Kennedy's — Restaurant in London

Kennedy's, 8.3/10

This is a man's-man's pub. The Yorkie bar of boozers. The Bovril of Islington. The builder's bum of Barnsbury. We could go on.

Traditional set-up in here. Old school booths. A big square bar bang in the middle of the gaff. Quiz machines. Pool tables. Darts. Bare tellys. Our kinda place.

Sticky carpets. You might think the rating would take a hit for that. Nope. Took it up by 2.43 at least. We're scientific about this stuff.

Asked what was on tap. They said Stella. Asked what else. They said Stella. Who are we kidding anyway. We love Stella.

Everyone in here was balding or bald. Phil Mitchell types. Except if Phil Mitchell had the physique of a penguin. Clearly loved the pub. And rightly so.

There were some fellas you can see up back playing darts. They waddled over and challenged us to a game. If you wanted a schooling in darts, you've come to the right place.

Turns out we're not quite the same we used to be at darts. The local lads smashed us. For some unknown reason, we couldn't manage to hit anything on the dartboard situated above 11 and 6. We could only violently pummel darts into the southern part of the board. Wonder why.

Reviewed 04/06/21 on...

Seems like definitely one for the locals! The guy behind the bar was friendly and made me feel welcome. As did the regulars for that matter.

If you want to grab a quick drink with your friends this is a good place, which I would recommend. But don't go if you want anything other than Heineken, John Smiths or simple spirits, or to pay with a card (I...

Really friendly place. Stopped off here travelling from South London. Nice staff, nice punters. They had the football on which was an added bonus. I was also with my puppy Prince and he was also very welcome, he was so comfortable he didn't want to leave and spent his time playing, relaxing and sleeping. Would definitely come back if I was in...