The Duke Of Wellington, Hackney - pub details

Duke Of Wellington
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Address: 119 Balls Pond Road, London, N1 4BL [map] [gmap]

Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 1730) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras

Website: http://www.thedukeofwellingtonN1.com

Nearest tube stations Dalston Kingsland (0.2 miles), Canonbury (0.6 miles)

Nearest train stations Dalston Kingsland (0.2 miles), Canonbury (0.6 miles), Hackney Central (0.8 miles)

Pub facilities/features:

  • Live music, Sky TV, Big screen
  • Food served, Sunday roast, Real ale
  • Outside seating, Dogs allowed, Children allowed, Late licence, Credit cards accepted, Smoking area, Function room for hire, Wireless internet access, Disabled toilet

Pub suggested by Ben Stratton-Woodward on 16 May 2002

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I meant Saturday afternoon, not morning! Wish BITE had an edit function!!!!
SilkTork - 17 Jan 2012 09:18
It's a pub that sells beer and provides seating. It doesn't do much more than that. The place has been "done up" in an uninspired manner that leaves the place looking cold and unfinished and unremarkable. It can be seen that there is an attempt to make this a trendy modern pub with a focus on beer, but it has been done in a lacklustre manner, so the overall impression is indifference, which matches the service. Reviews have mentioned food and bar snacks, but there were none in evidence on our visit on a Saturday morning, and there was no attempt to let our party know of any snacks other than packets of crisps. Sigh - can't they really do any better than that? There were three dull casks on offer, but so dull that half our party elected for bottled beer. The Wandle ale I had was, like the service and the pub, somewhat indifferent and not in best condition. Best thing about the place was the music. Not a pub I warmed to, and with the Snooty Fox and Railway Tavern not far away, I don't see any reason why I would ever want to come back.
SilkTork - 17 Jan 2012 09:16
This is my local. And very happy I am to say that.
The beer is good. There's not always a beer to my taste, but there's always Wandle.
The food is very good, but it's a tad pricey. I'll eat there as a treat very rarely.

The fact that the TV is in a separate room with a decent sized screen is a bonus too. If a game is on and I don't want to watch it I can sit in the bar and avoid it. If it's my team playing I can watch it properly. The amount of pubs with shitty screens in every corner, satisfying no one...

The pub gets very busy on Fridays and Saturdays - too busy for me now I'm a bit older. I tend to drink on weekdays or Sundays. The staff are friendly, they have excellent taste in music. Very happy here. A reason for me not to move.

As for the clinetele... there are plenty of dicks in the Dalston area. Thankfully I don't see many of them in the Wellington. Plenty of trendy people, yes, but not out-and-out arseholes.

Recommended.
badbeard - 17 Jun 2011 16:56
Attractive pub with decent beer and a good range of other drinks. Food is perfectly good quality gastro fare, but it's a real drinking pub nonetheless. I'd concur, however, that the regular clientele is young and trendy and I have ended up waiting while the bar staff giggled with them rather than selling me beer.
KathS - 5 Apr 2011 14:43
Nice enough atmosphere for a mid week drink, though recent comments about the clientele are accurate. Beer was ok, but not brilliant. Suggests that its not been kept well - the porter had an unusual aftertaste. Didn't try the food so can't comment.

What really let's this place down though is the bar staff - absolutely useless. Saw one barman measuring Laphroaig with the bottle cap! Took forever to get served while the other barman ignored is in favour of the more pretentiously dressed.
bananaco - 31 Dec 2010 12:39

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