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does anybody remember"good fee mon?"Ilived and worked there quite a while and spend with you guys some hours of drinking beers,eating roasts,listenning jazz and and...(go 8 years back in memory!)my love to evereone who does,would be interesting to see the "POW" again,jane and tom and all the lokals I used to say good by at 11p.m(or much later!)for so many nights!
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Proper pub; South London feel to it. Decent interesting beer, teriffic interior.
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Probably the only pub in Primrose Hill to have a 'local feel' to it. Three reasonably well kept ales on offer with London Pride and Adnams Bitter being regulars plus one regularly rotating guest. Worth a visit if you're in the area, but don't make any specific effort to get here.
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Fantastic pub!
This is the only place in Primrose Hill to have the feel of a proper local. The local folk drinking here are not the assholes you find everywhere else in this area; They're real people. The only barstaff in the area to not take the "o" out of "country"...
Reasonably well kept beer, always with a guest ale. Not always the standard stuff either; They've surprised me a few times with crazy brews from Devon, Cornwall, etc that I've never seen anywhere else in London (not even the Wenlock!)
No obnoxious music, no constant football. There's a couple of nasty fruit machines, but nobody's perfect.
Proper food as well. Good home cooking style at decent prices (egg and chips, sausage and egg etc), which is a combination sadly lacking in this part of town.
I've been drinking here for about six or seven years now, on and off, and it's the only place in the area where the staff a)stick around for more than a month and b)give a shit. The landlady, Jane, is a legend. She truly cares about the place of the local pub in the community, which is worth a fair bit in my book.
Truly a five star pub. Go there, but please, for Christ's sake, don't let your lager-lout mates know how good it is.
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Still the best pub in the area by a country mile. 3 Ales always on, pride, adnams and a guest.. excellent food and staff.
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Returned here yesterday. Jazz band playing, well staffed who went about their jobs quietly and efficiently. Had the ploughmans again for £6. Mixture of locals, woolie hats and tourists. Very pleasant. Someone asked for chips on their own but apparently that's a no no.
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This is a great pub full of friendly locales and nice bar staff. Good bar food, very cheap for the area, though not the best range of beers. Excellent live old school jazz on Thursday and Sunday. Highly recommended...
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I spent quite a few nights in this pub back when I lived on Finchley Road--it was a bit of a walk, but the atmosphere made it worth it. One of the most relaxing places to have a argument about a good book or just sit around and talk about sport. Certainly the best pub in an area surprisingly short on serious competition.
I admit to never having been blown away by their beer (either in selection or in quality), but I've never had a truly bad pint there either. Nice (and fairly-priced) pub food as well.
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Lovely interior, average beer selection. Seems to be the best in the immediate area. A pair of grim chavs (seemed to be pals with the barman) put me and the girlfriend off a little thoughbut.
anonymous - 30 Dec 2005 13:26 |
The best pub in the area by far. Brazilian boys behind the bar very friendly and show the meaning of quality service, food excellent and good value, nice clientele, always 3 ales on - generally, Adnams, London Pride and one guest : good beer guide regular.
Forget the poncey media bars near by (there isnt a mullet insight within the Princess !, well, not in a retro sense) , come in, get warm by the fire, put your feet up, and drift off with a decent pint.
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to the person who described this pub as rough. Where do you normaly drink????? This is one of the most relaxing pubs in the area with great food and drink live jazz and a fantastic atmosphere usually so hard to find in Candem
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Rough. Avoid it.
anonymous - 25 Nov 2005 12:33 |
The only authentic pub in Primrose Hill. Fantastic food, good beer, live jazz and interesting company. Highly recommended.
gjs34 - 31 Oct 2005 10:17 |
Loved it, loved it, loved it - a welcome haven at the end of camden town. Bit hard to find but well worth the walk. Wine is fab and the roasts are fantastic!!! Will definetly visit again!
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I too think this is a smashing pub. Good, inexpensive food, quiet in a good way (as in no posey tw*ts), lots of light in summer and a cosey fire in winter. As someone posted under The Lansdown, walk straight past it and come in here - it is everything The Lansdown isn't, thankfully!!
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Quite a while since I've been here but went a few Sundays ago. Very pleasant. Jazz on. Sunny weather. Sat outside. Bit pricey for a Ploughmans (£6/7 think). Then some twat in a sports car parks up thinking he's the ducks nuts. That's Primrose Hill I guess.
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Aweful place...would be better situated in the middle of a council estate. Rough clientele...dissapointed
guy - 18 Oct 2004 14:57 |
A genuine London pub. Friendly, lots of history and atmosphere, no loud music, but good live jazz on Thursday and Sunday. Food and wine excellent. My husband says the beer's good too.
Ann - 6 Oct 2004 15:59 |
Great friendly pub with live good quality jazz on Sundays. Fantastic Sunday lunches with at least 8 vegetables. Decent real ales and a nice cellar bar. Only possible criticism is that the toilets are pretty small and a bit worn.
Chris P. - 1 Sep 2004 13:36 |
i worked there 2 month, and i can tell you its a nice place where you can meet very friendly people.
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Went in on a saturday night once and it was pretty dead. Pleasant enough pub though.
Daivd Vernon - 10 Mar 2004 13:07 |
My favourite pub in the area, good for food and drink, a couple of real ales on, though it can be very very quiet. Some sort of function room downstairs.
Pauly - 22 Sep 2003 12:44 |
