The Star, Dartmouth Park, N19

After walking through a couple of estates the last place I thought I would come across is a decent gastrofied ale proffering public house. The pub is a single high ceilinged room with large windows and ubiquitous gastro colour scheme and furniture arrangement (maybe they should lose the stuffed animal heads). There is a pebbled beer yard out the back with some uncovered seating, but unfortunately I still felt a long way from the beach. Brodies Red, Ringwood and Otley's Boss were the ale choices and Old Rosie and Addlestones were also available alongside a selection of premium lagers. It was nice to see three ales available that I had not heard of before and I really enjoyed the Boss, but I found the Ringwood to be a little bland. The man who seemed to be in charge was pleasant and very knowledgeable and gave me a quick run through the beers, no little taster was offered though! When nature called I left my pint on the bar whilst I used the gents and when I settled back at the bar it had gone, but thankfully one of the staff admitted to throwing it away and I was given a replacement with no questions asked. I'm not a big gastro pub fan, but I still liked this pub and would go back again if in the area.

top class pub this one, ive been a regular ever since it opened. A good selection of beers, really good food but best of all is the juke box, a really great selection of tunes primarily from the 50s 60s and 70s. could be a bit louder though. highly recomended.