BITE user comments - livelyjoe
Comments by livelyjoe
The Lincoln Lounge, Kings Cross
Fantastic little boozer with one of the best barmaids around from Limerick.Never have to wait too long for service when this sharp lady is on duty.Can get busy at weekends and music is pretty cool.Excellent pre-bar for nearby Egg.Prices good but a wider selection of lagers would be very welcome.Top.
3 Feb 2008 02:13
Sold to Youngs Brewery?That will give Colin even more time for sitting on the footpath and dangling his legs over the side.Its all the Guv ever did.
18 Jan 2008 04:42
While this pub can be quite cliquey its a welcome change from the winebar attitude where one is crossquestioned what one had for breakfast before even taking a sip.Its either that or being bored to tears about the latest gossip or the antics of the barmy bloody army.Who cares?There was a lively local crowd here and service was as quick as some of the wit.We actually enjoyed the atmosphere.Just the tonic before or after a train journey.We'll be back for more of same!Much improved!
18 Jan 2008 01:21
We fell in love with this pub long before it tripped the light fantastic.Yes its changed.Yes its full of wannabees and egocentrics,but this is Camden central.Great selection of beers and spirits and service can be slow but barstaff do their best to quench thirsts under very busy conditions at times.It boasts the best smoking deck upstairs and without doubt has the best jukebox around.And a huge thanks to cool blond irish guy in a red bennetton shirt who saved my girlfriends bag from being nicked over xmas.This pub is full of good heads if you ignore the sheep.If anything The Hawley is a victim of its own success.
16 Jan 2008 20:07
this pub can be teen-friendly,expecialy at weekends where pubescents rival for service from their pals behind the jump.anyways,some absolute berk,heavily sweating,carrying a saxophone[think busker with a tie]ruined my girlfriends outfit by knocking over our table over xmas.no apology.who let this pest in?security?wont be back thanks.
13 Jan 2008 00:13
heavens above.having sought refuge here lately from a rather bothersome bufoon with a saxophone,i was seated at a table and my posterior end got covered with what i assume was baby puke.nice.
12 Jan 2008 23:58
Nice decor.Great sound system and jukebox.handy location for many.So why o why let an inept manager
run this fine pub into the ground.Ill explain.
Service is the absolute WORST in the area.The camp barmen are more intrested in checking themselves out than seeing whos waiting.The bar girls are defensive and arguementative to the extreme trying to cover up for being unable to do the job.The toilets are a disgrace,in fact beware.Glasses are never collected and are FILTHY.The food downright unpalatable.That manager needs a rocket up his oriface.
13 Dec 2007 00:56
My how this pub has changed in the last while.Once a first class eating establishment but of late it has divebombed.How can a new landlord get it so wrong?There used to be a Kiwi and an Irish manager and in fairness the food,wines,ales,atmosphere were top notch.They even used to spoil my dog as well as being children/elderly friendly.All the components that make a proper local.Shame that brewery pubs change hands like that.
11 Dec 2007 04:58
The Claret Wine Bar, Cheam Village
Something has gone radically wrong with this once great little boozer.Eat there recently and more like a greasy spoon.Glasses were filthy and attitude of elderly greyhaired barman was terrible.He kept trying to eavesdrop our conversation.The wine "selection" was just that,red or white.Needs a shakeup badly.Has the feel of somewhere thats up for sale or about to close its doors.Pity.Cheam deserves a proper local with proper staff.
11 Dec 2007 04:33
Having been recently disappointed by its sister pub in Hackney we dropped in here for some refreshment.We live in Belgium and are quite au fait with the beer selection but the whole ambience left us feeling empty.Wallets and stomachs included.Far too pricey and food not too warm.Someone has seriously taken their eye off the ball.Standards have dropped here as well of late.Shame.Cest la vie.
11 Dec 2007 03:32
One would need security with them when entering this bar to save them from the atrocious manners from the elderly owner and wildeyed manager alike.Overpriced
belgian beers and lukewarm food to cap it off.They
must be having a right laugh.Like a bar you might find up north or in wales.
11 Dec 2007 02:59
Millers, Caledonian Road
Having newly moved residence closeby we felt that this derelict looking place needed a review.This and nearby Flying Scotsman(same owner?)are the WORST in the area.Frequented by smokestained old lags,local chavs and undeoderized brickies you can nearly see the yellowish stain float through the air like a cartoon fart.The manager.is a scruffy looking nervous type,constantly picking his nose and regularly surrenders control of the pub to whatever gangs of marauding footiethugs happen by.The barmaids are all"innit!eyebeefa!wotevah!am I bovvered?"types,beerbellies and hairy underarms.Ask for any drink more complicated than an alcopop and all that you recieve is a stare of complete confusion and back to doing nails,reading paper or glaring enviously at other women.You need to check your change and card bills.The lager here is very flat and will go through you faster than sunlight through glass.The food is more to die from than die for.Chefs never stay long I was informed.The toilets are gobstained,smelly and definitely have swamp creatures lurking.The flies rule.I was also informed by an old regular lag Bernie that the owner Pat let the cellar get so bad the dreymen refused to deliver any beer and reported the place to the council.Nice.There reputedly has been a squat upstairs for ages and looking around the bar there are definitely some hairy likely types.Not the type of place to bring the inlaws then.The music is far too loud and the selection is a testament to terrible bad taste.There are far classier bars nearby.This establishment is like a very poorly managed ONeills on the Chatsworth Estate.Substandard.
1 Apr 2008 12:26