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I used to love this pub -- it had an amazing free juke box and when it wasn't on a guy with his stereo from his bedroom playing rave cds. It had a smelly dog 2 pool tables with ripped felt but no-one minded. I spent one of the happiest afternoons ever in the garden, it's such a shame it closed down. Someone set fire to it recently so I guess it's not going to open again.
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I can't believe it! What a shame! But to be fair, it feels like a lot of them (pubs with character) are going the same way...
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**15/05/06** Very sadly this pub appears to be closed - in fact, it is boarded up with metal shutters at the moment. This has upset me very much.
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The Cecil is a very 'special' pub. It is simultaneously friendly and threatening. It certainly has atmosphere though, and the locals are fantastic - you'll never need to visit London Zoo if you drink here enough. One of the pool tables is always broken - but this adds a new dimension of 'holding up the cushion' to the game which can be almost as fun as the game itself. The barbecues, reggae and garage nights add pleasing sounds and smells to the experience. The bar staff are lovely. The jukebox seems to have been programmed to play only early 90s dance music or gay anthems when idle. Fantastic. The bitter is always off, but who cares? It's the sheer joy of being in the place that makes me go there - not the booze. Long live the CECIL!
anonymous - 31 Aug 2005 08:57 |
Nuts and bolts boozer. Not ideal for romantic dates or acid
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Proper Hackney boozer with an edge but in no way nasty.Good place to lose yourself...people wont come looking for you here.Friendly as you like at the bar and as mad a mix of punters as you could wish for....friday night reggae vibes really is unmissable if you are in the area...
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This pub is great for a game of pool. Friendly clientele and excellent music.
Dan Tobin - 8 Sep 2004 17:15 |
definitely edgey pub ... but the bands/ muzak and mix make it worthwhile.
beer can be god-awful but if you time the cleaning of the pipes ceremony right it's fine - otherwise either buy some fruit for the morning-after or stick to bottles/ shorts.
Blackboru - 1 Mar 2004 14:08 |
not much action at the bar, in my view its location is bad, if your not jamacan cockney or very hard you might have a problem in this pub, seems nice enough but too hard for my liking
kev - 11 Jan 2004 06:34 |
Splendidly insane boozer. Never seems to close, has punk, reggae and rock bands on every night it seems, and maintains a genuinely decadent (as opposed to expensive, Shoreditch-pseudo decadent-lite) atmosphere even in the day time. Not for those of a nervous disposition.
kelly - 6 Nov 2003 15:00 |
