Monkey Chews, Chalk Farm - pub details
Address: 2 Queens Crescent, Chalk Farm, London, London, NW5 4EP [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 917 0007 (ref 29150)
Chalk Farm (0.2 miles), Kentish Town West (0.3 miles), Belsize Park (0.5 miles)
Kentish Town West (0.3 miles), Gospel Oak (0.6 miles), Kentish Town (0.7 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Food served
Pub suggested by darloexile on 15 May 2006
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other pubs nearby:
Sir Robert Peel, Kentish Town (0.1 miles), Fiddlers Elbow, Kentish Town (0.2 miles), Hill, Primrose Hill (0.2 miles), Sir Richard Steele, Belsize Park (0.2 miles), Enterprise, Chalk Farm (0.2 miles) - see more nearby pubs
user reviews of Monkey Chews, Chalk Farm
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| Read the postings for this and really was not surprised by any of them. It really is an odd place, things happen in here that do not happen in other bars. The one I used to regularly have was them running out of beer (I swear they actually ran out of Guinness one night, or at least that was what they said). However, I still feel warm to the place because the staff are really nice, the clientele is friendly and neither chavvy or poncey and they put on good stuff, certainly a lot better than the toilet venues on Camden High Street. JohnMcC - 6 Jun 2009 04:01 |
| I concur entirely with Pablos13, I used to live over the road from this place and entirely disapproved of the concept, but whenever I went in I generally ended up staying all night and having a pretty good time. tcooked - 5 Mar 2009 16:46 |
| A bit of a mixed bag, this one - a hybrid of music-orientated bar and gastropub (a bad combination) located in what was once, by the look of it, a street-corner local. I wanted to hate it in its dimly-lit, cheaply-furnished in-a-'too cool to bother with spending anything on the decor'-way entirety. I entered only when dragged by friends, as part of the quid pro quo for them drinking in some of my favourite boozers, shuddered at the fact that beer on tap was basically Foster's or Red Stripe and winced at the £3.50 a pint price. I then had a really enjoyable night in what was, that night at least, a twat-free bar. No aggro, no surging testosterone, no 'check out how much money I have, and am wearing', just a very pleasant location for a steady session. Granted, I wouldn't necessarily make the trip there again unless I had good reason, but the chaps that own this place seem to have succeeded in altering my thought processes, at least temporarily, so this is sort of a begrudging recommendation. pablos13 - 2 Jan 2009 09:51 |
| A good place to go for pre-theatre or gig drinks if visiting nearby attractions such as the Roundhouse or restaurants such as Vanilla Ices. Tucked away enough to be invisible to the hordes visiting Bartok or the Enterprise, there is something of a goth feel - both in the Castle of Otranto and Fields of the Nephilim senses. BoehmBawerk - 29 Dec 2008 13:22 |
| Weirdly almost empty at 11pm on a Saturday night when the rest of Camden was heaving. Music was good mix of r&b, classic soul etc, clientele were friendly and the bar staff were lovely and attentive. Maybe it was just because we were on jaegermeister bombs, but had a great time and felt like a local with a bit of a trendy feel for some reason. Sofas are a mite skanky right enough... Good place to either start or finish a good night. stillill - 29 Sep 2008 11:08 |
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