The Old Queens Head, Islington - pub details

Old Queens Head
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Address: 44, Essex Rd, Islington, London, N1 8LN [map] [gmap]

Tel: 0871 917 0007 (ref 3127)

Nearest tube stations Angel (0.4 miles), Highbury and Islington (0.7 miles)

Nearest train stations Essex Road (0.4 miles), Highbury & Islington (0.7 miles), Caledonian Road & Barnsbury (0.8 miles)

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Suggested by Alex on 15 Jun 2003.

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> Current user rating: 5.8/10 (rated by 38 users)
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One of the worst pubs in the Angel area. Given that there are so many quality pubs in the surrounding area, how this place manages to get a decent crowd is beyond me. The staff are ignorant, and much of clientele pretentious (the type who like to think they are at the cutting edge of modern urban culture, when they are really just clueless twats in skinny jeans)...this place really grinds my gears!
CFarrell - 3 Jul 2009 12:03
The door policy in this place stinks so badly that you would be forgiven for vomiting on your shoes at 100ft.

A half empty venue ( I later found) on a saturday night, yet two guys get turned away because it's "mixed groups only". To make it worse, there was a group of girls behind us (obviously that's not mixed either) but lo! that's fine. So by "mixed" they mean "not guys-only". Wtf!? I though that crap was what happened in crap-house late-license bars in the 'burbs, along with "no trainers" and "no jeans".

Blatant sexism of the highest degree. If you think two guys is somehow an excuseable reason, I witnessed an extremely smartly dressed guy, alone, walking up (there was also no queue) being turned away for the same reason. What the hell is wrong with this place!!! Are they stuck in 1990?

The two witches minding the 'guest list' near the door also bitched feverishly to each other about other women standing nearby smoking or in the queue.

Hideous!

steveymcqueeny - 27 Apr 2009 00:16
LOVE IT! just had a great night at the OQH in angel. was totally unexpected as we only went in there for a post-sunny-walk pint, but ended up staying for fat roasts and a wicked line up of bands upstairs.
They really know how to pull off a good sunday, and my god are the bar staff cute!!

- perfect end to a surprisingly sunny weekend!
givusapolo - 16 Mar 2009 18:25
Tried to get in here on Saturday 17th January to be told they wanted 4 quid each to get in. Erm....sorry but i don't pay money to get into a pub thanks, think it's a bloody liberty to be honest. Fair enough a quid to cover the cost of a bouncer on the door but can't justify 4 of us paying £16 so we got a couple of rounds over at the Kings Head opposite which was a great night so sod ya Queens Head
POOKYBLUE7 - 19 Jan 2009 16:05
Odd pub that is far from the worst I've ever drunk in, but isn't one I'd head back to very often. The place is a little pretentious and has a confused decor which muddles the atmosphere a little. There is a dentist chair in the corner for no discernable reason, the impressive fireplace is Eastern themed and clashes somewhat with the lampshade made of antlers that hangs near it, parts of the rest of it look gothic but an incongruous pink neon sign paints yet another different picture of what they were thinking of when they decorated. Still at least the chairs and tables are more uniform and comfortable in a posh pub/low-end Soho members club type of way.
Music shifted in volume but not style throughout the night and was generally pretty listenable indie stuff but became a bit too loud towards the end of the evening making conversation difficult.
Service at the bar was fine, it was very busy upon my visit but waiting times were never long and the bar staff were reasonably friendly, which is more than can be said for a few of the self-satisfied punters.
Prices were cheap for the beers in comparison to similar places in the neighbourhood, and the beers were good. Cocktails not so much as my Mojito seemed to be 99 parts ice to 1 part drink and it's fair to say the price didn't reflect this.
Food was very good, we had a mixture of starters and sides which were very pleasant if not overly generously portioned, however the Chicken Satay is highly recommended.
Mr.Monkfish - 18 Jan 2009 01:07

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