Since it was burnt down, it's gone up in my estimation, excellent potential for residential development?A week or so after the fire they said that it would reopen in around 6 months. I walked past Friday night and it is still boarded up and showing a lot of signs of fire damage, as is the market behind it.

I wouldn’t hold your breath!Is it all up and running again now?

I haven't been down that way for a while.

The beer garden is probably what sells the pub - that and the proximity to the park. It is an ideal place to chill out in the Summer, although it can get a bit rammed at weekends. I've been going on and off for about ten years and, aside from the customers looking younger, not much has changed ! The intermittend BBQ is good, although sometimes the service can be a littel slow.It's interesting looking back on the comments for this pub that date back to 2003. They all complain about the slow staff. You would think that at some point they would have sorted this out but in the years I've been sporadically coming here it's never changed.
Shame as it's a nice pub with a great garden and BBQ in the summer. I was here on Saturday night and the last of us to go to the bar was gone for 20 minutes. We ended up going to the Dublin Castle which was heaving with people and got served almost straight away.What a brilliant pub. I came in on Friday for a friend's birthday party and went onto this site to get directions. I have to say that after reading the reviews I was pleasantly surprised. I didn't queue at the bar for more than 2 minutes to get a drink and the service and staff were excellent.

The beer garden is huge which is uncommon for central London, the decor is great, they have massive choice of draught beer, good food, friendly staff and a nice atmosphere.

i'll definitely be back.

Not been for ages but always a place i pop into for a pint or two while cd shopping in RR. Paid brief visit today at 1345 to sample the cask ale; can report the following:

1 cask ale - Hobgoblin, available @ £3/pint.
Condition - Reasonable.

Unfortunately this was served in a very warm glass. I would estimate the glass temperature was 35C and was straight from the dishwasher. It would be well worth asking for a cold glass when ordering beer.

The pub has a more spacious feel to its interior, and is a bit brighter by day than it was previously.I have to say I'm surprised at all the positive reviews of the 'new' Dev... I went in there for the first time in ages and was taken aback by how much worse the atmosphere was. The bar staff ignored me and my friend at the bar for ages too, even leaning over my shoulder to ask their friend who had just approached the bar what she wanted to drink! Maybe I just went in on a bad night because the atmosphere was so much worse than usual I'm not keen to go back (and it used to be one of my favourite pubs in London). Was I unlucky, or have any other previous Dev regulars had a bad experience there lately?

very dissapointing, and this was the best pub in the area, the others visited were absolutely dreadful, an average pint here but at 5pm they couldn't be bothered doing any food because 'not enough customers' and the landlord couldn't wait to get back to his table of mates.
Poor, very poor. Avoid this place, avoid the whole zone! it's busy with attention seekers and druggies.It seems to me that the beer menus posted above the bar hardly ever bear any resemblance to the bottled beers that are actually available. It's easy enough to see what's available from the Lowlands as they're in a case to the side of the bar, but it's terrible trying to squint through the people at the bar to see which Germans are available (and usually there are lots).

It's very much worth it, though. One of the few places I'm more likely to order something in a bottle vs. draught.Visited again last night and there was no real ale on! They usually have four.

Started drinking Rochefort 8 at about 6.30 which was a bad move...

Yes I smell a rat as well - four glowing reviews by four reviewers who all joined on the same day. What a coincidence - it comes to something when a pub has to write its own reviews and i'll eat my hat if this place gives free champagne to anyone! Had a few expensive pints there and it was ok - but nothing to write home about. The Constitution round the corner is leagues ahead.I'm almost certain the pub itself is decent for drinking, unfortunately I was eating there as well. Pork belly should read pork scratching. The food on Monday night was simply dire. The single waiter did his best but failed to mention the elements of the dishes that would be missing when the food arrived. One can only assume the chef was having a night off. Eating there was an unenjoyable and consequently expensive disappointment.Five people posting very complimentary reviews on the same day and it's all their first and only pub review on the site.

I think I smell a rodent.

Been meaning to go here since it reopened, but can't resist the nearby Constitution. It doesn't look too bad to be honest, a bit gastro'd up perhaps, but almost certainly an improvement on what was there before.

Rude staff, overpriced beer, dirty glasses, freaky people. Bets pub in the world! Love it!Staropramen served here on draught. The upstairs conservatory at the back is a great place to unwind during the day but watch the steep spiral staircase when you've had a few!OK, so the toilets stink and it takes about 45 minutes to get a drink, but this place has a certian naive charm. You're probably better off going into the smaller half just past the kitchen, it's actually like a pub rather than a barn!

I was in the Dublin Castle a few weeks ago and spoke to the lovely Czech barmaid for a while. Decent prices between 11am - 6pm, and one of my fave London boozers.Don't really understand the negative comments on here, but I haven't been in the evening and I gather the door staff spoil things somewhat. This always seems to be the case with London pubs - shame.

Anyway, we found this a perfectly decent pub - well priced before 6pm, efficient and friendly staff and a nice atmosphere. Don't know about the ales, but the Guinness was fine. Also largely free of the pretentious a*ses that haunt many other Camden drinkeries these days. Shedloads of cheap, multi-band gigs too.Went in for a quick pint last week. They don't know how to look after real ale, as my London Pride was off! The toilets are in the basement and were damp and disgusting. Not enough places to sit either.

Good pint of Guinness and the bar staff were friendly enough. Showing Gaelic football on the TV Decent enough. 6/10This is one of my favourite pubs in Camden and have always had a laugh when I've been there.
Found the staff to be friendly enough.
The food during the day is pretty good to!!
All round a good place to go for a nite or start a nite off!!!Well well, where to start? The rudest bar staff i've experienced for a while, asking for a drink was an inconvenience to them. Not one single smile between them, Camden has always been famous for its Gothic connections but it seems the staff here have mistaken it for misery. In fact the only time a member of staff did change their expression was when they messed up one of our food orders and when we asked if it could be corrected the reaction was to laugh in our face and say 'its too late now!' No apology was put forward and to make matters worse two other members of staff looked towards us and shook their heads being more concerned with their trendy hairstyles it seemed. And the toilet had urine all over the floor, I think this pub summed up the whole of Camden 'going downhill and stinking'.

I was in the Lock Tavern with friends on Sunday. It didn't look too busy from the outside so I wasn't too impressed at having to line up at six o'clock.
However, it didn't take long and once we saw how rammed the garden and upstairs were we were not surprised.
I don't know how andy, ken and rob can complain about the staff, when its busy at any pub you have to wait for a drink.
It's not too hard either when you're waiting in a great atmosphere with free live music!
Nice touch with the balloons also!No ale, but altogether not a bad pub at all. I've walked past on Fridays and Saturdays and it's heaving, but during the week it's quite pleasant. The garden at the back is pleasant and I like the slightly random staircase going to the top bar. Staff were friendly. As I say, I wouldn't go when it's busy, but during the week it's rather nice.This place was nice last time I went, but found some rude bouncers and a one in, one out policy when I turned up the other night. Getting told off for wanting to find my mates in a pub isn't my idea of fun on Friday. Neither is queing, so we all went elsewhere. Shame it's got so popular, I'd avoid it on a Friday.

This Pub is quality, nice beer garden, nice beer and good pizzas. People that attend this pub are also extremly friendly too. The best thing about this pub is they run poker games once week. Mainly on Tuesdays. Now thats really cool.A very good pub worth the (tiny) detour off the beaten track. Excellent beer, friendly service (apart from one female bartender who seems to be out of it all the time, often forgetting that she is serving you half way through serving you) and a terrific beer garden.Popped in for a quick pint whilst on my way to a function at London Zoo.
Although it was early (5.00PM) on a Wednesday evening, there was still a few in. The Pride was good and the comfy settees were difficult to force myself out of when I had to leave. Took a little while to get used to the subdued lighting, but appart from that a great little pub away from the madding crowd. I can understand why it has scored healthily from other reviewers.

I too understand that the days of the crown and Goose are numbered. This is my favourite pub in the whole of London and I'll really miss it. I've been coming here for years and despite the fact that I now live in Brentford I still come once a month. It's not that the food is brilliant (though it is ok) nor that the beer is so great. It's just the ambience. A great shame.Unfortunately I read in the Camden New Journal last week that, after 3 years, DE and J Levy have finally been given permission to bulldoze this pub and the adjacent snooker hall to make way for flats.Got a nice feel to it. It's either the decor or the big double-doors at the front, but it reminds of bars in Barcelona for some reason. Bit off the main Camden drag too, so has never seemed rammed when I've been.

Stopped last weekend for a quick beer, very crowded, good atmospehere, but the pint of Fosters I had was awful - flat and badly kept.Had a really good night here last night. Excellent pub. Great staff, ok beer and great djs playing 10950s soul and rock and roll loved it. Keep it up.I use to go to this pub on a regular basis. However it has changed. The pub itself is fine, one of the best looking in Camden but the beer... Ohhhh. £3.15 for a pint of Fosters!!!! I wouldn't drink the stuff in there if i got paid £3.15 for it. The beer is digusting. And when i told the lady (think it is manageress) about the bad pint i got the most rude response. Telling me the pint's fine, even though it has no bubbles, and looks as if it has got a touch of milk in it and it smells. The taste is baaad! After she poured me the 2nd pint, she asked me to leave and don't come back. But at least i didn't have mould in my glass like the people at the next table who also complained not only about that, but also about the bad tasting flat pint they got. A shame really. Would be good to have people behind the bar who know at least when a pint smells and looks bad. As i said, it used to be absolutely fine pints in the pub. Maybe the management has changed.

Doesn't look much from the outside but surprisingly pleasant inside. Spacious and nicely refurbished. Big screens for the sport but the place manages not to be dominated by it. Beer's good and locals seem friendly. Overall a very good addition to an area with a lack of proper local pubs.Quite a decent attempt by Pat to recreate the interior of the Oxford Arms in his new place. A large interior with several component parts, and (per the Oxford Arms) large screens for sports-watching. Ale-wise, only London Pride I'm afraid, but I can forgive it that. Quiz night was excellent as ever - lots of the old faces from the Oxford Arms and good cheer all round. Free chips and sausages, but this pub serves food later than the Oxford did - I had the burger and chips and it wasn't bad at all.I've not been here yet, but am looking forward to doing so: this is the new pub of Pat Logue, legendary former landlord of the Oxford Arms. I hear he will be re-starting the quiz as well, which is good news. Pat's aim is to create a "community boozer": I'm optimistic he will succeed and in any case it can't be worse than the pub which previously stood on this site, which was awful.

Now two ales (Sharps Special and GK Abbott - both warm).

Think the lustre of this place has long gone, it's living on memories. Time for a lick of paint, some maintenance and a rethink.Its called the Good Mixer because when the bulding was completed, the builders discovered that their cement mixer had been left in the cellar. They could'nt get it out - so they buried it in the cellar where part of it still sticks out. When they told their boss, he said 'that was a good mixer' and the name was given to the pub; this is true. However, the fact that the pub is next door to one of the biggest mens hostels in Britain tells its own story.Coke and speed, people shagging in the toilets, Andy Ross and his proteges, Coxon, 'Cat in the Hat', Mr Mustard & Nigel & Bruce, chasing young american and japanese girls, Scottie behind the bar, 'I wanna be your Dog' on the jukebox AHH those were the days.

Great place for a good value lunchtime meal, though if you go more than once a week the music will drive you mad: same songs, same tme, EVERY DAY!
Yes it's gay, some people are, get over it.Gay bar with club below. Upper bar open all day and serves food, very pub chain style with hit and miss quality and service. Large outdoor decked area for sitting out to eat, drink or smoke. Always seems busy even mid week lunch times. Close to the tube station easy to find next to carphone warehouse.I have only visited here once with my girlfiend who has recently moved to the area. She had been told by her female housemate that is was very male orientated. However we went there and had a really relaxing time. It was lunchtime and we sat outside on the terrace. We are vegetarians so had veggie options from the menu which were very good. Quick service at bar and serving food, nice atmosphere, mixed crowd (young and old males and females, families).
I can only judge on my one visit and the inside appeared quite dark but I would gladly go back again, especially when the weather is good and you can sit outside.