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Comment added by redcountess: When I visited the pub in April 2008 on a Saturday afternoon if appeared to be child friendly (with well behaved children in attendance), don't know if there's a curfew though. Also I did not notice any sour milk or other bad smells. The beef roast I ordered for lunch was pleasant enough although the gravy was overly peppery. The ladies loos are nice and clean too!
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summary='Nice little pub round the side of Euston Station, in the Good Beer Guide.' summary='Nice little pub round the side of Euston Station, in the Good Beer Guide.'
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Nice little pub round the side of Euston Station, in the Good Beer Guide. Also handy for the curry places on Drummond Street. Located on the corner of Cobourg Street and Euston Street. Bench/table seating, where smoking is permitted, can be found outside on the pavement; this is pleasant enough, as these streets are not busy ones.

Kake visited on a Sunday afternoon; there was a scattering of other people inside and outside the pub, but I had no trouble finding a table, even though it is a fairly small pub. The piped music was pleasant enough, and not obtrusive, sort of soul/R&Bish; unfortunately it was competing with the football on the (small) TVs scattered around the place (again, not significantly obtrusive). Additional clues as to the ambience may be garnered from the fact that a small array of paperbacks was assembled on the mantelpiece; clearly this is a "sitting in a corner on your own reading a book"-friendly pub, hurrah.

Service was friendly, though for some reason the chap behind the bar failed to mention that there were ales from the cask available in addition to the ones I could see on handpump (Spitfire, Old Speckled Hen, Bass, Hobgoblin, London Pride). Still, there was nothing wrong with my pint of Pride (£2.80). Katie says she's had Cornish Doom Bar and Adnam's Explorer here too, presumably from the cask.

According to the BITE comments linked below, as of March 2008 they have a deal where if you show a CAMRA card you can get 40p off a pint. Not sure if this is a limited-time offer.

(Those uninterested in real ale may be pleased to know that a sign advertises "lager served in frozen glasses".)

Food is served noon-3pm and 5pm-9pm Monday to Friday, and noon-5pm Saturday and Sunday. They are very keen on pies, which are all £8 and come with "double cream buttered mash potato", seasonal vegetables, and gravy. The eight choices include beef and Guinness, minted lamb, and chicken and broccoli. The pies are not made on the premises, but provided by The Pie Room, a London-wide company that supplies ready-made pies to a number of pubs.

The rest of the menu (photos: front, back) is also fairly standard pub food; burgers (£7-7:50), fish and chips (£7), sausage and mash (£7), steak (£10). Vegetarians are not well catered for; only one of the pies ("all English three cheese") is vegetarian, and the only other choices are pasta with broccoli and pesto (£7), caesar salad (£6), and ploughman's with cheddar or stilton (£7). No mention is made of whether the cheese in these dishes is confirmed to be vegetarian.

Kake's "prime beef Tex-Mex burger" with bacon (£7.50) (photo) was of average quality overall; although the bacon was thick and the quantity of burger (two patties) generous, the burgers were rather underseasoned and the advertised "Hot!!"ness was entirely absent. Neither the accompanying chips nor the enclosing bun were interesting enough to rescue it from averageness. Still, it was ample, and it was edible.

I hear that this place gets a lot busier on weekday evenings than it was on the Sunday afternoon of my visit, but it's rather more hidden away than, say, the Doric Arch, so possibly a better bet at peak times. Having said that, it is now in the Good Beer Guide, so the secret's out!

Martin notes: when we visited this pub on the Circle Line pub crawl there was a definite unpleasant smell inside the pub, reminiscent of off milk. This has also been noted elsewhere. It seems likely that this was previously covered up by the smell of smoke, but post smoking ban this is no longer the case. It's not that big a deal, and you can always sit outside.

Ewan comments: On a visit on Friday evening in March 2008, they had eight ales on tap (four from the casks on the right side of the bar, and all chalked up on the board outside the pub): Adnams Explorer, Abbot Ale, Deuchars IPA, Cornish Mutiny, Landlord, Harveys, Doom Bar, and Adnams Stout. The inside of the pub was completely packed, so we sat outside. Beers were excellent and well-kept.

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Last visited by Ewan and Holly, 28 March 2008. Opening hours taken from the 2008 Good Beer Guide. Food times and prices taken from menu in pub, 9 September 2007.

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