The Somers Town Coffee House Reviews Summary

Beer Selection

Pros:

• "The choice of beers is excellent!"
• "Described as having a great range of beers, craft and others."
• "Great atmosphere and great selection of ales!"
• "They usually have a nice selection of ales and lagers on tap."
• "Pub sells good real ales and has pleasant friendly staff."
• "A fine welcoming establishment offering a good choice of beers, both cask and keg."
• "Love this pub not far from my office, great beers with Madri and Neckoil on tap and a good NZ sav B."

Cons:

• "Of their 18 or so dispensers, 13 were out of stock."
• "Not many of the draught beers were available."
• "The beer selection is OK, with more of a cider choice than most pubs."

Staff Service

Pros:

• "Despite being busy and a staff member down we had brilliant attentive friendly service from Will and the team."
• "Service was lovely (especially Tolgay who was very polite and attentive)."
• "The staff was very nice, even came to the table to ask if everything was OK and took away the plates, the lady was not a waitress, so it was completely shocking to get such good service in an English pub at the table."
• "Staff are super nice and cool, they can mix cocktails great."
• "Every time we went to the bar, the staff were lovely and really attentive."
• "The staff were super lovely and friendly."
• "Staff:10/10 Professional, welcoming and are all unique with their own flair and personality."

Cons:

• "Unfortunately the staff were all very unfriendly and unwelcoming which resulted in a less than pleasant experience."
• "The staff were rude, insulting and unhelpful and then rubbed salt in the wound by letting another person into the building, even when they'd already turned our group away."
• "However staff let the place down with the attitudes with sarcastic comments when it's busy."
• "The staff appear to be a little disinterested."
• "Staff seemed uninterested and angry for no apparent reason."
• "The waitress was extremely rude to one of us."
• "Extremely unfriendly, dismissive, and unprofessional service."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Charming British boozer with good food to suit most tastes."
• "Great small plates on a menu that seems to change."
• "The food right now is the best it’s ever been. Massive fish focus with brilliant drinks as well."
• "The food was really nice."
• "Great food (we had egg Benedict) and price."
• "The food is traditional with some modern twists."
• "Food was really good! We ordered a lot and each dish was tasty."

Cons:

• "Pulled pork croquettes are dry and too dense to eat."
• "Peri peri chicken wings not spicy enough."
• "I ordered an English breakfast and it wasn’t good."
• "Beguiling food descriptions (in our case fish pie and chicken Ballantine) were not the actuality of the offerings which, while beautifully presented, felt less than freshly prepared and cooked."
• "Popcorn squid tasteless."
• "The fish was mediocre - mushy rather than flaky - and the batter was... a luminous yellowy-green sponge cake."
• "The lentil burger, which unfortunately wasn't cooked properly as was very mushy in the middle."

Ambience and Location

Pros:

• "Definitely a place to visit if you're in the area."
• "Great pub with excellent exterior areas both front and back."
• "Hidden away between Euston and King's Cross stations."
• "Lovely independent pub slightly away from the busy euston road."
• "I loved the venue and atmosphere, as well, it was super cute."
• "The basement is a cool little hideaway too."
• "Lovely pub, great location."

Cons:

• "This pub is definitely on a downhill trajectory."
• "Overpriced and underwhelming."
• "Really disappointed. Went today for what was meant to be a special Sunday treat... I wouldn’t recommend this pub at all."
• "Toilets were very dirty."
• "The seating area is a little dated, and the place is in need of renovation."
• "It's a nice pub but it gets insanely busy when it's too cold to sit outside and the barman always insists on pumping up the music to make it impossible to hear each other."
• "But oh dear, the loos (gents) were broken and awful."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "The prices are average in terms of London pub but the experience you get is definitely value for money."
• "Great vegan / vegetarian breakfast. Large portion sizes."
• "Not bad prices for London and very good Americano coffee."
• "Best gastro pub in the Somers Town area."

Cons:

• "There was a hidden 10% service charge."
• "Prices have increased ten fold."
• "Food portions are small compared to the price."
• "A little expensive though, but this is to be expected for it's location."