The Engineer, Primrose Hill, NW1

An attractive street corner pub which still retains a multi room interior ,so pleasing when most of the other pubs in Primrose Hill have been opened out unsympathetically.The main door gives way to the bar and an L shaded small interior with just a drinking shelf and stools and two attracting long and high dark pink seats and tables .These maybe booked for diners but their time of arrival is noted.The bar back is traditional and there is an open kitchen to the side. The section to the left is mainly laid for dining but carry around and you will come to a rear snug where you can just drink.There is an entrace to the pub garden here. Upstairs there is the Brunel Room,really a dining overflow while the Engineers Room is for private dining.The food menu looked decent with median mains £17,bar snacks are advertised but not priced ?,and there are food and wine matching events at £70 per head. Clearly food is the main draw but the ale choice of Black Sheep Burrows Blonde and TT Landlord (NBSS 3) did offer some hope to a real ale fan ,and with the decent interior it feels like a pub worth a brief visit.