Betsey Trotwood, Clerkenwell

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location:

Clerkenwell

address:

56 Farringdon Road, EC1R 3BL

phone:

0871 258 8456*
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nearest stations:

Farringdon railway station London Underground station
(380m) - zone 1

Chancery Lane London Underground station
(580m) - zone 1

Barbican railway station London Underground station
(770m) - zone 1

City Thameslink railway station
(840m)

Angel London Underground station
(1Km) - zone 1

how to find it:

From Farringdon tube, turn right and then right at Farringdon Road. Go up Farringdon Road and the pub is on your right.

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nearby attraction(s):

Sadler's Wells Theatre (680m)

Host Gallery (850m)

Sir John Soane's Museum (950m)

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A fine example of a Shepherd Neame pub, this cosy pub right on Farringdon road does a lot of things right. It's hard to fault the beer, and if you have to have lager, you could do worse than Asahi on tap. The excellent Spring beer, Early Bird, was on when we were in last, and it slipped down a bit easily on a warm afternoon with a pub lunch. The steak and ale pie and mash (pie sourced from Borough market) was superb, as was the beer-battered haddock and chips. The clientele was a good mix, local office workers and designers skiving off for a couple jars in the pub. Combined with friendly and accommodating staff, this isn't a bad little spot. Give it a go next time you're in the neighbourhood.

reviewed:
10/4/2008

Eating at the Betsey Trotwood ... we last ate here on 10/4/2008

Excellent pub grub, with ingredients sourced from Smithfield and Borough markets. The beer-battered haddock was light and crispy, with decent chips and the steak and ale pie with mash was great.

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