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Ebor Street, Shoreditch, London E1 6AW
scottishwolf
last updated on 01-10-2008:
I was sure I’d reviewed Shoreditch House having been here quite a few times - but it appears not. Anyway - very very good Shoreditch House it has to be said. Beats Soho House and makes the Hospital look frankly ragged. The only members club I like more is Milk & Honey, but that might be just familiarity.
The highlight is definitely the swimming pool at the roof area - great stuff, more Miami than London in terms of styling, but with a little bit of an NYC feel thrown in as you look out across the city. The whole place has a great atmosphere to it - brilliant put together throughout with all the different floors having their own unique feeling. Very occasionally it can feel a little bit overly 'media’ but nothing too annoying/distracting.
Service is excellent whether its food or drinks you are after and of course the food and drink is first class. If you are going to get stuck into the cocktails - may I heartily recommend an espresso martini, a fabulous drink made to perfection here.
While not being cheap by any stretch the food and drink is definitely good value.
If you are going to join a club - join this one. Yes yes it’s in Shoreditch and not the centre of town, but if you’re stumping up to join, I’m sure you can afford the cab ride over there!
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2 St Thomas Street, London SE1 9RS
scottishwolf
last updated on 01-10-2008:
It’s a nice little pub this one, hidden away off the main drag of Borough High Street, and currently hiding behind some fairly major roadworks. It’s a fairly small place, in traditional English pub style, with lots of dark wood, lots of tall tables and chairs and a pretty good selection of beers.
As 78Apples says - a bit less 'blokey’ than a lot of pubs in the area and that’s certainly no bad thing. It’s got a friendly atmosphere, full of lots of chat.
It gets pretty busy from mid-week onwards and actually, despite the credit crunch it was rammed this week on a Tuesday when we popped in.
No music and no TV for those interested in that sort of thing - just chat and drinks.
All in - if you’re looking for a pub around the area you can do a lot worse than drop in here.
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163 Royal College Street, Camden, London NW1 0SG
scottishwolf
last updated on 17-08-2008:
(updated on 28-09-2008)
doh - wrong pub! This was a review of the Albert in NW1…not the Prince Albert in NW1…
http://www.qype.co.uk/place/95040-The-Albert-London
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11 Princess Road, London NW1 8JR
scottishwolf
last updated on 28-09-2008:
There are quite a few really nice pubs, bars and restaurants around this area and the Prince Albert is definitely one of them. It’s a good looking building from the outside - a very traditional feel to it and this is continued inside where its all wooden furniture and brass.
A decent range of drinks in a pub that is always relatively full but never too busy and never too empty - seems to always be just about right.
Food is very good and it has a decent enough range on the menu.
Bearing in mind the beer garden out the back is basically a small concrete space, they have done well to make it as welcoming as it is with lots of trees and bushes around the place. However, I seem to remember having a very very long afternoon here and can tell your the wrought iron garden furniture gets a bit uncomfortable after about 5 hours…
All in - very much worth a visit and a much friendlier place than The Engineer which is just down the road from it.
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Parliament Hill, London NW3
scottishwolf
last updated on 19-09-2008:
Not too far away from me and although it’s a long old walk to get to this bench, it’s well worth it for the marvellous views all across London. The odd thing is that there isn’t a queue for it after dragging yourself up to it.
The other interesting thing is that this bench has featured in a few films as well. Judi Dench in Notes on a Scandal, and a whole chapter of the super-low-budget, but rather good Scenes of a Sexual Nature was set on this bench (the whole film being set in Hampstead Heath). The Omen had some filming done here as well - though I’m not sure if the bench was in it -has it been in any other movies? Is it the most famous bench in cinema history? Should it be getting a royalties cheque?
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St.John`s Wood Rd, Lord`s Cricket Ground, London NW8 8Q2
19 West Register Street, Edinburgh EH2 2AA
100 Arlington Road, Camden, London NW1 7HP
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