For every scary locals' boozer we recommend avoiding, it's always a pleasure to be able to recommend one less, well, scary. From a rather average exterior, the Monarch initially drew us in with its ornate etched bar and a...
The literary feel of Victoria Parks’ Hemingway continues to infiltrate north east London with its owners’ latest establishment, The Hunter S. Visitors to the Hemingway will feel at home as the house style is...
Off the beaten track, but surprisingly near Essex Road's mob of bars, lies the Marquess Tavern. A magnificent unspoilt Victorian building, it boasts a comfortable front bar with original wood panelling and a back room (probably...
If size is everything, then the Junction must be more than contented with itself. This huge rectangular building certainly packs the punters in on a weekend and has more than enough room to accommodate them all. Despite being...
It's been a while since the Lord Clyde transformed itself from Irish boozer Kendrick's Bar and remodelled itself as a "food-led pub". At the the time, the idea that the penultimate vestige of old Islington's public...
One of the earlier examples of the second generation of Wetherspoon pubs, this an above average example of the chain, even it it still only receives a two pint rating. Its helped that the nature of the conversion (from council...