The Twelve Pins, Finsbury Park, N4

A large Victorian pub with a very high ceiling and plenty of supporting columns,the interior is largely open plan apart from a snug to one side of the bar behind some wood dividers on the way to the function room.The bar is three sided and has a good looking wooden bar back while opposite is a small stage.There is a large drop down screen for Sky Sports with another flatscreen above the entrance to the loos,while two further screens were covering At the Races and an Irish hurling match.The furniture was traditional if a little worn and there is an Irish theme with gaelic bits and bobs.Like most of Ireland,keg is king here and there is no real ale.The only interesting keg option was Meantime's Yakima Red but served too cold and fizzy .Food was popular from a pub grub menu with most mains around £8,with a selection of daily specials pitched at the same price point.There is a darts board and an array of fruit machines below the drop down screen and outside there is a sectioned off area with pic nic benches for a tab. Sport orientated keg only boozer but popular none the less,with a bit of character.

Typical North London Irish / sports pub, so no real ale available of course (and thus had to resort to Worthington Smoothflow, £3.30). Notably high ceiling and some columns hinting at the original layout. Pretty basic overall, but they are obviously making a bit of an effort to promote food and wine offers.