The Pakenham Arms, Clerkenwell - pub details

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Address: 1, Pakenham St, London, WC1X 0LA [map] [gmap]

Tel: 08721 077 077 (ref 2332)

Russell Square (0.5 miles), Chancery Lane (0.5 miles), Farringdon (0.6 miles)

London Kings Cross - Thameslink (0.6 miles), Farringdon (0.6 miles), London St Pancras (0.6 miles)

Pub facilities/features:

TV, Big screen, Jukebox
Dartboard
Food served, Real ale
Outside seating

Suggested by Steve on 17 Apr 2003.

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> Current user rating: 6.9/10 (rated by 76 users)

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user reviews of the Pakenham Arms, Clerkenwell

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Great place for a relaxed Sunday lunch. Its the type of place you would walk past if you weren't into sport - big mistake. Friendly staff, cheapest drink in the area at the moment, good quality reasonably priced food. Very impressed

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liamhamilton - 17 Jan 2010 19:18

There’s not much to add to the previous comment except that the Guinness is good and cheap food is available.

This is not a pub I would seek out, but I would pop in if passing and a match was on.

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Strongers - 3 Jan 2010 21:46

A large single room, wrapped around the bar. All hard surfaces, wood floors etc plus music and a busy environment make for a noisy space, but its ok. Three plasmas showing cricket on my visit competed with the music and chatter for attention.
As said before, opposite Mount Pleasant sorting office so plenty of posties in, welcoming to all though, and a pleasant lady behind the bar who expertly served three seperate orders at once!
There are two banks of four pumps, Sharp's Doombar(x2), Cornish Coaster, Adnams Broadside, GK IPA, Hogs Back TEA, and Jennings World Biggest Liar(x2). Certainly a good range and my Coaster was an acceptable £2.75.
Long opening hours to accommodate the workers, open Christmas Day too it said on a few posters. Dispensers sell sweets........I've never quite got that in a pub.
Beware the confusing steps on the way out of the gents!

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Maldenman - 20 Nov 2009 18:24

The Pakenham overlooks the Mount Pleasant sorting office and I imagine it gets most of its custom from there. It's a nice welcoming exterior but the inside is somewhat disappointing - it has clearly had a pretty ropy refurbishment and the presence of two projector screens in the single room indicates that the footy rules here. Having said that there beer selection was good and it's not a bad place to drink.

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murgatroyd - 18 Oct 2009 11:58

Until Royal Mail calls off its strike plans, this place should have a lock-out of it's overpaid, underworked clientele. "I'm sorry sir, I have poured your pint, but I won't be delivering it to your hand for 2-3 weeks".

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topdog_andy - 8 Oct 2009 19:13

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