This used to be my local when I only lived a minute down the road. Food has always been good and we ended up coming him near enough every night for the first week when we first moved to the area before we got the kitchen sorted. Over the year I think we tried everything off the menu and were never disappointed. They have a good weekly quiz night on but make sure you have a good team as it does get quite difficult and questions very obscure. We also ended up holding a mini birthday gathering there, managed to get a small area for 25 people and they really looked after us all night and we ended staying to the early hours.(Visit — 02/06/2014 Dinner)
Jeni F.
Rating des Ortes: 5 Highbury, London, United Kingdom
This is the closest me and my boyfriend have to a lovely local, cosy pub. The golden time to visit is on a Sunday afternoon for their spectacular roasts. Yes, it can get super busy but if there’s a room you can sit at the bar and wait for your table to be ready. As other reviewers have noted, reserve a table for Sunday roast(something I haven’t managed to do yet). My fave thing about this place is that it really brings together all sorts of people; yummy mummies and their massive prams, students, young couples, middle-aged men, the works!
T J.
Rating des Ortes: 4 London, United Kingdom
Always on the lookout for pubs within easy reach of the Castle Climbing centre, here’s another. We dropped by on a Saturday afternoon around 1:30 and easily got a table. The food was tasty and reasonably priced. We didn’t ‘drink’ but there seemed to be a good selection of beers and lagers at the bar. The whole place is very woody. Wooden panels, floors, tables and chairs — but all very nice. It felt hip whilst also feeling very traditional. I’ll need to come back to try their roast as ultimately, that’s what we’re looking for on a Sunday post-climb. May need to book though so I hear.
Erica U.
Rating des Ortes: 4 London, United Kingdom
Great spot. Fireplace, warm staff, nice bathrooms. I ordered the burger which was HUGE and delicious. Cheesy bombness. Ordered the sausage taster. Holy shit balls it was HUUUUUGGEEE, 5 whole long and yet very delicious sausages with sauerkraut and mustard but dude. It was massive. They should warn you about that.
Ashley V.
Rating des Ortes: 4 Oakland, CA
Lovely pub. Food is tasty, service with a smile. Wood burning fireplace on cold nights ahhhh. Depending on the person pulling the pints that night you may get a ghetto treat over the speakers. Do not come late to Sunday roast. Buggies are bountiful! Actually best to reserve a table just in case.
Brian K.
Rating des Ortes: 3 Emeryville, CA
Its a pub!!! The staff was nice, and they had a few beers I haven’t seen before. There’s nothing verbose I can say about this place… if you’re in Stoke Newington and want to go to a pub. you can go here.
Siobhan K.
Rating des Ortes: 4 London, United Kingdom
Nice pub in Stoke Newington, the usual fare of wooden chairs, tables, full bar, gets a local crowd, lots of young families, professionals, great Sunday roasts, reasonable priced menu etc. Lovely bar staff. They have recently opened up a ’boutique’ type B&B upstairs above the pub. Rooms are really pretty, they also have roof top access for anyone staying there. The town hall is across the road so they get bookings for weddings. I think the prices are a little steep, around £80 for a single room, there is no A/C and it is zone 3. But still, good to know, especially if you live around the area and are looking for somewhere close by for your friends/family to stay.
Grumps
Rating des Ortes: 5 London, United Kingdom
Wow this is now my favourite pub in Stokey. Great service, lovely food and well kept ales. Keep up the good work.
Thomas
Rating des Ortes: 4 London, United Kingdom
Great pub with good selection if beers, friendly staff and a cracking quiz on Tuesday evenings. Food is decent but best on Sundays for the roast.
Chris F.
Rating des Ortes: 3 London, United Kingdom
This is a lovely old pub, well worth a visit if you like a bit of pub history(Old Truman’s pub interior). Even if you don’t there are 4 real ales available, although they are rather familiar choices(and the only one that wasn’t.Fullers summer ale. tasted a little tired). Does accommodation, which surprisingly few pubs in London do these days. You can follow them on Twitter too.
Souths
Rating des Ortes: 3 London, United Kingdom
Unfortunately, the new chef is now the old chef and the new new chef doesn’t have a clue. The delicate, wafer-thin battered calamari have been replaced by huge, thick chunks of breaded rubber. If Iceland did a 99p all-in-one sunday roast microwave dinner and you found one slightly passed it’s sell-by date but still cooked it then forgot it was in the microwave for a few days, it would still be better than the one here.
Filimb
Rating des Ortes: 3 London, United Kingdom
Brilliant pub in the middle of church street, which feels like the top of church street(even though it isn’t fact fans, church street continues all the way along clissold park turning into council housing and light industrial sites.) The pub is large, wooden, with a welcoming atmosphere. Does a regular quiz night of impossibly difficult questions. Good place to sit outside of on a summer evening and watch the bendy buses get stuck on the mini roundabout.
Alice S.
Rating des Ortes: 4 London, United Kingdom
This is by no means the best pub in the area– but on Tuesdays it is transformed into the most lively and sociable due to its weekly general knowledge quiz night that draws in local crowds. It is usually packed out so arrive there at least half an hour before it starts– there is always a fight for the last table. The best spot is by the fireplace for obvious reasons– it is right next to the bar, the fire and the quizmaster. The pub is very kind and allows you to bring in your own food or order in food from local restaurants– Il Bacio deliver to the pub.
Minal P.
Rating des Ortes: 3 London, United Kingdom
On the corner of Stoke Newington Church Street and Albion Road next to the lovely St Mary’s Church, the Rose and Crown has an attractive curved exterior. Its very dark from the outside, but the light is not too bad on the weekday. There is a cozy fire burning inside through the winter. Its not my favorite pub though, despite having one of the most attractive and old-fashioned facades of any in the area. The food is overpriced, and the range of beers is average. The people can be a bit cold compared to some others in the area. Its an ok place to go have a drink in, or try your wit at the quiz night on Tuesday.
Macall
Rating des Ortes: 4 London, United Kingdom
A very nice pub. You can’t miss it if you are coming up from town on the 73. If the bus has swung round the corner into Church Street you’ve missed the stop and will have to walk back! There are plenty of fairly well heeled Guardian reading types in Stoke Newington and these are probably the people that have ensured prosperity for the Rose and Crown over the years, coupled with red top reading regulars who are in every day and Arsenal supporters on match days. So it’s a broad church, not all bearded social workers but you may well rub shoulders with one or two. Good beer. Good, unfussy, Sunday roast lunch seemingly made with real ingredients e.g. fresh veg and potatoes. The panelled interior of the pub is very traditional, and is either an original from I would guess the early 20th century or a very elaborate pastiche installed from the 80’s onwards.
Ms_Bli
Rating des Ortes: 3 London, United Kingdom
This large pub on the corner of Stoke Newington Church Street and Albion Road hosts one of Stoke Newington’s favourite pub quizzes. Held here on a Tuesday night usually starting about 8.30pm, get here early to secure a seat and a table. Competition is fierce, with some pretty knowledgeable teams, so rope in a few expert friends, come up with a witty and topical team name and you stand a good chance of winning a cash prize, drinks or a T-shirt. There’s also a good atmosphere in here if you’re looking for somewhere to watch an England football match.
Prudence I.
Rating des Ortes: 3 London, United Kingdom
Straight out of one of Dickens’ less lowlife scenes, The Rose and Crown is a sweet Victorianesque pub with wood walls, floor and furniture. On a winter’s evening, the sight of it’s many-paned windows glowing steamily through the chilly night is too tempting to pass by. Surprisingly big and often fairly quiet early in the week this is a lovely place to drink away an evening. The staff are friendly and uninvasive and there’s a fun quiz on Tuesday nights.
Ozgir
Rating des Ortes: 4 London, United Kingdom
I heart this place, I really do. It’s an extra special lovely traditional old time boozer, right next to a lovely park. They serve a nice wide range of beers, including some real ales such as Thwaites and Adnams. We often come here on Sunday for the fantastic value roast lunches. Prices a great for the big servings of veg and meat on offer. Because the food is so good it can be rammed at the weekends, especially when games are on at Arsenal in the summer, but it’s definitely worth the wait for a table. In the meantime, if it’s summer, sit outside in the afternoon sun and enjoy life going by in this tucked away area of North London.
Horton
Rating des Ortes: 4 London, United Kingdom
i really like the Rose & Crown. Usually i go there on Sundays for one of the brilliant sundays dinners on offer here — very cheap and plentiful, whilst still being delicious tasting — check th beef wellington if you want something really good — or else one of the several vegetarian options on offer if that’s your bag. It’s also a brilliant place for the family, or to go and watch sports on one of the big televisions on offer along with a pint. The staff are friendly and have a great sense of humour, as do the local drunks! i’ve been one on occasion, but they don’t seem to mind too much!
Foodie
Rating des Ortes: 4 London, United Kingdom
Best pub on Church Street. Serves Adnams Broadside, which always gets me broadside. Bustling and lively when packed, and peaceful hang out earlier in the evening. Great place, which has kept the feel of a proper old boozer intact.