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Old China Hand, EC1
EC1
EC1R 4RQ
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Reviews of Old China Hand (Average Rating: 6 of 10) see review guidelines
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john gray left this review about Old China Hand
Long narrow and busy pub.Ping pong table at rear on my last visit..Good bottle beer selection. On cask were beers from Franklins,Gloucester and Belleville.I tried the infamous Wrexham lager on keg which was surprisingly good.
On 11th March 2017
- rating: 6
[User has posted 1023 recommendations about 1009 pubs]
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hondo . left this review about Old China Hand
Quite a plain interior with chunky wooden tables and chairs. 4 real ales,"craft keg" and an extensive bottle selection served. Darts and ping pong available.
On 20th October 2016
- no rating submitted
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Tris C left this review about Old China Hand
Once The Three Crowns, this place describes itself as 'No Ordinary Pub', run by the same family for the last ten years and selling 'Only British Beers, Wine, Spirits and Soft Drinks'. I didn't known that Beerlao was British - I thought it was Laotian. The equally British dim sum has also gone as the pub no longer does any food at all; drinkers are invited to bring their own, providing they buy a drink. The interior is extremely gloomy and stark with dark grey walls with sconce lights and a hammock above the bar, illuminated with fairy lights; the floor is bare boarded. Upstairs is a ping-pong table.
Ales: two unused pumps and Frog Island's Amber Daze and Dancing Duck's Nice Weather at a very cheap £2.00 a half, though it was a rather dull ale so perhaps this is explained by the price.
There isn't much here, indeed it is no ordinary pub. Perhaps it would be a better place if it were just a little more ordinary.
On 6th May 2016
- rating: 4
[User has posted 2207 recommendations about 2164 pubs]
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London Kings Cross, 0.87 miles, 16 min walk (show)
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Pub Details
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- Accommodation : No last updated 10 May 2016 by Tris C
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 06 May 2016 by Tris C
- Beer Garden : No last updated 06 May 2016 by Tris C
- CAMRA Discount : Yes - 10% - last updated 09 January 2016 by ROB Camra
- Car Park : No last updated 06 May 2016 by Tris C
- Darts : Yes last updated 20 October 2016 by hondo .
- Function Room : No last updated 06 May 2016 by Tris C
- Hot Food : No - BYO food. - last updated 06 May 2016 by Tris C
- Jukebox : No last updated 06 May 2016 by Tris C
- Karaoke : No last updated 06 May 2016 by Tris C
- Live Music : No last updated 06 May 2016 by Tris C
- Live TV Sports : No last updated 06 May 2016 by Tris C
- Micropub : No last updated 06 May 2016 by Tris C
- Pinball : No last updated 06 May 2016 by Tris C
- Pool Table : No last updated 06 May 2016 by Tris C
- Real Ale : No last updated 03 February 2024 by Rex Rattus
- Real Cider : No last updated 09 January 2016 by ROB Camra
- WiFi : Yes last updated 20 October 2016 by hondo .
