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Classic traditional pub decor and furnishings. Love the feel of the place. You could set a film in here set anytime in the last 60 years and I mean this in a good way. Beer selection however is fizzy lager. Probably only responding to local demand, but it would be vastly improved with an ale or two on offer. Furthermore I think they should do away with the daytime TV. As memory serves me they have a good darts set-up. Worth stopping by if you are in the area.
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A gem of a pub with easily the best Guiness in North London. The archetypal boozer from which all others should learn from; very friendly staff, well maintained beer, clean, cosy environment and good for channel 4 racing and football. The toilets do look like something out of an old fashioned asylum however.
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Wandered in this very old school local's pub a while back and thought it was OK. No real ale, so I had a softie. I don't ordinarily like Guinness but seeing the below reviews wish I'd had a pint here. This is an old-school Irish local which probably looks much as it did in the 1960s - those who like that kind of thing will like it, those who don't won't.
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Great Guinness, nice landlord & landlady and friendly locals who'll chat with anyone. The landlady even puts out some sarnies & pork pies for free, a nice place to watch football whoever you support, plenty of good-humoured banter.
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A decent ordinary pub on Holloway Road, you can be English,Irish or Martian and enjoy this place. I wish more pubs were like this place.
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nice pub for a local. good drink, and good chat round the front. slightly younger out the back where the pool table is
anonymous - 6 Jun 2005 01:43 |
I Don't know what drumandmonkey is on about.
Ann is a lovely landlady!
Great pub for watching football, and the friendly local regulars that give as good as they get in the banter department!
Oh, and yes! The Guinness gets a 10/10 score easily the best in the area if not London.
It takes an Irish lady to know how it should be served, not a New Zealander, Aussie, South African etc... etc....
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yes best guinness by far in London. Very old school type pub but extremely friendly and character full irish locals who are always up for a chat and craic whch you don't get anywhere else in Holloway rd this pub is not for the posey type. its a great place for a decnt chat which we manged to do on paddys nite it was the only pleasant pub that nite that you didn't get squashed to death!
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the bar staff are miserable, the manager is moany the pub is crap.
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Best Guinness on Holloway Road by a country mile. This is a *proper* Irish pub (as opposed to a Genuine Oirish Pub): great Guinness, friendly (mainly Irish) locals, GAA sport on the telly (but not to the exclusion of anything else), wonderfully idiosyncratic decor that you couldn't replicate, wonderful Irish landlady, great staff. For the sporting-minded, they also have a dartboard and a pool table. The perfect place on Holloway Road to sit, talk and drink in to your heart's content.
Just one thing stops it from getting a perfect score: no real ale. Ann's Guinness really is something else, though.
A.B.R. - 15 Jul 2004 15:29 |
