The Betjeman Arms in Camden

Great food, great service, delicious beer and also more than suitable for kids .

Visited The Betjeman Arms this April on a visit to London. Lovely clean pub with a good atmosphere and very pleasant and helpful staff. Food was served quickly and was hot and delicious. Will definitely visit again for a drink and meal next time we come.to London.

Had the most wonderful experience, the food was incredible and the staff couldnt do enough for you

Great food, was good value for money. Staff friendly & service was efficient. Comfortable atmosphere in a central location so an ideal stop on a sight seeing trip. I’ll definitely come again on my next visit to London. Highly recommend

Great experience here, deffo recommend.

A surprise to find what feels like a real pub right in St Pancras. We enjoyed the Sunday roast and an expensive bottle of wine for a treat. Great service and atmosphere. I’ll be back in my next trip if I’m near St Pancras.

The two of us have just had a Sunday Roast beef dinner at the Betjeman Arms. We did not expect much with it being within St Pancras station but it was very good indeed. Perfectly cooked beef, lovely veg and Yorkshire pudding. Cost no more than our local pub.

Good food, the personnel were very kind and helpful.

Mi amigo y yo organizamos un evento para 30 personas en los brazos de Betjeman. La organización con la coordinación de nuestro pedido previo para diferentes comidas, pudines y bebidas fue excepcional. La comida era genial y el lugar encantador. El personal amable y servicial y las alergias y preferencias se tuvieron en cuenta.

Great location and friendly accommodating staff for our group booking. Food was good and Allergies were all catered for well and was accessible for wheelchairs. Thanks 🤩

Good bar in an unusual place, hard to find a decent bar round KX and area, good beer, kept well, staff friendly....what more can you ask for?....great view of inside St Pancras station on way to the loo as well!!

Beautiful pub right in St. Pancras station! The food was lush, excellent service, staff is welcoming and the overall vibes is vibrant. Definitely a 10 out of 10!

Oh dear... a drop from 4 stars two years ago. My original review remains below, as a reminder of what could/should be, but a poor experience this time. It just didn't feel like any of the staff cared. The woman who first started serving me twice just wandered off to help another staff member with something, once with my pint sitting fully poured at the pump, the second time with it on the bar unpaid for. I felt so unimportantly neglected that I felt just like walking off with it. Lady, take it from someone who ran a nationally award winning customer service team: serve the customer in front of you first, and make them feel like they're the only customer in the world. Then the next round, and the next barmaid. Languid, slow service, and that nadir of bar staff professionalism: at a fairly empty bar, ignore the two people who had been standing there waiting and instead serve the person who just walked in. Girl, you wouldn't survive two minutes working in the pubs and bars of Belfast or Dublin. Oh, and no "thank yous" from either, despite my thanking them (for what, I don't know). It was exactly the same feeling you get when you hold a door open for someone who then just breezes past you. Slack, impersonal, unprofessional, lazy. This place needs a manager who inserts some pep up some backsides. Unfortunately I suspect that one of the people who served me was management. ORIGINAL REVIEW: Dog friendly! So good when travelling. Water if you ask for it, although they usually struggle to find a bowl. Mixed dining/drinking setup. Does get very busy, and not cheap... but hey, it's London. Not a special pub per se, but an extra star for the dogliness.

Organizamos un cumpleaños sorpresa de 70 en el salón. La planificación era fluida, el personal era atento y la comida era excelente. ¡Gracias Bobby por hacer que sea una ocasión tan memorable!

A good table just a stone's throw from the Eurostar lines. An excellent pie

Pub de jóvenes en un gran edificio. Servicio amable y eficiente. Salchichas y puré atractivamente presentados y sabrosos. Ensalada de cangrejo decepcionante: vertida en el plato, muy poca carne blanca y salsa empalagosa. Buena cerveza.

Muy buen lugar para parar mientras llega o sale de Londres. El desayuno inglés completo es muy agradable y las tortitas algo para morirse. La camarera Ankita es una joya.

This pub is perfect! We have a regular meetup in London and were looking for a new, well connected location. The Betjeman Arms ticked all the boxes: It couldn't be better connected as it is half inside a major train station and right next door to another one. It is also beautiful, spacious and comfortable. The team at The Betjeman Arms were welcoming and looked after us so well. We're very happy to meet here regularly and look forward to our next event :-) Thank you for having us.

Very nice experience,happy to visit again.

Excellent place to spend time before train or to try good quality beers and food.

I chose the Betjeman Arms for a long-overdue family meet up and everyone agreed the BA was a great choice! We were well looked after and the food, staff and atmosphere were great. Can't thank you all enough!

Ankita was a superstar. She was very welcoming

It was a great experience! Ankita was very helpfull and attentive.

It’s good place, if you want to celebrate special day or just casually catch up with friends. Staff is very nice specially Ankita was super great 💯🤩

I visited the Betjeman Arms with a friend travelling from Paris to St Pancreas, having used to visit often a few years ago. I was really disappointed that the standard seems to have dropped. We both ordered syllabub for desert and immediately both independently thought that the cream was off. When raising this with the staff, they took it to the chef who said it had been made that morning and was fine. It definitely was not, and tasted sour. It was inedible and no alternative was offered or no refund. We were so disappointed and will not be returning.

We had a lovely time here....just drinks no food. 5 sisters meeting for a catch up! The pub was very busy but we were given a great table and enjoyed the atmosphere whilst drinking an excellent bottle of wine. A special mention to Siobhan for making us feel welcome and looking after us so well during our visit

Perfect place to wait for your train and have a cocktail and enjoy some french fries or other food, super relaxing and enjoyable.

My friend and I meet here often and always enjioy our experience,

As a single older woman I appeared to be invisible to the four young staff behind the bar. Eventually got served by a moody faced bar tender after the man next to me pointed out I had been waiting. Settled with all my luggage at a table in the packed bar area with my £7.75 glass of Prosecco and after a few minutes was asked to move as the table was reserved - no sign on table, no one else eating in that area. So me and my bags moved out. Really poor customer service and made to feel bad.

Nice atmosphere, very friendly service, good food. Best place to wait for the Eurostar.

Great stop off on route to the station. Fab lunch and a drink Great atmosphere and service.....Will be back

Alessia was lovely and welcoming, and made sure we had a nice space to sit and eat with all our bags

Rocky was an excellent, friendly server.

A lovely place to end the day in London for dinner. Very good food and wine, and excellent service. We had been to a conference and wanted a quiet place for a dinner for 2. We had previously been here for lunch, so we knew the food and drink were good. We were not disappointed. It was just what we wanted before our journey home by train. I would recommend Betjeman's.

Very nice place in St Pancras train station

Lovely pub inside the station building upstairs. Perfect for waiting a train on a pint or meal. Lovely atmosphere. Train timetable screen for more update while having a beer. It wasn’t that busy when i visited. Service was good. All i can say, beat reason to catch next train 😜

Called in for a meal on the way home after a great weekend in London. Food,service and atmosphere were amazing, definitely will be returning for another visit.

Pretty good dining-pub in an interesting location. Ate from the 'February Fixed Menu', which at £22 for 3 courses was good value for London. When/how did beer get to over £6 a pint and house wine more than £30 a bottle - but it's the going rate for London, however outrageous. No background music - hurrah!

Food disappointing. Have been here previously and food was good. Now presentation really poor. Has there been a change in kitchen in last 9 months? Shame as I really liked the atmosphere and location. Nothing i can recommend. We were warned against the soup by another dinner. Should have eaten dinner Carluccios next door

Had a great time. The staff were so attentive and the food was excellent. Would recommend to anyone. James has a great team who really deliver. 5 stars!

Great pub restaurant next to the Eurostar trains. We had the set menu, £22 for 3 courses, £18 for two, the chicken chasseur and gooseberry fool with shortbread were lovely. A side of carrots and parsnips perhaps a little bit undercooked but everything else very enjoyable. Service was friendly and with three courses plus coffee and paying the bill we were out within 90 minutes, in good time for Abba Voyage!

Arriving at St Pancras we called in to eat before heading for our hotel. It was a great choice, our food was excellent; Cyder battered Haddock and Cumberland sausages, both were well prepared and presented. Service was swift and a relaxed atmosphere. Well done!

Freezing cold on a Sunday evening. Everyone sitting with their coats on. Avoid.

The best English Breakfast I have gotten in London. And you can watch trains come and leave while eating.

everything was amazing, and our waitress Ankita was absolutely fantastic!

Amazing service from Ankita, food, beverage and allergies well looked after, thank you. .

Ankita, our server tonight, has been absolutely amazing! She demonstrated exceptional knowledge of wine and food. We will definitely be coming back soon!

Lovely interiors. Terrible service. Not friendly. Don't order on the app, you'll end up chasing them up in the bar after 15 minutes and they weren't exactly rushed.

Food was amazing. I had a duck breast and was really good.

Every thing was great, Ankita gave us best service ever, she was sweet, caring and professional at same time. Thank you so much for hospitality

Made to feel welcome at the Betjeman Arms on Friday last week. Chosen as the venue to have lunch with an uncle I don't see very often as he lives in California. Very helpful waitress. I don't know her name, but if you're reading this & are Canadian - thank you very much! Good choice of food, not too noisy and easily found.

Nice pub within St. Pancras International station! Serve draft beers as well as imported bottled beer. One can go for a pub grub here. I didn’t do that so can’t say what it is like.

Ankita was wonderful. She made everything perfect. I will certainly be back as a result of her hospitality. The atmosphere was elegant as well as comfortable. The food was outstanding. I had the eggs Royale, which I would definitely order again. And that saying something since I am not really a breakfast person

Absolutely shocking service and quality of food. I went for a meal with my daughter with our table booked on line for 7.45pm. Seated and order taken for drinks, starters and mains. No issues so far. Our drinks and starters were served then 3 bites into our starter the waitress told us that due to the kitchen closing at 9pm our mains may come out a bit early. No problem with this ir so I thought but no sooner had the waitress got the words out of her mouth and our mains were served with almost the entire starter still waiting to be eaten. We had both ordered fish and chips but my daughter’s fish was so overdone it was inedible. The waitress came to the table to say she didn’t want to rush us but if we wanted a desert we would need to order it now. I explained the problem and said we didn’t want desert. On paying, one portion of fish and chips had been removed from the bill. I had to say I wasn’t paying for a starter I had no time to eat. After the waitress speaking to the manager it was also removed from a bill. We would have been better going to McDonald’s down the road where the food and service would have been far better.

The food was very good and the service was excellent. Rochelle served us and was both super friendly and super efficient.

Hired the Parlour for a party - good price, great food, and extremely helpful staff. We had all vegetarian and vegan, plenty of options and also good options for zero and low alcohol too.

We asked for a quiet room where we could meet over lunch with a few friends. They offered us The Study (seating 10), which was perfect. There was no room charge and we enjoyed an excellent meal, with pleasant and efficient service. Highly recommended, if you want to be away from the crowds.

Ankit was amazing with her service today super helpful made the whole experience even more even more enjoyable, she is very knowledgeable in the bar,recommended us drinks which were super tasty. Thank you Ankit for your service.

Welcoming and pleasant staff. Food was of high quality, cooked to perfection. Comfortable dining area. I'm very contented. Keep up the good standard you set today. Hope to return here on my next trip.

Nice decor is warm and welcoming as you walk in, it's huge so you can find somewhere to sit relatively easily. Funny enough we were not traveling through the station and just chose to go there. Food is better than you expect it and the staff are really nice. I recommend it

Every trip through London deserves a trip to the Betjemen. It is usually my first and last stop when I’m at St Pancras. A great range of drinks available and the food is great. I recently popped in for a breakfast on my way home. Great service and a hearty feed.

Missed our train, so it was either Spoons or this place. Glad I chose here. Nice place. Friendly staff. Decent wine selection. Didn't eat, but other people's food looked pretty good. When I miss another connection, I'll be back

Lovely pub inside the station. Perfect for a pre-train pint and meal, or to meet friends before venturing further afield. Never too busy. Great service, food and selection of drinks.

Great venue at St Pancras....food is always good ! Good choice for different ages...and great service on a busy Sunday lunchtime !

The dining room on Sunday was just right. Not loud, not empty. Sharing a Poets’s Roast is a great combo. Service was good. Ankita was perfectly attentive.

Popped for a quick meal before catching train to Nottingham. Located within the station this pub is excellent. Good selection of beers. The menu offers good pub food. We opted for the burger and chips. It was excellent. The burger was hand made and cooked perfectly - not overdone.

A lovely place, with knowledgable staff and a good line up of beers. The guy that helped us, James, knows his stuff

A smashing find while killing time before our journey home. Fantastic for a good old people watch but what stood out for us after spending a couple of days in London where the pace is as you'd imagine fast and sometimes not altogether inviting was how lovely the staff were, they took the time to greet us, explain the menu , were friendly and polite and nothing seemed too much for them. The fact the food was delicious was an added bonus so we will definitely be back again on our next jaunt to the smoke 😊..thank you to all at the Betjeman Arms for a nice end to our getaway

Met some friends here for lunch before the Eurostar and it was excellent. Food was great, the fish and chips were particularly tasty and portion size is spot on. The staff were helpful and attentive, a credit to the manager. Would highly recommend as a spot to start your holiday!

Katia was amazing and made the night really special.

I've never seen a bad service like that. At least I did not expect this. Cold food (Sunday Roast). Beer selection on the tab is poor. Men's toilet smelling to hell and no running water.

Nice pub hidden in Saint-Pancras station. Good place for a beer, the food was however not amazing. The bread of beef sandwich was incredibly dry, even if the meat itself and the sauce were good. Another note on service because that count too. We visited on December 19th for lunch, and the young man with the (green I think) overshirt was very nice. However the grumpy dark-haired lady behind the bar not so much. I know we all have bad days, but still. If she dislikes customers that much, maybe the hospitality industry is not for her. I was polite and nice to her when we ordered beers at the bar, she didn's say hello, made me repeat my order 3 times in a pretty condescending way, even though I know my English isnt that bad, there was no need to be rude like that. She had overall a pretty rude attitude, and not just to me, to everyone ordering. For that reason only I won’t return.

thanks to Ankita and the team for great, friendly service - except at the end I discovered there was no running water in the gentleman’s toilets. not great

The food was substantially beneath the standard I had expected. The chips tasted far from fresh, the steak was clearly a cheap cut and, worst of all, not cooked to specification. I requested medium rare but received blue. I will not be returning.

The pub is conveniently located within St Pancras station and has been created from various former station rooms. The interiors are comfortable and interesting. The menu is a slightly elevated pub food and there's a good range of beers and wines. Prices are average for central London. We've been before and really like the food and atmosphere. Service on this visit was somewhat slow. The staff were attentive, friendly and helpful but I think they may have been understaffed. We will still go again

Great location a a tasty pint. Bar staff were a little stretched and grumpy but overall OK.

Good food and wine. Expensive but worthwhile.

We had the BEST breakfast - incredible building, fit out, tunes, service, coffee and food! Highly recommend. Bobby was awesome. Thank you!!

The pub is in a great location, especially as we had some colleagues arriving on the Eurostar. The decor is really nice and the tables and chairs are comfortable. The food is decent and nicely presented. The serving of the courses was nicely paced, but the staff could have been more on the ball in terms of clearing glasses and plates, and keeping an eye on drinks (we kept having to ask for water), but I suspect like many places they are generally short-staffed. Overall a good experience for our team's Christmas lunch and we will come again as the location works well for us.

Fantastic Sunday lunch well worth a visit

I treated my family to a Sunday roast and was very very impressed with the food [especially the vegan wellington], great portion size and quality, the desserts so delicious and the overall atmosphere was cosy and lovely - will definitely come again!

Couldn’t find you! So confusing to get to

Have been meeting family here for years and have always enjoyed our experience. Always recommend to friends if going to London as an amazing venue

Met a friend here for lunch and from the minute we walked in till we left, the service was excellent and friendly. We had the 3 course lunch from the December menu, all delicious in a warm, beautiful surroundings. We love this pub - highly recommended and so convenient if you're meeting family or friends who might be travelling from different directions as St Pancras station is so easy to get to. Please go and experience an amazing time.

Great place for a beer before leaving on a train. Comfortable seating with good range of beers. Outdoor seating too. Not the cheapest maybe but worth a visit.Has a separate restaurant area too which is quieter.

I brought a group of 13 to this venue and the staff were great. Only disappointment was that the music went off at some point and having it throughout would have been much better. We did ask for it to return but only after a bit of a lull. Atmosphere matters (smile). Otherwise service and food were super.

Britney was fabulous. Great service and perfect attention to detail. Had a wonderful pre-Christmas lunch with my mate.

Mediocre in a nice space and good location.

I don't usually post negative reviews if it can be helped but I had a really bad experience here recently. We arrived late on Sunday, it would've been about 7pm and the pub was still quite busy (aside from the dining room which I was informed was reservation only...despite being empty and late in the day). I ordered at the bar and told the chap I wanted to split the payment across two cards but ended up paying on one as he didn't seem to understand that. Not the end of the world, Sundays are busy, he might be tired, etc etc, not going to make a fuss about that. We took a seat next to three lads who had clearly been there for quite a while. They initially started being a bit of a nuisance, trying to give us weird rubber ducks and chat with us, generally drunk and annoying but nothing out of the ordinary for a Sunday evening. I think what irked me most was when the bar staff came over with a tray of free shots for these idiots. They could see the state these guys were in, they could see them being a nuisance to me and my party but still thought plying them with free booze was a good idea? Baffling. Toilets were an absolute disgrace as well. It's a shame, I've been to the Betjeman arms a bunch of times in the past as it's a really convenient location and generally have always had a really nice time there but the latest outing has really left a sour taste in my mouth. Avoid.

We came for a vegan Christmassy Sunday Roast and a glass of wine, and were delighted! The food and atmosphere were splendid and Ankita made us feel at home, she was very warm and professional. Would definitely recommend whether you’re vegan or not!

As always, the Betjeman Arms did not disappoint. A lovely, buzzy atmosphere, clean tables and a delicious breakfast. The food here is far far superior to the usual boring grub offered in many railway stations (and airports). However, the thing that makes the pub stand out is the lovely staff and I want to particularly give a shout out to Britney. Britney served my partner and me last time we came here and I was very pleased to see her again because it's nice to see a familiar face in a setting where the usual state of affairs would be fast turnover of staff. When we ate here before, Britney had had to handle the tricky situation of asking us to change tables because a large party was booking in to the back dining room. She did this with real grace and professionalism which continued while she took our order for food and drinks. She had gone off shift by the time we left and I should have made the effort to comment on here then. The reason I am doing this now is because of an earlier unkind comment about her in another review. Members of staff here are just that and they do not have a final say over what tables are free for the public to use or not. The back dining room is currently closed as I write and, I'm assuming, would remain closed even if the bar, snug and station front dining area were heaving due to staffing levels (both front-of-house and in the kitchen), prior bookings, and management choice. Please do not bully or be mean to the young people working in this place. They are all working hard to make coming here a sweet experience but sometimes members of the public have to look beyond or set aside their expectations or even just give staff a moment to explain. Thank you, Britney and all your lovely colleagues for making me feel welcome, looking after me and cooking me a fab breakfast. Kate x

We booked this restaurant for our Christmas meet up and it didn’t disappoint. Throughout the booking process I was kept informed and on the day the staff were fabulous. The food was really good quality which is rare when catering for a large group. I would recommend The Betjeman Arms and would certainly return.

Met with a group of friends, had a wonderful meal and a few drinks, the service and quality of the food was excellent

Went here for the first time to get some drinks with my mum. This lady with dark skin and blonde hair just asked us to leave if we are not ordering any food. The pub had like 7 empty tables. Not very polite. Double checked with other staffs, they had no problem with it. Ended up ordering a salad which was very nice though.

Great pub conveniently located in St Pancras station. Buzzing bar space with a warm/fun atmosphere, lovely outdoor terraces (both inside & out) that allow you to admire the station architecture and a beautiful dining area towards the back of the pub for something a little more formal. This place really does have it sorted & they pour my favourite beer - Small Beer Pale Ale! I just had a (very tasty) scotch egg on this occasion, so haven’t rated the food. Enjoy & Cheers!!

Nice venue to catch up with family for a drink or two I didn't get to try any food but may give it a go on another occasion!

Excellent full English breakfast in lush and pleasant surroundings

We booked The Study for a 1/2 day meeting, as we have on a number of occasions before. Ankita looked after us really well providing us with more coffee, milk, cups etc as required. We ordered lunch and that came promptly. There was a lovely choice of food. The staff are friendly and helpful. It's such a great place to meet that we'll definitely be back.

I had an English Breakfast, Gin cocktail, and coffee at Betjaman Arms. Everything was superbly delicious and the service by Ankita was impeccable. She was extremely hospitable, professional, and super helpful. You can ask her for any recommendations and you won't be disappointed. I had a great time waiting for my transfer to the airport here and would definitely recommend this spot for others.

Ankita was a very good server! And the food was also very tasty. Recommended😁