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Faltering Fullback, N4
N4
N4 3HB
Served areas
Reviews of Faltering Fullback (Average Rating: 7½ of 10) see review guidelines
David Walton left this review about Faltering Fullback
Visited 05/01/26. Visited previously 03/02/20.
Three handpumps providing London Pride, Vocation Heart & Soul session IPA and Sea Fury from Sharp's. Keg was Local Lite, Rekorderlig strawberry & lime cider, Inch's cider, Guinness, Neck Oil, Moretti, Heineken and the AF variety, Jubel peach lager, Murphy's Irish stout, a NEIPA called Islander from a brewery called People's Captain, Amstel, Madri, Cruz, Blue Moon.
Ivy clad, renowned pub in N4. Bare boarded with main bar servery just inside the corner entrance. Tall tables with tall, backed stools around the perimeter to the left- and right-hand side of the bar counter. Lots of stuff suspended from the ceiling and some decent sporting memorabilia on the walls. A screen to the left of the bar counter was showing tennis absent commentary on my visit, sound provided by a background R&B soundtrack. To the right-hand side of the bar counter is a small seating area with a couple of booth tables, and which provides access to an outside small courtyard seating area with generally covered seating. At the rear of the venue is a large room, filled with picnic style benches and shed loads of sporting memorabilia on the walls but a surprisingly small screen in the corner showing live cricket on my migration to this space. The corner of the space near the exit to the outside seating area had a serving hatch for the small kitchen. To the left of the main bar counter is another seating area with regular tables and chairs and hosting another bar counter providing the same keg beers as in the front bar. Very characterful venue and always a head to when I am in the area.
On 8th February 2026
- rating: 7
[User has posted 1340 recommendations about 1323 pubs]
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Pub SignMan left this review about Faltering Fullback
This is an impressive, multiple room, back street boozer that was packed for a televised Euro 2024 football fixture and therefore very difficult to properly explore. The bar appears to be spread across two rooms - a wedge shaped space on the street corner and a much smaller side room with its own entrance. There's also a back room with no TV screens which offered a quieter space for those not interested in the match and a large room to the rear full of benches, which caters to larger events and is presumably useful on match days, when the place doubtless gets packed when Arsenal are at home. The whole pub has a nice traditional feel, with bare boards throughout, a traditional servery, walls painted in darker shades with muted lighting which creates a nice ambiance and loads of random decor. Lots of this is rugby related, but there's also plenty of football memorabilia on display and all manner of stuff has been hung from the ceiling in the main bar. Items of note include bicycles, large bookcases, lots of breweriana, an ancient looking telephone, movie and music posters, decorative plants, a globe drinks cabinet and massive collections of bottles, jugs, ceramics, earthenware and the like. Lots of TV screens were showing the aforementioned match with the sound just about audible. It would've been great to explore fully at a quieter time, as it seems there is a vast amount to discover across the various rooms.
Three operational handpulls were dispensjng Sharps Solar Wave (£5.60 a pint), Fullers London Pride and a rhubarb cider, with the Solar Wave turning out to be in pretty good condition. The bar staff were very efficient in dealing with the large volume of customers, but it was difficult to reach the bar due to the awkward layout of the main bar area, so efficiency gains were lost to bar blockers and a general inability to get close enough to place your order.
This struck me as a really interesting pub with lots going for it and I definitely enjoyed my relatively short visit. The beer options certainly wouldn't be a reason to return, but I left here feeling like I had unfinished business, having only really been able to scratch the surface of what the pub has to offer. I liked this one and will have take sure I return at a quieter time so I can try and take everything in properly.
Date of visit - 21st June 2024
On 31st October 2024
- rating: 7
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Moby Duck left this review about Faltering Fullback
A great looking pub internally as describeed by Ian and Tris below but was left a little disappointed by the average beer selection, Pride, Landlord and Sharps Atlantic, the TT Landlord was OK but at £5.60 a pint I won't be rushing back.
On 13th March 2022
- rating: 7
[User has posted 2291 recommendations about 2255 pubs]
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Pub Details
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- Accommodation : No last updated 14 September 2017 by Tris C
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 14 September 2017 by Tris C
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 11 February 2021 by ROB Camra
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 06 September 2021 by Tris C
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 11 February 2021 by ROB Camra
- Car Park : No last updated 03 August 2013 by Rex Rattus
- Child Friendly : No last updated 31 October 2024 by Pub SignMan
- Darts : No last updated 06 September 2021 by Tris C
- Hot Food : Yes - Thai. Evenings only. - last updated 06 September 2021 by Tris C
- Jukebox : No last updated 06 September 2021 by Tris C
- Karaoke : No last updated 06 September 2021 by Tris C
- Live Music : Yes - Sundays and Thursdays, 9.00 pm. - last updated 06 September 2021 by Tris C
- Live TV Sports : Yes last updated 06 September 2021 by Tris C
- Micropub : No last updated 06 September 2021 by Tris C
- Pinball : No last updated 03 August 2013 by Rex Rattus
- Pool Table : Yes last updated 06 September 2021 by Tris C
- Quiz Night : Yes - Mondays, 8.45 pm. - last updated 06 September 2021 by Tris C
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 03 August 2013 by Rex Rattus
- Real Cider : No last updated 11 February 2021 by ROB Camra
- Wheelchair Access : Yes last updated 31 October 2024 by Pub SignMan
