The Hanbury Arms (ex The Social), City Road  fancyapint.com rated pub, rated3 pints - click for an explanation of our ratings

location:

City Road

address:

33 Linton Street, Arlington Square, N1 7DU

phone:

0871 258 5214*
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nearest stations:

Essex Road railway station
(540m) - zone 2

Angel London Underground station
(930m) - zone 1

Old Street railway stationLondon Underground station
(1.2Km) - zone 1

Highbury and Islington London Overground stationLondon Underground station
(1.3Km) - zone 2

Canonbury London Overground station
(1.4Km)

how to find it:

Arlington Square is beside Regents Canal, just off New North Road. To get there from Angel tube or Essex Road is a sometimes tortuous walk through the byways and estates of Islington. We'd recommend a bus down New North Road and walk from there.

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nearby attraction(s):

Business Design Centre (870m)

Sadler's Wells Theatre (1.1Km)

picture of Hanbury Arms
One an N1 offshoot of The Social in the West End, this one's been relaunched as The Hanbury Arms, its original name (as indicated by the name plate on the exterior). Built way back when as one of the Charrington's brewery's pubs, this one still retains a fine wooden interior which is conducing enough to sink a couple of drinks in. As for the USP, the new owners are going for a pub which specialises in stone baked pizzas, an ethos shared with this one's sister pubs The Lauriston and The Regent. We haven't had a chance to try the selections yet, spending most of the time on our visit admiring the classic jukebox and the selections therein. We wish the new pub well, and hope it can attract a clientele to a rather quiet - for pubs - part of north London.

reviewed:
11/10/2009
reviewed by jack

pub features:(click on an icon to see an explanation)

function room for hire - click for explanationfunction room
live music - click for explanationjukebox
WiFi hotspot - click for explanationWiFi hotspot

second opinion:

posted by PhillyFog - Tuesday 12th January, 2010, 2:08pm
Took my family here for lunch last week. The pizza's were lovely and the kids menu was welcome and reasonably priced, there were also toys and games to keep them occupied too!
posted by stonemtony - Tuesday 15th December, 2009, 3:37pm
Went to see the Liverpool v Arsenal game here on the recommendation of a friend. The HD projector is amazing and tbh didn't know HD projector's existed. Nice chilled out vibe and the pizza is pretty dam good. It's cooked in some sort of wood fire oven. Worth a visit.
posted by Dignan - Monday 30th November, 2009, 5:32pm
Really great new pub! Extensive selection of lager and ales, delicious stone-baked pizza and a free juke box too! Upstairs function room has a piano and a pool table and shows all the football you could wish for in HD! My home away from home!
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