The Colonel Fawcett

Great interior design, atmosphere and food. Ive been for lunch and brunch and both times were yummy. Love this place, I’ll be coming regularly.

Top Staff
Top Food
Top Vibes
Top Gin Menu plus plenty of craft beer available
Really enjoyed socialising here, although not local, I know I’ll definitely be shortlisting this place for when I’m next back in town. Keep doing what you’re doing! It’s awesome!

Nice little neighbourhood pub with a huge gin list. Huge. Think there is over 50.
They have a happy hour 5 – 7 where you can get deals on gin cocktails, and in general they seem to offer a large range of cocktails suited to breakfast, lunch and dinner.
The gin prices do not include the tonic and I would recommend fever tree tonic water as it tastes better and can spread over two glasses.
Beer wise, they’re not too crafty they have a good selection of large corporation. There’s kozel, meantime, peroni etc.
Food wise they do bottomless brunch for two hours over the weekend then they offer burgers etc.

Today was a fortunate day. What a cool spot. While waiting for my fiancé while he got some work done nearby, looked for somewhere to hang my hat. Boy, did I come up.
Started with one of their 100+ gins. Was recommended a berry influenced, super palatable Brockman’s. With a wedge of grapefruit, was one of the most easy to drink gin and tonics I’ve ever had in my entire. life.
Then an open face mushroom and poached egg sandwich and some fish goujons and chips. Simple but clean flavors. Ingredients seemed fresh and chosen with care. And updated, non fussy take on good food.
Service was also amazing. Lucky neighborhood to have a gem like this.

Great pub but not a five star for the main dishes. Over battered fish and fattoush was underwhelming

This is a lovely posh (but not pretentious) local pub for dinner or drinks. The inside is bright and airy, and it’s far enough off the High Street that you don’t get crowds of drunk Camden-​tourists spilling in eight at a time. Their speciality is, of course, gin, and what a selection! Conservatively, they have at least 50 different varieties. My server, who was tremendously friendly and helpful (I believe she was from Yorkshire, which well knows hospitality) recommended a saffron-​infused tipple with artisan-​made tonic. It was, hands down, the best G&T I’ve had in a long, long while. Keep in mind, this is not a rowdy spot, though I think it would good to take a classy group of friends. There’s no music and no TV, which lends itself to a more relaxed atmosphere overall. I’m kicking myself for having lived in the neighbourhood three years’ already and just discovering this place now.

I give 5 stars for the concept of the celebration of Colonel Fawcett day combined with National Gin Day (or was it Global Gin Day?) in this great local place in Camden.
I think I also give them five stars for:
An amazing list of available gins
A great burger
Two terraces (one at the street side and one rustic at the back)
Board games
Nice crowd
The gin tasting was super, and not only because it was free, but especially because I got to learn stuff, taste new guns, and talk with the friendly makers of all these special guns.

Great place to grab a bite to eat or if like me and enjoy a gin they have over 100 different types of gin. Food is nice and they have little hidden garden out the back which is nice on a sunny day as well as seating out the front. As much as this place isn’t that child friendly they were still rather accommodating. Warning though they don’t have high chairs so make sure you are prepared

Great pub with great food. An amazing selection of gins and a young professional + the usual trendy Camden crowd. Love the décor too. The only downside is that service can be a bit on the slow side but I would definitely recommend this place for a visit be it food or for a tipple!

Excellent local, superb Sunday roasts and a good quiet place out the way of the high street for a quiet beer or two.
Friendly staff and good value for money

Staff — lovely and friendly. Always. Food — surprisingly good and interesting menu. Won an award for the best Sunday roast in the UK. I don’t know about that but it is really brilliant. Always has a great atmosphere.

Best pub for Gin in London! A very different Camden to the one you may know…

I’m so glad that this pub is not along any of the main streets in Camden, keeping it a somewhat safe secret for the time being. You really need to know where you’re going in order to find it. It’s generally got a crowd, but not too busy. Except when supper club is on — beware of that because you’ll be unable to move until they all go upstairs and it’s a lot less pleasant to hang around. The beer selection is good. Meantime on tap plus rotating ales. The gin collection is intimidating, but they’re happy to help you with it.
I’m finally getting around to reviewing this place because I’ve just had their food for the first time. Aside from a couple of super posh takes on the scotch egg, I have to say this is the best one I’ve had. It’s perfect, and the pickled cauliflower and veg it’s served with is amazing. It’s pub food done really well in a neighborhood that doesn’t typically have much above the average mark in ways of meals.
All this said, please don’t show up and ruin the place. Thanks.

I can’t believe I haven’t Unilocaled my beloved Colonel Fawcett. I also can’t believe (almost) no one else has either.
Cozy and dignified, the Fawcett is a casual pub with the perfect mix of charm and cool — with great service to boot.
They specialise in gin, and have big chalkboard right by the bar with their latest and greatest offerings spotlight versions. I was delighted to find Ophir on the board, which was paired with Fentiman’s tonic (there are three tonics to choose from) and garnished with black pepper and an orange slice. These guys know and love their gin.
But the don’t forget the beer drinkers, and have a good selection of craft beers both on tap and bottled. We also enjoyed a couple Goose Island IPAs.
The space is pretty big, with sofas, chunky tables/​mismatched chairs, twinkly lights (limited use of — this place is dignified, remember?), an upstairs space for large parties and even a big beer garden with a covered section to protect from rain.
Whoever is in charge of music here is my hero. A lovely mix of old and new, indie and classic, you may get some Chromeo, Rod Stewart, Haim, Modest Mouse, The Cure — whatever it is, you can bet it’s exactly what you want to hear right now.
I’ve saved the best for last … the food. That Scotch Egg is fabulous (don’t let a long history of crappy Scotch eggs from other pubs deter you, this one is lovingly hand made and served with picilily). The bar menu is perfectly balanced and affordable: £4 for chips, 5 cheese croquettes, the aforementioned scotch egg, etc. And mains that hover around £15 and include wild trout, steak frites, risotto, shallot tart, baked hake.
About an 8 – 10 minute walk from Camden Town tube station, and a worthwhile (if a tad out of the way) pit stop if you’ve been perusing Camden Market and want a beer and a sit down meal.

Fan-​freakingtastic music, cozy décor, yummy eats, superior selection of gins, and friendly service. A total score! Wish I could take it home with me to the states.

A great local pub is a delightful thing. I’ve been living in Camden for, ooh, fifteen years now, and the Colonel Fawcett is the best thing to come along in my neighbourhood in all that time.
Once upon a time, and for a long time, this was the Camden Arms, an authentic local institution, if a slightly undistinguished boozer. Other local pub options included the Constitution (with its nice canalside garden), the Old Eagle (with a slightly less nice beer garden), and a depressing place opposite Camden Road station that eventually became the more upmarket Mac Bar and finally a branch of the Grand Union chain. Because it was the only place you could get a decent pub lunch for a while, I used to go to the Mac Bar/​GU now and again, but that stopped when the Grand Union started to specialise in very tall burgers that have to be deconstructed with a knife and fork before they can be eaten.
ANYWAY: the Colonel Fawcett came along a while back and is nigh-​on perfect.
The main bar is both cosy and airy, with the usual eclectic mix of mismatched wooden chairs and tables you see in pubs, and a couple of leather sofas. Out the back there’s a smallish beer garden with sheltered tables to keep you out of the rain, and upstairs is a great big room that is used for functions, parties, and the odd bit of live sport on a big screen.
There’s a good variety of booze; the Fawcett makes a big thing of its gin selection, although I’m not a gin fan myself, and they offer a good range of draught and bottled beers. The staff are charming.
What I really want to talk about though is the food. The food is seriously good. Weekday lunch specials are about £7 for a main course, a tenner if you want some soup as a starter. Bar snacks include a terrific homemade Scotch egg, little sausages, croquettes of various kinds, and pork crackling. There’s a very good burger which can be consumed, as nature intended, with the hands. And then there’s more serious restaurant-​y cooking going on — the catch of the day is always worth a look. I rarely stretch to a dessert — they do a great cheese board — but they’ve always been very good when I have.
On weekends, a brunch menu takes in egg/​bacon/​muffin-​related classics, as well as an excellent Full English, and the Sunday roast is the best I’ve encountered within at least a couple of miles. If I have one complaint about the cooking it’s that they’ve never quite cracked chips; they tend to be the chunky skin-​on types that smack a little of laziness. Frites please!
Basically, the Fawcett — which I can see from my bedroom window, tempting me — is making me both poorer and fatter. But happier. Definitely happier.
EDIT: recently, they’ve cracked the chips.

Chill place around Camden overground station, beer is around £4.30 and their wide range gin selection ranges from £7.50 for a gin and tonic. they also serve bar snacks like peanuts and sausages and fries!!! have 2 outdoor areas, people are chill here and staffs are nice

Great pub and total turnaround from the days of the Camden Arms. New owners have introduced a chef who creates seasonal menus and homemade items from the bread, sauces and even the ice cream! Bar is OK for beer, cider and spirits but it’s the gin that’s the star of the show: the classics, the unusual plus jenever (Dutch gin) too. Go for a Hendrick’s, it’s served with cucumber not lime. Delicious. Acoustics are not great and DJ can be hit n miss. Security guys are really nice. Tables upstairs but I recommend to sit anywhere downstairs for the atmosphere or out in the beer garden in the back.