The Prince Reviews Summary

Atmosphere and Decor

Pros:

• "Absolutely brilliant, chill atmosphere"
• "Beautifully decorated and situated pub with an interesting selection of craft beers."
• "They were playing great music too and there was this festival vibe about it all."
• "Nice atmosphere and a nice little grass area outside to sit and chill on."
• "The overall atmosphere is calm and chilled."
• "Cool decor, comfortable seating and friendly, clued-up staff."
• "Completely refurbished in minimalist style"

Cons:

• "Less than two minutes later the volume to the TV was turned way down or possibly off and the music in the pub turned up."
• "it was hard to get cozy as they kept the outside door open all evening so there was a freezing cold draft"
• "None of the seating is cozy or comfy."

Food and Drink

Pros:

• "Fantastic range of local spirits and mixers and a changing range of beers and ales"
• "Really impressed with the takeaway veggie roast. Very tasty."
• "A very good selection of beers that I've never tasted before which were very nice."
• "Food is expensive but worth it."
• "The Sunday roast is the best pub roast we've had in the local area."
• "Huge range of beers and ales"
• "Great Sunday roast even at around 3pm as a walk-in once."

Cons:

• "The roast beef was underwhelming since it was reminiscent of cold cuts and not a proper roast."
• "They don’t have pink gin but instead grapefruit pink gin."
• "Ordered jianbing char sui omelette and turnip croquttes, which tasted like it had been sat there since mammoths were roaming the earth"
• "Boiled chicken doesn't go well with roast potatoes!"
• "The pork belly was burnt on the skin."
• "Also lacking a good vegetarian range."
• "The pudding is a bit dry and has a strong dark chocolate flavour."

Service and Staff

Pros:

• "The bar staff all know what they're talking about, and will gladly and enthusiastically recommend their favourite of what's on tap."
• "Nice pub in good location with friendly and helpful staff."
• "The staff are all properly lovely and friendly too."
• "Really friendly and knowledgeable staff."
• "They've got some really knowledgeable, friendly and efficient staff."
• "Very friendly, attentive staff."
• "The staff were so memorably friendly and efficient."

Cons:

• "They didn’t offered to change the dish or either a discount."
• "I have never been made to feel so unwelcome in a pub before now."
• "Staff are very self-absorbed in hanging out with each other and sitting down to chat with groups of their friends.. it feels like customers are an inconvenience to them."
• "all in all very nice apart from the smarmy staff"
• "A number of times a male member of staff has been very rude in the way he talk to us."
• "The manager could do with a lesson in both humility and customer service."
• "The bartenders are snarkey and a bit scruffy."

Pricing

Pros:

• "The pricing, I must attest, is indeed commensurate with the quality of offerings."
• "Pricey but not much more and it’s worth it."
• "Good beer selection slightly over priced"
• "brilliant craft beer reasonably priced"

Cons:

• "The drinks can be very expensive (£9 for a pint)."
• "Some quite expensive but good to have choice."
• "The most expensive pints I've managed to find in a pub in North London."
• "For the price it could have been better."