Address: 174 Camden High St, London, NW1 0NS, United Kingdom
Phone: +442074821932
Rating: 4.4
based on 448 reviews.
Atmosphere and Location
Pros:
"Absolutely essential visit if you're in Camden."
"Always our favourite haunt! Stones throw away from the station and with such a long history in Camden."
"Great pub in a prime location in Camden."
"Words End Pub is an absolute gem nestled in the heart of [Location]."
"Always nice to return to this iconic Camden pub."
"One of my favourite pubs in London. It perfectly embodies the spirit of Camden."
"This is by far my favourite pub to visit in Camden and possibly London."
Cons:
"The music is ridiculous. 90% of it is heavy metal and the other 10% is normal music with waaaaaaaaaaaaay too much bass."
"The music can be very loud sometimes."
"They play rock and metal music which I love both of them but volume is too high, you can't make a conversion with your friends because of noise."
"I love this place but the music (as good as it is) is way too loud preventing any normal conversation."
"The music is served in two flavours only, loud and louder."
"I'm not a hater of metal music by any means, but the level of volume was utterly un-f*#king-bearable, and this was at 2pm...in the afternoon!?"
"On the outside this is a great bar, but scratch the surface is dreadful."
Service and Staff
Pros:
"Super friendly, accommodating staff, had all the necessary precautions in place for social distancing."
"Staff are friendly and really quite efficient so you'll never be waiting too long to be served compared to some places."
"Thanks to Khadija for her service, super girl with lots of fun."
"The staff are friendly and accommodating."
"Staff are always helpful and friendly."
"Staff could do with a good bath."
"With friendly staff who keep track of the queues at the bar, can't complain about that!"
Cons:
"The lady serving the drinks seemed to just be there for the hourly rate, she did not seem happy at all and was very blunt."
"A guy from the staff (looked like a manager), started being rude to me while I tried to order drinks."
"There is one life frustrated waitress which if she doesn't like you, she'll just get the bouncers to kick you out."
"The staff then said ‘all the time you’re shouting you’re not going to be served’."
"The worst customer service I ever experienced."
"The bartender wasn't though. He had a white mowhawk, I ordered 4 ales and he gave me 3 Ales a completely 1 different drink."
"Seemed extremely angry the entire time and even ended up being rude."
Food and Drinks
Pros:
"Drinks are reasonably priced."
"The full bar and variety of best was vast."
"Lots of selection on tap."
"Excellent choice of drinks, Staropramen is super delicious and pizzas we had were very tasty and good value."
"Good range of beers available."
"New edition since I was last there is that they have a fab pizza menu!"
"Delicious hamburgers and good beer!"
Cons:
"The drinks were very expensive (7£ per beer)."
"You aren't allowed to take your drinks outside and stand with them by the door."
"Pizzas are pre made and don’t taste well. ‘garlic bread’ is a pizza with garlic."
"£10.55 for one pint of Guinness and half a pint of Stella Artois."
"Beer selection is poor, especially for Camden."
"£7 for 25ml of cheap rail gin."
"£35.65 for 2 lagers, 1 pale ale and 1 single gin and tonic."
Facilities and Cleanliness
Pros:
"The traditional look coupled with modern infrastructure in serving drinks is the highlight!"
"Very spacious interior with a courtyard feel."
"This pub is seriously massive. I liked that because it felt like you could find a seat, yet it was still full and buzzing."
"The kind of place you can chill for hours."
"Great social atmosphere and a really strange set up which actually made the place all the more appealing."
"The space is HUGE so finding a place to sit and chill won't be a problem."
"It’s a pub in a large city - people don’t just leave their homes and go straight there or have the ability to go all the way home and drop off things like dinner leftovers, gym bags, or shopping bags!"
Cons:
"A word of warning, if you’re staying the whole night take wellingtons as the toilets seem to be overflowing by the end of the night."
"Waited over an hour for food when we only wanted a quick stop."
"Seriously, every time I went to this place the toilets were disgusting and out of order."
"Womens toilet was covered in a pool of blood."
"To top it off, I asked for a slice of lemon or lime and was told they have to charge for that... because they only have one lime."
"The place is huge, so it is very difficult to be totally crowded."
"The only difference between this and those gritty neighbourhood pubs, is here they play deafeningly loud heavy metal and it's in Camden."