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The Angelic, N1
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The Angelic
We're open till 1am so you've still got time to take advantage of our 2-4-1 on cocktails!! https://t.co/yvUeMI6fip
9:21 PM Jul 15th 2017 from Twitter for iPhone
Reviews of The Angelic (Average Rating: 5½ of 10) see review guidelines
Moby Duck left this review about The Angelic
A big lump of a pub, a large single downstairs room with upstairs seating available. Four handpumps with just London Pride and Lillys Mango Cider available with a mix of premium lager and craft on keg. TV sport was on but muted with music also on at the same time. The service was relaxed and laid back with a couple of used tables left unattended. Can't see a reason for a return visit.
On 17th March 2024
- rating: 5
[User has posted 1871 recommendations about 1844 pubs]
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Graham Coombs left this review about The Angelic
A relatively-sympathetic modernisation of a good old pub, retaining some original features in the high-ceilinged bar including some attractive ceramic work. The mismatched tables and chairs perhaps don't quite go but otherwise a nice pub. There is also a function room upstairs (not visited) and pavement tables outside. Ales on were TT Landlord, a house beer from Truman and Doom Bar.
On 16th September 2021
- rating: 7
[User has posted 3339 recommendations about 3276 pubs]
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Pub SignMan left this review about The Angelic
This is a large corner pub with an impressive facade that draws you in, only to find a considerably less impressive interior within. The pub was clearly once a pretty spectacular multiple roomed affair, but is now a bit of a mess, with ugly sanded floorboards and large open spaces with no furniture combining to create a noisy, echo chamber in which I was unable to hear what the bar staff were saying even on a moderately busy mid-week visit. . A nice tiled entrance area in what was presumably once a porch area, leads into the vast room where pews and chairs serve large sanded tables under the front windows. The servery is opposite, on the back wall, running in a staple shape with a nice counter top and frontage that has been painted a lurid shade of blue, whilst the bar back is quite tidy and has some nice carved support posts. More pews and chairs can be found to the right, whilst the left hand side has padded stools and acres of standing room before you reach a few sofas that surround a nice glazed tile fireplace under a skylight. Every wall has been painted in grim gastro-pub grey, which sadly leaves the pub’s primary attraction – a lovely tiled frieze that skirts around most of the pub, just below ceiling level – looking extremely incongruous. A few small etched panes above each entrance are also worth a look, but it’s very clear that the majority of the pub’s interesting features have been lost and what is left remains scant consolation. Elsewhere, there are a number of cheap looking statues and busts of classical figures, including several en route to the toilets which are down a tight spiral staircase. Music played in the background but this was almost entirely lost under the boom of the customers in this acoustic hellhole of a room.
There were four handpulls in operation when I arrived, offering a choice of Windsor & Eton Windsor Knot and Father Thames, Sharps Doom Bar and Trumans Angel Tears. My pint of the Father Thames was in reasonably good shape and the bar staff seemed friendly enough, if impossible to hear.
Visiting this pub was quite a sad experience, reflecting on what a fine establishment it must have been in its heyday and what a sorry specimen it appears to be now, thanks to a make-over that no right-minded customer can possibly think is befitting of such a building. A half decent pint was some degree of consolation, but whilst this pub remains in its current state, it will be a case of missed opportunity to capitalise on a potentially excellent venue.
On 15th October 2018
- rating: 5
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Caledonian Road & Barnsbury, 0.95 miles, 18 min walk (show)
London Kings Cross, 0.95 miles, 18 min walk (show)
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- Accommodation : No last updated 04 February 2022 by Tris C
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 04 February 2022 by Tris C
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 04 February 2022 by Tris C
- Beer Garden : No - Small side patio. - last updated 04 February 2022 by Tris C
- Car Park : No last updated 04 February 2022 by Tris C
- Child Friendly : Yes last updated 04 February 2022 by Tris C
- Darts : No last updated 04 February 2022 by Tris C
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 29 July 2013 by Dave McNally
- Jukebox : No last updated 04 February 2022 by Tris C
- Karaoke : No last updated 04 February 2022 by Tris C
- Live Music : No last updated 04 February 2022 by Tris C
- Live TV Sports : No last updated 04 February 2022 by Tris C
- Micropub : No last updated 04 February 2022 by Tris C
- Pinball : No last updated 04 February 2022 by Tris C
- Pool Table : No last updated 04 February 2022 by Tris C
- Quiz Night : No last updated 04 February 2022 by Tris C
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 29 July 2013 by Dave McNally
- Real Cider : No last updated 07 February 2022 by Tris C
- Wheelchair Access : Yes - Disabled WC. - last updated 04 February 2022 by Tris C
