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Island Queen, N1
N1
N1 8HD
Pub Type
Castle (Mitchells & Butlers)Reviews (Current Rating Average: 6½ of 10) see review guidelines
Please Note: This review is over a year old.
Real Ale Ray left this review about The Island Queen
Well worth a visit, fab interior and the bar alone is well worth a look at. Slightly different clientele from my visits after work. But still if you get in handy you will enjoy it.
On 14th August 2011
- rating: 8
[User has posted 3382 recommendations about 3381 pubs]
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I L left this review about The Island Queen
What a beautiful looking pub this is. Good backstreet gin palace type of place with a very ornate timber and glass interior. Good range of ales and continental beers along with two American micros from Brooklyn Brewery and Sierra Nevada (if you can still call them a micro brewery these days). the down side is that many of tables are reserved and when we went to sit at an empty table at gone 7pm we were told we couldn't sit there despite that the reserved sign that said it was reserved from 5.30pm then this put us off. Shame as would have given it a bit higher score. It is full of N1 trendies.
On 6th October 2010
- rating: 6
[User has posted 287 recommendations about 284 pubs]
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Steve C left this review about The Island Queen
This is a good looking pub with woeful staff that don't seem to know what they are doing. I was asked by the barman what I would like and I asked for a pint of Pride as the Doom Bar and Landlord were off, he then said that he was serving someone else and walked off to serve a girl at the other side of the bar – that was a first for me.
I decided to cut my losses and drink elsewhere.
On 4th September 2009
- rating: 4
[User has posted 5249 recommendations about 5217 pubs]
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Rex Rattus left this review about The Island Queen
They had TT Landlord and Deuchars IPA on. I had the Landlord, which was OK – at £3.05 a pint much the going rate in London now.
The Island Queen is located in a very quiet road a few yards from the Regents Canal. The building itself is quite impressive. Very high ceiling with tall, clear windows letting in a lot of light at the front of the pub. Numerous original Victorian features – etched mirrors etc – remain, plus what looks like lino floor covering giving the place a very authentic feel to it. Snack food was OK – I had a steak baguette for £5.95; but have yet to try the main meals. Definitely worth dragging yourself away from the Wenlock to find this little gem.
On 17th September 2008
- rating: 7
[User has posted 2606 recommendations about 2520 pubs]