recommend a good pub in central London........

ken, you play pool? prepare to be destroyed (if ever I come to a fap)...

correctamundo!

passantino, now you know where to bomb. ;-)

No, Dadismus, that's not it. The one I'm thinking of was more in the Regents Street/Conduit Street area.

William IV, our new local, is an excellent place. I just had some *very* nice cod and chips there.

right so. i'm on the lookout for a pub in the camden area which as a. a decent ale, b. some half-edible scran and c. a pool table.

stipulation b. is optional - a. can feasibly be dealt with using the word "Guinness" but only if option c. is fulfilled in its entirety.

anyone? need it for this sunday! tip your tits off...

Ha, you'd be lucky. Particularly on the pool table front.

How 'Camden area' are we talking, Camden Town or the borough?

Thinking about it, you could try the Grand Union on Highgate road. It's part of small chain, but not too bad, with pretty good burgers and a table in the basement. Not sure about the ale situation.

that's assuming you were using some sort of 'rich-kid' surrey ad hominem. If you meant it in a 'ooh, wicked, I live in Surrey too!' way, or even as an inquisitive guess, then my second sentence is divested of any sarcasm.) :-)
ken, you play pool? prepare to be destroyed (if ever I come to a fap)...

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heh

the good mixer has a pool table

Unfortuneately it has the disadvantage of being The Good Mixer.

Not too many pubs with pool tables in Camden

Pembroke Castle near Chalk Farm has pool tables upstairs iirc.

As does the Bull and Gate on Kentish Town Road, but no ales or food.

Bull and Gate not in Camden, bit of a trek to get there

the world's end has a pool table but it's the world's end

as does the camden tup which is slightly nicer.

much nicer, actually

Fifteen minutes from CT at a brisk stroll, or one tube stop.

xxpost

Forgot about the Tup. The food's ok there as well.

i'm shocked by my camden knowledge

Elephant's Head has a pool table IIRC. Not much chance of food, edible or otherwise though.

Plenty of weird rockabillys though iirc.

Thanks folks - the Grand Union's OK but a bit... shiny for my needs. Camden Tup, not a bad idea but the ever-present threat of football on the screens tends to put me off going there much.

Pembroke Castle? Not a bad idea at all!

My definition of Camden is extremely lax tbh, could also happily include Chalk Farm, Kentish Town, even Tufnell Park at a push.

Shame you can't include Hackney in that definition. The pool table in the Pembury is giving out free games at the moment.

in that case why not the big red in holloway?

4 pool tables plus is a good pub (not sure about its ales though tbh it's more a jack daniels kind of place

Certainly lots of pool tables. Clientele a bit like the Elephant's Head.

I'm not a fan of Big Red, too hectic.

The pool table in the Pembury is giving out free games at the moment.

hmmm...

have they fixed their bar billiards yet?

Was working on Sunday when we played but it had an Out of Order on when we left.

i love the pembury! but it's bloody useless if don't live nearby and you're tied to decent frequent weekend public transport, as are all the people i'm meeting.

...if you you't live nearby...

ARGH

good place to watch a match? thinking soho area would be best as ever...but none of the usual pubs I use there show football

i and friends watched the 2006 world cup final in Rupert Street

(yes, the gay bar)

that's a nice anecdote but unfortunately does not solve my problem

i just bought a tin of anchovies and some potato salad.

oh! you just reminded me of this really neat place, the Anchovy & Potato

can't quite remember where it is tho

the old coffee house on (i think) beak street is good. does get a bit rammed though.

HI DERE.

http://www.fancyapint.com/pubs/pub148.html

It's not Soho but it is very central and has the advantage of loads of screens in visible parts of the pub. Bit concrete and estate pubby but I think that puts off the huge throngs you get in other football pubs.

Failing that:

http://www.fancyapint.com/pubs/pub304.html

One big screen, two smaller screens.

I would avoid the Old Coffee House, a bit too busy in my opinion.

what about The Sun on Long Acre? have only watched a game in there once before tho

Not central but what do people make of the newly opened Job Centre in Deptford?
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jul/09/job-centre-bar-gentrification-ironically-deptford

is there a general london pub thread lads