The Narrow Boat is a great concept, it’s a two storey bar right on the banks of Regent’s Canal complete with terrace outside and balcony over the waters edge with a view of the boat people below and the pretty willow trees. They serve the usual range of beer and plonk, there are candle lit tables, sofas and plenty of staff so you don’t have to stand at the bar for ages looking hopefully at someone in desperation to get a drink for half an hour.
All well and good so far, except it isn’t really, it’s full of the inhabitants of the nearby estates, fond of all day binges and boy are they loud. The acoustics in the place are terrible, low ceilings, unbroken wall space and wooden flooring which means every cackle and shriek reverberates around the room. At the risk of sounding a bit middle aged, you had to shout to make yourself heard. I wasn’t in the mood for any alcohol (almost unheard of really) so I had an orange and cranberry J20 which was so out of date the contents of the bottle had changed colour. The toilets weren’t the cleanest I’ve ever encountered either. Overall the whole place isn’t what it could be. Maybe I could give is another chance but not in any great hurry.
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