Brondes Age, Kilburn, NW6

Quirky interior with a nice green tiled bar front. Keg only.

Curious venue, almost deserted on my entrance a bit after 6.30pm. Even fewer in I suspect than when Alan started his NW6 crawl at 11am 2 weeks over 10 years ago. The venue certainly likes its lighting elects from the coloured glass bottle on the left hand side of the bar as you come to the massage therapy room style lighting on the small room to the right hand side of the venue. The covered small terrace at the front of the pub was pleasant in all respects other than the dose of CO you would get from the traffic on Kilburn High Rd. Quaffs wise this was a step down from the previous venue this evening and so definitely negates the otherwise reasonably pleasant interior. Only the same two Beavertown stalwarts as previous venue and Guinness (my choice here as Alan’s on his visit) to counter the relentless onslaught of chrome taps dispensing moribund lager liquids. Shares the same name and in same ownership as the ex-Cobden Arms on Camden High St visited by me on 6/11/23, but there i remember I had a pint of Five Points XPA so similarity in name only!

Still as Alan described it.No cask and just mainstream kegs but busy.Sky sports dominated the pub.

Official site of Brondes Age - www.brondesage.com

Official site of Brondes Age - www.brondesage.com

Brondes Age was the first open pub i found after getting of at Kilburn Jubilee line tube,so i was pleased to get in this one to start my crawl of NW6. Once inside there is an oblong shaped room with the bar facing,the left side was for drinking,i think the right side was more of a dining area,there was a mix of seating types,the floor was tiled. No real ales on the bar or keg bitters,so i had a Guinness which went down well. There was some very loud background music playing at just after 11 in the morning and a few early morning drinkers in like myself. There is an undercover outside seating area which is ideal for watching the traffic go by,but if you get bored with this there is a TV outside showing Sky Sports,so you can smoke, drink watch TV and Traffic go by all at the same time,car'nt be bad if you like all of these. I was happy enough drinking in this pub. Pub visited 1/5/2014