The Crown, Islington  fancyapint.com rated pub, rated4 pints - click for an explanation of our ratingsCask Marque pub - click for an explanation of the Cask Marque scheme

location:

Islington

address:

116 Cloudesley Road, N1 0EB

phone:

0871 258 9684*
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nearest stations:

Angel London Underground station
(510m) - zone 1

Caledonian Road and Barnsbury London Overground station
(870m)

King's Cross Thameslink railway station
(960m)

Essex Road railway station
(1Km) - zone 2

Highbury and Islington London Overground stationLondon Underground station
(1.1Km) - zone 2

bus route:

274 bus info

how to find it:

From Angel: Leave the tube and almost immediately cross Islington High Street. Go up Liverpool Road, past Sainsbury's. Turn into the fourth left, after Sainsburys, onto Cloudesley Place and then take the third right into Cloudesley Road. The pub is ahead on the corner with Cloudesley Square.

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nearby attraction(s):

Business Design Centre (240m)

London Canal Museum (770m)

Sadler's Wells Theatre (800m)

picture of Crown
One of Fullers more upmarket efforts and clearly aiming at the N1 demographic, this is a grand Victorian pub in a very picturesque part of Barnsbury. Apart from the blander back lounge room, much of the ornate decoration remains, with plenty of etched glass and dark wood panels in evidence. If you're lucky enough to grab the seats in front of it, there's even a real fire for the winter evenings. Add to this a great selection of international bottled beers, mostly Fuller's beers on the hand pumps - the excellent London Porter was on last time we were in - plus a pretty extensive wine list and it gets hard to fault the place. The service is good and the well-made food is deservedly popular, though the chips we ordered last time were a bit on the soggy side. Even with the perfectly acceptable Islington Tap and Regent both a few minutes away, it's still easily the best of the lot, with the only downside being the difficulty to get a seat at peak times. Recommended.

reviewed:
25/10/2008
reviewed by redcat
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