Ye Olde Swiss Cottage, Swiss Cottage - pub details
Address: 98 Finchley Road, London, NW3 5EL [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 917 0007 (ref 1000)
Swiss Cottage (0.1 miles), Finchley Road (0.4 miles), Finchley Road and Frognal (0.4 miles)
South Hampstead (0.2 miles), Finchley Road & Frognal (0.7 miles), West Hampstead (0.9 miles)
Brewery: Samuel Smith's
Pub facilities/features:
- Food served
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> Current user rating: 5.2/10 (rated by 35 users)
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other pubs nearby:
North Star, Finchley Road (0.3 miles), Adelaide, Belsize Park (0.4 miles), Wetherspoons, Hampstead (0.4 miles), Ordnance Arms, St John's Wood (0.5 miles), Walkabout, Finchley Road (0.5 miles) - see more nearby pubs
user reviews of Ye Olde Swiss Cottage, Swiss Cottage
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| In a nutshell.........what a dump!!!!!!!!! Dodgy booze, questionable punters, staff - no comment!!! Need i say more. publover77 - 28 May 2009 02:58 |
| i've been coming here for several years. i wouldn't propose to my girlfriend here though its certainly alright for a few well-kept, well-priced and tasty beers. and you can normally get a table etc. nice enough staff - if you're a regular, they may speak to you, otherwise, i'm just happy for them to serve me quickly and politely, which they always do... decor is not lovely but who cares when the beer is this cheap and so easy to get to (about 7 bus routes and a tube station next to it). smells alright, modern and clean toilets, don't know what the fuss is about. clientelle range from local drama students to after-work crowd via some quite odd yet totally harmless locals. some rude boys can hang out by the pool hall side of things, i.e. to the left hand side of the big patio as you face the pub. each to their own. glad some toffs don't like it, more space for normal people to enjoy without hooray henry drama students laughing and snorting away... offal_cheesecake - 13 May 2009 17:40 |
| Hmm. Surprised by the very negative comments. Agreed about the poor lighting and sullen staff, but at least they were quick and efficient! Great price and perfectly acceptable pint of Sam smiths. Beer garden ok. Pity about the roundabout! doncaosdelanada - 18 Apr 2009 14:43 |
| I was quite impressed by the energetically negative reviews and thought I owed it to myself not to miss an opportunity to see what I imagined could turn out to be the worst pub in England. Imagine my disappointment then on visiting the pub this last weekend to find a rather gloomy and poorly lit Sam Smiths of cavernous proportions but otherwise with no really serious objectionable aspects. - No pervasive urine odour (and the gents' loos themselves are spacious, with hot water and, unusually, soap filled dispensers and hand driers that worked - only crit.: the sign on the outside of the gents' door needs repairing ). - Usual range of the competitively priced SS beers, lagers etc, and those tried appeared well kept. - Friendly and informative local at the bar, pub well patronised in the evening and nothing out of the ordinary customer-wise. - Bar staff not obviously sullen or otherwise off, service was prompt enough. No food available and the upstairs was I think closed so no comment on that. I did watch out for the reported hand fondling the upper portions of the glass but nothing seen on that account when I was there - tho' if I had, I would have objected, as I did in another (non-SS) establishment when the barman refilled a customer's glass from the handpump. This place is, as regards appearance, idiosyncratic in a genuinely unattractive, kitsch kind of way, but I reckon it still merits at least a 5 because the quality and price of the drinks and absence of serious downside otherwise more than cancel that out. In fact, I think it has tremendous *potential*, but the sombre internal decorations really need improving by redecorating or installing suitable lighting. (It may have a Grade II listing which could limit what they can do with it). Likewise not much can be done about its location on the roundabout - in Swiss Cottage it seems Car is King. _grobag_ - 23 Mar 2009 20:54 |
| Horrid, simply horrid. The place smelt like a urinal. I worked in a bar and my landlord told me that I should only ever touch the bottom third of a glass. Stay well away from the bit that touches the punters lips. The guy that served my pint held it so near the rim he got head on his fingers. The beer was sour and undrinkable. I knew it wasn't the sort of place you even bother to complain so I went to watch a terrible Tom Criuse film next door cursing under my breath. There are loads of lovely Sam Smith pubs in London, this ain't one of them. ben21 - 6 Feb 2009 14:15 |
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