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Queens Head, Shoreditch, E1
E1
E1 6PJ
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Reviews of Queens Head (Average Rating: 6½ of 10) see review guidelines
Strongers . left this review about Queens Head
The Queens Head is a big and long venue with high seating either side of the front entrance and up the right-hand wall opposite the serving counter up the left. More high tables are found at the rear end of the bar where steps ascend to a large open plan seating area. Premium and craft keg were available, but it took me a while to be served when there were more staff than customers. The toilets are located downstairs adjacent to the Perivale Bar which includes shuffleboard and the draught option of Asahi, although I think this area is for private hire. This place is fine for an afterwork drink, but I wouldn’t go out of my way to revisit.
On 2nd January 2025
- rating: 6
[User has posted 5821 recommendations about 5787 pubs]
Pub SignMan left this review about Queens Head
This is a narrow but surprisingly deep pub on the main drag through Shoreditch, that was notably not as mobbed as other pubs nearby on a Saturday afternoon. The interior is split into two parts, with the main bar area to the front in a bare boarded space which sees the servery run down the left-hand wall. High banquette seating can be found opposite the bar, with stools in support whilst loads more high tables and stools fill the rear part of this room. The servery is quite basic, with a smart wood panelled counter and metal frame bar back, plus a small kitchen serving hatch further back. Lots of exposed brickwork and utilities cross the ceiling, whilst on the walls, TV screens can be found in all directions showing live football, including a large pull down screen to the rear which acted as a partitioning screen from the rear room. This space is accessed via a couple of steps and comprises a bare boarded room with timber clad walls to the left, exposed brick to the rear and an interesting wall to the right covered by beer barrel staves. Banquettes run around the rear and right walls with loads of basic tables and chairs through the centre. One more screen has been positioned back here showing the same muted match with a tidy soundtrack playing in the background. The walls throughout the pub are decorated with Queen-themed portraits, other monarchy related stuff and a rear wall of framed mirrors. Hot food is served and the pub was promoting shuffleboard tables, although I didn't see anyone playing, so I'm not sure where these are located.
There's no cask ale to be found here, but the keg range included beers from Two Tribes, Beavertown, Siren and others. I tried the reliable Signature Brew Backstage IPA, which was fine, but not the cheapest at £6.90 a pint. The pub was considerably quieter than others nearby, seemingly getting skipped by the large groups crawling Shoreditch, but there was still a nice enough atmosphere and the place did fill a bit more over the course of my stay.
Drinking in this part of town can be a bit hit and miss at best, but I thought this place was pretty decent in the grand scheme of things. The keg range helped to make up for the lack of cask ale and I liked the two room layout, which provides different types of room to suit different customers. It's not a destination pub by any stretch of the imagination, but it certainly out performs a lot of venues in this part of town and is a reasonable bet if you can't get down to the better pubs near Liverpool Street.
Date of visit - 7th September 2024
Original review as Goose Island - 2nd Jan 2020. Rated 7
This is a nicely presented, modern brewpub from Chicago’s Goose Island Brewery, handily located close to Shoreditch High Street station. You enter to a long, main bar area with scruffy floorboards to the front and a bare concrete floor further into the room. The bar runs down the left-hand side and has a nice glazed tile counter front with a solid wood top and a tidy bar back notable for the two large conditioning tanks suspended above it. Seating is almost exclusively in the form of high tables and stools alongside aged brick wall to the right with several large arch-shaped windows along its length. The rear left wall, just beyond the end of the bar, has been covered in colourful flyers for various gigs and events around Chicago, although they all looked fake to me, so might just be marketing gimmicks. Next to this, a small hatch allows you to peek into the kitchen and on the rear wall there is a DJ booth in front of a chain curtain which bears the brewery’s logo and the area around it looked like it might possibly double up as a stage for live music. Steps to the rear left lead up into a rear room which has the feel of a dining area or perhaps a small function room, furnished with long tables and many chairs. The in-house brew plant is visible to the rear of this room. A loud, quite funky soundtrack was playing throughout my visit and the noise from the post-work crowd did its best to drown the music out. Upon leaving, I was a little surprised to find doormen operating a ‘one-in, one-out’ policy, as the bar didn’t seem to be especially crowded.
I counted twelve keg taps here which dispensed two beers from the core Goose Island range plus ten from the in-house brewery, with a further Goose Island brew available from a barrel on the bar back. I was rather surprised to find two handpulls on the bar which offered a choice of Thornbridge Peveril and Marble Manchester Bitter. I took a bit of a punt on the latter, unsure as to how much turnover the cask ales get in here, but was pleased to find it was in good nick and a lot cheaper than many of the keg options.
I thought this seemed like a pretty good place for Goose Island to showcase their beer and an interesting project for them to brew a few experimental recipes in the onsite plant. The presence of a couple of handpulls was also a big plus point for me and I would say this is one of the better craft beer bars in the Shoreditch area.
On 26th December 2024
- rating: 6
[User has posted 3306 recommendations about 3306 pubs]
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Blue Scrumpy left this review about Goose Island
The Goose Island Brewpub is situated a few doors up from the Crown & Shuttle. I have always thought of Goose Island as being all about craft beers. But lo and behold, they actually had a couple of cask ales on - Goose Best & Siren Broken Dreams.
Of the two guys behind the bar, one seemed fairly disinterested, whilst another was somewhat more helpful. But it wasn't too long before I was served.
Seating is on bench seating, stretching back to brewing equipment at the rear. The bar is on the left-hand side near the entrance. I sat at one of the vacant tables near the entrance, but soon realised why those nearest the entrance were free. The wide open front doors were creating one hell of a draught and it wasn't the mildest of evenings.
As expected, the craft beer selection was much wider than the real ales - Goose Island Goose Today's Haze, Orange Line, Hex Nut Brown, Island Haze, Shoreditch Porter, Sour Cherry & Tonka Bean Porter, Restrictor & Barley Wine 2021, Beak Hi! & Pilot Philly Cherry Sour.
There was no sign of the doormen mentioned in the previous post on my Monday evening visit. Overall, I was suitably impressed by this place and may well be back if in the vicinity.
On 16th March 2022
- rating: 6
[User has posted 2907 recommendations about 2905 pubs]
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London Liverpool Street, 0.45 miles, 8 min walk (show)
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