The Lion and Unicorn, Kentish Town - pub details

Lion and Unicorn
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Address: 42-44 Gaisford Street, Kentish Town, London, NW5 2ED [map] [gmap]

Tel: 08721 077 077 (ref 15031)

Nearest tube stations Kentish Town (0.2 miles), Kentish Town West (0.3 miles), Tuffnell Park (0.6 miles)

Nearest train stations Kentish Town (0.1 miles), Kentish Town West (0.3 miles), Camden Road (0.5 miles)

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Pub suggested by dan on 1 Oct 2004

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> Current user rating: 4.2/10 (rated by 11 users)
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O'Reilly's, Kentish Town (0.1 miles), Oxford, Kentish Town (0.1 miles), Abbey, Kentish Town (0.1 miles), Bull and Gate, Kentish Town (0.2 miles), Assembly House, Kentish Town (0.2 miles) - see more nearby pubs

 

user reviews of the Lion and Unicorn, Kentish Town

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They won't serve tap water. No matter how many drinks you buy. It "costs money" apparently. I mean, what would they do "if everyone starting asking for tap water?

Because clearly the moment they drop this shamelessly cynical, small-minded, morally repugnant, money-grabbing policy, their miserable stool-swaying regulars will immediately mob the bar, thankful for any excuse not to drink that pissweak Carling anymore.

Makes sense. After all, if you attempt to keep your customers happy, there's a risk they might come back. Luckily for the Lion and Unicorn, there's no danger of that.

Vile – and a blight on the feisty little theatre company that's set up shop upstairs.

By all means visit, but feel free to miss the urinals.


theunready - 3 Dec 2009 23:37
Friendly standard pub.Could do with a lick of paint.The lady there Paula was very nice,friendly and bubbly.Locals were also ok.Rating-6
JOHNNYDORSEY - 4 Nov 2009 13:28
No real ale available when I visited, despite what the painted sign above the door says. I'd suggest a two-minute walk up the road to the Oxford Arms would be a better bet unless you want to watch some sport, as they have a very large screen.
pubcollector - 12 Jun 2009 22:05
This isn’t the greatest pub and it still had three redundant hand pumps sitting amongst a standard draught range. They have Sky and Setanta, but the only TV I spotted was a small one above the entrance (maybe there is a screen in the back that I did not see). The pool table and dartboard mentioned previously are still to be found in the back room that leads onto the beer garden at the rear.

This is a residential local in an area that leaves a lot to be desired and I doubt that I’ll be in the area again to revisit here.
Strongers - 27 Apr 2009 15:27
I paid a brief visit to this pub at 1330 today. It is under new management, and I had the pleasure to meet the new manager, a welcoming lady from the Midlands.

Visitors to the Lion & Unicorn will find plenty of space both inside and out, and a traditionl, warm interior featuring a wooden bar. There is a large smokers' area in the front garden, and a pleasant beer garden with a tent.

The rear of the pub is spacious and contains the dartboard and pool table.

No real ale is presently available, but there are three handpumps which the landlady intends to bring into use as soon as viable. She stated she has run a real ale pub [the Moot] in Nottingham and is very keen to reintroduce real ale to the L&U if enough local trade could be canvassed. She also plans to reintroduce food to the pub.

The upstairs houses a theatre which stages plays each weekday apart from Monday, and for details of any shows you are advised to contact the pub directly.

The Lion and Unicorn has had a chequered past, but under new, keen management it deserves a chance, and all the support and encouragement it can get in order that it can make a success, not only of real ale, but as a pub generally.
lad_newton - 27 Nov 2007 15:37

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