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N:McGlynn's
FN:McGlynn's
TEL;WORK;VOICE:020 7916 9816
ADR;WORK:;;1-5 Whidborne St, Kings Cross;WC1H 8ET
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NOTE:McGlynn’s, 1-5 Whidborne St, Kings Cross,  London, WC1H 8ET – Kings Cross
Set back in the little warren of streets just south of St Pancras station, McGlynn’s should always have attracted me but, during the era of fake Irish pubs, the name rather put me off. Now that chain Irish pubs have gone the way of MPs claiming expenses for duck islands, it’s time to survey the wreckage. McGlynn’s always looked small from the outside, although it in fact is rather cavernous within, even boasting some kind of dining room at the far side of the bar. In terms of presentation it’s no great shakes, but neither is there any ill-advised sentimentality or trip down fake-memory lane; this not being an Irish pub with added designer Irishness, but a proper pub owned and run by an Irish landlord. There’s a couple of real ales, all the other standard booze, a big screen for the football and that’s pretty much yer lot – just like the regulars want it. Cheerful and straightforward, it makes for a good option should the Lord John Russell be far too crowded. McGlynn’s has survived the Irish chain pub purge, and rightfully so.
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