The Colonel Fawcett Reviews Summary

Category: Pub London

Address: 1 Randolph St, London, NW1 0SS, United Kingdom

Phone: +442072679829

Rating: 4.4
based on 131 reviews.

Staff and Service

Pros:

  • "Excellent and attentive staff."
  • "Great service, melt in the mouth beef!!! And thank you for putting up with an excited Frenchie."
  • "Absolutely fantastic staff and great options for vegans."
  • "Joel and the team helped make the planning stress-free, and staff, music and drinks were all top notch on the night."
  • "Service couldn’t be friendlier or more accommodating."
  • "Everyone serving was lovely. Beer was brilliant and service couldn’t be better."
  • "The staff knows what's on offer and give great recommendations."

Cons:

  • "I asked about the gins on offer and it took three attempts for the staff member who didn't know anything about gin to try and get someone to come and speak to us."
  • "Rude, arrogant and unwelcoming staff."
  • "You'd think the staff would just accept it's a simple mistake after my apologies, but they'd proceed to instead be sarcastic, rude and delay any service to me and my friend."
  • "Maybe the bartender was having a bad day but was quite rude."
  • "The waiter in question had a terrible attitude."
  • "Service was terrible. Had to take our order twice because she didn't write it down."
  • "Terrible service. Went there for a Christmas lunch in a large group from work and there wasn't space for two of us on the table they had prepared."

Food and Drink

Pros:

  • "Food and beer are good too."
  • "Delicious Sunday Roast, extremely good value and efficient service."
  • "Had the padron peppers and the scotch egg, both really delicious."
  • "The food is the best we’ve had in London, the gin selection is awesome & the beer plentiful."
  • "The roast was so delicious, it was cooked to perfection, great flavours, incredible gravy, which you could tell was made from scratch, with tasty well considered trimmings."
  • "Oh my goodness, I finally found a place that does the most delicious roasts."
  • "The food as always was brilliant."

Cons:

  • "The soup was too thick, the fish was under cooked and had no sauce."
  • "Food was horrible potatoes roast were hard as hell one did not look good at all roast lamb fatty the only thing edible was Yorkshire pudding."
  • "Roast was also very sweet and everything tasted the same."
  • "The potatoes are either heavily deep fried or been sitting around since Wednesday."
  • "Chips and batter had stale oil bitterness."
  • "Food wasn't hot enough and the roast potatoes were dry."
  • "The fish felt a bit flat in taste."

Atmosphere and Location

Pros:

  • "The dance floor was vibing and all in all a wonderful and convenient location 10/10."
  • "This is a true gem of Camden, lovely pub with amazing atmosphere."
  • "Garden in the back is charming, they also have DJ sets on Fridays."
  • "Beautiful decoration inside the pub and great smoking areas outside."
  • "Fantastic pub, great atmosphere."
  • "The venue was perfect: intimate, but not cramped, inviting but still full of old world charm."
  • "Off the beaten path, interesting, creative crowd, friendly and helpful staff and a nice cozy outside area at the back."

Cons:

  • "They've stopped serving food apparently due to a private event upstairs. What about our private event?... we had a reserved area here as well."
  • "No atmosphere or ambiance in the pub, just a boring room upstairs."
  • "I think the music was a little too loud and makes it hard to have a conversation."
  • "The music was so loud & the sound quality was so poor, that we all left this place with a headache & sore throats from shouting instead of talking."
  • "The music was nice but it was too loud, couldn't have a conversation without shouting at the person next to me."
  • "If you like the football and not being able to hear yourself think then this is the place for you."
  • "Shame about the DJ though, played some terrible tracks."

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