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The Weavers Arms, N1
N1
N1 4RG
Reviews (Current Rating Average: 4½ of 10) see review guidelines
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Bucking Fastard left this review about The Weavers Arms
Mid terrace pub with a few pic nic benches outside and a decent exterior .The interior is quite gloomy,with dark bare floor boards throughout, an oblong bar which extends into the body of the pub while to the right is a long bench seat in dark velour.The walls are dark and the only natural light streams through the frontage,making the rear pool section particularly murky during the day time.
It's family run ,several obese generations and firmly in the working class boozer category,an enclave for social housing tenants in an increasingly gentrified area.One regular was staring at me,others couldn't be bothered.
As you might expect it's keg only with various taps but little of interest with the best seeming option Beavertown Neck Oil and Gamma Ray (£3.35 the half).
There is regular karaoke,happy hour deals on pints ,a jukebox but with default muzak setting and three flatscreens that will cover "All Sport",thankfully off when there's nothing on live.
It serves it's market but nothing here worth returning to as far as I'm concerned.
On 12th June 2022
- rating: 5
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Tris C left this review about The Weavers Arms
This pub dates from 1789 but I suspect that the current building was rebuilt in the 19th century. A first in here a couple of days ago and it's fair to say that the previous reviews are still valid. The exterior is very attractive with fluted pilasters and field panelling below the windows, which feature twin bays with the cellar flaps unusually placed in front of the main entrance. The parapet, fascia and window bases feature an array of beautifully tended flowers in hanging baskets; obviously the landlord/lady takes a great deal of pride in presentation.
The interior however, is a bit of a comedown compared with first impressions. Firstly, the QR matrix wouldn't scan, probably because it wasn't flat, flapping in the wind, so I had to manually add my name and number to the list of punters' similarly illegible scrawl.
It's a very basic pub with a pale wood field panelled island bar and multiple TVs showing the football with the sound off, so as not to compete with the music which was really too loud and at a time when music in pubs is banned so that customers don't have to shout and therefore spread the plague. The rear is some sort of games room, with a pool table and at least one games machine and probably at least one more TV; a rumoured dartboard may also be found here. I also gather that this was once a much-vaunted live music venue having featured notable acts in the past. If live music is still in the offing, there's no way of finding out who's playing as the pub has neither website nor social media outlets. There's much bare brick and some attractive field panelling beneath the bays with old prints to the walls. The floor is pale bare boarded and furniture is mixed.
There's no real ale of course, just plain lagers and John Smith's, the friendly landlady serving me with a pint of Stella, which is probably the star attraction here, even if you have to part with £5.20 for the pleasure.
This is very much a locals' boozer with smokers occasionally crowding the entrance, customers being drawn from a very mixed age range. The Weavers Arms is a far cry from the Lady Mildmay, Cellars and Alma, all a couple of minutes' walk from here and nothing wrong with that. It's an interesting pub and worth a visit if in the area, but I doubt I'll make a sterling effort to return.
On 2nd October 2020
- rating: 3
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Rex Rattus left this review about The Weavers Arms
There's no real ale here - a half of Guinness was £2.50(!). There was no sign of any food on Wednesday afternoon.
This pub looks really nice from the outside, with its double fronted bay windows and hanging baskets covered in flowers, but unfortunately it's a different story inside. There was a handful of blokes at the bar, seemingly taking it in turns to go out the front to smoke. It's an ordinary pub. There are two or three tall tables/tall stools at the front bar area with a couple of normal tables and chairs. A room at the back behind the servery has a pool table and more tall tables/tall stools, and some attractive herringbone parquet flooring. I suspect that customers come here to drink, rather than to enjoy comfortable surroundings, and there's nothing really wrong with that.
But this pub doesn't really have much going for it for me - apart from the seats at the front facing west to catch the dying rays of the sun before it escapes behind the houses on the other side of the road. I doubt whether I'll return.
On 26th May 2019
- rating: 3
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john gray left this review about The Weavers Arms
Nice double fronted facade to this pub.Bright interior but as you would expect from a pub with pool table-sky and games machines yes you guessed it no cask beer.
On 16th January 2015
- rating: 5
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about The Weavers Arms
Quite an attractive façade, with bay windows either side of the front door underneath a row of hanging baskets. Stepping over a mat covering the curiously-placed cellar hatch, you find a traditional 'U'-shaped bar with bare boards, wood panelling and basic furniture. One side is extended further back, leading to a large bare room down a step with a pool table but little else (and thus facilitating use for live music events). Also has a couple of wooden benches out front. So far, so good, and you could easily see it being suited to an ale-house format, but there is no proper beer here unfortunately. So a quick pint of John Smiths (£3.60) before moving on.
On 22nd November 2014
- rating: 5
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Steve C left this review about The Weavers Arms
The governor in here was more than friendly and poured me a decent pint of Guinness and although the décor is basic there are two plasma screens for showing Sky Sports and there is also a pool table in the front bar area. There is a sparsely furnished room at the rear that had a couple of mountain bikes leaning against the wall during my visit last Wednesday evening, but there is a dartboard on the back wall and also a projector screen. I’d imagine the lack of furniture is due to large crowds in attendance when a match is on Sky or when a band is playing at the weekend. The upcoming band listed was of Irish decent but if this is an Irish pub it’s not in your face like some – not that there is anything wrong with that as I love a good Irish bar.
There is no real ale here and this doesn’t bother the regulars as they all seemed to be drinking Fosters or Stella. Talking of the regulars, I didn’t find them overly accommodating and a few of the older ones had been on the sauce for twenty or so years too long.
This is a local’s boozer that is probably not worth seeking out if more than a ten minute walk from your house.
On 30th September 2010
- rating: 5
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