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My favourite on a friday afternoon/evening walkabout in the Marylebone area. Nice and airy, bare wooden floors, large unfrosted windows, great beer. Was very popular with the after-work brigade. Overall a great atmosphere. My Archers Strong Mild was superb :-)
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Excellent pub, getting just about everything right. Sensible distribution of space between those drinking and dining, and several benches outside. The U-shaped bar means that the attentive staff serve you quickly. Good range of beers from breweries large and small. Television on, but unobtrusive.
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Decent little back street pub with six handpumps serving a good variety of rotating beers. I have tasted beers better kept than they were here on my visit, but it was still perfectly acceptable nonetheless. Recommended if you're in the area as there aren't that many places like this round here.
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Fabulous pub and deservedly in GBG. Tonight they had Harvey's Sussex, Broadside, Archers Fat Belly Boozer, Skinners Figgy Brew, Cottage Jack At The Movies and Stonehenge Pigswill.
Proper pub with proper beer. Highly recommended.
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Five of six handpumps on, Archers IPA and Empty Pockets, Strong's Best Bitter, Clark's Classic Blonde & Harvey's Sussex. Ipa and Strong's tried, in good condition. Friendly welcome, Hendrix CD playing, very enjoyable. Good free house, basic food, (paninis, omelettes, all day breakfast) available. Sky sports on muted.
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Legendry pub, used to be my local work boozer & I still love going back there...a great atmosphere & always fun to be had. Many a classic night has been had in this place over the last 5 years. Always has quality barstaff.
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Been in here several times now and there is always a good feel about the place. The real Ale is great with a good selection. The atmosphere is always welcoming and friendly. Just a great little boozer, quite handy for Marylebone station.
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Clark’s Top o’t’Tree, Moorhouse Santa’s Piste (peachy), Teignworthy Christmas Cracker (6%), Harveys, Adnams, plus a.n.other. I think it’s recently had a refit but some victorian tiling remains at one entrance, some ‘booth’ seating around the window, horseshoe bar with good & not-so-good music from the cd, tv & plasma with muted skysports. All in all a very good find in this part of town and a surprisingly local feel; worth checking out, along with the Masons just along the road.
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Went in on Friday to try this place. Great little boozer, friendly staff, teles were on but not overbearing and for such well kept ale you couldn't beat it at £2.70 a pint. For those that like their pubs, do yourself a favour and find this one out if you're in London.
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Atmosphere: Friendly atmosphere but not too crowded for a West End pub, with a mixed clientele. Lots of TV screens make it a great venue for watching sport. Staff were friendly and efficient. All in all a very, very good pub.
Beers: 6 real ales available that change regularly. Harveys is a staple with other beers from small breweries. I sampled 5 of the 6 that were on and they were all excellent.
Food: No food available in the evening, but several customers brought in their own food from nearby take away outlets.
This is part of the small "Market Taverns" pub group that also own the Market Porter.
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If anybody wants to know what a real barmaid is,go in and ask for fran. (frank to the locals). She is a true gem of a girl, polite, funny and friendly. this pub has come on leaps since spring. Fair play to the team, Lee is also a welcome addition to a great team of staff!
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A decent place. Much more of a local's ambience than one normally finds in central London, but certainly not unwelcomingly so. Four or five guest ales and the ones I sampled were well-served. My only criticism would be that the service was a little unhurried, but equally that did suit the laid-back atmosphere of the place. I would return.
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I had a lovely pint from one of the six hand pumps on Sunday. I'll go out of my way to visit again.
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small but perfectly formed
great for after work drinks, take advantage of the happy doubles
anonymous - 15 Oct 2007 16:30 |
Excellent ale selection,I had an Everard's Sunchaser which was most agreeable,the staff were as friendly as I've encountered in London,will definitely return.
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Very good pub if you like beer and sport so I will give it a very high rating! When I was in they had 4 ales on all of which were from small brewers and very unusual for London (in my experience) (which is extensive) Lots of staff behind the bar all apparently accomplished at pulling pints amde me a very happy and certain to return customer. £2.70 a pint is NOT AT ALL BAD for Central London..
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Decent ale house which likes its sport, tucked away off the Edgware Road, a favourite of mine on the walk back to Paddington. Friendly staff - a dodgy pint was changed instantly with grace and humour - and good value too, for beer at any rate. £2.60 a pint in these inflationary times, often for beers unobtainable for many a mile around, seems like a good deal to me.
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Really high quality real ale and because it does not do food it was quiet on the lunchtime I was in compared to the Mason Arms just up the road. Very good pub but the prices are very high, even by central London pub standards.
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This pub has really Improved , the beer quality is now excellent.They have six ales with the marvellous Harveys best bitter as the mainstay.
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The ex-manager of the famous Market Porter in London Bridge, Nick Turner, has recently taken over here. Look forward to some great ales and more great nights in this corner of west london
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A large selection of beers but quite often of a poor standard. Lost count of the times I've had a bad pint in here.
anonymous - 8 Nov 2006 14:48 |
watched the footie in here yesterday,and thought it a well run pub with a sort of local feel to it.The beer choice was good and service excellent.Shame the football wasnt so good ,although the Scots in there were having a cracking time after beating the froggies.
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"Not many peeps no dis but dis pub woz owned by the Kray Brothers."
Wasn't the Krays' Carpenters Arms in Bethnal Green? Recently demolished too I think.
anonymous - 21 Sep 2006 11:11 |
Very decent option if you happen to be in the Marble Arch/Edgeware Road area. Had an excellent Cottage Ale-very friendly barmaid.
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I still think it's the best pub in the Marble Arch area. However, I meant it when I asked, and I still want to know- does anyone know of anywhere better? I have a couple of favourites to the North off the Edgware Road (The Royal Exchange tucked behind the corner with Praed Street is a brilliantly secret-feeling, lovely little drinker.) and East going into Soho. But if I'm between the two, I'll go to the Carpenter's to enjoy the good (and, I maintain, good selection of) beers served by the charming young ladies behind the bar.
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Hmmm....a bit hit and miss.
Usually a good atmosphere with a mixed bag of interesting customers.
Not sure how the place gets the cask marque though as I have had a few poor pints in here. A friend had the lager (Becks I think) which was as flat as Norfolk.
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I like this place. It has a nice vibe. Granted, its not one for the die-hard beer drinker (limited selection to put it mildly).
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Rough floorboards do not a rough pub make, and this place with its tiled walls (Victorian? It's of some interest from a pub architecture point of view), friendly barstaff and range of unusual ales is in my opinion - which doesn't seem to be shared by many on here - a bit of a treat.
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Can't see it I'm afraid. Like one of those magic eye puzzles I keep returning to stare, kidding myself I'll see it next time. Never do.
I have been in three times - each and every time there hasn't been anything interesting on the ale front and I've ended up ducking out and going to the Masons Arms for a pint. The place never seems terrible welcoming.
Maybe one day I will go in, there'll be something on hand pull worth staying in here for, and I will discover hidden charms. Hasn't happened yet thoughbut.
anonymous - 18 Jun 2006 19:59 |
If there's a better pub in the Marble Arch area, I'd be grateful to hear of it but somehow I don't find that likely. They keep 6 oft-rotating guest ales (I've not had a bad one yet) and the place has a pleasantly relaxed atmosphere. Very useful when in the area!
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Stopped in here on a Sunday in February before attending a wedding across the street. Very pleasant barman and nice geezer (clearly a near-resident in the place) sitting at the bar. Decent beer. Food looked so-so
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Popped my head round the door on Saturday afternoon and it didn't seem very nice in here at all, so carried on to the Mason's Arms. Will try in again but first impression is not so good.
anonymous - 6 Feb 2006 10:47 |
Not many peeps no dis but dis pub woz owned by the Kray Brothers.
anonymous - 9 Nov 2005 19:21 |
Excellent pub, guest ales all on form. Customers friendly. Same group as the Market Porter, need I say more.
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This is a great little pub and fully justifies the praise that other commentators have lavished on it. Needs to change the listing though. It is more Marble Arch than Marylebone because it is within spitting distance of the arch itself.
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Enjoyable relaxed pub with friendly service. I applaud the choice of real ales but a simultaneous tasting of three had curious results. One was quite cold, one hot, and the third was definitely off. Three cellars?? I'll try again and report back. 6/10.
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Not a bad little boozer, decent beer and sky sports, good place for a sunday afternoon.
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Fantastic pub. Great for drinking a quiet ale with Dell in the gutter on a summer afternoon.
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very nice selection of ales which were well kept and staff very friendly,small friendly pub and will deffo return
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Very nice traditional type pub, on the small side but comfortable and not too crowded. Good real ales all from smaller breweries (I had Mauldon's Pickwick & Orkney Red MacGregor).
Three tvs mounted high on the walls showing Sky Sports, but on very low volume so as not to annoy those who aren't interested. Staff switched over to the rugby league when we asked, which was a bonus.
On the whole a nice friendly atmosphere, tucked away in a backstreet but very close to Marble Arch.
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Perfect 'local' pub. Good staff, always seats, dart board, sky sports.
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Fantastic cosy real ale proper pub a stone's throw from the nightmare of Oxford St. Usually 6 rotating real ales and the friendliest staff in London!
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A gem.Order yourself a pint of one of the many ales on sale,enjoy the atmosphere and relax.Also great for watching sport on sky if that's your thing.
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Went there on Friday night - I must admit the music was a little loud (but not so loud you couldn't hold a conversation) - there was a great atmosphere, though - mainly because the barstaff seemed to be enjoying themselves so much! (but still served you quickly) Will definitely be back!
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Good beer range, well kept. Very noisy though IMO - especially when the big ceiling mounted TVs are all on.
mym - 10 Jun 2004 17:37 |
This is a true free house tucked away between Marble Arch and Marylebone. Up to six changing beers on handpump, mainly from small regional and micro breweries. On my visit today I saw two Archers' ales, Young's Waggledance, Harviestoun Bitter & Twisted, Black Dog Mild and Grainstore Brewery Gold. With my excellent lunch I had the Black Dog and the Harviestoun, the second beer tasting the best. A comprehensive spirits range complements the beers. The staff are friendly and cheerful, attracting a broad mix of clientele.
Mainly pop background music, and three TV sets plus a gaming machine. Comfy paerimiter leather upholstered seating to rear of the main bar plus bench seats and tables at the window affording views into the street. Pump clips from all the previous ales adorn the bar and the walls. Note the tiled interior wall at the front of the pub.
Credit cards and luncheon voiuchers accepted, with cashback available.
This is a good pub, and is well worth a visit.
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