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Requested be closed with reason - Other: Reported as closed in WhatPub update 52. Not reopened since lockdown.
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Drayton Park, N5
N5
N5 1ND
Served areas
Reviews of Drayton Park (Average Rating: 4½ of 10) see review guidelines
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Rex Rattus left this review about Drayton Park
This is another very basic pub that is probably best avoided when Arsenal are playing at home. It's clearly a locals' pub as there was a group of them around the bar counter in the room on the left. It's carpeted throughout; there are TVs around the place; the room on the right has a pool table, and there's still a bit of old Courage signage on the bar back.
There's no real ale, and no sign of food late afternoon on a Wednesday. I can't see any real reason to want to make a return visit, but I'm very pleased to see that this pub's still here for the locals to enjoy.
On 28th January 2020
- rating: 4
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hondo . left this review about Drayton Park
Very very handy for the fitba (away fans pub). 2 roomed 2 bar pub. Standard draught selection.
On 26th September 2017
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Pub SignMan left this review about Drayton Park
This is one of the designated away fans pubs for teams coming to play at the Emirates, with the walkway to the away end of the stadium being located just over the road. As you would expect, the pub was absolutely packed on a recent match day and arguably a little understaffed at the bar, with queues reaching almost all the way back to the entrance at one point. The pub has a two bar layout, with the servery along the back wall, and each bar is roughly the mirror image of the other. Virtually all of the seating had been removed to allow for maximum vertical drinking space (or maybe the pub has no furniture), with just a few low stools and fixed seats left around the perimeter of the two rooms. The bar has a simple counter with a nice gantry and plain bar back which I had plenty of time to study as I stood in what felt like a never ending queue. It was difficult to gauge what the place might be like on a normal evening, but I did spot juke boxes in both rooms, so maybe they do get things going here a bit on a regular night. I’d expected to see plenty of Arsenal memorabilia on the walls, but to my surprise there was almost nothing of the sort on show. A door to the rear left leads out to a small paved garden area which offered some much needed overspill.
There was no ale on the bar, with keg taps offering typical lager options alongside John Smiths Extra Cold, Guinness and Strongbow. I had a couple of pints of John Smiths which were pretty unmemorable and certainly not worth the long wait at the bar. The staff were working furiously to try and get through all the customers waiting at the bar and beyond, but were fighting a losing battle and really could have done with a couple more pairs of hands.
This is a fairly basic pub of the sort you often find around football stadiums. I enjoyed a bit of pre-match banter in here, which made the queuing more tolerable, but there was nothing that made me think the place would be worth returning to.
On 20th January 2016
- rating: 4
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Highbury & Islington, 0.72 miles, 13 min walk (show)
Highbury & Islington, 0.72 miles, 13 min walk (show)
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- Accommodation : No last updated 20 January 2016 by Pub SignMan
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 20 January 2016 by Pub SignMan
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 01 November 2014 by hondo .
- Car Park : No last updated 20 January 2016 by Pub SignMan
- Child Friendly : Yes last updated 01 November 2014 by hondo .
- Darts : Yes last updated 26 September 2017 by hondo .
- Hot Food : No last updated 20 January 2016 by Pub SignMan
- Jukebox : Yes last updated 26 September 2017 by hondo .
- Live TV Sports : Yes last updated 17 August 2010 by Moby Duck
- Micropub : No last updated 20 January 2016 by Pub SignMan
- Pinball : No last updated 20 January 2016 by Pub SignMan
- Pool Table : Yes last updated 26 September 2017 by hondo .
- Quiz Night : Yes last updated 17 August 2010 by Moby Duck
- Real Ale : No last updated 26 September 2017 by hondo .
- Real Cider : No last updated 20 January 2016 by Pub SignMan
