CC London Spring Party - ALL BAR ONE - THE SHAD: Fiday 8 April

[frank9755]

Leave it to User - he'll run a poll on who wants to sit where...

OK - lets all email preferences to User and he can come up with a plan to make everyone happy!

 

[her_welshness]

You're always full of happiness whenever I see you Katie - or is that just me..?

Tynan was only pulling your plonker - of course he'll sit down!

Don't roll your eyes at me Aperitif

I kind of figured out Tynan's wit M

 

[Davywalnuts]

Can we have a poll on who will be legless first and who can be excused the most for being a drunken skirt chasing numpty.....

 

[frank9755]

Can we have a poll on who will be legless first and who can be excused the most for being a drunken skirt chasing numpty.....

Are you volunteering to run that one, Davy?

 

[ianrauk]

Don't roll your eyes at me Aperitif

I kind of figured out Tynan's wit M

Don't worry bout Tynan K... Smile sweetly and just kick him in the nuts when you meet him.. then we follow and all wade in*

(*he's West Ham innit)

 

[ianrauk]

Can we have a poll on who will be legless first and who can be excused the most for being a drunken skirt chasing numpty.....

BINT ALERT!!!

 

[her_welshness]

Don't worry bout Tynan K... Smile sweetly and just kick him in the nuts when you meet him.. then we follow and all wade in*

(*he's West Ham innit)

Hee hee Ian - definite grounds for kicking his Sandra bullocks

 

[Tynan]

to continue my miserable argumentative attitude on this thread ...

The most recent 5 posts on beerintheevening concerning the Crown Tavern in Clerkenwell
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A couple of years ago The Crown was one of the best pubs in the area. High praise, considering the abundance of great boozers in Clerkenwell. On recent visits, however, it seems that standards of excellence have slipped ever so slightly. The eclectic range of bottled beers behind the bar has significantly diminished, whilst the cask offerings are also fairly prosaic. The bar staff have never been the most accommodating bunch, but this has been the case for as long as I’ve frequented the joint.

Don't get me wrong. I still like the pub, and it has a lot of things in its favour. It is at the heart of Clerkenwell Green, one the most historic areas of London. A young Stalin and Lenin were first rumoured to have meet here back in 1903. I don't buy into that, but it's nice to imagine them tucking into pints of Pilsner Urquell.
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Misk. - 14 Feb 2011 16:59​

This is simply one of the best pubs in the area; probably the best if the weather is pleasant.

It's often busy but the friendly staff are usually up the the task of dealing with orders quickly. The ale selection is wide and varied, but due to volumes served one or two are usually being changed. I note that the lager and wine selection looks pretty good, but didn't try from either.

The pub is spacious and able to handle the large volumes of customers well, music levels are spot on providing atmosphere without making it hard to talk. The outside area is great, with a lot of seating and next to a very quiet road.

I go there whenever I'm passing and have time.
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Rapscallion_1980 - 13 May 2010 12:36​

Retreated to here after a disappointing experience at the Fox & Anchor. The place was busy with a pre-wedding gathering at the Church around the corner, but it was still easy enough to get served and procure a well-kept pint of Chiswick (incidentally, the beer choice was not amazing here; Landlord, London Pride and an unavailable guest ale my only options). I found this a very pleasant boozer to sit down and have a drink in. Piped music was unobtrusive, and you get the sense this pub has managed to upgrade itself over the years to reflect its trendy location without compromising its appeal and atmosphere. My favourite pub I've so far encountered in the area.
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ChrisP87 - 21 Mar 2010 08:04​

I enjoyed the Crown a lot. It's much bigger than the photo suggests - it's an L shaped room extending to the right of the photo and at the end of the L there is a further room. Plenty of pleasant seating and a mixed crowd when I was in on a Thursday evening. Three or four beers on offer including Brains and something called Right Flanker. Music on in the background but not intrusive.

The pub was busy but not unpleasantly so and I found it (along with the Sekforde) to be pretty much the best in the area.
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murgatroyd - 6 Dec 2009 21:53​

One of the nicest and best beer pubs in London. A superb setting for a film or tv play too. Great outside area for smoke, talk and snooze in the cool, cool cool of the evening.
Report this for removal Rapscallion_1980 - 13 May 2010 12:36.............

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as for bollock kicking, I'll take you all on and win

 

[Tynan]

Went in there on a Saturday afternoon. The place wasn't busy so you would expect efficient service but this wasn't the case. After ordering our drinks you could see them waiting on the bar for an age. Food wasn't too bad and the Doombar was fine (unusually so for this type of place). Bit anoyed that when paying the waiter he was shoulder to shoulder with me expecting a big tip. Not likely!

Won't go back.
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getmeonein - 14 Dec 2010 13:25​

I did like this bar, mainly for the location ! But the Gents toilets are an absolute disgrace, and have been since the bar first opened.

I have conplained many times, to no avail. I now drink elsewhere. It's such a shame !
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kinglouisbermondsey - 5 May 2009 14:12​

I was a little sceptical with the previous reviews as I think that an ABO is an ABO, but this place is certainly the best one I have been in. The view of Tower Bridge and the financial district from the decking that stretches the length of this long bar are very impressive.

One of my major gripes with ABO’s is the incompetence of the staff, but fortunately there was a large group of us when I visited so we got table service from a very nice chap who knew what he was doing. This avoided being given change on a silver tray and I don’t mind giving a small tip when 15 pints are delivered to the table with no queuing. Another gripe is that these pubs are usually full of braying nobheads drinking pints of wine, but again fortunately I was sitting outside away from the bar and the general populace. Maybe my above average regard for this place is down to circumstance, but I will give credit where credit is due and say that I had a very good evening in this bar.

The only ale offering of Pride had run out before I arrived, but the Guinness was good and standard lagers were also available alongside Carlsberg.

The toilets need sorting out as one cubicle was locked and the other had a broken door. I ended up having to ask for the key to the disabled toilet, which was given with no hassle. I then had to go back into the gent’s toilet as the disabled one had no hand drying facility.

Even though this place is a soulless chain bar and the lack of attention to detail is criminal I still liked it for the location and I would go back again if in the area.
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Strongers - 15 Apr 2009 08:26​

I usually don't do 'chain bars', bust this ABO is really nice. Great view over the river, spacious outside seating, the staff here is always nice and helpful and the goats cheese topped burger is heaven! Never disappoints.
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Claudia - 22 Jul 2008 15:02​

I'm not a huge ABO fan either; but as stated it gains for the location, and in terms of service/type of punter attracted etc. it's pretty good for an ABO.

 

[Aperitif]

OK - lets all email preferences to User and he can come up with a plan to make everyone happy!

Not much point doing that, Frank - User couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery.

 

[frank9755]

Not much point doing that, Frank - User couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery.

Fair enough - just I thought he might enjoy trying!

 

[redjedi]

OK - lets all email preferences to User and he can come up with a plan to make everyone happy!

I don't want to sit next to or opposite anyone with an "a" in their name.

Not much point doing that, Frank - User couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery.

And when it's full of Cycle Chat p*ss heads members that's really saying something.

 

[ianrauk]

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Shall we all adjourn to Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, then? Everyone was happy there at christmas.

Except for Tynan whose other half made him leave!!!!!

I can see a pattern developing here!!!


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Not if we are stuck in those little cubby holes again.. no.

 

[her_welshness]

From what I can recall of the Cheshire Cheese it was pretty poky, and having to move every time someone wanted to access the bar really p1ssed me off.

 

[Sittingduck]

Cans of Special Brew in Hyde Park anyone?
It doesn't really matter where we go does it... as long as we have a giggle (but please not the Cheshire Cheese again )