Not already a member?
Join our community and
- Rate & review pubs
- Upload pictures
- Add events
JOIN for free NOW
Chat about:
New pub visits 2024 with Mobyduck
on the Pub Forum
Detail Pages
The Victoria, St Albans Central, St. Albans
St. Albans
AL1 3TG
Pub Type
Punch TavernsReviews (Current Rating Average: 5 of 10) see review guidelines
Please Note: This review is over a year old.
Bucking Fastard left this review about The Victoria
Street corner pub in battleship grey,the interior has been modernised stripping out any character.There is lots of unplaned wood and modern metal furniture in the main body of the pub while to the right is a more discrete area with pleasant bench seating and the door to the outside patio.Clearly a sports viewing pub with two internal flatscreens and even a flatscreen in the large outside barn at the back of the pub.
The one handpump stood felourn,as you might expect multinational crap keg lager was only on offer and £3 for a half of Moretti was a laughable rip off.
Leave this to mindless sports viewers,it's pretty awful and very quiet on my Saturday afternoon visit.
On 8th January 2023
- rating: 3
[User has posted 2728 recommendations about 2728 pubs]
Please Note: This review is over a year old.
Alan Winfield left this review about The Victoria
The Victoria is a a decent looking corner pub that is hand for St Albans train station.
Once inside the bar faces in a single room,the rear right side is carpeted and has comfy bench seating,the left side has normal tables and chairs.
There were two real ales on the bar,i had a drink of Sharps Atlantic,which was a decent drink,the other real ale was Sharps Doom Bar.
The TVs were showing Rugby and the pub was very busy on my late Saturday afternoon visit.
I like these sort of pubs.
Pub visited 24/6/2017
On 30th September 2017
- rating: 7
[User has posted 6113 recommendations about 6113 pubs]
Please Note: This review is over a year old.
Steve C left this review about The Victoria
I careered into the Victoria just before 23:00 on a recent Saturday night after an extensive pub crawl around St Albans. The last pub I end up in after a crawl is usually near to the local train station so therefore not very good, but I enjoyed my half an hour or so in here and was made to feel very welcome. The décor is bland like many recently refurbished pubs, but there are a couple of plasma screens for watching Sky Sports and during my visit there was a disco in progress that was going down well with the thirty-somethings in attendance. There is a dartboard in situ, but I decided not to bother playing as I was having trouble focusing and the spinning disco lights didn’t really help! The bar was stocked with standard draught products alongside three hand pumps. One of these was unused, but Deuchars was available alongside some very well kept Doom Bar.
There is a decked area at the rear that also has a plasma screens for watching the sports whilst having a smoke.
I liked it in here and would have no problem returning.
On 17th May 2011
- rating: 7
[User has posted 5254 recommendations about 5222 pubs]
Please Note: This review is over a year old.
Clive Thompson left this review about The Victoria
After a period of closure the Glass House has reopened and been renamed The Victoria. The exterior is a rather unwelcoming brown colour but there’s a nice postage stamp pub sign. Still has a bit of a sterile feel inside. Couple of real ales, one of which was Deuchars.
On 27th June 2010
- rating: 5
[User has posted 777 recommendations about 697 pubs]
Please Note: This review is over a year old.
Roger Button left this review about The Glass House
I came in here once at the end of a pub crawl some time ago for no reason other than we had 15 minutes to spare before catching a train. It was a pretty grim place, horribly modernized with little character and a rather dull, depressing feel to it. When a pubs redeeming feature is that it sells Greene King IPA you know it doesn't have a lot going for it although even that particular mispleasure seemed to be lacking from the more recent reviews. Apart from my already half cut mate trying to chat up some tarted up bird, my Glass House experience was pretty forgetful. Why we didn't go in the nearby Robin Hood instead is one of life's little mysteries.
On 7th October 2009
- rating: 2
[User has posted 1239 recommendations about 1233 pubs]