The Old Kings Head, Hoxton - pub details
Address: 28 Holywell Row, London, London, EC2A 4JB [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 22132) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Old Street (0.3 miles), Liverpool Street (0.4 miles), Moorgate (0.4 miles)
London Liverpool Street (0.3 miles), Old Street (0.4 miles), Moorgate (0.4 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Sky TV, Big screen
- Dartboard, Fruit machines
- Food served
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> Current user rating: 7.2/10 (rated by 6 users)
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user reviews of the Old Kings Head, Hoxton
please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
| Largely concur with murgatroyd below. A smallish traditional Victorian corner boozer with a green tiled exterior situated in the wasteland between Hoxton and Liverpool street, but benefiting from the quietness of the area, as you can drink outside without being bothered by passing traffic. Very comfortable interior and well-priced beers considering the area. It’s a bit difficult to track down but worth it and was very busy with the after work crowd at the time of my visit. Gann - 28 Nov 2009 17:19 |
| Around the fringes of the City there are still a few old style pubs like the Old Kings Head clinging on. It's been refurbished since the last time I visited but despite what looked suspiciously like a love seat in one corner it's still pretty much a traditional interior. The streets round here are a bit of a no-mans land wedged as they are between the suits in the City and the laughable "trendiness" of Hoxton. Most of the buildings are run down offices housing the service companies that feed off the City giants ( you know IT services, Corporate travel agencies, couriers and so on). The age and demeanour of the patrons and the dishevelled suits suggest that these are indeed the employers that the pub draws most of its clientele from. It might be nominally in Hoxton but spiritually it's miles away. It's a good place this and the quietness of the streets around (helped no doubt by the local council shutting down roads and using one way signs) mean that drinking outside is easy and pleasant. I'd walk past most of the other pubs in the area to come for a pint here. murgatroyd - 21 Jun 2009 21:00 |
| this is a good old fashioned boozer on the edge of the City very few "merchant banker" suits no real ale but even so a down tyo the ground honest pub.Few and far between around here Londonchef - 31 May 2007 15:33 |
