The Nags Head, Walthamstow - pub details
Address: 9 Orford Road, Walthamstow, London, E17 9LP [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 5129) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Walthamstow Central (0.4 miles)
Walthamstow Central (0.4 miles), Wood Street (0.4 miles), Walthamstow Queens Road (0.6 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Food served, Real ale
- Outside seating, Smoking area
Pub suggested by Ben on 27 Oct 2003
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> Current user rating: 5.1/10 (rated by 92 users)
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other pubs nearby:
Village, Walthamstow (0.1 miles), Queens Arms, Walthamstow (0.1 miles), Castle, Walthamstow (0.2 miles), Lord Brooke, Walthamstow (0.3 miles), Lord Raglan, Walthamstow (0.3 miles) - see more nearby pubs
user reviews of the Nags Head, Walthamstow
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| What we love about the Nags is its quirkiness & uniqueness. We use this place on a regular bases, along with a lot of other regulars. To say it smells of urine is just ridiculous & I might add not very nice. Okay, maybe the toilets might need redecorating, fair point, but how can somebody who has only been there once comment: "Why is the floor ALWAYS soaked in the gents??" If you have only been there once I don’t see how you could possibly be able to say that! absdabs - 20 Jan 2012 11:09 |
| Having recently moved to lovely Walthamstow Village i thought i would take some friends to what appeared to be a lovely looking pub...from the outside. Step inside and the smell of urine hits you before you've been able to take in the horrible decor. Velour tablecloths and nasty leather sofas and armchairs that appear to have come from the DFS sale circa 1990 are arranged badly throughout. The rest of the place is just plain shabby - the toilets especially are some of the most disgusting i've seen. Why is the floor always soaked in the gents?? The cat theme is VERY wierd and creepy. Shrines to dead cats litter the place. Why? Finally the staff are slow and rude. It took them 10 minutes to serve me when there was only one other person at the bar. All in all this is a shockingly bad pub. It's hugely annoying as, in the right hands, this place could be something really special. In its current state and under the curent ownership avoid it at all costs. If you are looking for a nice pub in Walthamstow Village it has to be the Castle really. villageperson - 18 Jan 2012 14:05 |
| Nag's is a great pub, warm & friendly, clean & does not smell of cats, I can assure you! absdabs - 15 Nov 2011 13:04 |
| Gets worse and worse in this place, which stinks alternately of cats and piss. Only idiots go here to be ignored or condescended to by the staff and proprietors. Plenty of other, better pubs within 200 yards. davidb - 4 Nov 2011 16:32 |
| The staff and owners are family-unfriendly to a point I find depressing and plain weird. Case in point: my partner and I and two month old son in a pram were instructed to leave the front garden immediately (“I'd like you to leave now“) for staying slightly longer than their 7.30pm cut-off. Strange thing is, this evening was a special celebration for a local cat that had just passed away, beloved of our family, and we'd popped down specially to have a pint. Surely a wake would be one occasion you'd think they'd let relax the rules by a minute or two just to let us finish out pints? Damn, you'd be wrong. It seems strange that the owners are more concerned about hustling kids in prams off the premises than nurturing good relations with the locals. We wouldn't have gone down if it wasn't for the special occasion, so as a point of principle, and to play along with what seemed to me a ridiculous rule, I wandered back on my tod and asked for the quid I'd put in the collection box back. The landlady calmly gave it to me and explained that she had to keep the ground rules so strict to stop people taking liberties. Understood, but if strict enforcement of the ground rules is more important than cutting local families an inch of slack, you have to wonder about their priorities. No wonder there's such a weird atmosphere in there. Beer OK, constant acid jazz/trip hop muzak, watch out for the rules on signs everywhere, and they put furry table clothes on the tables for some reason. I recommend The Castle in the Village for family-friendly service, each time we've been there, they couldn't have done more to accommodate us. Better music also. derekrobert - 16 Oct 2011 21:00 |
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