The Washington, Belsize Park - pub details
Address: 50, Englands Lane, London, NW3 4UE [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 1475)
Belsize Park (0.3 miles), Chalk Farm (0.4 miles), Swiss Cottage (0.6 miles)
Kentish Town West (0.7 miles), Hampstead Heath (0.7 miles), South Hampstead (0.8 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Food served, Real ale
Pub suggested by Duck on 5 Dec 2002
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> Current user rating: 6.5/10 (rated by 34 users)
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Sir Richard Steele, Belsize Park (0.2 miles), Haverstock Arms, Belsize Park (0.2 miles), Hill, Primrose Hill (0.2 miles), Adelaide, Belsize Park (0.2 miles), Monkey Chews, Chalk Farm (0.4 miles) - see more nearby pubs
user reviews of the Washington, Belsize Park
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| Even before the the Brit shut this place was an arsedump of estate scumbags, Talk about the architecture all you like mr boring , this place is still shit! baps - 3 Sep 2010 00:43 |
| Looked nice at first, and a good pint, but frequented by thieves who made off with two customers handbags during the quiz evening, one belonging to someone from the party I went with. The landlords response - "it hasn't happened for months", and "well we never had CCTV, but perhaps we'd better now" - no doubt there are reasons good or otherwise why they may not want it, but they offer no indication that this is common (as most London pubs do where scumbags making off with peoples stuff is a problem) through notices etc on the tables. The bag in question was stuffed behind a bench - not exactly on show, in case you are wondering.. Not somewhere I will go again, or recommend to anyone else. jfrebrycn - 24 Feb 2010 01:07 |
| This place had been badly on the slide in my view, and 6 months ago I would endorse all foghorn said, I got the distinct impression the place was being run down and lined up for some sort of property development. Appears to be a new landlord and staff their now though (or I think perhaps an old landlord who has returned to be more accurate) and it's much busier again, and getting back towards the pub it used to be again. Definite signs of improvement, and the Landlord was better kept than it was when i'd last been 6 months or so ago. Good range of continental lagers also. mps77 - 11 Dec 2009 11:26 |
| Well restored and maintained impressive Victorian former gin palace style pub in a Belsize Park side street. Despite some opening out and signs of gentrification, there is still much to admire internally - a fine moulded ceiling, etched glass work, coloured mirrors and wood pannelling. Do note the side entrance with original tiling and floor mosaic - "The Washington Hotel - Billiards ".There's sufficient of note to merit a listing in CAMRA'S London Regional Inventory of Unspoilt Pub Interiors. Pleasingly the pub management have resisted the temptation to paint the wood pannelling some trendy pastel shaded colour - other pubs please take note !. Seating is a mixture of wooden chairs and the inevitable sofas / pouffes. Gastro pub style food is clearly a major player here, but, notably, on my recent Sunday lunchtime visit, the long butchers - block style tables had not been specifically laid out for dining. There's no TV or other distractions and the billiards table presumably disappeared yonks ago. Instead, on my recent visit, a competitive family game of Scrabble had just got under way at the next table - dominated by one of those irritatingly precocious and temperamental know all youngsters who really ought to have been strangled at birth. Bring back the billiards table, I say !. On the beer front, foreign lagers and beers dominate the bar top, but two real ales were on - London Pride and Adnams Kolsch, the latter apparently being a German style lager beer. Both were in reasonable form. A third pump had a TT Landlord pump clip reversed. I did note the Cask Marque accreditation symbol, but I doubt there's much real ale trade here. Despite the limited beer range, the internal decor makes this pub worth seeking out if in the area. JohnBonser - 27 Oct 2009 09:04 |
| Glorious, glorious, glorious. Mirrors, dark wood, more mirrors and more dark wood. Ornate carvings around the horseshoe bar. Excellent pint of landlord and a huge range of single malts, if that's your thing. Oh, and did I mention the mirrors and the dark wood ? nmckenn - 7 Jul 2009 20:55 |
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