The Mother Red Cap, Archway - pub details
Address: 665 Holloway Road, London, N19 5SE [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 14935) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Archway (0.1 miles), Tuffnell Park (0.6 miles)
Upper Holloway (0.2 miles), Crouch Hill (0.9 miles), Gospel Oak (1.1 miles)
Pub suggested by jb on 25 Sep 2004
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> Current user rating: 5.5/10 (rated by 23 users)
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Lion, Archway (0.1 miles), Archway Tavern, Archway (0.1 miles), St Johns Tavern, Archway (0.1 miles), Angies, Holloway (0.2 miles), Drum and Monkey, Archway (0.2 miles) - see more nearby pubs
user reviews of the Mother Red Cap, Archway
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| Bad news ...Toby young has escaped from his St John's reserve. He doesn't like Muslims that's for sure. What a weirdo. This bloke wants to set up schools. The curriculum will be out of Europa Europa ( a film so ridiculous that when u find out it is true u watch it again straight away) . One good thing tho, the uniforms will be wicked! He is spooky smart! Suited and booted. Best dressed heterosexual I have ever seen....but a gobshite. Weather continues charming. mydeaddad - 12 May 2011 21:26 |
| I'm not sure why some of the other reviews have written obvious racist remarks about the Irish, I have never had a problem as a very proud Englishman in this pub. However, I want to leave a comment on how this pub has changed over the last couple of years for the worse. The family who run this pub have done so for the whole time that I have been drinking there for the past 6 years. They are really nice people all off them and they have always run a really tight ship so to speak but over the last few years the pub has gone down hill rapidly and none of the family seem to care. The mens toilets are a disgrace and I'm not really sure how Health and Safety have not closed the pub down because of the state of them; the cistern looks like it is alive and in the summer time there are hundreds of flies to be found in there. The windows in the toilets look like they have never been washed in years, I don't know who does there cleaning but I would sack them instantly if it was my pub and scrub the place from top to toe before it is closed down for real. More importantly, the beer used to be the best in the area bar none but in the past number of years this has also suffered to such an extent that I now only drink bottled beer when I go in. Recently, people seem to bring their own alcohol into the pub as I have seen empty vodka bottles in the toilets but again there never seems to be any of the family around to deal with the problem and the staff probably just turn a blind eye for a quiet life. I wish that this family would sort this pub out as it really was one of the best in the area. There is nothing that I would like more than to be able to go in and have a pint of Guinness that resembles a pint that you would get in Dublin. Having said all of that I still enjoy going in for the atmosphere but it has been noticable how many of the old Irish men no longer drink there and they are the best judge of beer than anyone I know. tisme123 - 11 May 2011 13:37 |
| MRC is ok - mixed clientle Irish working class / Irish retired / London Working class/ Art students / middle class professionals popping in for a pint after work. It reflects the area and it is a good boozer. 2nd to St John's in the vicinity as a place to go and is open all day. 1 thing though, if aliens land, Christ returns, a meteorite is 50/50 to hit the earth don't expect to see it on any of the 3 screens. It'll still be the racing from Drummacree or Hexham. mydeaddad - 7 May 2011 21:55 |
| Not really my kind of place but it was busy on the couple of occassions I have popped in to watch a Liverpool game on the big screen. As is to be expected the clientele is mostly male and comprised of the Irish labouring fraternity so I suppose if that describes you you'll love it, but I couldn't help feeling that with my Home Counties accent I stuck out like a sore thumb when ordering a drink. Firky1 - 20 Mar 2011 18:22 |
| I can't go into this pub again, because if I did I'd never leave. Close to the jobcentre, the bookies and on top of all that it's hardcore Irish. All of which I adore. marksamujels - 17 Nov 2010 02:09 |
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