The Albion, Barnsbury - pub details

Albion
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Address: 10 Thornhill Road, Barnsbury, Islington, London, N1 1HW [map] [gmap]

Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 3942) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras

Website: http://www.the-albion.co.uk

Nearest tube stations Highbury and Islington (0.5 miles), Angel (0.6 miles), Caledonian Road (0.8 miles)

Nearest train stations Caledonian Road & Barnsbury (0.3 miles), Highbury & Islington (0.5 miles), Essex Road (0.6 miles)

Pub facilities/features:

  • Food served, Sunday roast, Gluten free meals available, Real ale, Cocktails
  • Outside seating, Dogs allowed, Children allowed, Credit cards accepted, Wireless internet access, Disabled access, Disabled toilet

Pub suggested by Ben on 16 Aug 2003

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Spent a very pleasurable Sunday afternoon there celebrating a 30th birthday and despite all the crap reviews around was pleasantly surprised...good selection of beers and a good sunday lunch menu all catered for by responsive, if rushed-off-their-feet, staff.
VERY Expensive and the epitome of Islington 'millionaires row'...but then what do you expect in a lovely part of Islington?
bigmeuprudeboy - 24 Oct 2011 16:23
Had a pleasant visit her on a Friday (Early) lunchtime. Barmaids excellent and couldn't do enough to help. Had a nice couple of pints of Ringwood whilst sitting in the sun filled garden. A pint was nearing the £4 mark, but what do you expect in the Islington area with it's Millionaire neighbours?
Chris.CFC - 16 Jul 2011 18:58
5 bar staff managed to do an impressive job of ignoring me, the only customer, for a good couple of minutes. A couple of them looked busy but the other 3 were just leaning.

And they had no ale anyway. And when they do its close on 4 pounds a pint.
cmofish - 4 May 2011 09:56
I came here between Christmas and New Year with a group of friends - there were 8 of us. There wasn't much choice in the area, as most of my favourite food-pubs were closed, and I was the one organising the night.

As soon as I entered, I noticed the place had a sort of depressing atmosphere. Couldn't quite work out why. One of my friends said the lighting was a bit too bright, and a wrong choice of music. Another suggested it was the people there that night.

We were there for food and drinks. I like a good ale, so went straight for the bar to check out the selection. There was "Grandma Wouldn't Like it", Loddon, and something else. After tasting, I ended up with Loddon, which for my taste, was just about drinkable, but far from perfect.

We ordered food, which was quite pricey. I had the sea bream, which arrived with cabbage instead of frise. It was ok, but worth nowhere near the hefty price tag. It was exactly the same as I've had at the bargain restaurant "Le Mercury" on Upper Street for around £6 (though the fish was bigger at the pub).

One friend had the lamb, which was very good, but incredibly small. Another ordered a terrine starter with chunky chips. The bar lady said it was a good combo. It was all very dry, and mostly not eaten. Others thought the food acceptable, but far too expensive for what it was.

At desert time, the creme brule was sent back as it wasn't yet set, and replaced for a set one. I had the apple crumble with ice cream. It was the best apple crumble I've ever had!

The staff were pleasant. They looked like nice people who didn't particularly enjoy working there. There was definitely no going out of there way to make it a pleasant experience for us, but neither were they rude in any way.

None of us would think of going back there in the future. Poor ale selection, depressing atmosphere, mediocre overpriced food. Saying that, its not an offensive pub. Shame, as I heard it used to be a fantastic place once.
thejollyone - 3 Jan 2011 00:53
I was only in there for about half an hour, so I can only echo the comments of the poster below. The ale was a little on the expensive side when you consider that good ale in a specialist ale pub can cost only about 60-70% as much.

Full of yuppy types, mostly inoffensive but pretty insipid.

Its a pleasant enough gaff, and the service was good but I guess its just not my kind of crowd.
Hotfoot - 28 Nov 2010 20:43

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