pub fits in perfectly.
Give it to Wetherspoons, at least they do shite station and airport bars well.
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