The George, Kingsbury, NW9

Tris C left this review about The George

Built in the 1930s for Cannon, this roadhouse pub is one of the grandest examples of brewers’ Tudor I’ve ever seen; it looks like the kind of suburban North London mansion that a participant in the Brink’s-Mat or Hatton Garden bullion robberies would inhabit.
As per Google, there are ugly meal deal and drinks’ flyers affixed to the periphery’s ironmongery. Inside, it’s lost much of its once undoubted grandeur, but it’s still a fairly smart pub. The bar back is modern ‘olden-style’, the front modern. The floor is flagstone in the baronial tradition, walls a mix of trendy elements, seating being lounge-style, large tables or leatherette booth-style arrangements. Items of note are the lavatory entrances: the gents a mock-up of a K9 phone booth, the ladies a TARDIS (I suppose they need more space for the cubicles). There’s a multitude of Irish tricolour flags and rude signs above a seating area with statements such as ‘BULLS*IT CORNER’. Customers were few at the time of my Friday visit approaching 10.00pm, including some Asians, perhaps enjoying a swift one after visiting the mandir up the road.
There were two unused pumps, then fizz, a half of Stella £2.75, served by a friendly old-school Irish landlady.
Given the immense trek to get here for cooking lager, it’s not worth the effort, but pickings here are thin and this place is a joy to behold compared to the Green Man.

On 3^rd March 2025 - rating: 4
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