The Old Fountain, Old Street - pub details

Old Fountain

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Description

A traditional London freehouse, run by the same family since 1964 specializing in great quality real ale. The Old Fountain has one house ale (Fuller's London Pride) and seven rotating guest ales from micro breweries across the country and plenty from London itself. A regularly changing real cider is served on a recently installed hand-pump. The Old Fountain has been listed in the CAMRA Good Beer Guide for the last six years demonstrating excellent beer variety and quality. Annual beer festivals are also held and are extremely popular.

Full lunchtime menu served between 12 and 2.30. Bar snacks, pizza and lovely doorstep sandwiches, including home cooked salt beef, served in the evening.

Opening Times - Monday to Friday 11 a.m to 11 p.m

New Roof Terrace coming soon!!

East London & City CAMRA Pub of the Year 2011

(last updated: 29th Jun 2011)

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Address: 3 Baldwin Street, London, EC1V 9NU [map] [gmap]

Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 27118) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras

Website: http://www.oldfountain.co.uk

Nearest tube stations Old Street (0.1 miles), Moorgate (0.6 miles), Barbican (0.6 miles)

Nearest train stations Old Street (0.1 miles), Moorgate (0.6 miles), London Barbican (0.6 miles)

Pub facilities/features:

  • Food served, Real ale
  • Credit cards accepted, Wireless internet access
> Current user rating: 7.4/10 (rated by 136 users)
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Three Crowns, Old Street (0.1 miles), Bavarian Beerhouse, Shoreditch (0.1 miles), Nelson's Retreat, Old Street (0.1 miles), William Blake, Old Street (0.2 miles), Masque Haunt, Old Street (0.2 miles) - see more nearby pubs

 

user reviews of The Old Fountain, Old Street

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My opinion was clouded by having to wait behind a dithering amateur pub-goer ordering a round for six people with just the one barman working. The beer was okay, cheaper than expected, but the place seemed a fairly basic gastro-type pub and certainly didn't seem worthy of the many awards it's received.
djw - 25 Jan 2012 00:44
Visited today for a quick one - nice atmosphere and good pint of Brodies, Kiwi (my first one ever). Got busy very quickly and I look forward to another visit with the Missus.
Mr_ESB_Harry - 4 Nov 2011 19:18
Bounded into the Fountain with three friends on Wednesday 3rd August at 9.47pm. An extremely warm welcome was afforded us by the drinkers at the bar who seemed unable to stop laughing!! At least eight beers on offer in this marvellous pub, I opted for an exquisitely quaffable half of Saltaire Cascade.
This remains a TOP PUB. Do visit!! You will not regret it!!
Newton_Lad - 6 Aug 2011 21:12
Friday was my first visit here for a while. It was much quieter than the last time I visited, despite being a Friday afternoon. There were about 8 or 9 of us in total, including the long haired guy from the Wenlock! Wimbledon was showing on the TV. Even the barman looked bored. However what the Fountain loses in atmosphere, it gains in its beer selection - Fullers London Pride, Mighty Oak Oscar Wilde, Hopback Taiphoon, Oakham Citra, Camden Pale Ale, Brodies Nugget and Acorn Barnsley Bitter. In addition, they now have a real cider on handpull - Gwynt y Ddraig Medium Farmhouse on my visit. It stays as a 7/10 for me. It's certainly better than the Wenlock these days. But it may need to raise its game to compete with a new breed of real ale pubs/bars springing up. We moved onto the new Craft Beer Company in Clerkenwell. With 15 cask ales, a cider, many foreign keg beers and a huge bottled beer range, pubs like the Old Fountain have their work cut out.
blue_scrumpy - 4 Jul 2011 17:50
Excellent showcase of London brewers (+ Windsor & Eton!) all this week.This pub is always well worth a visit.
ed.spbw - 10 May 2011 20:45

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