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Nice place, well situated and has some great DJ nights downstairs, especially The Nitty Gritty on the second Sunday of the month. They play old soul, beat, garage, girl groups and ska and it attracts some eccentric but interesting, friendly people. Good to sit outside, either right next to the canal or on the upper deck, particularly in the evening.
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Nice pub, but they wanted to charge us with an entry fee after we were already in because there was a gig downstairs (which was about to finish indeed).
P.s. If you fancy a walk along the Canal towards King's Cross, beware of a group of stupid kids who enjoy throwing water and tree branches while hiding behind a wall, 100 metres from the pub. It happened twice, guess they need some education, sooner or later.
anonymous - 9 Jul 2007 16:48 |
Great pub, nice old landlady, great canalside beer garden and an assortment of dogs - which is always a good thing (except when they shit round the back). Nice Summer Solstice on tap last time I went. Off the beaten track, so hopefully not likely to be given the pine and beige treatment, but not rammed all the time so probably on the 'at-risk of being turned into yuppie flats' list. This kind of worry gives me a nervous breakdown.
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really great pub, good real ale and the music bar is a sound idea. this type of place should be encoraged. but and its a big but.... allowing your kitchen staff to sell illegal dvd's is not cool. this money goes to seroius criminals or worse terror groups. think im exaggerating.. ask the old bill. i love this place but that should stop !
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One or two locals with a far away look in their eye notwithstanding, this is a fine pub which is making an effort to attract people, despite its backstreet location. To hell in the Lock Tavern and its bouncers and crowds - this is a much better bet and right on the canal, too.
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Well, I liked it and I will go again.
This customer is always right but the other ones maybe are a littel wayward at times.
Rude is what short stay Oz staff in paddington do at 10:59pm, the previous correspondent my just have suffered from Culcher. Gedit? Love to everyone and beer all round.
I will try the country music once or maybe more.
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Blimey that seems a bit strong. I've never been called ruse before, rude and spoilt countless times. The bar staff "comforted" you? Diddums.
anonymous - 22 Sep 2006 15:34 |
Stopped in by chance a few weeks ago and discovered some amazing live country music being played in the cellar bar - it's a club called Honky Tonkin Sunday, first Sunday of every month. Had an amazing night, danced to some tunes played by some very cute djs til late in the evening...oh, great beer garden and general atmosphere upstairs, too...
anonymous - 25 May 2006 15:14 |
I'm not in to old man style pubs but this place was really nice to use, put on a free bbq esp for us the first week i lived in camden and they had lovely staff and a gorgeous garden overlooking the canal, cheap drinks etc.
Kept coming back on tues for a curry and a pint (or a malibu coke)
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Friendly staff, three real ales, round the corner from the Camden Garden Centre.
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Yeah Cellar bar is a treat. Now the macbar has closed, a good alternative
atlas - 16 Feb 2006 14:13 |
There's now a cellar bar open tuesday to saturday where you can avoid the locals and/or football. Very friendly and relaxed, good music, soon to be food in the evenings. The landlady's making a real effort to have it as different from upstairs as possible.
anonymous - 23 Jan 2006 15:23 |
They don't really serve food, but will happily let you order pizza if you are peckish and keep drinking. Lush beer garden with giant lavenders is heaven in summer. Best with a group of friends as a buffer to the locals.
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A pub that's a pleasure to have as a local (assuming I ignore Murray's and the Camden Arms - both horrid pubs but at the opposite ends of the spectrum). It has everything for me - a choice of ales including a guest one, a pool table, a beer garden, lovely staff, great layout, a couple of tellys for when the need arises, and a fair juke box.
Every pub should be unique but the world would be a better place if they were based on this place...
Hmm, I think I need a beer and a fight after rereading that last pretentious overbearing statement.
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The Constitution is something of an Oasis in Camden.
We first chanced by it in mid summer and the flora and fauna of the beer garden was breath taking, both to behold and to smell. It is about as traditional English as it is possible to get. Oak boards, big flaggon tables and warm decor. Suberb Guinness, and a selection of decent ales and lagers. The staff are polite and knew my name by the 3rd time I went in.
The regulars are far less scary than some of them look. They always seem to be telling some tale and seem happy to regail it to freinds and strangers alike. All in all, a real top pub and a good find.
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The best pub in NW1. Have had some great nights in here.
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All the below is true. V good ales, friendly staff and possibly the best beer garden in camden.
My only concern is that the locals can be a little local and unwelcoming. Perhaps with summer coming the locals can smell the incomers to this hidden Camden treasure.
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Interested to see 'davecamden's' reply to my comment on the pub - he apologised for a particular night without knowing what date I was referring to. Somehow, I doubt we had the same night in mind... I've visited a lot of pubs in London and this is the only one I am sure I will never go back to.
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Stumbled upon this pub by accident after go for a looong walk along the canal and trying to find a pub that wasn't jam packed full. Absolutely lovely pub garden. Right by the canal, and so very unpretentious. Loved it. Very nice lady spoke to me at the bar when I was ordering my pints and everyone seemed very friendly. Bar lady (Landlady?) lent us her pen so we could do the crosswords and then felt very sorry for us when we couldn't go the final clue (it ended up being 'Waterloo'). If I'm ever in this area, I will definitely spend a sunny afternoon there again.
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It's not my pub, it's Wendy's (my mum). I'd like to apologise about his experience. It was basically my fauly, Wendy was meant to have the night off and I never turned up for work, so she was understandably miffed and surly.
Not going to do any plugs for the pub and I won't rate it, that'd be cheating.
Sorry again.
anonymous - 30 Mar 2005 15:37 |
My experience wasn't so good; slow service, bar unmanned for quite a while, defensive and personalised staff attitude.
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Really nice pub out of the way in Camden.
Basic interior - nothing special, but friendly staff and punters.
Great Adnams Broadside served from proper casks.
One of my favourite beer gardens. Spent most of my summer days in my last year of uni whiling away the hours there. Right on the canal, so quiet and relaxing. The summer sun travels over from the back of the garden down to set over the front of it.
Also within easy reach of central Camden, if you want to go on for a night out, or alternatively the Lord Stanley north through the mews if you want another pint of Broadside.
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yeah i worked down the road from there and went there every other lunchtime, really good people locals who you could have a good chat with about anything and good landlady (wendy) plus all the people i met ash, tom, dave, pat, jim, mark etc too many too mention! but you are guaranteed a good laugh and chat there either lunchtimes or 5.30 onwards, i'l be back one day
clive the hammer - 26 Oct 2004 16:24 |
fewr and fewer traditional pubs in this area bas they go the trendy route . then very many of the few normal pubs that are left in this area are aimed squarely at the irish ex-patriot community, and kitted out to for there exclusive patronage . but this is both a proper pub, and a pub where you can have no irish blood whatsoever and not feel like an interloper .
dan - 19 Aug 2004 12:20 |
Really nice pub (and beer garden), excellent ales - Adnam's + Broadside & Directors- but a poor selection of lagers. The food is cheap and the staff are friendly, and a nice location by the canal. The clientele were also quite nice when we were there, if you see what I mean.
Owen - 25 Jun 2004 17:23 |
Lovely beer garden and friendly landlady.
Stacey - 19 Jun 2004 08:40 |
A chilled out, traditional pub, with pool table, juke box and fruit machines. Reasonable prices, good for a quiet drink or as part of a pub crawl!
Caz Twells - 6 Feb 2004 00:45 |
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