Historical version 4 of Pakenham Arms, WC1X 0LA (view current version)

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(Note from Roger: more research is called for!)

Not particularly close to any Underground station, the Pakenham Arms is an unexpected Real Ale pub on the eastern borders of Bloomsbury.

Drinks

London Pride is standard, but there are usually six or seven other real ales on handpump.

Summer Ale £2.50 as of June 2003.

Food

Some people who have rate this quite highly. Cheap and copious.

I had the lasagne at £4.25 - it was quite competent, came with chips and a small but nice salad. (Prices as of June 2003) Other dishes were things like Thai green curry, sausage and mash, fish and chips, pork chops, chilli con carne, that kind of thing. All around a fiver or less. --Kake

Service and Ambience

Sporting events are covered (sometimes two at once), but even then it's possible to find somewhere to sit down. This place is the local for the Mount Pleasant Sorting Office (hence the late licence); it's a cheerful crowd for the most part.

Service is fairly efficient; they won't take away a glass that still has beer in it (unlike some more "modern" establishments).

The walls are covered with old-style bar mirrors and 1930s(?)-era film posters.

No music.

Layout

One large U-shaped room surrounding the bar; wooden chairs, benches and barstools.

Facilities

The toilets are apparently of variable quality; they're also down and up a few steps.

Other Reviews

OS X co-ord: 530885     OS Y co-ord: 182417     (Latitude: 51.524999 Longitude: -0.113105)
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