The Rarndouse 2007 Piss-Up Thread!

Bear Cage · Post by **Bear Cage** » 03 Aug 2007, 20:22

There's a Wetherspoons pub (Man in the Moon), same as any other Wetherspoons.
The Enterprise used to be good but I think it's now a posers pub.
I've heard the Marathon's good but I've not been there. It's a kebab house come pub with live music.

Post by **theraven1979** » 03 Aug 2007, 20:24

Warning to any Northerners going - Take some fucking money with you pints are more than £1.40 !!

Jim

Post by **BazinBlack** » 03 Aug 2007, 21:12

Count me in,

Bazza

Ice · Post by **Ice** » 03 Aug 2007, 21:32

I think anyone on this forum who's going should try and be there. Be like another convention.

Bear Cage · Post by **Bear Cage** » 03 Aug 2007, 21:34

Bear Cage wrote:There's a Wetherspoons pub (Man in the Moon), same as any other Wetherspoons.
The Enterprise used to be good but I think it's now a posers pub.
I've heard the Marathon's good but I've not been there. It's a kebab house come pub with live music.

I've just had a quick look on the internet, the Man in the Moon is no longer a Wetherspoons and no longer the Man in the Moon (now Misty Moon) so I haven't a clue. Any other suggestions?

Post by **The Strangler** » 03 Aug 2007, 22:59

Find venue, look left, look right, if nothing in sight, ask random person where the nearest beer hut is, meet there.

IamCoop · Post by **IamCoop** » 03 Aug 2007, 23:36

I'm up for this - due to not knowing anyone my age into the band at all, i'll be coming to this (like I did for The Bristol gig) on my own. Would be nice to meet some of you guys and have a bit of company on this special occasion. I'll be the youngster wearing a Dreamtime tour t-shirt!

Post by **Damian** » 04 Aug 2007, 08:02

The eneterprise used to have a room upstairs maybe should look in to hiring it?

Mitch K · Post by **Mitch K** » 04 Aug 2007, 15:55

Ice wrote:I think anyone on this forum who's going should try and be there. Be like another convention.

There's a worrying truth!

Organ Grinder · Post by **Organ Grinder** » 04 Aug 2007, 18:23

IamCoop wrote:I'm up for this - due to not knowing anyone my age into the band at all, i'll be coming to this (like I did for The Bristol gig) on my own. Would be nice to meet some of you guys and have a bit of company on this special occasion. I'll be the youngster wearing a Dreamtime tour t-shirt!

Hi Ian. I am sure you won;t be the only youngster. I am 29........ err..... well, that's not particularly young anymore is it?........ But anyway, it's younger than mosta the ole barnacles who go so we'll buddy up. And when CRASS has had a few n powedered his nose he's like a young'un again too so - don't worry!

Post by **ThruBeingCool** » 05 Aug 2007, 00:02

All youngsters are welcome anyhow......

BRING ON ZE NUBILES

C r a s s ! · Post by **C r a s s !** » 05 Aug 2007, 10:13

CAMDEN BARFLY info ere

I fuckin love this place!
Report this for removal lizoutram - 11 May 2007 14:53
Went there last night for the first time in years, to see the Scanners. Great gig. Just wanted to post here because I got tip-top service in the upstairs (venue) bar - the band were due on in a matter of minutes, the place was heaving and everyone was trying to get a drink. The (very young) girl took my order while pouring the previous person's drink, and then did the sums in her head, so I was served in seconds. I thought that was a lost art, especially among the young 'uns who inevitably prefer to make umpteen trips to the cash register. Nice one.
Report this for removal fat_freddys_cat - 20 Feb 2007 13:54
Proof than in a crap place a good time can be had.
I remember when they had a 'big beat' night here (who remembers big beat, eh?) but the electro/rock nights aren't too bad either.
Report this for removal Planner_21 - 5 Feb 2007 21:29
What a terrible bar! However, as a music venue, this is one of the better ones, a great sound system. Heard The Cavaliers and Gambling Hearts here recently, two bands that are taking London by storm.
Report this for removal nigelrowe - 22 Jan 2007 10:32
The bar itself is a right dive and the selection pretty poor but I've given this a good mark on the basis that the music was ace, the poeple a laugh and the bands playing up stairs brilliant.

Well worth a visit for some new music and a bit banter.
Report this for removal Donalia - 21 Jan 2007 13:18
Can get heaving in peak times but cool little place and good music.
Report this for removal atsoutar - 20 Dec 2006 16:12
I love this bar.... frequent it often with the buddies in my band Voodoo Head....
Report this for removal MrKennedy - 13 Dec 2006 10:15
excellent little joint for watching tomorrows rock millionaires, pub is crap, but your right, this place is legendary
Report this for removal dougster - 16 Nov 2006 14:02
The home of so many classic gigs. It's not the best pub, but I can't be mean, this place is legendary.
Report this for removal patrickjsm - 6 Sep 2006 04:40
We had a brilliant gig in here on Sunday afternoon - the staff were extremely friendly, we had a great sound, the overall standard of all the acts was very high and there was a fantastic atmosphere. I hope we get to play here again soon.
Report this for removal tim_eyles - 21 Aug 2006 14:18
Perfect for Sunday drinking. Good music and the place itself makes perfect sense. Knackered wooden benches and chairs around. There are some good looking people there as well.
Report this for removal Maja - 6 Aug 2006 18:45
expensive and dirty and you can't see bands upstairs when it is overcrowded.
Report this for removal raziqrauf - 27 Jun 2006 14:19
If it weren't for the cost of beer this place would be verging on a 10.

Great venue for music and always good bandss playing. Chances are you can come once a week and see one of the bands of the future.

Excellent!
Report this for removal lukemarson - 16 Feb 2006 15:01
Yuk! horrible pub with gloomy and dark interior! Good for music but nothing else!
Report this for removal simonbard - 31 Dec 2005 15:32
My favourite club in town, great music and good atmosphere. The range of beers/lagers isn't great, but you wouldn't go here if you were a beer coniseur. Has two floors, with different music on each floor.

Only grumble is the fact you normally have to queue to get to the upper floor on busy nights.

Haven't been for awhile as i've crossed into my 30s, and it's mostly stoodents and 20 somethings.
Report this for removal mystery_guerilla - 13 Dec 2005 14:39
Part of music's toilet venue circuit. As a pub it is pretty awful, with bland and overpriced beers, gloomy decor, uncomfortable seating. Only the weirdest member of the Camden weird brigade would find it appealing. The fact of the matter is that no-one goes here just for a drink (except the Camden weird brigade) but for the bands, who play in a tiny room upstairs with a bar serving an equally expensive and uninspiring choice of beers. The Barfly is today what the Marquee Club was in the 60's and 70's - a starting point on the road to riches for many a great band and a graveyard for several others. Many a great band has passed through, some on their way up, others on their way down. For a packed gig you won't see a thing but it is fine for the preverbial 2 people and a dog gig. The Barfly, like the old Marquee that I used to frequent regularly, is a dump. I love it.
Report this for removal RogerB - 4 Nov 2005 18:48
Great for both playing in a band and seeing other bands, albeit the comments about overpriced and mediocre beverages in plastic glasses are spot on. Don't venture in here after 11pm unless you are a sardine.
Report this for removal tim_eyles - 4 Nov 2005 18:10
Probably the best small pub/club/venue in london. I would agree with many of the comments below however - that it could still be better.
Report this for removal BobbyPeru - 21 Oct 2005 21:26
I agree with everyone. Great little club. About as Camden as it gets , However, not a pub except for the building itself. Once called the Monarch.
Report this for removal atlas - 9 Aug 2005 10:21
Terrific as a venue, lousy as a pub. Plastic glasses, NO GUINNESS and only crappy Worthington E bitter.

Plastic glasses for the watery lager and £3 a pint. The Barfly people need to get it into their heads that it is not OK to treat an audience like a heard of sheep and that seeing a band and enjoying a decent pint and good service don't have to be mutually exclusive.
Report this for removal realalesnob - 15 Jun 2005 15:25
The people on the door for gigs are very rude and it's quite difficult to get a drink. I think I would only go here if I really wanted to see a particular band.
Report this for removal maxy - 27 May 2005 13:58
Saw Chas & Dave there. Luvely jubbely..
Report this for removal ganger - 11 Mar 2005 15:11
Used to be my favourite club until I got thrown out (unfairly, as of course everyone claims when they get thrown out from a club) and I barred myself. Now I only go back for gigs.

I can't think why anyone would want to treat it as a pub, even allowing for the cracking jukebox. It really is only for a club night or gigs. Beer is expensive and feels like it's watered down - or at least that would explain why it seems so much harder to get drunk in here than other clubs.
Report this for removal travis - 31 Aug 2004 15:31
Really good dukebox I seem to recall. Not bad if you fancy something a bit differant.
Good for: Post gig drinks
Report this for removal thenationofjames - 3 Dec 2003 10:15
I call it the Monarch because that's the name of the pub. The Barfly can get stuffed!

Good place to see bands although the beer is expensive.
Report this for removal Chris - 24 Oct 2003 13:03
We call it The Barfly, because we work for the company that owns it and we get in trouble if we don't, even though it still says The Monarch above the door. Go there for the bands and the clubs, rather than a quiet beer with your chums. I've seen Electric Six, Coldplay, Badly Drawn Boy, The Vines, The Darkness and loads more big name acts there, though it only holds about 200 people.
Report this for removal Pauly - 20 Sep 2003 11:53
We call it the Monarch because that's its original name. A good old-fashioned Camden gig toilet, can get frighteningly busy at times.
Report this for removal Darryl - 11 Aug 2003 13:50
We call it the Monarch because we are fools. This place is pretty damn good. I wish it was in Harrow. Though I am sure Harrow's townie poulation would soon drain it of all known life and turn it into hell on earth.
Report this for removal Meister - 4 Aug 2003 17:22
Unpretentious place with unpretentious people. Live bands upstairs, which becomes standard mosh pit playng Nirvana and Electric 6. Lagers, bottled beers, strange shots in tubes. No credit cards taken, annoyingly.
My mates also call this place 'the Monarch', but I'm not sure why.

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