The Victoria Dalston — Restaurant in London

🚇 Dalston Junction 🍺 £5.75 Milk Lager

The Victoria is located by the intersection of Queensbridge Road and Dalston Lane in Dalston, Hackney, East London. The nearest station is Dalston Junction.

This standalone Victorian pub was built in the mid nineteenth century and was originally a Charrington’s house. The pub is now run by @jaguarshoescollective who are an East London art collective.

This is a good size two roomed pub that has a rustic shabby chic feel. The focal point of the main bar is the stunning horseshoe shaped servery which has a beautiful backlit Charrington’s bar back that dates from the 1950’s. The decor consists of a boarded floor, an eclectic mix of seating, a superb illuminated sign and a secret door bookcase. Hidden behind the bookcase is The Music Room, a live music venue for up and coming local bands. At the front of the pub our some benches for the warmer months.

The beer selection is all keg and offers a mix of unique beers and familiar brands. I decided to try the Milk Lager, my pint was great, price point was south of six quid. The food menu offers Gourmet Burgers, Pizzas and Hotdogs, a Classic Burger with Rosemary Chips costs £13.50.

We arrived around 1pm on a drizzly Saturday lunchtime in February. We were first in the door and were later joined by a couple that we saw in a previous pub. The atmosphere was chilled and relaxed with a laidback local pub feel. The service was excellent, the team here are welcoming and personable and were kind enough to show us around the music room.

I love that this pub retains part of its heritage and that it also looks to the future, giving up and coming bands a platform which is great to see. I last visited The Victoria back in 2018, I thoroughly enjoyed my visit then as I did now. Visit the @victoriadalston during the day for a relaxing pub experience, or visit when a band is on for a more lively affair, either way, I recommend a visit.

📅 8th February 2025

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Me and my partner live down the road and loved coming here, until recently that me and him were sat having a cigarette outside next to some guys we had never met - we then had the bouncer say we were being too loud and didn’t let us back in. Me and my partner were not involved in the situation and tried to speak to the bouncer who wouldn’t even look us in the eye - we had friends inside who had our drinks and they wouldn’t even let us go in to get our jackets. We weren’t even making noise, just sat near the people who were making noise who had apparently been warned - us two had never been told anything - we were only 1 drink in and not even drunk and the bouncers had such a power trip they wouldn’t even look us in the eye and told us to move on with our night and could not be reasoned with. We come to this pub on the regular during the week but will not be doing anymore because of the absolute lack of tact from their door staff on the weekend. There was no talking to them, they were just so unbelievably rude. Would not recommend this pub as they are so rude and...

Wow! What an awesome pub and venue. I saw Picture Parlour here last night - what a privilege! One gripe though, at closing I waited by the toilet with bags etc while my wife went to the loo. When she came out I needed to go in quick before leaving but the 'bouncer' said no. I was right there, woulda taken me less than a minute and I told him I desperately needed to go but he replied "you can pee outside" and told me to leave. Wow! Not cool. I would have understood if i was outside the pub wanting to come in but i was right at the toilet door and he saw me waiting for my wife to come out. And he was so hostile. I was taken aback and really did not expect this after an amazing night at this really fantastic pub. Pity such an amazing place and evening was scarred by this persons attitude. Would have loved to give 5 stars if it weren't for him and his attitude. Rest of the staff were really nice though and a credit to the place. Come on dude. Don't let the place down. You can be better...