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For some reason I seem to gravitate to this one when I meet ex-colleagues, but it's really nothing special. Crap beer selection and a thai menu that I never see anyone eatig from. However, it does have a pool table, which is pretty rare for the area.
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I started to use the Ivy House when the Princess Louise closed for the refurb and I have to say it's a much nicer place than I remember it a couple of years ago. The staff are friendly and there's a reasonably good selection of beer (mainly lagers). They often have Harvey's on draught too. The restaurant was recommended by a Thai friend and I have to say that it was the best experience I've had with Thai food (and very reasonable). However, I shall be returning to the Princess Louise when it re-opens as it just feels more like a proper pub.
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I can't comment on the beer, but the Thai restaurant upstairs is brilliant. Best green curry I've ever eaten. Priced about £7. Friendly service and a very clean wood-decor gastropub. Will be popping back for a few pints one evening.
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Been there twice in a month and found the staff attentive. Pub clean and busy. Last visit I found Thai restaurant on 1st floor was packed and I had to wait for a table. Service was a little slow but food is fantastic and Thai beer went well with meal. Also tried the Thai wine Moonsoon Valley which was very easy drinking. Can't understand some people and their comments. I suppose some people are out of place away from their local fish and chip shop
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What happened to the Lord Goodall?
Never been the same since.
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Good selection of well kept ales and lagers.Friendly staff and pleasant atmosphere.New Thai restaurant offers a choice of oriental and English food at competive prices including bar snacks.Cannot understand previous comments since the place was packed out on my lunch time visit hardly depressing,grotty or crap!
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Depressing place with either no ale or badly kept ale.
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OMG!!
What on earth happened here, half this very average is now a thai restuarant (nothing wrong in that) but is totally out of place in what is at best, a grotty pub.
Plus, if you are going to employ east european bar staff (the economic advatanges are clear) please give them an english test. Taking time out to explain what "ice" is, after waiting 15 mins to get served in first place, really does kill my happy mood!
Used to rate a 6 for friday nights out...now, i struggle to give 2
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Horrible, greasy, unpleasant boozer, walls covered in "shooters" menu's, dodgy bar-staff, off pints..............best avoided.........
anonymous - 1 Aug 2005 14:03 |
Well I thought it was crap. Like drinking in a warehouse. Cheesy. Never again.
jcraf - 10 Jun 2005 17:43 |
Excellent after work venue, busy without being mobbed. Proper pub,far nicer than the goldfish bowls of Kingsway aka Fine Line, P & Piano etc
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i used to work not far from russel square. i left in 2001. it took me 6 months to leave. i drank a lot. i worked in a company where no one had any friends. i took them all to the carlisle pub. or maybe they took me if you are a philosophical type. eventually they let me leave the carlisle. i fled to thailand. i am still in bangkok in feb 2005. great place. we had the greatest times there. the tables are small/medium/large so that no matter who walks in that you know there is always a table at hand that you can grab to make your table bigger. i don't think i have ever been barred from there. in fact the chaps running it back in 2001 a bald tall guy and someone else were nice guys who let us make complete idiots of ourselves rather than let us fight to do it. marvellous. great place. but stella and the gimp has a lot to answer for
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Good venue for one after work - except it might become a slightly longer sesh. Good music at just the right volume for talking too. Ale kept well. Beware the Pear Cognac!!!!! Good manager. Barmaid who looks like Debbie Harry did.
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I love the Ivy House, it's not quite SWAY but it's a close second. I often come here on my own for a pint when im bored, i just love the chilled out atmosphere, and the fit bar men ;-)
Pat K - 9 Nov 2004 16:47 |
I thoroughly enjoyed the Ivy House as i don't get out much and to see people snog in public was excellent. I never saw the fit yank bird as i never bought a round all night. Def worth booking for a company event.
Brian H. - 25 Oct 2004 13:40 |
On my recent trip here this pub was full of students with about £2.50 to spend between them, but who were expecting to take up seats all night. I also got to witness a "snogging display" (see Bomber's remarks) - I wonder if it was the same couple. There is nothing special about this pub, except its proximity to the tube station.
Pippa - 14 Apr 2004 13:28 |
Great shots and shooters, and if you fancy a ruby but can't be bothered to leave the pub the Kitchen knocks out a more than half decent Chicken Tikka Masala. Also hot Yank bird behind the bar, you won't get anywhere though, so don't even bother fellas.
Frankie - 2 Mar 2004 11:44 |
This is the only pub I know of in London that sells Carling Extra Cold.
Boozehound - 16 Aug 2003 11:11 |
I have to agree with the comments about the decent birds behind the bar. One of central London's better pubs with a good vibe. Last time I was there we kept getting distracted by a couple next to us petting very heavily (how 80's swimming pool rules!) Not sure if that was a good thing or not...
Bomber - 30 Jul 2003 14:20 |
Played some kind of advert orientated CD which turned the night into an impromptu quiz evening. Friendly staff, good vibe, a few tourists.
Tried to chat up one of the bar staff many months ago and she didn't flinch or look petrified. In fact she smiled back, making the Ivy House a sacred place... Mecca, Jerusalem, Amritsar, Holborn.
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Good size, good beer, upstairs bar open in the evenings... one of my favs in London.
Go and try it...
Jason - 12 Jun 2003 11:50 |
Go here to meet london's original alfie moon right down to the tasteless shirts !! A truly cracking boozer
daniel - 9 May 2003 21:55 |
Excellent pub, lovely girls behind the bar and in front of it, cool place for a quick pint at lunch time or a long pint in the evening. A really friendly safe pub. 10/10
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It's not very often that we go to pubs at random to get more added to the database and come across a real gem, but this is one of those cases.
Nice chilled out place, Bud on tap and the foresight to put Ceefax subtitles on the telly for anyone afflicted with mute TV syndrome. What more can you ask for? :)
mike - 6 Sep 2002 00:29 |
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