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Just missed my train and had 30 mins to kill before the next one so went along for a quick pint only to find it borded up.
Not sure if it's closed for good or just being done up.
Perhaps they are going to improve the Toilets ?
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Station pub - overpriced and serves only a transient clientele. Beer ok at best. Toilets show which northern football teams have passed through in the last few years, as well as the names of their 'firms'. Presumably they come here after watching the strippers in the Flying Scotsman?
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I use this pub once or twice a year when waiting for a train. As everyone is transient you cannot expect much in the way of atmosphere. The staff are courteous but disinterested and the beer pleasant. I tend to watch the ever changing customers - there are some truly wierd people about! I was there on one of the few really hot days this summer and decided on a Magners over ice as a change. Despite a Magners ice bucket they only sell the less pleasant (in my view) Bulmers. And have the upper windows been cleaned this century?
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Ok for a quick pint in the toilets.
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Ok for a quick pint but the toilets are crap and the staff could at least look interested.
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Typical station pub.
Full of ignorant biffs.
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Tuesday lunchtime ..pint of Pride �2.80 guess you have to get used to the price although it is a fairly old-style station bar. Would have had Discovery but it was not available...shame they hadn't turned the handle round. If anyone knows somewhere better before getting the train....???
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I agree the Toilets are dire, but the beers good, the bar staff are friendly as are the management, and unlike most staion pubs you won't get molested by big issue sellers or beggars every five minutes as the staiton's own security are on the ball and are often seen throwing them out! Again avoid during the friday evening rush as it can get crowded as with Football matches. But overall a great Pub.
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easyco - them people necking their pints aren't ignorant - they choose to neither miss their train nor waste their pint - you clown!
anonymous - 11 Apr 2006 08:48 |
Good average boozer.
Perfect for meeting people off the train down from Durham.
If they are late you can buy them their lateness punishment drinks straight away!
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For a station bar its not too bad, good pint of London Pride and not as expencive as i thought it would be.
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Too many ignorant people trying to neck that last pint, literally SECONDS, before their train pulls out.
Take my advice, the Euston Flyer (albeit a bit further) is a far better place for that last pint before the train (and before you get robbed blind for a 440ml can of Stella in the buffet car of the 1900 GNER express.......)
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If someone had said to me before this pubs recent refurbishment that it was a �Godforsaken craphole� I would have hit them with the nearest piece of furniture for being a sickening sycophant. Now, Id probably raise an eyebrow and grip the closest chair, but after a moment shrug my shoulders and remind myself to trip them up at the earliest possible opportunity.
For the recent lick of paint has had some effect on the new Duke of York. Its obviously cleaner than the rancid, scruffy and dirty pit that laid there before, especially in the case of the toilets which were, literally, an indoor piss hole so disgusting that London�s dirtiest tramp would have had hygiene issues before stepping through the rotting doorframe. However, while the d�cor has improved the terminal problems that handicap this pub remain. It`s simply too small for its rush hour population and therefore puts you through the hell of being jostled and sweated on while you attempt to neck the overpriced booze you�ve waited two hours to buy. Maybe if the crowd were pleasant it might (if you`d just won the lottery) be tolerable, but unfortunately the biggest problem for the York is that its clientele are a nightmare� Eurotossers, loud yanks and retarded Northerner footie supporters looking to deck anyone born south of Oslo.
I suppose this scene only applies during its peak periods and when its vaguely quiet its not utterly awful, though far from being great. And being a train station there are a lot of busy periods so catching these moments of tranquilty are not easy - as a result it has to be 3/10
anonymous - 6 Apr 2005 17:01 |
No longer Coopers, now Duke of York,
still grotty but it is a bit cleaner.
Try the Head of Steam for a decent Pint
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It's pretty bad but it could be a heck of a lot worse. The beer is OK (London Pride), the staff are efficient enough.. It could be cleaner but I guess this is to do with the volume of trade they get. If you're stuck waiting for a train then this is definitely your best bet rather than venturing out to be parted from your wallet by the junkies and crack whores outside the station. Compared to the utter disgrace of a pub that is this place's equivalent at Waterloo this one is actually quite acceptable. It's all relative!
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definately not bad for a station pub, and it is a station PUB, not station BAR . happily go there in its own right, not just because i happen to be waiting for a train at this particular station .
dan - 23 Sep 2004 16:17 |
About 4pm, Sunday afternoon. Full of arrogent Euro-tossers and Northerners limping home. The girl that served me was a bit dim too.
They had the footie on, which struck me as odd for a station pub.
Pretty grotty, all in all.
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Seemed alright, especially given that its a station pub. Although it was 11am when we went in there...
Pauly H - 1 Dec 2003 12:44 |
This is not bad for a station pub. You have to put up with the occasional nutter.
It serves three Fullers Beers.
John - 16 Apr 2003 13:26 |
the entertainment is rumouredto be fantastic
duncan - 28 Aug 2002 15:57 |
