The Edinburgh Pub, Newington Green, N1

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This pub was indeed originally called the Edinburgh, Cellars arriving I know not when, likewise the transfer simply to The Cellars, but I do know that the current name arrived about three weeks ago, the result of an utterly needless makeover.
The exterior now advertises Sky/BT sport which doesn’t bode well and ‘craft’ beer, despite there being no definition of the term. Internally, the front bar displays shades of grey, with the arrival of some utterly tedious, repetitive shiny white tiles to the bar back and a couple of TVs which no-one was watching; the only saving grace is that the awful hackneyed metallic ceiling has been painted over; furniture is now more modern. It’s in the back room that the most shock is evident: this was a very fine place, probably for billiards and with a large lantern. It has now largely been plastered with trendy mishmash prints and is now very dark, but worst of all, there are now two TVs (unwatched, not that there were any customers), bathing the poor room in an awful, unflattering, unrestful light.
There were a small number of customers up front, but they were probably remaindered from the quiz.
This pub of late had few customers when the neighbouring Lady Mildmay and Alma were doing a roaring trade. Perhaps potential punters were put off by the large, intimidating dog that could frequently be seen here. Past customers tended to be trendy young things living locally, who probably have no interest in sport, which they can avoid in the Mildmay and Alma, which is where they all were on my last – and final – visit the other night.

Previously rated 7.

On 18^th October 2022 - rating: 3
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