The Shawl, Harrow

A small corner bar on a busy retail parade, pretty much as Steve describes below. There is no real ale and no decent bottled beer on sale. There was a gang of threatening drunks blocking the main door, while the staff were very far from helpful. I'll definitely not hang around here again.

This isn’t the biggest place, but there are still five screens for watching Sky Sports and GAA and there is also a dartboard at the rear. The walls are adorned with Irish sporting flags and there are some wall displays featuring such things as carpentry sets and corkscrews. The barmaid was very rushed, but I was still served a decent pint of Guinness from the standard draught range. I found this place to be much cliquier than Hennessys up the road which is this Irish bar’s nearest rival so I cannot see myself returning when next in the area.