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"I was afraid that real English pubs had everything but were completely gone. by coincidence I stumbled in the middle of london (holborn) around the corner of the British museum. it didn't try to eat anything, but all ales. know some very friendly real English and had a good time overall. next time in london? the ship tavern again!"
Phone: +442074051992
Address: 12 Gate Street, WC2A 3HP, Camden, United Kingdom
City: Camden
Website: https://www.theshiptavern.co.uk
Dishes: 10
Amenities: 23
Categories: 5
Reviews: 7923
I absolutely love a good old-fashioned pub. Over the years London has sadly lost so many pubs to make way for flashy new restaurants or opposed council renovations. Instead people are turning to trendy, casual bars with cheaper booze and more often than not, standard generic food. Thankfully however there are still some little gems left, such as The Ship Tavern in Holborn. A traditional ale house complete with a sumptuous upstairs dining room and a site history dating as far back as The strangest things about this place however is that from the outside it looks just like your busy, traditional boozer – and it is. But just to the side of this pubs entrance is a hidden door, hiding...read more
priests who hide in holes in the walls, ancient secular charm and fine eating – the ship tavern in holborn has everything. a minute to foot from holborn station and down a street is a pub almost years old and filled with history. during the herrage of henry viii, catholics would gather for mass in the bar, while looking around the neighboring that looks out for the men of the king. when the signal was given that they approached the area, the priest would hide in one of the hidden holes in the wall or the secret tunnel that is still found in the cellar. the assembled common would grab a tankard and expose as if they were only regularly in a...read more
one of my favorite things at the weekend is to go for a good Sunday dinner, so I was excited to be invited to the ship tavern in holborn. I usually do not dare to go too far from home in south london for a honeymoon, so I had hoped that the trip to the center would be worth it. the restaurant is located right next to the tube station, hidden away a little next street. if I'm honest, it doesn't look as much from the outside – it looks like a typical pub. but they climb up a staircase from the road and they find themselves in a beautiful, cozy, candlelit hideout! I am with some photos of the venue from their website, as my camera was...read more
one of my favorite things about living in london is his rich history. I love the fact that the barbershop on the road from my house is over years old, or that the fact that I work from a century-gallered coaching inn, almost directly under the shard. when the team behind the ship tavern asked me to come by, I was intrigued. in a street behind the chaos of the holborn station, the ship tavern is a century pub filled with a rich and lively history. it was used to protect Catholic priests at the height of reformation, and was also a masonic lodge at a place!
I was afraid that real English pubs had everything but were completely gone. by coincidence I stumbled in the middle of london (holborn) around the corner of the British museum. it didn't try to eat anything, but all ales. know some very friendly real English and had a good time overall. next time in london? the ship tavern again!
