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Railway Tavern, Crouch End, N8
Crouch End
N8
N8 8DH
Served areas
Railway tavern
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Reviews of Railway Tavern (Average Rating: 7 of 10) see review guidelines
Moby Duck left this review about Railway Tavern
Still as Steve describes it a year or so before me, the beer lineup was a rather uninspiring trio of London Pride, Doom Bar and Landlord, corporate craft on keg, the pub itself though was a reasonably comfortable space with interestingly a bar skittles table being utilised during my brief visit. There's not enough here to bring me back but to be fair it's a decent pub.
On 27th October 2024
- rating: 6
[User has posted 2151 recommendations about 2118 pubs]
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Steve of N21 left this review about Railway Tavern
As mentioned in previous reviews, from the outside the Railway Tavern is a fine example of a 1936 Neo-Tudor pub. Internally it was clearly a three room pub back in the day when built but has been opened out into one large connected inside space since then and today is primarily two sections as you enter the front door, the first mainly laid to tables for dining in the lower section and a more comfortable lounge area around a substantial inglenook fireplace in the upper section. A lot of the interesting post war pub design features have long been stripped out, but enough remain to get it a place in the CAMRA historic pub interiors list. As well as the fireplace and surrounds, the two level bar counter and bar back are original, as is the stained glass in the doors and the impressive urinals in the gents date from 1936. I cannot comment about the plumbing in the ladies loo though.
Some nice decorative features, but as much as I like model aeroplanes I didn’t really see the point of the two hanging in the main sections, they just seemed a bit out of place to me.
The lower dining section is quite smart, but unfortunately the upper drinking section is still in need of some TLC, sadly some 10 years after this comment being made by Rex in his review. And the vinyl upholstery clinging to life with the help of some gaffer tape mentioned in the review below is now even more precariously clinging to life with tape. This probably gives an indication where this pubs priority is, something which is largely confirmed when you approach the bar. Of the four pumps only two in operation with Fullers London Pride and TTLandlord, a Doombar clip reversed on the third and the last unused. So not the most inspiring choice but at least the Landlord was in decent form.
Of the three pubs at this end of the Broadway it’s probably the pick of the bunch for a comfortable pint in a traditional pub. But by no stretch of the imagination can this be considered a must visit pub in Crouch End, and frankly it’s a bit irresponsible to lead readers to believe so. If there is any nearby pub in the N8 postcode that comes close to deserving that accolade, then it would be The Queens, and that would be for the interior and not the beer.
On 11th August 2023
- rating: 7
[User has posted 2236 recommendations about 2098 pubs]
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Tris C left this review about Railway Tavern
This pub was built in 1896, only to be rebuilt in 1936 for Charrington’s (there’s a fine Toby ceramic plaque to the outside left wall) in the brewers’ Tudor style and makes it onto CAMRA’s inventory for having an interior of Some Regional Importance, which can be seen on their site and the pub’s website’s gallery. In all, it’s very charming and atmospheric.
There were few drinkers on my visit, but with a busy house, I can imagine it could have a good atmosphere in here, me perched in the rear ‘snugette’, where some vinyl upholstery can be seen, clinging to life with the help of some gaffer tape, which should be remedied.
The barman was friendly, presiding over one unused pump, Doom, Bass and Landlord at £4.90 and good.
This is probably the best all-round pub in N8, so is a must-visit if in the area.
On 15th September 2021
- rating: 7
[User has posted 2208 recommendations about 2165 pubs]
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- Official site of the Railway Tavern, contains menu and drinks list - www.the-railwaytavern.co.uk
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- CAMRA WhatPub :: Railway Tavern - whatpub.com
- Historic Pub Interiors - pubheritage.camra.org.uk
Pub Details
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- Accommodation : No last updated 15 September 2021 by Tris C
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 03 August 2013 by Rex Rattus
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 03 August 2013 by Rex Rattus
- Car Park : No last updated 03 August 2013 by Rex Rattus
- Darts : No last updated 15 September 2021 by Tris C
- Dog Friendly : Yes last updated 15 September 2021 by Tris C
- Function Room : No - Pub available for hire. - last updated 29 April 2017 by Tris C
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 03 August 2013 by Rex Rattus
- Jukebox : No last updated 15 September 2021 by Tris C
- Karaoke : No last updated 15 September 2021 by Tris C
- Live Music : No - Wednesdays, 8.00 pm Irish. - last updated 15 September 2021 by Tris C
- Live TV Sports : No last updated 15 September 2021 by Tris C
- Micropub : No last updated 15 September 2021 by Tris C
- Pinball : No last updated 03 August 2013 by Rex Rattus
- Pool Table : No last updated 03 August 2013 by Rex Rattus
- Quiz Night : Yes - Tuesdays, 8.30 pm. - last updated 15 September 2021 by Tris C
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 03 August 2013 by Rex Rattus
- Real Cider : No last updated 15 September 2021 by Tris C
- Wheelchair Access : No last updated 15 September 2021 by Tris C
- WiFi : Yes last updated 15 September 2021 by Tris C
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