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Wetherspoons have just increased most of their prices, real ale is now £1.99 a pint , can anyone remember when all pubs charged this . The Oakham ales are now finished it's back to the current guest list Loddon Ferryman's Gold is the first one with more great beers to follow , go there this weekend and enjoy. By the way Mr Finsbury James , Wenger is Arsenal not Tottenham.
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Gosh Isnt this a nice pub?
ok so perhaps its not a heaving young vibe of a place. more of a massive shed full of all sorts enjoying cheap beer.
The real ale has always been fantastic when ive been there and a beer festival is ending tomorrow with some very tasty beer.
There is even a pint called Wenger for all you tottenham fans out there.
also you can always find a place to sit execept after matches at ashburton grove when it is packed.
if you are taking your entertainment, like real ale and the cheapest prices of any pub i know of this is the place.
the only downside being that it closes at 11
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I was back in The Coronet recently, and as usual, I had a good time.
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I always pay a visit to Thw Coronet when I am down in London from Darlington. My favourite boozer in the capital, thanks to the cheap prices and friendly atmosphere.
I must get back down soon.
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without a doubt the best spoon in north london, the beer festival was a fabulous success , all of the beers were superb as was the food . A pint of polish plum beer plus roast pork ,apple sauce , roast potatoes , carrots, peas, brocoli and gravy for £5.99 , need i say more.
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Great spoons pub beer always in good nick when I go in and usually plenty of choice. No problem being served. Well done Dave
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The Wetherspoons real ale festival is happening right now with 11 of the 12 pumps serving festival ales .The 3 glasses for the price of a pint is a good deal. The Polish plum beer is very moorish as is the german St Georgen Brau,the staff are to be congratulated for the handling of the event.
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Beer and a burger now cost £4.49 still great value. They are just finishing another Oakham beer festival , this one included the fab Black hole porter rarely seen plus the new Delirium, oblivion, the Duchess , inferno and Attila. This is the best spoon in north london an entry in the GBG , autumn pub of the season 2007 and real ale at £1.79 a pint.
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Cheap booze, cheap food, beautiful interior. The high ceilings (it used to be a cinema) sometimes lead to a lack of atmosphere, but very much in the Wetherspoon mould - an interesting building converted sympathetically. Beer and a burger for £4.25 in London? Can't go wrong!
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Haven't been in this pub for a few years but went back to-day. I really enjoy this place. Good selection of real ales including 'Coronet' brewed by Oakham especially for the pub. Although only 4% abv, it was a really good beer. Other beers included Ringwood 'Thumper'. Fairly quick service both with the drinks and beers. I would feel the only drawback would be when Arsenal were playing at home and the pub is probably over-run then. There were two minor drawbacks. The seating, in the alcoves and the settees, was on the low side. The gents' toilets needed a good clean out as many of the users were incapable of aiming straight when at the urinals. I would most certainly visit again.
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Good pub before Arsenal home games.Reasonable quality ales borne out by GBG inclusion
anonymous - 14 Aug 2007 22:43 |
A typical JDW with the usual fault (taking ages to clear empty glasses/plates and then failing to mop up the spilt beer etc) and the usual plus, a pint for less than £2. In this case a pretty good Top Dog from Spinning Dog. I didn't think the pub was as bad as the average rating of 4.9 seems to indicate but I've only been there once.
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This is the best spoon in north london, a new entry in the 2007 GBG and i am told it will be in the 2008 guide, camra recently voted it the pub of the season. There is tobe a beer festival starting on the 23rd of july. So be there then for an oakham event.
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Big pub with big drinkers
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I'm not too sure about the Cask Marque accreditation here. The ales are all served via swan neck and sparkler so if you want a proper beer, ask them to take the sparkler off. I did and had some Badgers Tanglefoot which was ok, but the tall skinny guy with the ponytail who took the sparkler off to serve my first pint then served me again later on needs some manners. He tells you the price, no "please" or anything, then drops the change in your hand without looking at you, with no "thank you" afterwards either.
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Cripes, this one exemplifies exactly what is wrong with Spoons place. Yes, the interior is initially impressive, but the murky half-light and the miserable scenes at ground level do more than cancel that out. These places are always filled with the remnants of ropey, half-eaten meals which weren't enjoyed, empty bottles of cheap imported lager and apple-juice-concentrate cider, along with the ubiquitous and unattractive menu cards on each and every table. Horrible, horrible, horrible.
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anonymous - 15 Jan 2007 19:53 |
yNow is a good time to visit as the sale is still on,at the moment you can get a pint of real ale plus a great burger and fries for £3.49. Hurry the sale ends on wednesday
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Best beer on my trip round N1 and a lovely pub, and a real mix of customers ! Also beer and coffee about a third of the price of one other pub not far away. We'll miss Spoons when Tim Martin goes.
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One Of The Best Spoons I've Discovered In Some Time, Amazing Building, 9/10
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What a WASTE.
Quite insulting really, a beautiful old Cinema converted into a regular rubbish 'spoons.
The decoration inside is really something else and is undoubtedly one of the best looking Wetherspoons i've ever visited, it's just a shame that the stunning interior has to share the same space as the bog standard food and service. Still, they sell Koppaberg like all Wetherspoons, so there's one bonus for you.
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Tried it out Pre-Match....even though it was very full got served pretty quickly, which for a JDW is amazing....Try the Swan at Highbury Corner...they think Service is just something that starts a game of Tennis off...
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went in there last nite and it was worse than usualashtrays were over flowing,tables filthy and full of glasses!ok it is normally a bit skanky but it was dreadful last night - beware u have been warned.
anonymous - 29 May 2006 00:20 |
To set the record straight. it's a JDW pub on the A1, catering to Cockneys/Irish & Students from the nearby Uni. It's an oasis on Holloway Road serving cheap booze in a uniquely spaced out atmosphere, whenever I'm in North London I'll always head to this outlet.
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Went in on Easter Monday to be greeted by the gloomy interior.
Once my eyes had adjusted to the very low levels of light I was able to make out table upon table of old men sitting in ones or twos - virtually no wmen, virtually no one under 70 apart from the odd person with mental health problems. Very depressing.
anonymous - 17 Apr 2006 23:20 |
This is one of Wetherspoons better showcases, a former ABC cinema now largely patronised by the usual Wetherspoon's £1-a-pint fogeys. The pub's interior has an almost chilled out air to it, that you'd forget that you're on that alfresco madhouse called Holloway Road.
anonymous - 7 Mar 2006 22:59 |
My favourite drinking hole in London . Cheap and friendly , and worth the travel from Darlington via Kings Cross .
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Bit of an old man's pub with no atmosphere and very few females! Better than most Wetherspoons though and very cheap.
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Had a couple of pints in there Saturday lunchtime and they were really good. Top quality beer. Couldn't believe it when the barman said £4.57 for two pints of bitter and a pint of Guinness! The bitter was £1.39 and the Guinness £1.79. The baked spud with tuna was pretty good as well at £2.99. A cavernous boozer, too big really, but the beer was good and what a price!
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Fascinating place to visit, though not to have as a regular. The sympathetic and award winning Wetherspoon conversion may have succeeded only too well in recreating the feel of the original 1940's cinema. Famously (and for some, unfortunately) the clientèle are old people who no doubt were around when the ABC was at its height. The old folk are content to spend their twilight days sipping beer in the place where they first discovered love and excitement. The place is redolent with sadness, enhanced by the drab 1940's colour scheme, the dim lighting, the anonymous feel created by the vast space, and the tired (in some cases quite distressed) state of the furniture. With a modern refurbishment this place could be quite cool and buzzing, but then London would have lost something unique and memorable. Go there before that refurbishment takes place.
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anonymous - 4 Sep 2005 18:27 |
Great pub for cheap drink
anonymous - 6 Jun 2005 01:39 |
A typical Wetherspoon pub with fairly regular no thrills Wetherspoon food.
The only minus point that I can say about the place is that it is far too large for it's own good!
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Vast former cinema not far from where Mad Joe Meek murdered his landlady before topping himself. Oh, and making bad records on his stairs.
A good pub!
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Some of the best times of my life have been in the Coronet. Unfortunately, so have some of the worst. I have written to Wetherspoons asking them to open up the untapped resource that is the circle of the old cinema auditorium, but to be honest the place is big enough. It would be a nice touch though.
Contrary to Rupert's assertion, The Coronet is probably the best pub to go to on your own without feeling self-conscious; most of the other loyal clientelle are on their own too. And they've all been there since 10am and probably think you've come with your twin sibling anyway...
Ross Palmer - 29 Jul 2004 16:54 |
Pretty much anywhere else in London, this would be an average pub. However, there is a demand for real ale on Holloway Road and very few places that sell it. The Coronet, fortunately, is both very large, very cheap, and has very good beer, as befits a Wetherspoons. It's impossible to overstate how bloody enormous this place is, either. All human life is here...
A.B.R. - 15 Jul 2004 15:07 |
I was at the local uni for three years and found this pub like my second home. Drinks are really good (and cheap) and i think the food is not bad in there (1/4 burger, chips and pint for £3.29). The old building has a lovly look to it inside but its a shame that they allow them old men in there. Its a great place to relax during breaks and is a very good pub. The only problem is the smell in the mens toilets.
Phillip Ashdown - 17 Jun 2004 14:16 |
This is no normal pub, and stands out even by the Holloway Road's mix of the good, the bad and the gets-ugly-around-eleven.
So cavernous you half expect to see flocks of bats pouring out of the entrance at dusk, this pub contains several lost tribes. Coffin dodgers, studes, likely lads, unlikely women and quite possibly a mislaid camera team from National Geographic, all make up the many hundreds of regulars who sup cheap (and good) beer, eat cheap (just cheap) grub and hide from the outside world. It's unique, and surprisingly unscary given some of the clientele. You will always get a table, it's that big. Staff friendly, efficient and unperturbable; service good.
No fun if you're on your own, but for connoisseurs of real London it's unbeatable.
Fun fact: the last film screened before it closed as a cinema was Bladerunner.
Rupert - 30 Mar 2004 18:52 |
its amazingly packed full of old men, food is terrible, no atmosphere, but the cheapest weatherspoons i know!
catherine - 22 Mar 2004 23:07 |
I don't know why I like it so much, but I do. Everyone else I know hates it.
Though it does feel like an airport terminal (much like the White Swan at Highbury & Islington), it maintains a charm all of its own.
Worth a visit, especially for novelty value.
Steve - 5 Mar 2004 11:46 |
An old cinema converted into a Wetherspoons -- massive, almost zero atmosphere, no music, full of old men who arrive at 10am and stumble out at 11.30pm. Strangely, one of the greatest pubs in North London.
james - 19 Jan 2004 11:05 |
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