87 Noel Road,
Islington,
London,
N1 8HD
(020) 7354 8741
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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.
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