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North Eight, Hornsey, N8
N8
N8 7PB
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Greene KingReviews (Current Rating Average: 5 of 10) see review guidelines
David Walton left this review about North Eight
Visited 18/11/24
Two hand pumps both with clips turned round and suspect not dispensed cask beer in a large period of time. Keg options were Carling, Moretti, Strongbow regular and dark fruits, Stella ordinary and unfiltered, Guinness, Corona, Staro, Coors, Fosters and Icebreaker.
This is a large, elongated L shaped venue with the bar counter mirroring the shape of the venue until it disappears into the pool table distance. Bare boarded with lots of regular tables and chairs and plenty of TV's on the walls showing evening racing action on my mid evening visit. The venue also has a dartboard and there was karaoke on/going during my visit - I resisted the temptation to partake. Whilst it was nice seeing a pub that obviously attracts mainly locals busy and lively, I found the venue pretty depressing, even ignoring predictable beer range for this type of pub.
On 20th November 2024
- rating: 4
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Tris C left this review about The Hornsey Arms
This is a former Watney’s house, later Greene King, dating from the end of the 19th century, though I suspect rebuilt, possibly in the ‘50s. A glum place, it closed in 2018 to reopen in 2022 with a change of name.
The interior is utterly stark, with pale modern boarded floor, white walls with duck egg blue reveals, pool table to the rear and a bizarre modern pine bar top, about as deep as a single bed; the only item of heritage I spotted was a polychromatic tiled fireplace surround. Furniture is conventional, prerecorded horse racing was showing in silence on the TVs and furniture is conventional; an enamelled sign depicting the green, white and orange tricolour featuring a legend which reads ‘Ye Olde Irish Pub’, but out of the just six customers at the time of my 9.15pm Thursday visit, three were African, the other three about as Irish as Benny Hill’s O’Jack.
Beverages amounted to an extremely basic fizz lineup, the least worst option being a half of Staropramen, £2.50, served by a friendly barmaid.
This is a dispiriting place. When you consider that the neighbouring Three Compasses was heaving (no doubt the Great Northern too), it’s clear that the locals aren’t happy to have this one back.
On 24th August 2024
- rating: 3
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Steve of N21 left this review about The Hornsey Arms
I believe the old Horsey Tavern shut a couple of years ago around 2018 which led to the spawning the Tav bar just up the road. But after a couple of years shut it underwent some work which saw some of the pub space converted into flats, the ground floor section reopened as the Hornsey Arms in September 2022. The outside naming has had a new paint job and changed to the new name, but strangely the pub sign is still the original Hornsey Tavern one.
Inside it remains one open space around an L shaped bar. The internal redecoration has given it a green and white colour scheme and the carpet is now replaced with a wooden floor. It’s got a bit of an Irish theme running through it, with televisions at either end and adverts for Irish sport and Guinness fonts in pride of place in the middle of the bar. There are two ale pumps on the short bar end section but these were not badged.
A few locals were camped on the bar stools on this particular late Wednesday lunchtime, and were giving the impression that they had been perched there for a while. I tried the Guinness and it was as expected. I am sure the locals are happy to have this one back but it will not be of interest to your average CAMRA card carrier.
On 10th August 2023
- rating: 6
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Alan Winfield left this review about The Hornsey Tavern
I quite liked the look of the Hornsey Tavern from the outside and i was not dissapointed once inside.
There is a single L shaped room with the bar facing,the room is carpeted and has a couple of settees to the front right and normal tables and chairs and small stool elsewhere,the room extends down the left side,there are two slight steps the further down the room you go,there are more normal tables and chairs in this area.
This is a Greene King tied,there was one real ale on which was GK IPA which was a decent enough drink and a bargain at £2.00 a pint or £1.00 for the half i had.
There was a TV to the front showing a horse racing channel.
I thought this was a very smart and comfortable pub to have a drink in.
Pub visited 4/8/2016
On 25th September 2016
- rating: 7
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about The Hornsey Tavern
Corner Greene King pub, opened out at some stage to leave a 'L'-shaped bar with a mix of furniture. Basic decor, with football on the numerous sports TVs, and very much a 'local' feel. However, the lady behind the bar was friendly and made you feel welcome as a first-time visitor. Two of the three handpumps were in operation, offering the inevitable IPA and a hand-written clip for a 4.5% Redemption beer (which I took to be Hopspur, £3.50, and in very good form). Also had a '2nd pint of cask ale for £1' offer which is a good deal.
On 8th February 2015
- rating: 6
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Strongers . left this review about The Hornsey Tavern
There is a projector screen in the rear of this pub where all of the locals, who weren’t the friendliest, had congregated and there is also a large plasma screen at the front of the pub for showing the football. There is a standard draught selection and I spotted three gravity fed barrels at the side of the bar, but the only label on display was for Olde Trip.
I thought that the music was a tad loud for a week night when the pub is almost empty, but maybe that's the way the locals like it.
The atmosphere in here isn’t great and I wouldn’t plan on returning.
On 1st September 2009
- rating: 4
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