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Disappointment of the week with Tris39
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The Cally, Holloway, N7
N7
N7 9BG
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Steve of N21 left this review about The Cally
The Cally is a corner pub dead opposite Pentonville prison. Bright stripped down interior, wooden floor and assorted tables spread about I agree with the previous reviewer that it does have a bit of a student bar vibe to it. Two banks of chrome taps adorn the bar but no real Ale pumps. The drink offerings have improved slightly from the mundane of the previous review but Camden Hells and Camden Pale Ale is about the most exciting thing in here.
I pity people being released from a stint at Her Majesty’s pleasure from the building opposite will have this as their first pub experience after incarceration.
On 17th February 2022
- rating: 4
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Tris C left this review about The Cally
This was originally The Balmoral Castle, then McLouchlin's, next The Eagle and now The Cally (Caledonian Road is affectionately known as the Cally Road), which opened in November 2013 after a long period of dormancy.
This is an imposing corner pub and former Meux's house situated directly opposite HMP Pentonville. The front door is office-style, full-height frosted glass with D-handles. The interior has some painted bare brick to a raised area with the bar on the far right. The bar top is fake black granite, the material used for kitchen worktops. The floor is dark and bare boarded, there are exposed limed beams and bare rafters combined with exposed air conditioning vents. From the back wall hangs a large TV on which MTV (or similar) was playing. Furniture is both eclectic and conventional. The overall impression of this pub is that of a students' union bar run by Wetherspoons.
This pub has a basic drinks' choice: Foster's, Guinness, Strongbow, Symond's cider and John Smith's fizz.
There's not much else around here but it's around an eight-minute walk to the Hemingford.
On 1st July 2018
- rating: 3
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Steve C left this review about The Eagle
The old McLoughlin's writing is still visible down the side of the pub (see picture), but this place is now called the Eagle. As late as July this year it was in a dispute with the council as the owners were seeking extended opening hours until Midnight during the week, 2am on Fridays and Saturdays and 1am on Sundays. I walked past at 21:00 last night (Saturday) and it was closed with blue shutters, which can also be seen in the picture, covering the doors and windows.
On 14th August 2010
- no rating submitted
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