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The Plimsoll, Finsbury Park, N4
N4
N4 2QW
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Reviews of The Plimsoll (Average Rating: 5 of 10) see review guidelines
David Walton left this review about The Plimsoll
Decided to parachute from N6 to N4 to knock off some venues around Finsbury Park. Got here about 8.15pm and it was effing mental. Literally could barely wedge myself from the front door to the bar - the mere 10 yards achieved in slow motion.
This place crops up on numerous top pubs in Christendom lists but I just don’t get it. There is no cask, the retro tap labels seduce you into thinking something is better because it takes you back but Boddingtons has been crap for thousands of years so what’s the point. OK I like the old style Guinness advertising so I had a pint of Guinness but I like to think that was the sensible choice here anyway.
Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely love seeing busy pubs and there really is not much else to offer around the station at least. Have been notching venues up a bit recently - this is probably a 5 but going to redress the balance and call it a 4! The pink lighting behind the bar works in a fancy cocktail bar in W1 but not in an effing N4 pub.
On 17th April 2024
- rating: 4
[User has posted 90 recommendations about 90 pubs]
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Tris C left this review about The Plimsoll
Dating from the end of the 19th century, this was an Ind Coop house known as the Plimsoll Arms, situated at the junction with Plimsoll Road, named after Samuel Plimsoll. At some unknown point it was rebranded with the name below, an Irish pub which still sports an ugly Caffrey’s sign, which will do nothing to disabuse the casual passer-by of its former inclinations, as it’s no longer an ‘Irish’ pub, the original name being partially reinstated in 2021.
The pub is situated in an increasingly gentrified area, in the same street as the Finsbury Park Mosque, whose infamous former guvnor was the one-eyed, hook handed imam Abu Hamza al-Masri, who you won’t find drinking here, not just because he’s doing life in a US jail, but because he only drinks cask, which is not available.
Otherwise, the place has been substantially hipsterfied. The interior is quite dim, with lighting coming from glass fluted shades with filament bulbs to hanging lamps, paired with candles in wax encrusted bottles. The floor is bare boarded and furniture is fairly conventional. There’s dark wood wainscoting to around two thirds height; the ceiling’s black panelled. The place is quite foodie, with an open kitchen, which I don’t like. Décor amounts to eclectic framed prints and old brewery regalia, such as mirrors. Funky music played at an agreeable level, to a young, local professional crowd. A dartboard can be seen to the rear, but I don’t see how it could be played, given the siting of the furniture.
As mentioned, there’s no cask here as yet, me plumping for a half of Thornbridge Green Mountain at £3.20, served by a friendly barmaid with a kindly face.
The bottom line – Plimsoll Line? – is that this is quite a nice place with a good atmosphere. However, the lack of real ale is a bit of a disincentive to returning, though the immediate competition around Finsbury Park station is very poor. The score could be upped by at least one or two points with the reinstatement of real ale, in sha'Allah.
On 7th February 2022
- rating: 5
[User has posted 1983 recommendations about 1949 pubs]
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Bucking Fastard left this review about The Auld Triangle
Another cancelled train at Finsbury Park drew this visit,the pub name says it all,a wedged shaped corner building.Internally it retains an original layout and lots of wood panelling,with the tap room having traditional furniture,a small darts board alcove and a large room away from the bar with two large Sky screens and a raised section in the apex of the building for the regulars to watch sport.
This is an Irish pub,and there was a monoculture inside on my visit,despite this being one of the most diverse boroughs in the UK.The welcome was friendly enough,and a large sign infront of the Guiness taps said CASH ONLY.No real ale,but at least the guv'nor keeps his lines well cleaned and my half of Kronenbourg 1664 at £2 was acceptable.Shame that the Irish have no love for real ale,this pub would please a lot of CAMRA members.
I dare say that when the Gooners are playing,the pub atmosphere will be much less laid back.
On 18th February 2018
- rating: 5
[User has posted 2727 recommendations about 2727 pubs]
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- Accommodation : No last updated 07 February 2022 by Tris C
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- Real Ale : No last updated 07 February 2022 by Tris C
- Real Cider : No last updated 07 February 2022 by Tris C
- WiFi : Yes last updated 07 February 2022 by Tris C
