The Army and Navy is not a bad pub per se, just a bona fide unreconstructed locals pub; a bit dingy, but otherwise harmless. That said, it suits the locals perfectly - from the live music nite (sic) on Saturdays to the 6ft...
We can only assume the makeover of the Perseverance was to designed to attract the influx of heavily indebted twenty and thirty somethings who now call Dalston (sorry, Islington) their home. Consequently the old traditional...