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The Parcel Yard, N1
N1
N1C 4AH
Reviews of The Parcel Yard (Average Rating: 7 of 10) see review guidelines
Will Larter left this review about The Parcel Yard
It's rare that a return train journey oop north doesn't involve a visit to the Parcel Yard. When it was closed recently for refurbishment was one such, so I made sure this time I had space in my schedule for a swift half of Fullers ESB; yes, it's £7 a pint, but it's a ritual. The central atrium now has seating that doesn’t involve eating a meal, but the bar has lost its display if beer prices. Utility vs embarrassment? My ESB just about scraped NBSS 3 on this occasion.
On 25th September 2025
- rating: 7
[User has posted 4491 recommendations about 4122 pubs]
Tris C left this review about The Parcel Yard
A product of John McAslan + Partners' redevelopment of King’s Cross railway station, this place opened on 18th March 2012, fashioned from converted industrial premises and garnering a CAMRA citation for a Pub with Outstanding Conversion and Restoration, accessed via a grand staircase (see photo) with the bogus Platform 9.75 a long way from its original yet fictitious location.
On arrival, there were several police officers questioning a couple of rough types at the base of the staircase, more police in the pub and another individual, the blood flow from his head staunched with a bandage. With many photos on their website, the interior is multi-roomed with corridors, partitions, a boarded floor and modern, white ceramic tiled bar back; there’s much in the way of industrial lighting along with exposed ductwork and on high, a peripheral gallery runs around a central atrium. Alongside silent unwatched cricket to a modest TV, décor takes the form of much railway memorabilia; all that was missing to complete the illusion of the Golden Age of Steam was Coronation Scot playing on loop. Customers were a fairly mixed bunch, though some quite rough and sweary, the multiple function rooms being put to good use.
There’s the usual Fuller’s array of anti-cheer at the bar and although we’re long aware that at Club Tropicana drinks are free, here Cwtch Clwb Tropicana weighed in at a horrific £8.60 a pint, my Hophead a far more reasonable – though still pricey – £6.60, good, served by an efficient barmaid.
This place has a certain novelty factor, but the prices are obscene and the choice predictably limited; though it lacks character, the Barrel Vault over the road provides the choice at far more reasonable prices; that’s where you’ll find me.
On 7th December 2024
- rating: 6
[User has posted 2283 recommendations about 2232 pubs]
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about The Parcel Yard
Interesting layout created at first-floor level at the north end of the dramatic new ticket hall. Lots of different rooms and semi-open seating areas, some with windows overlooking the platforms. Also has an upstairs Loft Bar (never visited). On this visit, I found London Pride, Seafarers, ESB, Hophead and the sea seasonal Red Fox (£6.60) along with Moor Revival as a guest from one bank of six handpumps, the other not being in active use. Also has a display of Vintage Ale bottles dating back to the 1990s. Not cheap, but very good for a station pub.
On 12th October 2024
- rating: 8
[User has posted 8918 recommendations about 8918 pubs]
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London St Pancras International, 0.23 miles, 4 min walk (show)
London St Pancras International, 0.23 miles, 4 min walk (show)
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- Accommodation : No last updated 06 September 2025 by ROB Camra
- Bar Billiards : Yes last updated 06 September 2025 by ROB Camra
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 06 September 2025 by ROB Camra
- Beer Garden : Yes - First floor outside terrace. - last updated 06 September 2025 by ROB Camra
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 06 September 2025 by ROB Camra
- Car Park : No last updated 06 September 2025 by ROB Camra
- Child Friendly : Yes last updated 06 September 2025 by ROB Camra
- Darts : Yes last updated 06 September 2025 by ROB Camra
- Dog Friendly : No last updated 06 September 2025 by ROB Camra
- Function Room : Yes last updated 06 September 2025 by ROB Camra
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 06 September 2025 by ROB Camra
- Karaoke : No last updated 06 September 2025 by ROB Camra
- Live Music : No last updated 06 September 2025 by ROB Camra
- Live TV Sports : Yes last updated 06 September 2025 by ROB Camra
- Micropub : No last updated 06 September 2025 by ROB Camra
- Pinball : No last updated 06 September 2025 by ROB Camra
- Pool Table : No last updated 06 September 2025 by ROB Camra
- Quiz Night : No last updated 06 September 2025 by ROB Camra
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 06 September 2025 by ROB Camra
- Real Cider : No last updated 06 September 2025 by ROB Camra
- Wheelchair Access : Yes last updated 06 September 2025 by ROB Camra
- WiFi : Yes last updated 06 September 2025 by ROB Camra
