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As you would expect, they had the full range of Fuller’s ales on – but no guests (I had hoped they might have an Ossett’s ale or two on). This is an excellent, comfortable, honest pub with no pretensions or gastrification; I had a doorstep cheese and pickle sarny with chips (not fries). A real pub – highly recommended.
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Not bad for a Fullers Pub, Would of been nice to see at least one guest ale though.
Not a touch on the Wenlock but nice all the same.
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This is my favourite local pub and for good reason ....great beer, peaceful, friendly bar staff (whatever other reviewers have said). I have made lots of friends from this pub and from different walks of life. This is what a good local pub should be, a great social club and somewhere to have a few pints and relax in away from the stresses and strains of life in the city. best pub in ec1 area.
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This is a great pub with good Fullers ales, good staff and a tv showing the cricket. What more can you ask for?
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What a little gem! Decided to make this the meeting point for a friend and I prior to a dinner at the HAC. Both of us drank the Swing Low which was in excellent nick. Cosy, friendly pub with decent clientele and I'll definitely be back in the future.
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Very nice Fuller's pub. Had good pint of Mr Harry in the upstairs seating area and the whole pub had a really good vibe to it. Will happily return to.
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Close to Bunhill Fields, the final resting place of William Blake and Daniel Defoe, this pub is a brilliant traditional option close to the fashionable excesses of nearby Hoxton. The variegated light on a summer's evening helps the pub bask in a warm glow indeed.
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Good pint of ESB. Landlord a bit of an arse (no loud beer chatting!). Must have changed the bar staff as the serving mong was fairly capable but then it wasn't hugely crowded. Adequate supply of crisps. En route to the tube/station if you are fleeing the ants' nest. Frequented by suits and lawyers. Plenty of famous stiffs in the next door boneyard.
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Traditional Fullers pub opposite Bunhill cemetery. In many respects this is an unremarkable pub, but my pint of Pride was spot on yesterday evening and perhaps cheaper than expected for the area at only £ 2.70p.
I don't know too many decent pubs in this neck of the woods and I always try to pop in if in the area
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Went here on a weekday evening. Servered quickly and efficiently. Had two good pints of IPA. Good atmosphere. If in the area worth a visit...and not much else around!
anonymous - 26 Apr 2007 18:58 |
Good Fullers pub. Try the fish finger sarnies if you're there at lunchtime.
Bar staff can be a bit hit and miss and does get crowded due to small size. Also sometimes a bit of a smell.
anonymous - 20 Dec 2006 15:21 |
Lively pub after work and good for spilling onto the streets from. But the service is very unfriendly and often slow. Beer pretty good though and no major complaints.
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Good Fullers but nothing special. Better than a lot in the area though. If you're passing call in but don't go out of your way!
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It's an above average pub for the area - and I would be more than happy to use it if I worked close by. Fullers is always in good nick. But yes, I have to agree, it does not merit being in the top 10
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No Doubt, the high rating is due to one particular office right next door! you know who you are; these people think this place is the bee's knee's! I do not; the atmosphere is less than to be desired for; it is small and drab but what gets me the msot is the foul stench that just never seems to go. A dull old man's pub; good for those who want to get wrecked after work and too lazy to walk!
anonymous - 11 Aug 2006 11:56 |
Decent beers & good service. But why such a high ranking? If I go into a bar I demand decent beers and service as a minimum or I just walk on to the next. The Arti Arms is just another run of the mill decent boozer, providing the basic requirements to its clients. Sure I would be happy with it as my local, but I wouldnt move home just to make it so. Wheres the string of 50 decent beers and ales?? wheres the atmosphere? what makes this place stand out from the other 20,000 pubs in the country, in my opinion nothing... 4/10 average rating for an average pub.
Selly - 31 Jul 2006 16:13 |
I've always found the Artillery a friendly establishment with a good mix of people. Importantly, it's got well-kept beer, particularly the Chiswick. However, it's a good pub, not a great one, and I'm not sure it should be in the top 10 in Britain on the basis of users' ratings, unless someone's being a bit generous.... Perhaps between 6 & 7 rather than 7 & 8.
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Clissold, you obviously don't know a good pub when you see one. Back of the class.
anonymous - 20 Jul 2006 11:13 |
It's a pleasant well-run Fullers pub but there's nothing memorable about it. I don't understand why it's got such a high rating (curently 7.7/10).
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Dunno what a "rinky dink" pub (below) is, or a rinky dink anything. Sounds a bit kinky.
But anyway, the Artillery is a REAL pub with good beers and good service. Just what you need after a day in the office. Or during it!
anonymous - 7 Jul 2006 17:18 |
Whooooooooooooooa, lets slow down people! Its ok, but its only ok in comparison to the competition,..(ABO, Hog shed, P & P etc), basically,.. its a rinky dink boozer, a rinky dink boozer, everybody loves a boozer thats,.........I havent thought this through,.. but you get my point. Small and ok'ish.....
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Great pub, what a find! Really mixed crowd, plenty of space and great service. Recommended
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Haven't been for a few years but this was a favourite when working in Old Street, glad to see beer is still top notch. A good pub with a mix of suits & locals after work & at lunchtimes.
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Excellent, found "by accident" one sunny Friday lunchtime after a business meeting. Could have stayed all day!!
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Just been here for a post-lunchtime pint pint of Festival Mild. Lovely as always. The are repainting the railings of the cemetery opposite to the original late victorian colour scheme (red with gilding) which is going to make summer pints in here even nicer.
anonymous - 11 May 2006 15:21 |
Seving London Porter on cask at the mo. Excellent stuff.
anonymous - 28 Mar 2006 13:56 |
Busy pub, but diverse crowd in there - students, mediatypes, suits - all mixed up quite nicely. Plenty of places to sit, but was very full. Good service behind the small bar - done up since I was last there. Guinness was spot on and plenty of beers to choose from too.
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Traditional pub. Good Chiswick. Good Pride, and E. S. B. A useful upstairs room for functions, etc.
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Have had many after-work drinks in here over the years. Lots of 'suits', but not at all cliquey. Good beers and friendly service.
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Nice pub where people speak to you. ESB in good form usually. Gets crowded some nights and in the summer drinkers spill out into the street. Worth making a special detour for, and when no food is on in the Artillery, there's a Weth.......s over the road.
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Wonderful, wonderful little gem of a pub. Great if you work where I do as you can nip here of a lunchtime or after work and feel you have fully escaped the city! It is situated overlooking the a lovely leafy cemetery, resting place of William Blake and Daniel Defoe. Great in summer when you can stand outside in the quiet street.
Does a good range of Fullers beers (Chiswick, Pride, ESB) plus seasonals and the wonderful 8.5% Golden Pride in bottles in the fridge. Beers are a decent price for the area. Good mix of people - office workers mix with locals nicely. Good craic when it is busy, which it normally is.
The food seems fairly decent too, though at lunchtime its tough to find somewhere to sit.
anonymous - 15 Dec 2005 15:02 |
here's a secret, the function room is free of charge!
deraf - 11 Sep 2005 08:32 |
Always good for an after work beverage. Beers good. Food not so good, but on the cheap side. Well you don't expect Gordon Ramsay do you?
Extra seating upstairs, which is a very good thing as it gets extremely busy Thurs/Fridays 5-7. After that it's pretty quiet!
anonymous - 9 Jul 2005 18:43 |
Lovely Fullers' Beer. Food a cholesterol time bomb. Good for work (Next door!)
anonymous - 2 Jun 2005 12:33 |
Excellent pub - highly recommended. London Pride in fine fettle. Welcoming, friendly and traditional
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Pleasant local with central bar and several rooms around it. Well kept ale. Chiswick good as an opener before the Pride and Winter Warmer. Was in there mid evening on Friday but it didn't seem overly busy - peresumubly between the early and late crowds or did we mingle into them as we had a few.
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Fantastic pub! Down to earth with the best pint of london pride I have ever tasted.
As Dan "Mr. Work" knows, beware the exploding ketchup!
I like walking between this and the st. pauls tavern. Deuchars IPA is good in there...
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Like most pubs around there it can get very crowded in the early evening, especially as it's quite small. Nothing to write home about but fine for a quick pint or two after work.
Stevo - 7 Jan 2004 08:17 |
Awful - small and boring. Old man's pub!
Grubby - 11 Jul 2003 10:36 |
Good pub with mainly well-kept Fullers Chiswick, Pride & ESB on handpump. Mainly City workers until 9.30pm then pub takes on a rather more "local" atmosphere. I used to be the piano-player there so if any readers see a pub with a piano that wants playing e-mail me!
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