Cat And Canary, Canary Wharf

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user reviews of the Cat And Canary, Canary Wharf

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Cool bar for the Docklands compared to its other horrible bars. Dart board , good screens for all sports. Good Guinness and selection of booze.

Cant fault it.. Also does nice grub. Like a traditional local. Well worth a visit.
Rob101 - 28 Aug 2008 15:46

This pub has a great atmosphere friendly bar staff and management. Fruit machines, itbox, 6ft projector screen for live sports, and dining during the day. Excellent in the Summer and Sunday roast on Sundays, this pub is a hit with family's, youngsters and old codgers alike.

A.Haliti - 15 Jun 2008 18:00
The only real decent pub in the Wharf where I have spent many a nice Friday afternoon long lunches with colleagues and many after work pints. Not the finest pub you'll ever go in I admit, but it serves a few decent ales on the pumps and a few in bottles and also does not bad food. Pretty good prices as well compared to other places in the area.
essjaydee - 16 Apr 2008 15:32
North Pole, £2-50 for a Pride, also has Landlord and Old Speckled Hen. Far better pub, better beer-no contest.
BlindTiger - 22 Dec 2007 16:12
Probably the best pub in Docklands - yes, I know it isn't saying much - but I've just come back from a long liquid lunch with work colleagues, the London Pride was spot on at only £ 2.80 ( it costs £ 3 in the Counting House in the City ) - do YOU know a better drinking place round here - if so, let me know ASAP ?

Cheers
JohnBonser - 11 Oct 2007 15:02
Overcrowded, overpriced Wharf pub. The acoustics in here make conversation a struggle, over the noise of the mob.
BlindTiger - 28 Sep 2007 16:04
Service is fast and staff are pleasant. Just PLEASE turn down the music in the evening. I get the impression that the music is more for the benefit of the staff than the customers!
bluegorillagolf - 31 Aug 2007 10:37
A nice pub to go to on a hot summer’s day if you like a bit of shade. Pretty standard Fullers pub with little character but in my opinion there are far worse places to be. Service was a little slow but not awful and the pint I had was OK if a little expensive.
TheHorsesMouth - 6 Aug 2007 13:02
Although the ales are generally satisfactory, this bar is well below Fullers' usual standards. The other night the music was turned up so loud at 6pm that conversation was almost impossible. Why not turn the music off and try to be a bit different from other Canary Wharf bars?
stevet37 - 16 Jul 2007 15:26
Fake olde-worlde pub, and done pretty well too. Great beer and lgreat ocation on the quayside.
Greshon - 11 Jul 2007 12:30
I would not (and do not) drink anywhere else in Canary Wharf. Agreed it is not a traditional pub but it is head and shoulders above the alternatives.
WillyTheTinker - 25 Mar 2007 10:13
Before it was recently refurbished, this was an over-crowded, scruffy pub with staff who did not understand how to handle real beer (witness the comment by a bar manager who claimed the beer must be alright as they'd only just changed the barrel. I asked if it had been given chance to settle. She looked at me like I was a martian or something).

Since it was refurbed, they have stumbled across the innovation of banning people from standing around tables. Instead, they push them all against the railings so you only get to use one side of them. You can just imagine the scene as groups of people who, instead of standing in groups around a table talking to each other, are instead lined up in some kind of bad-tempered line dance.

This pub is rubbish and nothing like as good as Fullers usual standard. Go to Davy's instead, at least they know how to keep a decent pint.
anonymous - 19 Mar 2007 12:02
Well below Fullers' usual standards. I could forgive the uninspiring location in the foot of an office block were it not for the general air of dirtiness about the place - discarded glasses and crisp packets etc. everywhere, and the state of the gents was poor even for London. My pint of Discovery was mediocre as well. Poor.
grecian - 9 Feb 2007 17:21
It's great to find a decent, dirty old man's pub around all the snobby wine bars in Canary Wharf, I love it!
monkeyjoe3000 - 13 Dec 2006 16:24
Overpriced and Average...nothing to write home about.
Venom - 9 Oct 2006 23:29
Visited on a Sat lunchtime - service quick for both food and beer. London Pride in good nick; veggie burgers out of this world! Food highly recommended.
mooglecat - 31 May 2006 11:31
too busy to get serverd. had to go to the bar next door.
anonymous - 22 Apr 2006 02:57
Very rude / semi retarded bar staff. Only darts board in canary wharf is the only saving grace of this overpriced dirty drinking hole.
anonymous - 12 Mar 2006 15:45
Better than the Henry Addington, there's marginly less chance you'll get punched in the face.

However still not great, the beer is just too damned expensive.
reverendlionelblair - 1 Jan 2006 22:13
A very average pub in the very dull area of Canary Wharf.
lwk198 - 26 Sep 2005 16:37
An ok pub in an area with bars! However, not the best experience I've had. Just so that John(below) is correct, the HA was the first pub in the wharf, and is by far the best place to go for a beer, anytime, you are always welcome!
CW_Northerner - 11 Sep 2005 20:37
An oasis for decent drinking and atmosphere in the desert that is Canary Wharf. This was the first pub to arrive on the Wharf and, with the arguable exception of the Henry Addington, is the only decent drinking hole in the area.
Proper pub - proper people. A bit like a City pub, which is the finest accolade possible. Highly recommended
JohnBonser - 30 Jun 2005 14:49
Not the best experience I've had in the Wharf. The staff are slow, and struggled to understand English. What a hard job, thought a beer in the evening was meant to be fun, thought I'd finished work!!!
anonymous - 8 Jun 2005 21:07
Wasnt a bad place to go and watch England stuff ireland a few weeks back.
bit more pricey than i am used to but i wasnt drinking much anyways.

Jackrum - 21 Apr 2005 23:03
A good place to go to watch the football at Canary Wharf.

An old fashioned pub with decent drinks and a quieter atmosphere if your not in the mood for the lively bars across the water!!
The_Hitman - 31 Mar 2005 18:11
A lively city bar with an excellent view over a quay. Gets quite busy.
Jack_Carter - 29 Mar 2005 13:54
Old mans pub in the middle of Canary Wharf. How is that possible?!
Alex - 17 Nov 2004 17:42
Just another bland pub full of suits all talking about money money money which is all the automatons in that area care about.
martin bailey - 11 Sep 2004 01:37
Bog standard chain pub with the good fortune of being in Docklands so the outside tables look across a quay to the Docklands Museum building.

The bars on the other side of the water are better but this is a useful place for a pint and a burger before hand.
MrScott - 7 Jun 2004 13:45

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