The Compton Arms, Islington

Splendid place.

It's not really worth a long trip but if you are a local looking for a proper local, this place is spot on. It gets a wee bit busy on match days but is also a great place to watch the Arsenal games if, like most, you've been forced out of going to games by the Range Rover set that come in from the Home Counties. Whilst unashamedly an Arsenal pub, it's not a football pub per se, so you'll thoroughly enjoy a pint there without having to share your environment with yoofs or the normal idiots you find on Upper Street on any given night.

19 Feb 2009 13:29

The Albion, Barnsbury

Should be great but it isn't; as has been said before it's not the place if you want a relaxing pint.

With the mysterious demise for the nearby Draper's, it's now my local but until it removes itself from it's own ar&e, I won't go back.

Staff, and particularly the manager, take rudeness and lack of customer-service to new depths.

12 Dec 2008 11:33