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The Crown, Highgate, N6
N6
N6 5HX
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Blue Scrumpy left this review about The Crown
One of the few London pubs in the 2025 Good Beer Guide I had yet to visit, we made an impromptu visit here at lunchtime. There is a fairly small seating area at the front, with the raised bar up a few steps to the rear. Toilets are upstairs on the first floor, with ladies currently having a temporary facility to the rear.
Harvey's Sussex Best Bitter is the regular cask ale here. Guest beers were Sharp's Twin Coast & Burning Sky Plateau with the fourth handpull being clipped with a generic Lilley's label. Further clarification revealed this to be Apples & Pears. Craft beers were Two Tribes Metroland & Verdant Light Bulb.
I've been to better pubs in Highgate, but we decided to continue onto Gospel Oak and the Southampton Arms, a mere 10-minute bus journey away.
On 7th December 2024
- rating: 5
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David Walton left this review about The Crown
Been waiting to trek here since noting last summer’s re-opening so took the advantage of being in the rough vicinity (less than a mile away in my books) after visiting the Duke of St Albans a little earlier.
This is a small venue on Highgate High St, perfectly described below. Was pleasantly surprised to see such a decent cask offering - four operating hand pumps providing Leeds Pale Ale, a Five points offering, something called the Planter (didn’t notice the brewer) and Harvey’s Sussex Best. Five keg offerings (two from Staro, Blue Moon, Jupa from Five Points and an Aspall cider. The upcoming cask offering were also listed - really decent stuff indeed.
Here just after 7.30pm and the crowd started to build quickly for a quiz starting at 8pm (every Wed). Someone in to “tinkle the ivory’s” with a ding-dong sing-a-long every Monday evening. Thought this was a really lovely pub - small but perfectly formed and definitely the best in the post code area IMHO.
On 17th April 2024
- rating: 8
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Tris C left this review about The Crown
As the Rose & Crown, this pub dates back to around 1730; I wouldn’t be surprised if the façade is original, given the area’s history and indeed as a grade II-listed building, Historic England confirms this is an 18th century structure with 19th century windows, once a Whitbread house, Charrington’s lanterns extant. Sadly, it closed in 2012 to become an upmarket chain bakery only to reopen on 22nd June 2023 as the Crown, for some reason.
I don’t recall the interior from my one original visit from many years back, but I suspect it had been messed about with; the staff member in black slacks, black waistcoat, white shirt and black bow tie have certainly gone, as has the restaurant slant. There’s a raised area to the rear, modern boarded and carpeted floor, mid-grey all-over colour scheme, traditional furniture with some natural wood peripheral pews, dried flowers and tealights to tables, framed period prints and beverage makers’ mirrors, a few plants and shelf with knickknacks and Toby jugs. There are board games, middle-aged local customers and garden with the only remaining details being part of an elaborate dentilled cornice, all to a decent REM/Smiths soundtrack.
The cask front amounted to Pride, Northern Monk’s A Little Faith, Marble Pint and Five Points XPA at a reasonable £5.40 a pint, on decent form, served by a friendly barman.
Given that the Duke’s Head, Angel and sadly Prince of Wales have largely gone to the dogs, this place is a welcome reinvention, now the best option along this short strip, but given the history, why on Earth did the tenants dispose of a name dating back nearly 300 years?
On 4th August 2023
- rating: 6
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- Accommodation : No last updated 08 December 2024 by Tris C
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 08 December 2024 by Tris C
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 08 December 2024 by Tris C
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 08 December 2024 by Tris C
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 08 December 2024 by Tris C
- Car Park : No last updated 08 December 2024 by Tris C
- Darts : No last updated 08 December 2024 by Tris C
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 29 July 2013 by Dave McNally
- Jukebox : No last updated 08 December 2024 by Tris C
- Karaoke : No last updated 08 December 2024 by Tris C
- Live Music : Yes - Occasional. - last updated 08 December 2024 by Tris C
- Live TV Sports : No last updated 08 December 2024 by Tris C
- Micropub : No last updated 08 December 2024 by Tris C
- Pinball : No last updated 08 December 2024 by Tris C
- Pool Table : No last updated 08 December 2024 by Tris C
- Quiz Night : Yes - Wednesdays 20.00. - last updated 08 December 2024 by Tris C
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 08 December 2024 by Tris C
- Real Cider : Yes last updated 07 December 2024 by Blue Scrumpy
- Wheelchair Access : No - Step up to rear and WCs upstairs. - last updated 08 December 2024 by Tris C
- WiFi : Yes last updated 08 December 2024 by Tris C
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