The Hawley Arms Reviews Summary

Atmosphere & Decor

Pros:

• "It is organically cool."
• "Great pub, awesome vibe, friendly staff."
• "Probably the best pub in Camden. Full of London music memorabilia."
• "The music is superb in here, decor is cool af (loads of great photos of musos and punters, gig posters etc)."
• "A classic Camden pub that has lost none of its charm, warmth or vitality."
• "The vibe is great and the beers are cold!"
• "Proper London, proper Camden."

Cons:

• "Music can be a bit too loud. Lost my voice before dinner."
• "I've only marked down the decor a bit, as a couple of the chairs looked like they were in need of a bit of TLC."
• "It's a pleasant enough pub. A bit small. Okay selection. But, nothing special."
• "If you're after an authentic British boozer, then you're ten years too late."
• "Clearly changed a lot since it was 'Amy Winehouse's favourite pub'."
• "Just felt like any other half decent boozer around London."
• "Does anyone really like the Hawley arms? As far as I can tell they're still trading of the memory of Amy Winehouse."

Food & Drink

Pros:

• "Food is good, not outstanding but good value for a nice pub meal."
• "Pleasantly surprised by the quality of the food, given the reasonable prices."
• "The haddock was fresh and substantial!"
• "The fish and chips had a light crispy batter, chips was super crispy on the outside, light and fluffy inside with tangy crisp tartare sauce and perfect mushy peas!!"
• "Absolutely delicious roast. We had one of each… the pork, beef and veggie. All so delicious and full of flavour."
• "The beef was perfectly cooked the roasties were slightly crisp on the outside and soft on the inside, the Yorkshire the same texture, perfection."
• "Without any doubt they serve the best scotch eggs I have ever eaten."

Cons:

• "Roast beef lacked beef flavour but texture was good."
• "Just a shame they'd run out of the vegan and veggie roast option."
• "The food is a little pricey - the 'pint of chips' idea is fun, until you realise just how few chips you can get into a pint glass!"
• "Only negative would be that not all roasts come with Yorkshire puddings and we couldn't even pay extra for one."
• "The food is typically fantastic but they are now having Honest Burgers deliver rather than providing food from the kitchen."
• "Saturday evening experiences; the music was so loud and the quality of the speakers was so bad that it hurt your ears."
• "It's fine to ask someone to leave but to do it with verbal abuse is not."

Service & Staff

Pros:

• "The staff is friendly and cool."
• "The Manager is a very sociable guy who takes time to converse with customers."
• "Bouncers on door good humoured."
• "Nice welcoming and chatty bar staff."
• "The two girls that served us were awesome despite being very busy!"
• "Staff were so lovely and friends and the bar itself it really nice."
• "Good drinks at an affordable price served by amiable staff surrounded by good company, definitely recommend it!"

Cons:

• "Be careful as some members of the staff like cheating on change."
• "This venue has discriminatory bouncers."
• "We were denied access in a very rude way because one of us was holding a drink already."
• "Bouncers were extremely rude, disrespectful and unprofessional."
• "The biggest idiot I've encountered on a door."
• "The bouncers were very very rude it felt like they were in a power trip and very intimidating."
• "The bar staff were rude and inappropriate."