🚇Holloway Road 🍺 £5.80 Estrella ❤️ A fun pub for all ages. . The Victoria Tavern is located on a busy junction on Holloway Road and is just a few minutes walk from Holloway Road Tube. . This pub was built around 1860 and beautifully nestles in to the corner plot it occupies. The pub has been painted a bluey green and makes this pub stand out in the crowd from the surrounding shops and restaurants. This pub has had a multitude of name changes in recent years,in 2018 @frontierpubs took over this establishment and reinstated the pub’s original name. . The decor here is bold and pulls no punches. The walls are painted the same colour as the exterior and the ceiling is painted yellow. The servery is compact and has massive orange pendants illuminated it. The seating is a mixture of low level and poser tables, the main seating area is almost hidden at the rear. Upstairs is all about table football and retro gaming, if you want to guarantee a table visit @foosballclub_london for more info. If you’re a live sport fan, there are screens to catch a game. . The beer choice was good and included lots of craft and familiar favourites. I played in safe and had a pint of Estrella, my pint was decent and just under six quid. The food here is pizza, there are plenty to choose from including lots of veggie options and build your own. . The atmosphere was upbeat on this late Friday afternoon with a clientele of all ages. The soundtrack was Oasis,Queen and David Bowie and set a nice tone to the ambiance. The service was friendly and done so with a smile. . On first impressions you would assume this pub is geared up to serve a younger crowd, especially as London Met Uni is literally across the road. This isn’t the case, when I visited there were as many middle aged old farts like me in attendance. The retro arcade games are the games I played as a kid and who doesn’t like a game of foosball with your mates. The @victoriatavern7 is a fun pub which offers decent beers and proper pizza. If you want to chill you can, there’s loads of space to do that. One to check out in 2023. . ℹ️ Info correct on...
Read moreI am writing this review which is mainly aimed at Plonk Golf, but feel as they are both in the same building it is only fair that the pub are aware of how abysmal the organisation of Plonk is and why we will not be returning to the pub for any reason in the future.
We were the group of 18 who's afternoon golf session on Friday had been double booked. This was our Christmas do and very disappointing that we were unable to play. We were treated appallingly by Plonk who don't seem to have any staff present and who rely on the pub staff, who tried their best to deal with us but who were ultimately too far removed from Plonk to sort it out. This is wholly inadequate when there are clear issues with how Plonk runs their business. We had an area booked for afterwards and would have stayed in the pub the whole night once our golf had finished but obviously didn't feel able to after the way we had been treated. We work locally and wanted to support local business. We will not be returning to the pub as confidence has been lost and will take our...
Read moreGreat pub, with a wide selection of beers of all types, and bar staff who know what they’re taking about.
At the time I visited (mid August 2021) there was no food served (they’re hiring a chef), but they recommended and encouraged us to order in from any of the local takeaways, which was actually a plus point for me as it’s a great neighbourhood for food.
Also note it’s a football pub, and especially an Arsenal pub as it’s a 5 minute walk from the stadium. We watched the game at the front on a decent sized flat screen, but the real magic is in the heart of the pub where there’s a huge projector screen - possibly the biggest I’ve seen in a...
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