Exmouth Arms

Having wanted to visit Exmouth Market for a while, it is one of those places you seem to always come across when you are on the way somewhere, like Angel or Old Street as its a short street full of coffee shops, bars and restaurants. It seemed Exmouth Arms was the place to go first for a drink.
It is an old style pub with stained glass windows with the bar being the focal point of the bar, it was very busy inside and not a lot of chairs. You may need to watch out for those people who think their coat & bag needs a chair to keep it safe.
The drink princes were a bit odd at times, it always seemed to be £15 for 3 drinks, no matter what we ordered, it might have been a deal or just one of those pubs where anything on a Friday goes.
They also do food and have some sliders, but if you are really hungry, the sliders are barely a mouthful but there was a massive selection.
I’d probably go again, but I’d also venture around to see if there was a cheaper pub with more seating and less loud music, all depends what you want.

Meh.
Good selection of beers and nice bartenders but frankly when I come to a pub I do not want to see children. Under 3 years old. Running around and screaming with their toys. Also the wifi doesn’t work very well.

Love Exmouth Market.
Love the Exmouth Arms.
Great beer selection, not totally grotty bathrooms, good outdoor options, friendly people who won’t elbow you at the bar.
BEST place to do a summertime wind down at the end of a workweek.
I disagree with other comments that «a pub’s a pub». This has a little extra special sauce.
Unilocal note: have never eaten here, though the menu looks extensive… ly delicious.

Bacon beer rocks. Green tea infused beer is overpriced but excellent. Local London gin kicks ass. Wine selection average. Hot staff. Great space. Amazing artwork on the walls.

Stopped in for a quick drink and a bite before a wedding — a pretty good place to meet friends! Lots of big tables, a cozy and relaxed atmosphere, and decent food. The squid with garlic mayo was yummy — yet not spicy despite being advertised as 5 pepper squid, and the char-​grilled Creole Succotash was a yummy salad of BBQ chicken and lots of veggies. A little heavy on the BBQ sauce flavor, but a lighter option if you don’t want heavy pub food. Pretty noisy in there, but it was a Saturday night, so what do you expect?
I’d come back for a drink if I was in the area for sure, my fiancé liked it even more and thought it was a really brilliant pub.

The place looks great, a bit like a mix between an apothecary and an old library, with really comfy chairs.
Service is good too, an there’s no chance you’ll ever go dehydrated as they keep refilling your water glass.
The cocktails were decent, but not the best I’ve tried in the area… So I’m afraid I’ll only visit again if my absolute fave place (Bitters & Rye) is not open like it was the case this time.

I only popped into the Exmouth Arms for a quick drink on my way to a dinner reservation and wish I could have stayed longer.
It was still sunny when I visited and but sadly I couldn’t grab one of the outside tables as they were already occupied. Inside the pub is fairly unremarkable however the same can’t be said about the drink selection. There was a choice of about 5 craft beers, 2 of which were fantastic, the usual selection of lagers and a pretty decent wine list with a bottle of house red/​white costing a few £ short of £20.
My main disappointment with having to leave was not getting to try the food. There’s a number of sliders available and some of them sound absolutely incredible. Next time I visit I’ll be doing my best to work my way through all 12!

Good place for a Friday after work drink, they have a good selection of special beers. Food is ok, your typical pub food and portions are ok as well (not too bing not too small). I liked the fact they have seating outside and you can enjoy the sun (when it is sunny … It’s still in London). I gave it 4* because I was missing a «wow factor» … It’s an honest English pub

A cool pub with good food, amazing sunday roasts and salads, and a good selection of beers to go with that.

I’m not really sure what to think of this place. It’s a really nice old pub, has been refurbished well and has a great selection of beer. There’s only one problem — the price of the beer. It’s the first time in London I’ve paid £7 for a pint. To be fair, there was cheaper lager, but I’m a fan of American-​style ales, and the cheapest one on offer was £7. This was actually significantly cheaper than some of the bottles, which went up to a crazy £12 for one of the 375ml bottles of saison. For this reason, I probably won’t be going back. I’m happy paying a premium for craft beer, but this is just too much. I was tempted to give them a forth star, but then I remembered my other frustration, which was that they allowed almost all of the tables to be booked, so even though we got there at 5pm, we struggled to find a table, even though the pace was pretty empty! I don’t mind pubs taking table reservations, but not for almost all of the tables.

As you may have seen from the other reviews on here, this place has a bit of a past, and it would be fair to say that before its refurbishment in late 2011 it was a bit of a dump with an ‘illustrious’ history.
The refurb has, I’m delighted to say, completely transformed it, and it is now one of my favourite pubs in the area.
It is one large bar now, with probably the biggest selection of ales, beers, and ciders in the area. Staff are friendly and approachable and know their stuff about the beers they have. Wine is a good selection and reasonably priced. Its a good mix of clientele, professionals, posties who used to drink in The Pakenham, and locals. It is dog friendly, and spacious tables are not on top of each other and you can actually speak without being overheard.
Food here is outstanding worthy of mention are the home made slider plates three mini burgers from a selection of about 10 to cater for all tastes, the Voodoo chicken wings are delicious and they do a great Sunday lunch.
This pub is at the centre of the transformation of Exmouth Market and has helped transform it from a tired old London street into a place that its now possible to enjoy a nice night out well worth trying.

I have been past here a few times and ignored it with the arrogant assumption that if it was any good then I’d have heard about. Consider me very much put right! This is a popular place on one of the more pleasant central London streets.
Four beers available, all of them interesting selections. I enjoyed pints of three of them which is probably why I cannot remember any of their names!

I was surprised to find that they had some really good beers on, including some american craft, and a fridge full of stuff from all over. I’d definitely come back here when I was in the area.

pricey but nice, around 4 quid a pint, food seemed to be good, decent sounds, worth a visit if yer wallet is fat enough

A pubs a pub, a pubs, pub. You know what I mean. This is the kind of boozer I grew up drinking in. Battered tables, old locals and young ‘uns trying to order a pint. Just on Exmouth Market, it’s a hot spot for evening trade during the week, providing the perfect post work pint location.
I came here with a mate and had a good old chin wag over some ciders. It was lovely. Nothing special and I don’t think I’d travel to it, but if you are in the area and fancy a quite pint, head here. Well maybe not if the footie is on, it can get a little rowdy!

I wandered in here last Friday night somewhere between Happy Hour at Cotton’s and debauchary on Upper Street.
The place has a dive-​bar feel to it, something that I quite enjoyed about the establishment. We were a mixed crowd, the women found a table over in the corner and sat and chatted. The men on the other hand were standing up bantering over a game of darts — albeit I stumbled upon Golden Tee 2009 to which I had to place like I was 10 years old.
Cheap pints — Foster’s were £2.80.
Didn’t stay much more than an hour — but this is a cool little pub to swing through if you’re in the area.

The roughest pub in Clerkenwell. If there was a league of hard pubs, where tatooed locals were pitted against each other in battles of thuggery, this would be a wildcard. Despite coming from a genteel area, it has all the hallmarks of a council estate pub in one of the worst districts of London. In many ways that’s an achievement.

Nice little pub, a bit rough but with plenty of little corners you can hide away in with someone you want to keep away from prying eyes. Last visited in October i think. Good bitter, may have been London Pride, possibly youngs. Feels like a proper pub.

On an adventure to find a pub that was playing the Atl. Madrid & Barcelona game, we came up to this cozy pub. There was a large flat screen and no was watching it. The bartendress was nice enough to change the channel for us. And it was just in time to see Barcelona kick in 3 goals only 15 minutes into the game!
The atmosphere is quite comfortable and it’s full of lots of locals. Romantic lighting and clean bathrooms. Drinks are pretty cheap, from 2 to 3 pounds. I’m just happy that Barcelona won!