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Sir Colin Campbell, Kilburn, NW6

266 Kilburn High Road
NW6
NW6 2BY

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Pub SignMan left this review about Sir Colin Campbell

A short walk down Kilburn High Road from the station, this is a traditional two-bar pub that has done well to retain its original layout. The left-hand side of the pub is perhaps the more basic of the two rooms, by virtue of the bare boards, plain painted walls and utilitarian seating down the left-hand wall, including some awkward looking high tables and stools. The servery is to the right and has a basic wood panelled counter, albeit with the helpful addition of coat hooks, and a partly ripped out bar back which retains some shelving, but has no backing to it, so that you can see straight through to the other room. The room’s public bar credentials were rounded out by a dartboard and a large TV screen showing Sky Sports News. A passageway behind the bar takes you through to the seemingly more popular (i.e. not empty) right-hand room, which is also bare boarded, but sports some fancy floral print wallpaper, high tables and stools plus a few banquette and pew options nearer the front. The windows have unusual top screens that look like they can be detached, perhaps to aid airflow? There’s a fireplace next to the bar, which was draped with a large rainbow flag, whilst a second TV screen was showing the same channel with the sound up, which clashed a little with the 80’s pop tunes playing in the other side of the bar.
Unbeknownst to me, the pub has some sort of long-term issue with its cellar and beer lines, which means that it has had to suspend cask ale. This left me with a bunch of mainstream products to choose from, so I plumped for Guinness at £5.70 a pint. It was a decent enough drop and the lone barman seemed pretty friendly, but with only two other customers knocking about on a Tuesday night, it wasn’t a particularly memorable visit.
I quite liked this place for the simple fact that it has managed to retain it’s multiple room interior when so many other pubs in this part of the world, including the spectacular Black Lion a few doors down, have thoughtlessly been knocked through. The ongoing cask saga and the total lack of atmosphere definitely count against the place, but if they could get some decent beer on again, I reckon it would be worth giving it another try.

On 31st January 2024 - rating: 5
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Bucking Fastard left this review about Sir Colin Campbell

A small pub with an original Watney Coombe Reid pubsign frame,I'm afraid the ale has not moved on much since the Watney's days.There are some good exterior maroon glazed tiles and two rooms either side of a classic island bar.The left room carries on the maroon theme and has some attractive fitted benches below a sports flatscreen but not much else of note.The right room has panels of flock wallpaper on the walls and a series of small high tables for two down the same wall.
The owner was a friendly chap and offered to turn down the soundtrack volume but I was happy enough.Food is offered without prices from I assume a delivery service called Meaty Buns which should tell you all you need to know about their offering.
There are two sets of three handpumps but just the ubiquitous Doom Bar on offer at £4.80,a little too lively (NBSS 2.5).
With more interesting ale a higher score would have been awarded,I wish the pub well and hope it can prosper.

On 4th August 2023 - rating: 6
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Blue Scrumpy left this review about Sir Colin Campbell

We managed to enter through the exit of this pub, which is the only Good Beer Guide entry for NW6. Although, there were no real ales at all for our visit. The keg selection was Gamma Ray, Neck Oil, Capel Road, Amstel, Kronenbourg, Hop House 13 & Guinness.

Much deteriorated from my last visit, in terms of ale range, the dark interior still feels fairly homely. But with the only other customer on our arrival sat outside, it lacked any kind of atmosphere. Another customer did come in (also through the exit). But fairly disappointing in all.

On 4th August 2020 - rating: 4
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john gray left this review about Sir Colin Campbell

Best pub for real ale along the Cricklewood and Kilburn stretch.Nice warm cosy pub to boot.Busy.Only 3 real ales on my visit but Weird Beard -Little Things That Kill was good.

On 25th January 2018 - rating: 7
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Rex Rattus left this review about Sir Colin Campbell

This pub has definitely gone up several notches since previous reviewers' unmemorable visits. This pub still retains its two rooms, joined by an archway behind the servery. Each room has three handpumps - two in each room were repeated, and in each room there was a pumpclip on a bottle to indicate the beer available in the other room. The four ales on were the Tiny Rebel pair of Rocksteady and Juicy, plus One Mile End Temperance, and Watney's Pale Ale. I was a bit dubious about the latter of these, but the barman kindly gave me a taster and as it tasted fine - and was on special offer at £3 a pint - I gave it a go. And it was very good. The barman didn't know who brewed it, but a quick search reveals that it's brewed under licence at Sambrook's. There was no sign of any food at 3.30 PM on Wednesday.

Of the two rooms the one on the right, which I guess might have been the Saloon Bar, seems the most interesting. The walls are wood panelled to dado height, with wood framed wall panels above that as well as a wood framed fireplace. It looks to be good quality - oak perhaps. There's a simple bar back, now see through between the two rooms, and a simple and cheap-looking bar counter. The pub sign still has its old Watney Combe Reid signage. It all looks inter-war to me. There's a small garden at the back.

All furnishings are pretty standard, being mainly normal tables and chairs, but the room on the right has a banquette, settle, as well as a couple of tall tables/tall stools. There are one or two deals - Monday gets you £1 off a pint of real ale or craft beer (however that's defined) plus accoustic music, and there were also deals regarding cocktails that I couldn't be arsed to write down. Quiz night Tuesday.

I reckon that this is a cracking little pub. It has a welcoming feel to it, and I would be very happy to visit it again.

On 24th July 2017 - rating: 8
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Alan Winfield left this review about Sir Colin Campbell

The Sir Colin Campbell is a proper looking pub situated on the busy Kilburn high road.
Once inside there are two seperate rooms divided by a bar,but are linked at the rear,each room is narrow and oblong shaped,i had a drink in the room to the left,the seating was normal tables and chairs,no bench seating here,there was a darts board to the rear left.
There were no real ales on,i had a drink of John Smiths smooth crap which was a bit better than normal.
There was some background music playing,the landlord seemed friendly enough and gave me advise on early opening pubs on the high road.
This was a decent enough pub to have a drink in.

Pub visited 1/5/2014

On 1st May 2014 - rating: 5
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Steve C left this review about Sir Colin Campbell

There are lots of advertisements adorning the walls of this U-shaped Irish pub advertising traditional music on Friday and Saturday nights, but it was very depressing during my Saturday afternoon visit.

There are a couple of TVs at the badly lit rear, but no Sky Sports and surprisingly the Guinness wasn't up to scratch. The barman was a nice chap, but I go the feeling that the old boys in attendance would have preferred it if I had walked past the pub.

There is a dartboard, but there was seating on the oche and I'm not sure that I'd want to stay for a game anyway.

I'm a big fan of Irish pubs, but not this one.

On 15th November 2009 - rating: 4
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Roger Button left this review about Sir Colin Campbell

A rather dull and boring horseshoe shaped pub with bright interior, newish looking furniture and quite devoid of anything that stands out other than its blandness. Plain mirrors, plain walls, plain ceiling, in fact it is all very er, plain. The beers are also equally exciting, the usual mass produced kegs and lagers. The locals are friendly enough but are generally the oiled up variety there to watch horse racing and who tend to spontaneously burst into song at the slightest drop of a Frank Sinatra reference. It's all very depressing or amusing depending on your outlook but overall, the pub is really not worth spending too much time over other than to get away from a crowd.

On 14th February 2007 - rating: 3
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