Pregnant women, children, the elderly, those with a sensitive disposition, best avert your gaze. My first thought of this bar was that it was one of the grimmest places I'd ever been, though did not actually smell that bad. Then I went to the bathroom (see pic). Behold the world's most disturbing toilet. So frightening, so scary, it was like a horror movie come to life. Dear God, I'll have nightmares forever. read more

The Good Mixer - Behold the world's most disgusting toilet - Pubs Near Me - London, XGL

Located just a stone's throw away from Camden Town tube station, Good Mixer was once the drinking hole of Britpop legends Oasis and Blur. Nowadays it serves a less star-studded crowd but the theme remains essentially rock'n' roll with a British flavour. The pub is intersected by a bar which divides the space in two meaning that although quite large, things feel pretty cosy. The crowd in here is a mix of regulars, locals and shoppers all of whom seem incredibly friendly. This includes the bar staff who are polite and chatty and eager to flog some jagermeister. A great venue for a daytime drink or a stop-in about town. read more

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One of Inverness Street's premier drinking establishments. This bar really has a good mix of people (no pun intended) from euro-punks, market traders, bad pool players, chavs, Japanese girls, indie kids, Amy Winehouse has been known to knock back a beverage or 10 here. open til 1am daily Nearest tube Camden Town read more

The Good Mixer - Pubs Near Me - London, XGL

One of Inverness Street's premier drinking establishments. This bar really has a good mix of people (no pun intended) from euro-punks, market traders, bad pool players, chavs, Japanese girls, indie kids, Amy Winehouse has been known to knock back a beverage or 10 here. open til 1am daily Nearest tube Camden Town read more

The Good Mixer - Pubs Near Me - London, XGL

How does anyone not mention that Amy Winehouse met Blake here?! I am a HUGE Winehouse fan and my husband took me here. It's not the cleanest or swankiest, but the vibe and drinks were legit! read more

So glad I got to hang out here on my last night in London. Located in the popular Camden area, which I can only compare to P.B here in San Diego, but 100 times better. The Good Mixer was, well... a good mix of the people of London. There were the Punks, dressed in leather with cool hair. There were rough pool players (these jack asses were hitting the balls so hard they were flying off the table) There was the town drunk (older guy who had been there probably all day drinking and talking to himself in the corner) The crackheads (odd couple that would occasionally walk up and speak gibberish to me, sometimes mentioning American band names) The tourists...shit that was my wife and I, but I swear were cool. A good selection of beers, but I stuck with Guinness They had a picture depicting local famous patrons that included Radiohead, Amy Winewhore, Morrisey among others. My wife and I spent a whole afternoon into the night here drinking with Chris R. and having a blast on our last night London. The only reason we left was the fear of missing the last tube. London, I miss you. read more

My favorite pub in Camden. Good clientele. I never had a bad night here and never had an asshole bartender. Everybody is chatty, friendly, and having a good time. So the bathroom may be gross- I didn't think it was that bad. It's a pub for fuck's sake. Let it go..... read more

How ridic that the last reviewer of this place before me was my friend Noel J, who was in London for a total of four nights in the spring (one with me, and we didn't go here). What are the chances of that? Ok, let's say he went to a pub every night other than the night he was with me. That's say, 2000 to choose from in London each night? In which case, he has over 1000 million choices of three pubs (2000C3 for mathmos is (2000x1999x1998)/3!) But, hang on, to be honest, I'd have been just as surprised if it had been any other pub I've been and wanted to review. So that's say, a choice of 30 pubs? The chances that Noel went to at least one of these thirty is 1 - (1970C3/2000C3) which is about 4%. A quick look at his page says he has only reviewed one pub from his visit. So the chances he reviewed one of the thirty is then 1/3 x P(went to 1) + 2/3 x P(went to 2) + P(went to three) which is about 2%. But then, the fact that he is the last reviewer of this place means out of those 30, only a few won't have been reviewed since his review on April 23rd. So it's less than a 1% chance. WOW So now that's sorted, what's the pub like? Well, he put it quite well, did Noel. It's a good mix. A good mix of high/drunk/weird/hip/trendy/young/normal people. I've had a few nights at the Mixer, with only two dodgy moments to speak of. 1. A MASSIVE fight broke out just outside, probably drug-related, involving two gangs and sticks with nails. Scary. 2. I was hugged by a random in the gents. Scary in a different way. Other than that, the beer is good and the music is sound. Aha. Here's a game. See how many offers of drugs you can get walking to The Mixer from Camden tube. I got 3. read more

Wow.. just looked through the previous reviews and it looks like I got lucky with the whole smell issue! Still, this place looks like it should smell! That's not to say it's not a cool place to hang out. Sitting aloft the pool table my friend and I started finding locals who looked like obscured versions of obscure celebrities. Chris De Burgh stood by the door chatting to vampire Jo pesci as i ordered drinks, while the lack of mirror behind the bar had me fooled into thinking I was a vampire for a good ten minutes! The drinks are reasonably priced and the place feels like a grown ups rec centre minus the pinball machine. The juke box is ecclectic and pleasing and OH MY GOD CHINESE MARK WALBERG!!! No way! His mate looks like Sammy Davis Junior... and a werewolf... sick, this game just gets better with rum! read more

It smells .... you have to watch your possessions like a hawk and men are leary ... but sometimes you want a dirty night out. You get lots of locals ... and it's much better on week nights for a chill drink and game of pool rather than when it is packed with drunks on the weekend. It's lost the magic it apparently had back in the day but maybe it will have it's time again.... read more

I have to take back everything I said! The Stinky Mixer DOESN'T STINK ANYMORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't believe it! The GM is still divey and cheap, but you no longer have to hold your breath when you visit. I'm giving it an extra star! read more

Grotty and grimy, though not nearly as smelly as I'd been lead to believe it would be, The Good Mixer is a spirited classic Camden place to get a really, really cheap drink. Full of "local colour" and an incredibly diverse mix of Camdenites, I had a jolly good pre-sushi drink here with my fellow Yelpers. The service was fast, friendly and attentive--I had three different smiling bartenders come asking if I'd been served while I was being indecisive about what I wanted to drink. I finally settled on a rum 'n' coke (Sailor Jerry's and Diet Coke, to be precise), and it was the bloody CHEAPEST DRINK I've ever gotten in London. An un-measured (and quite heavy) slug of rum topped off by diet Coke in a half-pint glass cost me... are you ready for this... £2.20. TWO POUNDS TWENTY. A nice stiff drink for an outrageously cheap price... can't beat it. I have friends visiting from the States next month and I will certainly be taking them through The Good Mixer for a pint. It's an excellent place for people-watching and great way to give people a crash course in Camden-ness. read more

The Good Mixer is *so* Camden. It's a little dingy and grotty, the drinkers are a mix of young indie kids, Camdenites and wannabes and the whole place has that appropriately "cool yet run-down" feel about it, which only Camden pubs do best. The bar is small and nothing special, the interior, as aforementioned is dark and a little worse for wear. As a previous reviewer mentioned, Amy Winehouse has been in here, and when I was in here playing pool with friends, so was she. I'm not a big fan of "trendy" places, I just feel uncomfortable and like everyone is on "show". An OK place to drink if there's nothing else but it gets a little busy and I don't think it's that outstanding. read more

Sometimes local councils throw festivals to celebrate their communities diversity. The best way to experience Camden diversity is to head to The Good Mixer. Everything that makes Camden great is in here. Just think trendy meets, rock, thrash metal, punk, just finished work suits, labourers, weirdos, yelpers... They are all here. Why you may ask. Is it because the bar is beautiful? No! As past reviewers have said, the place is quite grotty. Yet The Good Mixer keeps pulling them in, for pool, banter with the locals and REALLY cheap booze. I will be back. read more

The Good Mixer is exactly that. It is a good place to mix it up. This is always my go-to place in Camden as I know what to expect night in and night out here. The jukebox will be playing a good mix of American rock and Punk, drinks well be plentiful and inexpensive, the pool tables will be filled and the crowd here will fit that image. For whatever reason, The Good Mixer reminds me of hanging out in Fullerton, CA downtown filled back alley bars. They both have the similar reputation, similar crowd and alike energy. Not once have I had a bad time here. I've brought friends from the States to it and they loved it, brought friends from around the corner and they liked it. If you are expecting a good clean, easy going place to have a tipple, look somewhere else. If you want a good old fashioned rock bar and all it entails, this is it! read more

Went here on my first night in London last year and loved it. Place is small but has great character (jukebox, pool table, lots of memorabilia and such on walls). I flipped out when I read something that said that Blur used to hang out here (mind you, this was last year, when Blur got back together for a few gigs in the UK, and I was so excited about going to the Hyde Park gigs). Also noted for visiting the Good Mixer are Amy Winehouse and a few other names that I can't remember at this time. Anyway, cheap drinks when out and about, awesome bartenders and lots of different folks that come in to lounge or to cause a good ruckus (lol...most in good humor). Since I was staying about a tube-station or two away from Camden, this was where I frequented with my classmates and went out with fun memories. Can't wait to come back and visit. The only downside is the toilets. Does anyone know how to flush that thing? Each time that I went in there, the last person never flushes, and neither can I! Till that gets sorted out, I'd hold on going, or run over to another toilet at another pub. read more

It's defiantly a love it or hate it kind of bar as you can see for the different reviews people have left. One thing that can not be denied is that it is a bit of a piss hole. But it defiantly makes up for that by the good vibe and crowd that you get there. It's a bit of a camden institution so it's a must if going out in camden. I once played pool with Am Winehouse and her boyfriend in here years ago. read more

I love this pub, the boyfriend hates it. You are not coming here for quality drinks, and know quite a few people who refuse to drink anything from the pump. Good pool table playing and music with a lively crowd, though it does get a bit much for me on the weekends. During the week, it is a mainly local crowd, very mixed, good times. read more

Dingy, bit of a dive in a good way from what I remember - but that was two years ago, so correct me if I'm wrong! I liked the Good Mixer. Visited there with two friends, one of whom was continuously jizzing in his pants since yes, he was drinking in THEE SAME PUB where Blur used to hang out. He was buzzing so much I ended up getting caught in the hype, and too loved it. Seemed quite cosy, the clientele were fine, the booze was cheap enough and there were enough tables available to huddle around and plan our day. It's one of those completely impersonal, glossed over places where I have to drink myself silly in order to feel comfortable. I liked the rough-around-the-edges look, which is undoubtedly deliberate since they could presumably afford to transform it into a vacuous trendy bar, but to do that would be a tragedy. Places like this are great because they are straight-up gruff drinking hovvels, and I most certainly wouldn't have it any other way. They also had a cracking set of tunes on the jukebox from what I recall! read more

I feel like I must be spelling this place wrong or something cause I can't believe I'm the first to review it. This place is an institution (I don't know what that means - but people say it about popular places - a menal insitution - the mechanics institution? weird complimentative adjective..) It's a cool place. Lot's and Lot's of weird people, and not the pretend weird tourist types on the high st but the proper camden weirdos that create the scene that brings the tourists in the first place. It sells beer, has live bands and a pool table. It has a real atmosphere that you will probably love or be totally repulsed by. I quite like it. read more

I love a place with a good mix of people, and The Good Mixer is that. Many people would hate it: crowded, you're likely to get a pool stick poke you in the back or a mohawk in your eye, the toilets are nasty, and more than half the people are three-quarters of the way to half-pissed. But no one will hate on you here. Oddballs are non-judgmental. Put some coins in the jukebox, buy a round of the house wine (it's jaegermeister), and challenge that guy with the Misfits T-shirt to some pool. read more

It's thanks to places like this that I'm always grateful to live in Camden but work in Soho - both places have plenty of great bars and are almost entirely chain free. Unlike ghastly pubs like the O'Neills chain the grottiness in this place is 100% genuine. The furniture doesn't care what it looks like and neither do the customers - many of whom revel in the freedom to dress however they please without being stared at. It's almost entirely free of the braying morons that ruin many another pub (especially those near the City) and is content to do exactly what it says on the tin. It's even one of those increasingly rare pubs with pool tables. Some of its better known customers have moved on to farming, selling frozen food or rehab but you could end up unwittingly sitting beside the next big thing if you go here. You never know, they might even step on your Converse in the squash to get to the loos. read more

Camden's top dive bar still has all of the character of its Britpop hay day but with fewer celeb spotters. It's definitely the kind of place where you shoes stick to the floors and you don't want to try to use the toilets, but it's a pub without pretense and even on the craziest nights it's still not as packed as most places on Camden High Street. Most of the time, it's at least half empty, so it's possible to enjoy a game of snooker or watch football without getting elbowed repeatedly. The music is decent and not usually so loud that you can't manage of conversation, and the drinks are cheap, at least by Camden standards. Best for an afternoon out of the house if you don't mind a little dirt under the fingernails. read more

A genuinely scummy boozer, which is a plus in my book. The drinks are not ridiculously expensive, which is startling considering the location and its reputation ...celebrity spotting and all that jazz. It has a decent mixture of people, the genuinely terrifying, the conversational and friendly, the posh punks from Surrey... Since the smoking ban it tends to be busier outside than inside. You'll probably meet "Scottish Alan" by the end of the night... a very amusing and affable sort of fellow.... don't do anything silly like try and drink his pint (which he drinks from one of the metal jobbies) ...he's related to Alex Harvey dontchya know ;) Hopefully it does't go the same route as The Dublin Castle or The Hawley Arms with queues of skinny-jeaned boho celebrity spotters come a-gawping and bringing the drink prices up and the conversation down. read more

My favorite. Not as good as it used to be but oh well..still has that feel of old dirty and greasy tables..no credit card machines either. I still can't believe they installed the modern jukebox and mixer guns though! and the space toilets. Anyway to the point. It's a perfect hang out where you always meet people and as long as you're not looking for trouble you won't get any well if you are that'd be another story! I love mixer and the atmosphere there. Rock'n'roll spirit. Used to be favorite place of all your brit pop bands in mid 90's. read more

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i like the good mixer... really, i do. It recently dawned on me that I actually like'd going there... and by myself. (not like a stalker of nufink) I have lost a few friends because the GOOD MIXER is not "their thing". You know, to talk to people, No one like talking in London and we need more places like this. Down to earth and smelly toilets the bring tears to my eyes. The worst part about it is that i'm semi local (it takes me one bus to get there) but the people i've come across have been from my old days and have kids now and stuff, and travelled from far, and i mean Finland far. Regardless of messy or makeshift or smelly, It makes for a great venue, because I think its the people that make the place not the bathroom. the only reason I wouldn't give this place 5 stars.... (actually one that has multiple facets to my logic that makes it one, okay).... but the fact that its tiny, really small. And some the people in there behave like flamingos on heat, showing off how pink and green their hair is, all the while barking at anyone that enters there personal airspace they don't know, again perpetuating stereotypes of a "Londoner" which saddening. Those people spoil the mood, but you can get over it, there other places to look and other people to meet whilst of this brigade Amy Winehouse look-a-likes walking in a bee line scamming cigarettes from unsuspecting fellas, unable to run away because their jeans are to tight. anyway, go down have laugh and a good time in the Good Mixer. Alex read more

Great old slice of Camden. Love this place. Great beers. Great pie and mash. Friendly for tourists and locals. Really worth a visit.

Bars like The Redback Tavern and it's cheapy bevies but vomit stench, got me prepared for the famed Smelly Mixer. I sauntered towards the bar knowing I could handle whatever odour came my way. I took my last breath of smoky fresh air and strutted in, brave as ever. My first lungful came soon after planting my elbows on the bar-top and it was neither good nor bad. All I can conclude is that the Smelly Mixer fixed its stink. Fear not The Smelly Mixer, the bar staff are functionally friendly, the clientele are uniquely cool and the drink are bargain basement. Add good tunes and good location and you've got a recipe for success. read more

Obscenely trendy and full of ridiculously cool, good looking characters this is definitely one of the places to be seen in Camden. It's quite small with a central bar and is usually just as busy outside round the railings as in. A good selection of spirits that would keep even Amy Winehouse happy (and legend has it, has done). I recommend asking for a rixtasy at the bar, it'll be the second to last drink of the night. read more

This pub looks like it was last decorated in the 70's, and probably was, but that just adds to the charm. Great mix of people in here, from builders to 18 year old Amy Winehouse wanabees, and a great vibe too. I think the Good Mixer has probably already had its 15 minutes of fame, but its all the better for it, as it doesn't attract pretentious w*nkers anymore, just normal people out for a good time. One of my preferred pubs in Camden. read more

Place hasn't changed for years (I can vouch for that personally as started frequenting this place when I was 13). Don't head here very often - the people etc I thought were cool don't seem that great anymore. But an institution nonetheless and always a warm Camden welcome. read more

This boozer for me always as a cozy glow (or is that hazy???), a mixture of people visit this place once renowned from the britpop era as a haunt of blur et al now a 'good mix' (gettt?) of different types - indie kids, locals, builders the perfect place when you want a hard messy drinking sesh get the beers in! read more

Extremely fashionable boozer for some unknown reason. All the funniest haircuts and jeans in Camden gather hear and it is by far the busiest place on Inverness St every night. If you remove all the hipsters and oddballs all you've got is a standard pub with a pool table, fruity, relatively cheap bar and some propper grubby toilets but the variety of people it attracts and the generally strange vibe make it a fun place to go any night of the week read more

It's small and it smells like puke but I miss the hell out of this bar! It's a sad sight but you can't deny the drunk local crowd, cheap drinks and all around fun atmosphere read more

Not the place for a quiet drink, tends to get very busy at week ends and can often resemble a youth club. Normal pub prices.

I like playing darts here, also I like the people going to The Good Mixer. If you a new to the town, you can feel the atmosphere of London here: International and so British at the same time. Good beers, reasonable prices and darts. Just bring friends and you will have a good night out. read more

I love this place. it is the first place i go to when i get into town from the States. the people are super nice, and there is always someone to have a game of Snooker with. you can't escape the Britpop history either, which ain't bad icing on the cake. highly recommended. read more

Excellent pub with great drinking options. I love spending my free time here. It relieves me from the stress and I can catch up with my friends. The placement is also appropriate for this type of hanging place we can all gather here and have a great night out. read more

Brilliant pub! I have been here a good few times and I really enjoy the raw-ness of this pub. It looks ran-down, the music is brilliant and nice staff. The toilets are as you'd expect in such a pub. I wish there were more pubs like this! This is a good place to hang out with friends! Enjoying it! read more

Without a doubt delicious. I experienced the Chef's special, utilized the waiters unbiased recommendation , and wrapped up off with a fantastic soft serve dish . Classic food preparation, worked in an unassuming dining facility without a whole lot of fuss. Their energy definitely speaks by itself, and though vegans might possibly discover their choice quite limited, it's a carnivore's heaven. Multiple business-types here on a weekday lunch break, but the natural environment was still being fairly casual. Service plan was warm and friendly, attentive and thought of as without getting pushy or stuffy. Will truly return to try most of the a lot more daring dishes read more