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The Wenlock Arms, Hoxton, N1
N1
N1 7TA
Served areas
The Wenlock Arms
is that because you're all waiting for us to go out of business so you won't have to pay up?
5:12 PM Jan 28th 2022 from Twitter for iPhone
Reviews of The Wenlock Arms (Average Rating: 8½ of 10) see review guidelines
Blue Scrumpy left this review about The Wenlock Arms
Having been coming here for many years, the Wenlock always used to be known as the best real ale pub in central London. Along with the area itself, it has been gentrified a little these days. It feels a little more like a hipster hangout now.
There is still a half decent range of 6 real ales. These were Five Points Pale & Railway Porter, Mighty Oak Saxon Strong, Redemption Hopspur, Gun Project Bablylon & Purity Jimbo. But there was no sign of the Mighty Oak Oscar Wilde this time and the huge range of decent ciders they used to stock is also gone. Instead I was offered a Cidre Breton in a bottle from the fridge. I stuck to the cask ales!
The bar sits in the middle of the pub. You used to be able to walk right around, but an extra gents toilets with urinals only has been built on one side of the room to block the corridor.
Still well worthy of a visit, but has lost the slightly edgy side it once had, attracts a slightly different clientele and the lack of real cider is a definite shortfall in my book.
On 3rd March 2023
- rating: 7
[User has posted 2284 recommendations about 2283 pubs]
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Tris C left this review about The Wenlock Arms
Taking its name from the adjacent Wenlock Basin, this was the tap for the eponymous brewery, long closed and demolished. CAMRA's North London Pub of the Year 2017, my first visit to this Georgian - just - pub was made about eight years ago when it was inexplicably out of the GBG from 2010 until 2015, though in my opinion the beer was great. What wasn't so great was the appalling grot: a pot shelf where glasses hadn't been cleaned since the pub was built and the terrible lavatories; the barmaid, who I think was a co-landlord, wasn't the most welcoming of people either; the old custodians having long moved on.
A third return visit and of course there's more real ale, real cider and perry and keg options than you can shake a stick at, which of course is what makes this pub so well-known in what is an otherwise rather dreary N1 Hackney/Islington hinterland. This is still a place that attracts an extremely mixed and at some times boisterous crowd presided over by friendly staff. What baffles the most is the ultra-modern men's lavatories. As mentioned below, two urinals and a basin in what is in effect a cupboard under the stairs; where is the gent's cubicle?
Music played at a sensible level and a dartboard was on display; hot bar snacks though not conventional food was available. My half of Purity's Longhorn IPA was naturally on excellent form and at £2.10 a half, good value for the area.
This is of course a drinker's Mecca (forgive the obvious contradiction), and is worth a substantial detour to get here.
On 17th August 2018
- rating: 8
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john gray left this review about The Wenlock Arms
Not quite as basic as it used to be and now nicely done up.Still seems to be quiet on my visits.Good selection of cask beers.Salopian -choir porter was good.New micro brewery in the basement so worth a return visit.
On 27th December 2016
- rating: 7
[User has posted 1023 recommendations about 1009 pubs]
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Essex Road, 0.83 miles, 15 min walk (show)
Hoxton, 0.94 miles, 18 min walk (show)
Pub Details
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- Accommodation : No last updated 30 July 2013 by Moby Duck
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 30 July 2013 by Moby Duck
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 06 February 2017 by ROB Camra
- Beer Garden : No last updated 30 July 2013 by Moby Duck
- CAMRA Discount : Yes - 10% Tuesday only - last updated 21 March 2023 by ROB Camra
- Car Park : No last updated 30 July 2013 by Moby Duck
- Child Friendly : Yes - No under 21s after 7.00 pm. - last updated 12 March 2023 by Tris C
- Darts : Yes last updated 20 November 2016 by hondo .
- Dog Friendly : Yes last updated 06 February 2017 by ROB Camra
- Function Room : No last updated 12 March 2023 by Tris C
- Hot Food : Yes - Hot bar snacks/sandwiches. - last updated 12 March 2023 by Tris C
- Jukebox : No last updated 14 March 2014 by Aqualung .
- Karaoke : No last updated 29 September 2013 by Quinno _
- Live Music : Yes - Jazz - Thursday - last updated 06 February 2017 by ROB Camra
- Live TV Sports : No last updated 12 March 2023 by Tris C
- Micropub : No last updated 12 March 2023 by Tris C
- Pinball : No last updated 30 July 2013 by Moby Duck
- Pool Table : No last updated 30 July 2013 by Moby Duck
- Quiz Night : Yes last updated 14 July 2010 by Quinno _
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 20 November 2016 by hondo .
- Real Cider : No last updated 03 March 2023 by Blue Scrumpy
- Wheelchair Access : Yes last updated 06 February 2017 by ROB Camra
- WiFi : Yes last updated 20 November 2016 by hondo .
