Camden pub and bar guide

Here's a guide to the pubs and bars of Camden - good or bad, we bring you the most talked about venues and the places you have to visit at least once. We've included a few user reviews, to give you an idea of what to expect when you get there. Or you can follow the links to see full details and all reviews for each pub.

The Constitution, Camden

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Address: 42, St. Pancras Way, London, NW1 0QT
Phone: 020 7387 4805
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Nearest tube stations: Camden Town (0.3 miles), Mornington Crescent (0.5 miles), Kentish Town West (0.7 miles)


Nearest train stations: Camden Road (0.2 miles), Kentish Town West (0.7 miles), London Euston (0.7 miles)


Reviews by BITE users:

Nice no frills boozer.

Had a decent pint of Deuchars whilst the locals played pool and Blondie wafted through the air.

Miles better that the shitheaps on and around Camden High Street.
Should you find yourself going to camden for a gig etc you could do a lot worse than take a detour here to have a few drinks first.
18 Nov 2010 09:19
Visited on a Friday night. Great garden, fantastic pint of Broadside. Not so sure about the 'one big room' layout of the place, full of people shouting at each other at 8pm, the lighting was too bright for my liking, and the music was a bit loud and a bit of an odd mix, although again, that's a personal taste thing. Don't think my wife was very impressed by the stripper that appeared for what I guess was a stag do, particularly when she got her tits out in the main bar. Don't think I'd bother going back, except maybe on a nice day to sit in the garden.
7 Nov 2010 23:10
...this is one of my favourite pubs in N London - good ales and feels like a proper community boozer which is getting rarer and rarer to find. Top Top Top
3 Sep 2010 13:50

Crown and Goose, Camden

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Address: 100 Arlington Rd, Camden, London, NW1 7HP
Phone: 020 7485 8008
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Nearest tube stations: Camden Town (0.1 miles), Mornington Crescent (0.3 miles), Chalk Farm (0.7 miles)


Nearest train stations: Camden Road (0.4 miles), London Euston (0.7 miles), Kentish Town West (0.7 miles)


Reviews by BITE users:

Pleasant enough pub with attentive and helpful staff one street back from the main drag. It's clearly a gastro pub as table orders are taken and the food is bledy expensive. Only two ales on tap - Bombadier was fine, Adnams was off - so not a place for the discerning drinker but perhaps more of a place for a date away from the noise and smell of Camden High Street.
18 Jan 2011 08:39
Food to DIE for in here but if you are getting here in the evenings between Thursday and Sunday, you may not get a seat to be able to eat.
The crowd (see Hawley Arms) is a bit too trendy at those times for my liking. I feel like I should be wearing a hat to fit in!
Range of beer is poor but the wine selection is good. Nice place for a drink as long as it's not during peak times. Great looking place too!
29 Dec 2010 21:07
Everything you could ever want from a pub! Only two ales, but both are fine drops of Adnams and very well looked after. The staff are more than friendly, the food is to die for and the manager is clearly a legend. I'd live here if only they had beds.
9 Sep 2010 18:29

The Oxford Arms, Camden

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Address: 265 Camden High Street, London, NW1 7BU
Phone: 020 7267 4945
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Nearest tube stations: Camden Town (0.1 miles), Mornington Crescent (0.5 miles), Kentish Town West (0.5 miles)


Nearest train stations: Camden Road (0.3 miles), Kentish Town West (0.5 miles), Kentish Town (0.7 miles)


Reviews by BITE users:

Staff were good... offering me a taste before trying the Rock's Own, which was a good pint (though the barman knew it was good as he was virtually pouring me a pint before I'd said okay). So - good beer, dilligent staff.. half way there but... this place just doesn't work as a pub for me. It has potential and could be great but basically in Kentish Town if you have any kind of space you don't need to make much of an effort to make money out of it. It obviously was a 'proper' pub at one time but the mish-mash layout now gives a 'neither fish nor fowl' feel to the place. If you're pushed for time and want a swift pint before catching a train maybe okay but not a 'destination' pub for me.
29 Oct 2010 18:18
I went here during the week for a few pints before a gig at the Jazz Cafe.

Staff seemed friendly and beers were fine. The table could have done with a clean, but apart from that seemed to be a good bar. The location is perfect, close to tube and large windows gives the bar lots of light (this was in the summer). I'd give this a 6/10, worth stopping buy for a couple of pints if you happen to be in the area, but nothing special that I would go out of my way to pay a visit.

15 Oct 2010 11:57
Rude obnoxious doorman. Best thing that could happen to this pub is that it goes out of business and becomes a Starbucks! People who treat their customers like this should not be allowed to run pubs. Please avoid, and hope they go out of business.
10 Oct 2010 11:38

The Hawley Arms, Camden

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Address: 2, Castlehaven Road, London, NW1 8QU
Phone: 020 7428 5979
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Nearest tube stations: Camden Town (0.2 miles), Kentish Town West (0.4 miles), Chalk Farm (0.4 miles)


Nearest train stations: Camden Road (0.3 miles), Kentish Town West (0.3 miles), Kentish Town (0.6 miles)


Reviews by BITE users:

VERY busy on the weekend - not a bad pub but what is it with everywhere in Camden now charging over £3.70 for a Guinness? Sort it out!
24 Jan 2011 00:45
Greene King pub. Drank in upstairs bar where there were no real ales so don't know what was on. Fun after our Christmas party and friendly enough but hardly the greatest.
19 Dec 2010 13:52
A great boozer when you hit it at the right time. Best juke box in Camden, decent beer and friendly staff who are excellent at serving people in the right order. Foods pretty good with pies etc. I'm a bit older than most of the customers, so tend to avoid Friday/Saturday nights when it's full of haircut kids preening for attention. But if you visit when you can get a table, maybe with a few mates, this is still a great place to drink.
7 Nov 2010 23:16

The Lord Stanley, Camden

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Address: 51, Camden Park Rd, London, NW1 9BH
Phone: 020 7428 9488
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Nearest tube stations: Caledonian Road (0.5 miles), Caledonian Road and Barnsbury (0.5 miles), Kentish Town (0.5 miles)


Nearest train stations: Kentish Town (0.5 miles), Camden Road (0.6 miles), Kentish Town West (0.8 miles)


Reviews by BITE users:

@Dementer.

"Picpoul" (mentioned in @PrincessVF's review) is primarily a French grape variety. It is available in both white and red although as far as I'm aware only the white variety is available at The Lord Stanley in Camden.

The "nice cold beers and good wine list" (mentioned in my review) range from Kronenberg to Corona. They also serve draft Guinness and a couple of bitters . If i'm drinking wine I usually go red - the Picotine at The Stanley is great and really good value.

Hope that helps! Let me know if you have any more questions - would be great to have your input on the drinks available too.
25 Jan 2011 17:56
jimmywiks quite right use this site for what it`s meant for Beer it`s not foodintheevening is it? Where was there anything about the drink available in this pub I don`t come on this site to find out what the bloody gravy tastes like.
I have not rated or scored this pub as yet
25 Jan 2011 17:40
PrincessVF should be BS what a load of old guff, this is Beerintheevening it`s in the name, one quess what the BS stands for anybody anybody ???
20 Jan 2011 20:35

The Proud Gallery, Camden

Address: The Horse Hospital, Stables Market, Chalk Farm Road, Camden, London, NW1 8AH
Phone: 020 7482 3867
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Nearest tube stations: Chalk Farm (0.3 miles), Camden Town (0.3 miles), Kentish Town West (0.3 miles)


Nearest train stations: Kentish Town West (0.3 miles), Camden Road (0.4 miles), Kentish Town (0.7 miles)


Reviews by BITE users:

No reviews for 11 months, and then the last FIVE reviews were all made in the space of a day, are REALLY enthusiastic and made by new users who haven't reviewed anywhere else. You might almost be tempted to think something peculiar was going on...
15 Feb 2011 14:06
I went there last Thursday to see I Blame Coco. It was the first time I went to Proud Camden, and I was amazed by the place which is soo beautiful! We had so much fun, enjoying the gig, and then a bit of Karaoke in one of the Stable.
Next time I will definitely try the new restaurant they just opened in the other room !
11 Jan 2011 11:16
Read some of the shit reviews on here and cannot believe it! I had such a wicked night at Proud, music was great and the blonde jesus herself lady Gaga made an appearance with a rather smacked up looking Mischa Barton.. chuffed!
11 Jan 2011 10:48

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