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The Betjeman Arms, N1
St. Pancras
N1
N1C 4QL
Reviews (Current Rating Average: 6½ of 10) see review guidelines
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Mark Castro-Garcia left this review about The Betjeman Arms
PROS: Real ale, frosted glasses with handles, national cask ale week in April
CONS: lous dance music and tv
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On 21st November 2009
- rating: 10
[User has posted 22 recommendations about 22 pubs]
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Chris 87 left this review about The Betjeman Arms
Really very reasonable new station bar, with a nice back courtyard arrangement backing onto the St Pancras terminus. Not a great selection if I'm honest - Holt's Mild (average), Sharp's Betjeman Ale (reasonable) and Adnams Bitter (off) but if I was waiting for a train I would certainly come here for a cheeky couple.
On 24th October 2009
- rating: 7
[User has posted 179 recommendations about 179 pubs]
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train man left this review about The Betjeman Arms
Idiot manager/supervisor person did his best, yesterday, to prove himself completely unsuited to a job in a service industry.
My pal bought me a pint of something badged as Sharps Betjeman & mentioned to me, as an aside, that the price had changed in the 5 mins since he got his - £2.95 from £2.98. So, when I went back for two more, I knew that the requested £7.40(!) couldn't be correct. Turned out that the barman had given me a Pride & a Betjeman, this was corrected & the idiot supervisor took the correct money (now 2 @ £2.95) saying never mind it's sorted now. When he was light-heartedly asked how much that made the Pride (s/be £3.25 apparently), & that the charge would still have been way wrong, he took a very aggressive stance, snapping 'Well everyone makes mistakes!' Yes, IDIOT, I know that, but they should be rectified with some contrition, not confrontation, arsehole.
On 14th July 2009
- rating: 3
[User has posted 412 recommendations about 411 pubs]
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Malden man left this review about The Betjeman Arms
As station bars go this place is ok. The bar area on entry is rather dominated by the canteen style servery, and the service pipes and ducts in the ceiling would be better hidden. The dining rooms beyond however have a rather elegant feel befitting the building in which the pub is located. Good to see toilet facilities too not requiring a charge or code for access. Good real ale policy with the bar's own beer brewed by Sharps. Pleased to catch the Aleway Festival yesterday, a good venture, and a couple of decent halves were quaffed as we waited for the train.
On 9th November 2008
- rating: 6
[User has posted 1708 recommendations about 1681 pubs]
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Nick Davies left this review about The Betjeman Arms
Dreadful. They couldn't have made it worse if they tried. Getting it up like a trendy gastropub is a bad start. Sticking it in a remote corner of the station doesn't help. Neither does the fact that it stinks of chips. And that horrid loud music. And why are the loos half a mile down a gloomy corridor? What on earth must those who experience this place as their introduction to British pubs think?
The rebuilt St Pancras is much overrated, as anyone who has to cart heavy cases from from the tube to the trains will tell you, all style over substance, so this pub fits in perfectly.
Give it to Wetherspoons, at least they do shite station and airport bars well.
On 14th May 2008
- rating: 2
[User has posted 568 recommendations about 560 pubs]
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Philip Carter left this review about The Betjeman Arms
New pub on St Pancras in the old building which used to be The Shires pub. Bright interior and much warmer than the Baby Betjeman, which was outside. This area is now their outside seating area, complete with large umberellas with heater and blankets on some of the chairs, in case it gets very cold. Good view of the great arcitecture of the station roof. Anyway, sells real ale, Pride, Adnams & specially made for them by Sharps Brewers Betjeman Ale. Tastes nice. The bar seems a bit high. Call in even if you are not catching a train.
On 30th April 2008
- rating: 8
[User has posted 757 recommendations about 720 pubs]