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The Chapel Market Tavern, N1
N1
N1 9PZ
Reviews of The Chapel Market Tavern (Average Rating: 6 of 10) see review guidelines
David Walton left this review about The Chapel Market Tavern
Visited as Hicce Hart on 14/12/2022 and as Day & Night on 29/06/2021 and as the Joker (and maybe also the Joker of Penton St) and definitely frequently as the Salmon & Compasses (although the lovely wall image at the back of the pub says Salmon & (singular) Compass.
Decent size rectangular bar with windows out onto the end of Chapel Market and Penton St. Long rectangular bar along the back wall facing out onto Chapel Market. Banquette seating opposite the bar with a mixture of normal and high tables dotted around the pub. some high stools looking out the window onto Penton St. Nice high ceilings with pillars dotted around the venue and some interesting tall Arabian looking figurines holding church candles but seemingly not used to create additional ambiance!
Very decent craft beer range. In particular, Cloudwater Happy, Tiny Rebel Easy Livin, Lost & Grounded Wanna Go to the Sun, Kernel Pale Ale, Lervig House Party, Paulaner lager & Weissbier, Lost & Grounded Helles, a couple from Deya (Magazine Cover & Tappy Pils), Garage Beer Co Soup IPA, Crafty Apple cider from the Real Al Co, Guinness & Glasshouse Beer Co Bringing Seshy Back. Definitely a fine selection of craft beers and where even the lagers would be tolerable!
The well touted gastro pub previously here did not last long. The food offering now out of the open kitchen at the left end of the bar is less ambitious and consists of a number of snacky small & sharing plates plus some burgers and a small number of mains. The venue was quiet on my visit around 7pm so I hope it does well with such a decent craft offering and I am not visiting in another incarnation any time soon.
On 11th June 2024
- rating: 6
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custodian 42 left this review about The Joker of Penton Street
Reasonable selection of (expensive) craft ales but not as good as the Craft Bar round the corner.
On 19th January 2017
- rating: 6
[User has posted 1693 recommendations about 1691 pubs]
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Tris C left this review about The Joker of Penton Street
Over the last six years or so this pub has gone from being called the Salmon and Compasses, Salmon and Compass, Compass, Hundred Crows Rising and as of 2014, the Joker of Penton Street. I came here about six years ago when it was called...well, one of the above and it seems that little if anything has changed. Canteen furniture, pink tea light holders on tables, a hot and noisy open kitchen. Décor includes the likes of heavy duty industrial hanging lights and oddities like the lamp array from an operating theatre, an optician's illuminated test chart and a 1960s' hairdresser's beehive dryer with perspex hood.
Lighting is very gloomy; the interior is very dark. The music is also very loud - the only other drinker on our Monday mid-evening visit asked the barman if he could turn it down.
Ales: three blank pumps, which I was informed had been mothballed in favour of the oh-so-fashionable 'beer wall tap'; so no real ale then.
I opted for a half of Laines IPA from keg which weighed in at a mighty £5.40 a pint (£2.70 a half). It was served in a wineglass.
The gloom, lack of atmosphere, lack of real ale, outrageous prices and loud music results in a pub which is really very poor and I shan't be returning. Fortunately the local Craft Beer Co. is just around the corner.
On 14th September 2016
- rating: 3
[User has posted 2207 recommendations about 2164 pubs]
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London St Pancras International, 0.93 miles, 17 min walk (show)
London St Pancras International, 0.93 miles, 17 min walk (show)
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- Accommodation : No last updated 11 June 2024 by Tris C
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 11 June 2024 by Tris C
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 11 June 2024 by Tris C
- Beer Garden : No - Pavement seating. - last updated 11 June 2024 by Tris C
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 11 June 2024 by Tris C
- Car Park : No last updated 04 March 2014 by Pub SignMan
- Darts : No last updated 11 June 2024 by Tris C
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 11 June 2024 by Tris C
- Jukebox : No last updated 14 September 2016 by Tris C
- Karaoke : No last updated 14 September 2016 by Tris C
- Live Music : No last updated 14 September 2016 by Tris C
- Live TV Sports : No last updated 14 September 2016 by Tris C
- Micropub : No last updated 11 June 2024 by Tris C
- Pinball : No last updated 04 March 2014 by Pub SignMan
- Pool Table : No last updated 04 March 2014 by Pub SignMan
- Quiz Night : No last updated 14 September 2016 by Tris C
- Real Ale : No last updated 30 March 2017 by Tris C
- Real Cider : Yes last updated 04 March 2014 by Pub SignMan
- Wheelchair Access : No - WCs downstairs. - last updated 14 September 2016 by Tris C
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