BITE user comments - 456
Comments by 456
I can't believe this place has closed. Absolutely dreadful news. See my comment below; there was nowhere else like it for miles.
4 Sep 2008 17:16
Weekend evenings they will frisk you so hard you feel you're an Arab trying to get on an El-Al. You are manifestly over 40 but ID will be required. Minimum twenty minute wait at the bar.
However in the week it can be a nice place for a cheap unfussed pint in Camden; always a selection of guest beers and not too badly served. Hardly ever even approaches capacity. Really nice outside bit by the canal.
Previous reviewer: "Jekyll and Hyde" - haha. Exactly.
4 Jan 2008 14:30
Serves the important function of being the last place to get a 'no-frills' pint in Muswell Hill. Fantastically unpretentious. Prices have gone up recently but still very reasonable. More jokes-man-in-the-pub stories than most town centres put together.
One-time vistors will wonder what I'm on about but if you go there enough you'll start to love it.
4 Jan 2008 14:20
Nice interior but ruined by really disappointing, overpriced food. Annoying 'discretional' service charge. Beer kept badly; London Pride was disgusting. Might be acceptable if you seek 'character' and want to sit at a wobbly table for a pint of lager or two but fails in too many respects to get a positive review.
4 Jan 2008 14:13
The Famous Royal Oak, Muswell Hill
Final refuge in Muswell/Crouch End after the demise of the Well and the Princess Alexandra down the hill.
I think the external look, criticised in other comments, has saved this pub from gastroization. Noone in their right mind would try and make this a haute cuisine destination and I am truly thankful.
Nice London Pride, pool table (but round a corner so you can ignore it if you want), TVs but not too obtrusive. I once sat through an electric storm on the porch - they got soaked serving us refils at our table outside, lovely.
If this one shuts too I'm moving house...
1 Apr 2009 12:32