Bar Room Bar, Hampstead

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location:

Hampstead

address:

48 Rosslyn Hill, NW3 1NH

phone:

020 7431 8802

nearest stations:

Hampstead London Underground station
(440m) - zones 2/3

Hampstead Heath Railway station
(470m) - zone 2

Belsize Park London Underground station
(740m) - zone 2

Finchley Road and Frognal Railway station
(930m)

Finchley Road London Underground station
(1Km) - zone 2

bus routes:

46, 268

how to find it:

From Hampstead tube: Turn left out of the tube and go down the hill. Pub is on your left after the Unitarian church.

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opening times:

Mon-Sat 12:00-23:00
Sun 12:00-22:30*
* opening times can change, please check with the pub before organising important events.

picture of Bar Room Bar Although it is still named Bar Room Bar, this small avant-garde pub has recently been divested from the chain and is independently owned by someone who truly digs roots music. You will hear blues, soul, reggae, Ska, bluegrass and an occasional early Beatles tune. It is one of the few places in London offering Jamaican Red Stripe on tap. You won't find many tweed clad old gents parked in a corner with a terrier, but traditionalists like us love it here. The art on the wall is created by locals and rotates monthly. An absurdly large chandelier made from, it seems, cast off jewellery sets a cool, funky tone and the rummage sale furniture makes it feel homey. The young, hip staff clearly love what they do - at slow periods you'll find them chatting up regulars or grooving to Bob Marly instead of watching the clock for the end of their shift. Sunday nights at 8:30-ish there is live music, mostly local acoustic guitar soloists playing Johnny Cash, Eric Clapton, blues standards and originals. The clientele are not your usual wealthy Hampstead crowd. Less Prada, more Levis.

reviewed:
15/3/2008

Eating at the Bar Room Bar ... we last ate here on 15/3/2008

Excellent pizzas with imaginative toppings come out of the authentic wood fired oven. The menu is not large but each item is well prepared, hot and prompt. On Tuesdays they offer 2 for 1 pizzas.

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