The Golden Egg, Kilburn - pub details
Address: 155 Kilburn High Road, London, NW6 7HU [map] [gmap]
Tel: 020 7624 4712
Brondesbury (0.4 miles), Kilburn Park (0.4 miles), West Hampstead (0.5 miles)
Kilburn High Road (0.3 miles), Brondesbury (0.4 miles), West Hampstead (0.5 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- TV, Big screen, Jukebox
- Real ale
Pub suggested by david harding on 27 Jul 2005
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> Current user rating: 6.6/10 (rated by 13 users)
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Coopers Arms, Kilburn (0.0 miles), Southern K, Kilburn (0.0 miles), Kingdom, Kilburn (0.1 miles), Cock Tavern, Kilburn (0.2 miles), Father Ted's, Kilburn (0.2 miles) - see more nearby pubs
user reviews of the Golden Egg, Kilburn
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| Sunday through Thursday happy hours where pints are less than £2 and the staff are friendly...two very rare things and you can't get better than that in inner London. I love this place! bluejay - 3 Sep 2008 20:42 |
| I live pretty near this but had never ventured in before the weekend. I was quite impressed - it's certainly well above the Kilburn High Road average and is probably the best of the non-smart pubs along the road, in my view. Oddly but interestingly it's run by a Welsh chain whose other branches are all either in Bristol or South Wales. A couple of real ales when I visited: Brains and Felinfoel (Double Dragon, I think). They were serving roasts from a carvery on the Sunday lunchtime I visited; the pub was very busy and they smelt very good. The food looked outstandingly good value: they were advertising fish and chips, plus a drink I think, for something like £2.99. The pub's a little down at heel, which is unsurprising in an area like this, but I'm pleased to add this to my roster of decent local boozers. grecian - 14 Jul 2008 10:52 |
| The first thing you notice with the Golden Egg are the strategically placed boards outside advertisng its discounted product range and in an area where pubs attract the inebriated like iron filings to a magnet, you just know what to expect. Luckily, the interior is deceptively large and finding a spot away from the drunken renditions of Danny Boy is generally achievable. The front area has fairly plain décor and is quite spacious and airy with good natural light and high ceilings. Several old black & white photos of the area adorn the walls. Beyond the remnants of the dividing wall it opens up to the grander (but long since past its prime) remnants of what looks like an old ballroom or function hall, complete with ornate ceilings and an interesting but underused, wood paneled fireplace. The multiple TV’s & Big Screen are very good for sport and if karaokes and cheap live music are your thing, you’ll find them here. One big plus is the presence a Real Ale - only the 1 but it was at least a decently kept Brains Bitter, hardly normal for the area and £1.89 a pint (even though it still says £1.79 on the menus!). The food is cheap and fancy free and beer and cocktails are also available by the jug and pitcher making it a binge drinkers dream. Encouraged by such marketing, I did get the impression most of the punters here are surgically joined to the fixtures and fittings and probably wouldn’t be aware that there is an exit. Whilst I wouldn’t necessarily say that everyone was particularly approachable, I didn’t feel too wary sitting there alone in a strange pub, which is not always the case in Kilburn. The retro music was actually quite listenable and made a refreshing change from the thumping clubby stuff or fiddly diddly offerings of some of the neigbours. The pub has certainly seen better days but despite its obvious lack of class, it is certainly functionable and not without its interesting aspects. RogerB - 20 Jun 2008 19:19 |
| (Whoops, added to this comment to the Good and Granite - for some reason the new pub name has inspired a new BITE page)... This pub has worked its charms on me, despite having little to no charm at all. It's huge, can always get a seat, the beers and shots are absolutely absurdly cheap (pint of Brains smooth for less than 2 quid), Sky telly for those that fancy the cricket or snooker or whatever, and most remarkable of all it has one of those juke boxes with a big hard disk in it, so I can find some obscure old indie music like Daisy Chainsaw to play on it. Good place to tank up before heading to the Good Ship or Luminarie for a gig or club. Still has the atmosphere of an airport lounge though. travis - 6 Jun 2007 20:20 |
| good disco firday nights other than that boring anonymous - 31 May 2007 16:32 |
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