Awful. Awful. Awful.
Food arrived late and the WRONG order.
Took ages to get served.
Staff rude. Manager even ruder.
Situated in a lovely area, but this pub should be avoided at all costs.

Sorry, I wanted to write a positive note about this local pub.. but it is awful... food, staff, manager. The only decent thing is the building.

super pretty pub, great food, nice manager, lots of cool personal touches. but do mind the gap in the late afternoon that the kitchen closes, have been stung a few times when we wanted a late lunch sunday roast.. other than that, high recommend!

Would give this shite pub 0 stars if I could.

Food is absolutely awful. We had to wait 1.5hrs before we got our food, and when it came, it was the wrong order. We were also bought the wrong wine. No apologies given by the staff or manager.

Absolute crap pub with the most imbecile of bar staff.

AVOID. AVOID. AVOID..

We love it here!!!!!

So not pretentious, traditional and yet still manages to be the place to be.

Cant fault it one bit.

This used to be a good pub, used use it whenever I was in the area.Dreadful management, dreadful noise, muzak for the benefit of the staff or god knows who.

No wonder the old regulars go else where. One of them told me the manager is a real horror. It is trying to be a bar it is pub, the food is nothing special.

It used have really interesting people to talk to they now go elsewhere a real shame.If the senior management had any sense and views on profit they would do something about it.Pilgrim

please please can whoever runs this pub stop ruining it. you are NOT a faceless bar on upper street. you are a gorgeous local pub. come back to us, all will be forgiven!!!!

Went there for a quiet Sunday afternoon beer, found the place to be a pleasant cosy little place with friendly staff. Ordered an 8oz steak and it was pretty good for a pub and for the price - 8 quid I think. Nothing earth shatteringly great that makes this pub unique but also nothing to complain about.

How times change. Was in the Island Queen the other night and the service has become to say the least a little angsty. You can't you not play your own music if you rent the room upstairs (which is lovely decor wise and a bit of a find), as the venue doesn't have a PRS license for anything but library music (!). (so if you having a party there you better like your music generic!)

Not only this but a member of staff helping out when off duty (and drunk) who then got abusive with a lady in our party and tried to start a fight with two different people and called a customer "a b**ch". Hardly inspiring customer service! I hear it's become a chain pub now so don't be fooled by the (admittedly lovely) Edwardian interior. Same jobsworth attitude you get in chain pubs too often. Avoid.

I agree with the previous review - Island Queen is a very average service. It used to be a brilliant local pub thriving with local spivs and residents from opening time till close, and now Island Queen is just another faceless cafe bar.

Went to the Island Queen on Saturday night. Great beer, not very good food and student type service. Messed up the order and then had to reheat the food. Not good.

Island Queen is not a gastro pub, it's half way between pub food and gastro. You get what you pay for at Island Queen.

When I went to Island Queen it was very busy but the atmosphere was fantastic. Everyone was intermingling with each other and I found it very easy to meet new people. A huge selection of speciality beers were available ranging from Kupper's Kulsh, Strawberry Frulli, Leffe, De Koninck, Hoegaarden, Paulaner and Staropramen. There were also three real ales on offer, Timothy Taylor's Landlord, London Pride and Everard's Sunchaser. CAMRA members and real ale afficionados would be in their element. The music at Island Queen is unobtrusive allowing you to hear the person you're talking to which makes a change. There is never live music as it is a residential area but there is a quiz night on Tuesdays and a fish and chip day on Friday. Island Queen also has an upstairs lounge which is super chilled and tends to take care of the overfill when it's not reserved for functions. The landlady was very knowledgeable about all her products and very helpful when recommending things to me and telling me everything about the pub's history and recent changes. Great staff too!I will definitely be back, probably on Friday to sample the fresh fish and chips.

Island Queen is a beautiful historic pub in Islington. I’ve lived in the area for years but only just discovered Island Queen, and I’m kicking myself I didn’t find it sooner.