The Southampton Arms, Gospel Oak - pub details
| [image 2] | [image 3] | [image 4] |
![[image 2]](http://img01.beerintheevening.com/45/45be1743b9dabef7427b10dd741bd64a.jpg){kind=link}
![[image 3]](http://img01.beerintheevening.com/c2/c2ccb871f28d116f11cf2ee7dd4c7e63.jpg){kind=link}
![[image 4]](http://img01.beerintheevening.com/db/db078c56587c204a6014f1fa56a20770.jpg){kind=link}
Address: 139, Highgate Rd, London, NW5 1LE [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 4929) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Gospel Oak (0.2 miles), Tuffnell Park (0.4 miles), Kentish Town (0.5 miles)
Gospel Oak (0.2 miles), Kentish Town (0.5 miles), Kentish Town West (0.7 miles)
Pub suggested by Lee on 16 Oct 2003
Are you the Licensee? Click here.
> Current user rating: 7.4/10 (rated by 132 users)
> Hotels nearby: Search
> Local guide: London pub guide
other pubs nearby:
Vine, Kentish Town (0.1 miles), Grand Union, Kentish Town (0.2 miles), Bull and Last, Gospel Oak (0.2 miles), Dartmouth Arms, Dartmouth Park (0.2 miles), Old Oak, Gospel Oak (0.2 miles) - see more nearby pubs
user reviews of the Southampton Arms, Gospel Oak
please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
5 most recent reviews of 153 shown - see all reviews
| I went for a couple of pre-Forum gig pints here and found a lovely oasis of tradition. Good beer and in 'proper' 70s style pint pots. Very busy, even at 7pm on a Tuesday, so be prepared. I had a hot roast pork roll which was nice, and the pork pies looked tasty - and popular too. Fair play to the hard working staff, incidentally. There's a real lack of pretension to The Southampton Arms which is a rare respite from copy and paste gastropubs colonising London. Let's face it, a pie, a pint and a convivial atmosphere is all you need, isn't it? Just one small thing: It's cool to have the vinyl records playing, but you couldn't actually hear the music. Just a wee bit louder and this would be as perfect as a pub could be. shoegazer - 23 May 2012 23:48 |
| This pub deserves all the praise it has received. It basically has it all one would want in a great pub. Well decorated and good atmosphere. Real fire for the winter and a small beer garden out back. The ale and cider selection is excellent, while not as large as say the Euston Taps it is very well edited and is more about british ales rather international micro brews. Good selection of real cider as well. And when you start to get the munchies after a couple pints there is a lovely pork bap to be had to fill you up and keep you going for a few more. The only down part is that it is quite a small space and it can get very busy. They also don't allow you to drink outside apart from the small garden in the back so if it's full you are going to struggle to enjoy your pint but nothing you can do about that. Although I have to say when I was there on a Monday night a group of people decided to make it a class reunion at the pub inviting 20+ of their closest friends for a pint.. not a good idea.. Please don't do that people at a pub like this unless you have somehow managed to pay to book it out, it's just too small to invite a few dozen of your closest mates, 3 or 4 is just enough to allow every one to come in and enjoy themselves. Lastly great touch having a real record player playing the music in the pub rather than MP3s coming from a laptop. nal_arse - 2 May 2012 11:53 |
| Managed to beat the rush, just, by getting here just as it opened at 1200 on Saturday. Usual excellent selection of beer and cider and a decent atmosphere with "beer tickers", football fans and other drinkers enjoying a decent pub. Well worth the walk up from Kentish Town LU in the rain!- beershot - 30 Apr 2012 09:43 |
| I managed to get over to this Pub a few days ago for the first time in years to see if it was as good as everyone says. I must say I found it an excellent Pub there was around 12 different Ales on tap and I sampled 5 Pints of different Ales which were all in excellent condition which makes a change for a Pub with so many on tap I wont bother naming them as the Ales continuously change. Only fault I could find is it was extremely packed even for late afternoon but thats what we need to keep Pubs going these days. I will definitely go in here again when passing lets hope I pick a time when its a bit less crowded. I would highly recommend a visit. Alesonly - 27 Apr 2012 11:34 |
| Perhaps I am an old, cynical fart, but this felt like stepping into the Private Eye cartoon strip It's Grim Up North London. My pint was also rather average. alebarry - 20 Apr 2012 14:21 |
see more reviews |