The Abbey, Kentish Town - pub details
Previously called: Abbey Tavern
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Address: 124 Kentish Town Road, London, NW1 9QB [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 917 0007 (ref 12080)
Kentish Town West (0.2 miles), Kentish Town (0.3 miles), Camden Town (0.5 miles)
Kentish Town West (0.2 miles), Kentish Town (0.3 miles), Camden Road (0.3 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Food served
- Outside seating, Late licence
Pub suggested by JonN on 11 Aug 2004
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other pubs nearby:
Bullet, Camden (0.1 miles), peachykeen, Camden (0.1 miles), Lion and Unicorn, Kentish Town (0.1 miles), Grafton Arms, Kentish Town (0.2 miles), O'Reilly's, Kentish Town (0.2 miles) - see more nearby pubs
user reviews of the Abbey, Kentish Town
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| I concur with others comments about the abysmal service in this place. The staff seemed to have no grasp of how to spot who had been waiting the longest and just seemed to serve whoever appeared in front of them. After waiting almost 10 minutes for service I decided to cut my loses and go elsewhere. Strongers - 20 Nov 2008 09:03 |
| Been going to this pub for years and have seen it change hands several times. Love the food - the Jerk Chicken is great, good selection of drinks and the music on the whole is great ! Loved the fact that one of the bar staff had an MC5 T-Shirt on ! As everyone else says though the service is the only thing that lets it down. Some of the bands they have on acoustic nights are well above the average standard. Loretta_Lush - 1 Aug 2008 16:04 |
| Amendment to review below - I was in last night and received sterling service from Gerald (I think). The other people on the bar were as hopeless as ever though. Dannysigma - 29 May 2008 16:26 |
| Another identikit bar that ticks all the boxes: exposed brickwork? Check. Large, ornate mirror? Check. Overpriced food? Check. All trace of interior history and character excised? Check. What really sets this place apart from the many, many others, however, is the service. It is monumentally, astoundingly and breathtakingly bad. It is so bad, I seriously wonder whether or not they are doing it on purpose. Surely nobody (and it isn't just one of them, it's all of them) could really be that incompetent? I have been here a few times (heaven only knows why) over the past couple of years, and occasionally pop back thinking that the rubbish and attitude filled bar staff must have changed by now. And indeed they have. Every time I return, they seem to have gotten worse. Quite a pleasant atmosphere and a decent garden - is that enough to balance up the down sides? I don't think so. Dannysigma - 27 May 2008 17:20 |
| Re: "lad_newton": Dear pub landlord or landlord's agent, you really need to disguise your postings about your own pub a little better than that. The Abbey was half-decent when it was last converted (it's still a great venue). Unfortunately the current landlords really don't know anything about food, drink or music. Really, nothing. I can't begin to describe how hard it must be to produce such dirge from the kitchen when there are so many decent examples all round Camden and Kentish Town to learn from (The Engineer, The Crown and Goose, The Junction, The Lord Palmerston to name just four). Avoid the Abbey and let's hope that the current management jack it in sooner rather than later and are replaced by someone with a level of understanding about running a decent pub. fenster - 27 Dec 2007 14:11 |
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