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The Vineyard, N1
Islington
N1
N1 1RG
The Vineyard
listening to Colourshop
8:56 PM Mar 9th 2017 from Facebook
Reviews of The Vineyard (Average Rating: 4½ of 10) see review guidelines
Blue Scrumpy left this review about The Vineyard
Set back from the busy Upper Street, this is quite a raucous bar which stretches back a fair way, with the bar against the left-hand side. Multiple TVs were showing the England Six Nations rugby match and a live Premier League football match. We could hear commentary from both events and I'm sure there was music playing too. With people trying to make themselves heard above the general din, it won't make for a particularly relaxing experience.
There's no cask ale here. The most interesting options were Siren Lumina & Suspended In Strata & Beavertown Neck Oil. However at £9.10 a pint, you may require a mortgage. Food was being served but I couldn't see exactly what.
There is an outdoor drinking area to the front but I seem to recall that also had TVs and was nosiy. Certainly not a place to linger.
On 15th March 2026
- rating: 4
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Graham Coombs left this review about The Vineyard
Strange pub in a long arched building, set back a little from the road through a nice patio area. The L-shaped room has a slightly garish décor and seems to be mainly fitted with padded seating groups for, err, groups. the ales were a bit disappointing, with just Doom Bar and a house beer from Portobello on pump, and the latter was not very nice. A selection of craft fonts were also present. It certainly gives no clue it was once a Wetherspoons.
On 4th December 2019
- rating: 5
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Tris C left this review about The Vineyard
I think that this was probably once one of the area's myriad long-closed cinemas into which I was dragged as a group a few days ago.
You enter from the street and pass down the central aisle of a spacious patio with electric heaters into a fairly large single-storey building which goes back a fair way, with a long bar along the left wall. You don't need a pub guide to immediately notice that this is a bar aimed squarely at the twenty-something age bracket who probably travel a fair distance to reach here.
Décor is modern and contemporary as you'd expect with no freaky novelties - a bit of a lounge bar but with one or two games machines, a jukebox and an acoustic duo doing a Bowie tribute at a bearable volume. Food flits from what Americans call 'food' to Italian, tapas...
Ales: one clip reversed, thereafter Sharp's Doom Bar and Fuller's London Pride which was ok, but then again Pride is never going to get the pulse racing. I didn't clock the price as we were in rounds but the cost didn't cause eyebrows to raise, though this area's hardly cheap.
All in: a passable bar but not my type of thing, though I think my relative level of enthusiasm would probably dwindle if visiting on a Friday or Saturday night or if there's a game on at the Emirates.
On 15th September 2017
- rating: 4
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Highbury & Islington, 0.38 miles, 7 min walk (show)
Highbury & Islington, 0.38 miles, 7 min walk (show)
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- Accommodation : No last updated 11 August 2015 by Pub SignMan
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 11 August 2015 by Pub SignMan
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 15 September 2017 by Tris C
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 11 August 2015 by Pub SignMan
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 15 March 2026 by Blue Scrumpy
- Car Park : No last updated 11 August 2015 by Pub SignMan
- Child Friendly : Yes last updated 15 September 2017 by Tris C
- Darts : No last updated 11 August 2015 by Pub SignMan
- Dog Friendly : Yes last updated 15 March 2026 by Blue Scrumpy
- Function Room : No - Function area. - last updated 15 September 2017 by Tris C
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 19 March 2014 by hondo .
- Jukebox : Yes last updated 15 September 2017 by Tris C
- Karaoke : No last updated 15 September 2017 by Tris C
- Live Music : Yes last updated 10 October 2010 by hondo .
- Live TV Sports : Yes last updated 15 March 2026 by Blue Scrumpy
- Micropub : No last updated 11 August 2015 by Pub SignMan
- Pinball : No last updated 11 August 2015 by Pub SignMan
- Pool Table : No last updated 11 August 2015 by Pub SignMan
- Quiz Night : Yes - Sundays 7.00 pm - 9.00 pm. - last updated 15 September 2017 by Tris C
- Real Ale : No last updated 07 February 2025 by Tris C
- Real Cider : No last updated 11 August 2015 by Pub SignMan
- Wheelchair Access : Yes - Disabled WC. - last updated 15 September 2017 by Tris C
- WiFi : Yes last updated 11 August 2015 by Pub SignMan
