Top afternoon
22 May 08, 18:55
Above expectations
We spent the afternoon in here and to be honest it was the best part of the weekend. The menu is great, even if you have fussy eaters with you as they do veggie stuff too. The beer is cheap and they are happy to supply free water with your food.
Groups: horizon
Party Down
21 May 08, 12:02
Above expectations
This is a premier London venue, with two different venues depending on whether your upstairs or down.
Downstairs is a little loud with some really good tunes blasting out. Upstairs, a little quieter with comfortable seats and a ncie place for a tequilla or two after a buisy day in the office.
Groups: horizon
Birthday at the Old Crown
24 Apr 08, 14:42
As expected
I went to the Old Crown for a friend's birthday some weeks ago to have lunch. The service was excellent, staff very nice. This restaurant has a wide range of food (there's also vegan food). The place is quit and the atmosphere very friendly and soft. We spent a good time that day, really nice.
Groups: Lollypop
Kyra K.
Nunhead
41 reviews
Busy but go upstairs, it's worth it...
11 Oct 07, 12:43
Above expectations
I went here recently for what was intended to be a quick after-work drink, but turned into a rather pleasant long evening.
The place looked packed when we first arrived, and the ground floor is a bit cramped, but to our delight we found a completely empty room upstairs, with comfy leather sofas and plenty of candles. Some may find it a bit pretentious, but I really liked the effort they had gone to with the decor- funky wallpaper, chandeliers, fresh flowers on the bar, and candles everywhere.
The bar food menu was excellent, and really inexpensive for the quality. Deliciously fat, juicy chargrilled lamb koftas were served with salad for £3.50, and their greek salad was really packed with ingredients, for the same price. The food was mainly what enticed us to consider staying longer, and the novelty of finding a central London venue where we could have a room (almost) to ourselves was what kept us there.
As a final note, the toilets were some of the nicest pub toilets I've ever seen. I'm not even kidding. Oddly, there was one cubicle in the ladies' with two toilets inside. But I'll let that weird little detail slide. A top place.
