BITE user comments - tdm
Comments by tdm
I really like this little pub. If you are a local to highbury, you will be painfully aware that there are very few places to go for a relaxed pint, but the woodbine really feels very cosy and welcoming. I read alot of the reviews which comment on the staff being a bit surly but I have to say that this has not been my experience - just really nice people.
One negative comment - I would dearly love to come in with a tin of Dulux One Coat and get rid of that ghastly mural - other than that - a really good pub.
25 Nov 2014 15:01
I, in all good conscience, and out of respect to the other users of this website, cannot allow a positive review of this diabolical pub to be the first thing you read.
I implore that if you are thinking about going, think twice! I have done it myself. Toying with the idea of going to the Island Queen is a bit like playing with an elastic band, actually going is like loosing an eye.
28 Jan 2011 10:30
The Charles Lamb, Angel, Islington
I love this pub! It does fab food and the staff are not disinterested (as said below) but chatty and friendly. Do wish you could book a table for lunch but I guess in a way it's a good thing as stops the pub turning into one of those joyless quasi gastro-table service-smug-north-London-hell-holes! Very cosy atmosphere and lovely doggy ( Mascha) who is a real socialite with the customers! Love you Charles lamb!
30 Jan 2010 13:08
I live in the Islington area and have visited this pub on many occasions, usually lured by the great interior and relaxed friendly clientele. Each time I go I forget that the service is abysmal and the staff (with the exception of the nice girl with the dark hair) are rude. For example, some friends and I went last night (WHY WHY) to have some food and drinks in the upstairs room. We were first told that we were not allowed to eat upstairs despite the fact that the kitchen is next door to the upstairs bar, and then that if we wanted to eat we would have to order INDIVIDUALLY at the bar where we were told to wait and then carry our own food from the bar upstairs ourselves. When we asked if it wouldn't make more sense that we all wait upstairs ...it was a crowded bar on a friday night, we were told by the bar manager not to "get smart"! Eventually, after eating our supper in shifts, we had to prey upon the kindness of the very nice chef as one of our number had not received anything to eat and was still waiting patiently downstairs- we were told they had mucked up the order and would have to wait! Thank Heavens for the Charles Lamb.
9 Jan 2010 13:31
The Lots Road Pub and Dining Room, Chelsea
Fine. Serves drinks. Serves food. About as inspiring as any pub in Chelsea is ever going to be.
If you enjoy Katie Meluah and buy CDs from Sainsbury's you'll probably love it.
25 Nov 2014 15:05