Pub review: Head of Steam/Doric Arch

Roger

25 November 2004

Address: 1 Eversholt Street, London NW1 1DN
Web site: http://www.theheadofsteam.com/default.aspx?tabid=10188
Opening Hours: Mon-Sat 11-11, Sun 12-10.30
Streetmap: http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=529674&Y=182645&A=Y&Z=1
Multimap: http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?lat=51.527835&lon=-0.132077&scale=10000&icon=x
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Longitude: -0.132077
Latitude: 51.527835

From Euston Station, turn away from the trains and walk across the left-hand side of the courtyard at the front of the station, towards the buses. The pub is on the left.

The Head of Steam is a real ale pub which appears to be doing fairly well. As a rule, at least three ales will be on at any time, and this can rise to six or more during beer festivals. They also do decent cider, but usually just one.

Beware, though: cellarmanship can be patchy, and it's not unknown for only one in three of the beers to be worth drinking.

The pub is located on the concourse by Euston Station, near the east end of the bus station; the main body of the pub is upstairs and overlooks the bus station. About 1/3 of the pub is a non-smoking area (the raised platform at the south end).

Remember when ordering to ask what the code for the loo is - the toilets are downstairs, and to prevent their being used by undesirables, they are secured with a four-lever push-button combination lock.

Refurbished in 2006 and reopened as the Doric Arch. Little changed.

Things near here (straight-line distances):

Great Nepalese (restaurant) 0.1 miles NbW
Euston Station (British Rail, Northern Line, Victoria Line) 0.1 miles WbS
Ta-Zu (restaurant) 0.1 miles NEbE
Prince Arthur (pub) 0.2 miles NNW
Euston Flyer (pub) 0.2 miles EbN
Euston Square Station (Circle Line, Hammersmith & City Line, Metropolitan Line) 0.3 miles SW
Lord John Russell (pub) 0.3 miles ESE
King's Cross St. Pancras Station (British Rail, Circle Line, Hammersmith & City Line, Metropolitan Line, Northern Line, Piccadilly Line, Victoria Line) 0.4 miles ENE
Warren Street Station (Northern Line, Victoria Line) 0.4 miles SW
Russell Square Station (Piccadilly Line) 0.4 miles SEbS
King's Cross Thameslink Station (British Rail) 0.5 miles ENE
Goodge Street Station (Northern Line) 0.5 miles SbW
Mornington Crescent Station (Northern Line) 0.6 miles NWbN
Jack Horner (pub) 0.6 miles S
British Museum (museum) 0.6 miles SSE
Great Portland Street Station (Circle Line, Hammersmith & City Line, Metropolitan Line) 0.6 miles SWbW
Bluu Grass (restaurant) 0.7 miles NNW
Joi Cafe (restaurant) 0.7 miles S
Regent's Park Station (Bakerloo Line) 0.7 miles WSW
Museum Tavern (pub) 0.7 miles SSE
Calthorpe Arms (pub) 0.7 miles ESE
Plough (pub) 0.7 miles SSE
Abeno Okonomiyaki (restaurant) 0.8 miles SSE
Black Horse (pub) 0.8 miles S
Pakenham Arms (pub) 0.8 miles EbS
Bloomsbury Tavern (pub) 0.8 miles SSE
Centre Point Sushi Cafe (restaurant) 0.8 miles SbE
Tottenham Court Road Station (Central Line, Northern Line) 0.8 miles S
Holborn Station (Central Line, Piccadilly Line) 0.9 miles SEbS
Nellie Dean (pub) 0.9 miles S
Pillars of Hercules (pub) 0.9 miles S
Phoenix (pub) 0.9 miles SWbS
The Ship (pub) 1.0 miles S
Garlic and Shots (restaurant) 1.0 miles S
Camden Town Station (Northern Line) 1.0 miles NWbN
Oxford Circus Station (Bakerloo Line, Central Line, Victoria Line) 1.0 miles SSW
New Seoul (restaurant) 1.0 miles ESE
Hummus Bros (restaurant) 1.0 miles S
Imperial War Museum London (museum) 2.4 miles SSE
National Army Museum (museum) 3.1 miles SSW