The Coronet in Islington

I recently visited The Coronet on Holloway Road, and it’s such a fascinating pub with a lot of history. It used to be a Savoy cinema, and much of the original decor is still intact. The high ceilings and beautifully preserved walls really give it a unique and nostalgic feel. There are also plenty of old photos displayed, showing its history as a cinema over the years. As it’s a Wetherspoons, the food and drinks are affordable and cheerful, making it a great spot for a casual visit. They’ve even got a lovely outdoor seating area in the garden at the back, which is a nice touch. It’s definitely worth a visit, even if just to admire the decor and soak in the atmosphere. Highly recommend checking it out!

Refund my money thrives ! Went there over the weekend , ordered food - after 30 mins of waiting we decided to call it a night ! We apparently got a refund issued but SURPRISE SURPRISE - we have been charged but not refunded ! No email to contact , no website ! Will be reporting them if money is not refunded ! Will be contacting the owner David Nourani if no response is given and no action taken !

Good place for match day as a Arsenal fan. Prices have gone up since the change of ownership. Get there early on match days ..

Had a really lovely souvlaki here, 8.50 including a pint of coke, great deal.

Great Pub Lovely Pint of carling and the gammon is amazing

It’s nice the Coronet is still in Holloway Road and the new owners have not changed the integrity of the building, just got rid of Wetherspoons signage really. The food is good and it’s so spacious and old worldly just being in there.

Came here last weekend with my sons and my partner after a stroll round the Emirates. Haven't been in some time, suprised to see such a big space no longer being used by Wetherspoons, its a great venue with an interesting history. The food is reasonably priced, some Greek cuisine on the menu and so it was nice to try something different, very good portion sizes and it arrived in good time.

Great atmosphere however food leaves alot to be desired. Prices are increased on matchdays too so be mindful

Game day, good atmosphere and the souvlaki and Gyro wraps were decent.

I love this place ,went when the arsenal women were playing the security were very kind and made sure we were safe which is quite difficult as we are both over 6 ft and I'm 18 stone too

Great ambience lovely 😍 friendly staff very attentive

We went to watch the Arsenal football game and the streaming was delayed by 5 minutes, no sound and only streaming in 3 TVs. The place was buzzing before the game and then got quiet, people was leaving What is that? Get it together people!

No longer a Wetherspoons, but still incredibly good prices. Lovely venue. Went for breakfast and had an absolutely smashing bar woman explain the pub history to us. Brilliant veggie and meaty breakfast, you can tell it’s not a Wetherspoons. Definitely coming back for the day menu. One of the best pubs I’ve ever visited.

Nearly 8 quid for a double vodka and lemonade. That’s the last time we visit this place.

It's not the coronet any more Has nice food in side And drinks I think mainly full on a sports night

Whoever has bought the Coronet is clearly running it down so as to be able to say it does not work as a pub ..... and then to redevelop it in some way. The new owners are not running it in a way that makes any commercial sense if they mean to keep it open as pub in the long term..... it looks a mess on the outside with no attempt to even paint it or look after the flowers ..... drugs being taken outside the building.... cheap security screens put up ..... no wonder it has no customers (other than match days).... When it goes up for sale we must fight redevelopment!!

Sadly, this place has been ruined by new management, it's being run into the ground by too young and inexperienced staff who throw people out at their whim (from what I've seen), play extremely loud blasting music so that no one can hear themselves speak, and when not playing music, play the TV loud too even though they have subtitles on. Sometimes, they play both together. So sad. The place used to have a steady stream of loyal people who would come here regularly. Now, it is mainly empty with a few tables of people dotted here and there, the regulars have obviously voted with their feet! One small mercy is that I can't see it lasting like this, they cannot be making a profit, and hopefully, it gets sold to someone more experienced with better staff to manage it. Or...the owner would prefer to develop it into apartments 🤦‍♀️. A tragedy - come back Wetherspoons, all is forgiven!!

Very quiet, big space, great to screens for sport, great for Arsenal home games, not so good for a evening or afternoon drink a tad boring

Thought it was a wetherspoons but we were wrong...beautiful building...expensive drinks and staff couldn't understand me...its only a Yorkshire accent??? Won't be calling again!

Definitely Not Wetherspoon anymore. Offering Greek and usual pub food. Had usual Wetherspoon selection of cask beers including Abbot, Tribute. I went for a pint of Fullers London Pride. Definitely not London Pride. It was sour and cloudy. I had fish and chops that was surprisingly OK. With a beer. This time Timmy Taylors Landlord. Tasted like the first and was also cloudy and sour.

Awesome space but they're not doing enough with it !!

Is not Wetherspoon any more, same place just very expensive 🍺

TV showing preamble to Scotland match was far to loud, had to sit outside. Generally prices too high to get customers in a place like that (double recent spoons prices). Nice piece of land for development with no listing

5 stars for ambient. 1 star for food.

Ellie bar staff exceptional customer service 10/10

This pub is good for socialising .

Very good pub for the football and it’s massive great atmosphere

Bar staff was new only been there a day or two but she was absolutely polite and had great customer service skills.

Its is still open. just not a Spoons anymore. so not Spoons prices or menu. under new management. need a little time to get themselves sorted. still got the interior of the old cinema . But now just a local pub. need more time to develop/

Great atmosphere here for the final Arsenal game of the season. Decent selection of beers but although the bar staff were all pleasant, in no way was the bar anywhere near to being prepared for the volume of patrons they surely knew to be attending. Getting a drink took close to 30 mins and tbh, no one behind the bar were making much of an effort to get through the orders quickly.

Still the same beautifully converted building, now with screens showing sport. But no longer a whetherspoons and the food is now very below any and expected quality, even for a cheap lunch or breakfast. Prices now rival other, quality cafe's in the area but the food is well below whetherspoons quality. It is unclean and untidy and now to be avoided. We would occasionally visit here as a family but will no longer pop into this place when passing.

Dropped in hoping for a decent but well priced lunch with family, thinking this was still a Weatherspoons. There were no proper menus for food and the food list we were given had no prices on it. The standard of food was well below expected or acceptable, especially given what we did end up paying was on par with other high quality cafes in the area. Cleaning standards low, standard of service low, no locks on the toilet doors. Will not be returning. One to avoid. A real shame as it was decent when under Weatherspoons ownership.

Bit poor if I’m honest - popped in here out of curiousity and wasn’t sure if it was still a Wetherspoons so asked the lady behind the bar and she said she didn’t know lols, I guess she doesn’t check her payslip. Very empty, decor very tired, beer very much not Wetherspoons prices, £6.50 for a Neck Oil, food fairly mediocre but omg the staff, they seem completely spaced out - tables not being cleared when not busy, had to remind the guy twice I needed cutlery, need to up their game for this to be a success.

Need more bar staff on match days! 50 mins waiting !!

You can stand in line for 30min just to get q beer. I suggest to buy 3 at once

Watered down drinks better when it was a wetherspoons. The young lady at the bar was very pleasant though.

2024 review: Terrible terrible terrible, I so saddened at how absolutely terrible this place has become. This used to be known for a place to chill and have a cheap pint. Now you are blasted by a horrible sound system, not EQ'ed on a jukebox. You cannot take a call anywhere in the venue, there is no quite space. And £2 pints are now £7+. On match day it's even worse, the owner has spent £50 down CeX for a led boombox and turns it up to 11, I swear she used to do noise torture for the CIA. RIP, The Coronet 2024 2022 review: Great spoons and friendly staff. Closing Night review: The closing nite was a disgrace, the bar started to run dry by midday because they "missed an order". None of the established staff were there. The management that were there, needlessly kicked off at a regular due to harmless banter/misunderstanding about a drink, there was no rapport to be had. It was all quite empty and shallow. Maybe that's cos there was no heating and they silently closed the bar over an hour before last orders. Punters tried to make the most of the day to celibate the old gal. The temp staff made sure that we could not give a just sendoff. Bye, The Coronet :(

Went there on Saturday, after a good visit around hallowed ground. A nice atmosphere, will be definitely be visiting on the 12th of May.

Had full english breakfast, cold apart from beans. Fried egg was disgusting. Other meal, fish and chips, was luke warm.

Extortionate price increase within a week. Fosters was £3.60 now £4.50. Bottle of coke was £2.80 now £4. Under staffed. We will not return.

I visited Monday afternoon and it has lost it's sparkle. Overpriced for coffee station. Now, I understand it is no longer a Spoons.

Not a weatherspoons anymore and no WiFi available at the momemt. It's a cool location, lots of potential if the owners can leverage it. I would go again, for a quiet drink. I think it had 3 customers during the hour I visited 2pm mid week. I hope the independent can survive.

Best place to have a drink ,chat and a laugh

Went there for pre drink before the Villa game Its no longer a Wetherspoons and boy you can tell that by the prices 2 pints of beer just shy of £15 was going to order food but then see them bring out what looked like a chicker burger and chips for another customer and that put me right off found another bar around the corner with a better atmosphere and alot cheaper drinks and had a burger from a stall

Unfortunately last night, closing down night, the usual great staff were not all working, another manager with nil sense of the occassion, with her pathetic smiling colleague, who looked 14 yes old, were convinced I was upset because I couldn't get a free drink, which is funny, because they had no Guinness, or the shot I drink, or the craft beer I drink no nothing, and obviously this manager had no opologies, as she was so far up her self she needed to come up for air, along with her side kick colleague who thought they were somthing lol, the bar was trashed, and looked a complete mess bottles were strewn across the back and just looked untidy as were the fridges, this is at 9pm, nowhere near the usual bar staff standard, obviously no last minute kegs were bought in not even for guinness drinkers, which is pretty disgusting when there are a lot of us and it was closing down day, shows the respect and care from mr spoon for his buying punters over the years nasty man nasty company, and the manager that night certainly did not give a toss,I always take my glass back, and my plate, which the usual staff could tell you, so im not a person who has no respect on the contrary, but the terrible manager shouted at the security who I actually have a good relationship with...... in her words, get him out of here like she's judge and jury nasty piece of work these two little girls were, I shall be writing to head office and I'm sure a few members of staff will jump in on the band wagon who are as useless as the two staff I have mentioned, not an issue place is closed, fact I have been drinking in the pub longer than the age, of the two children behind the bar and have 16 years bar experience I can categorically say she was by far the worse manager I have ever come across in a spoons, as for her colleague who just stood there laughing you both should work in a youth club for 10yr olds serving orange juice, not a pub with adults.

2024 Update: No longer a Wetherspoons. Absolutely devastating for the community. Original review: Our local Spoons, we've been here about six times since moving to the area and we've never been disappointed. The chap with the piercing just below their lip went above and beyond to give us excellent service today, thank you.

Jasmine was amazing. So helpful and informative, GIVE HER A RAISE!!!!

Used to be a wetherspoons, changed of management recently and they are trying to improve the experience. They now show match day games, have music, friendlier staff. One thing that I don’t like despite being a regular for over 6years is on game day especially when Arsenal plays, an amstel goes up from £3.70 a pint to £4.80 despite the menu still showing £3.70. A lot of the staff from the wetherspoons days no longer works here, they have a tip jar if you’d like to tip, a nice touch. Great number of screens to watch the game. Avoid when arsenal plays as you apparently (despite being a regular) need to show you have a match ticket to enter. Despite being a regular I was denied entry. What I do like is even after the change of management and it is no longer run by wetherspoons, beer is still one of the cheapest in London. If you have a staff member called Leila (hope I spelt her name correctly), she is a gem

Jasmine was very fast on the bar and friendly, she deserves a fat tip

Great pub. The manager put the football match on for us! Good prices for the area.

Popped into The Coronet for an impromptu meal and drink, excited to see what this once frequented local had to offer under new ownership. We should not have bothered. The pub was virtually empty, yet we stood at the bar to be ignored by a girl who could not have missed us, but did not approach us (we were the only people at that end of the bar), she walked forward and backward for a bit, looking around (without making eye contact) but doing nothing, except stop and go near a wall to use her phone at one point. Another girl walked down to our end of the bar, but she also ignored us, and even more insulting was the way she looked straight through me as she walked back - she wasn't serving anyone either. Eventually, the third girl, who was the only one actually serving customers, came to us and, when asked, directed us to one menu on the bar. We left without ordering anything. There was nothing displayed outside to indicate they served food and no menus on the tables. The bar display was unenticing. The lovely raised seating area at the rear of the pub has gone, and the space is dominated by a large pull-down screen (even though nothing was showing). The only positive I can report from this visit was the security guard who confirmed they did food when he welcomed us in. This is the first negative review I have ever written, but felt compelled to do so because I am so disappointed to see such a large and beautiful space where we once struggled to find a seat on Sundays or match days, looking so sad and empty. I can not see it surviving under current management, particularly if they do not address the calibre of their staff.

Got I. Here to find out it's no longer a weather spoons pub. Wasn't impressed so left. Still has the old man vibe. It was empty.

Arrranged to meet with some friends here for some lunch and drinks I entered the pub which was not busy (maybe 10 customers) waited at the top end of the bar to be served eventually a member of staff appeared and told that I had to come down to the far end of the bar to be served as that was where her till was I assumed that the staff came to the customers not in the Coronet it seems I rearrange to meet me friends in the nearby Flynns pub where the staff come to me and were glad to take my money no matter where I stood at the bar

Used to love this place when it was a Wetherspoons but now it's just disappointing. Zero atmosphere, menu has so many typos and we were told a lot of it was wrong. Food came out wrong, was lukewarm and not good at all

Great place to go on match days for a few drinks before the game!

About 500 in the bar,5 staff working all useless, drink was rotten, never ever again

Thursday 4pm 6/7 ish So, not a spoons anymore. The place was dead! Loud and big TVs. Slow bar service with no one waiting to be served. Guinness is a great price of 3.70, but watch out for spirits 3.75 for Bombay, but 2.80 for a tonic water not highlighted on the price list. The toilets are very clean. I miss this place not being a spoons!

Waited nearly an hour for food then when it arrived it was barely lukewarm

A cavernous former Spoons (old cinema) with few customers. Prices much higher, less of a range, beer isn't great. Don't know if it will succeed. Former clientele seems to have made up its mind and gone.

We enjoyed a pilsner together! This one was dark in color and had a good taste! There was karaoke but the participants were drunk!

The staff is amazing, the drink taste good and very good value for the customer. I love this pub.

Staff arguing with each other poor working practices not enough staff

I ordered a burger at 12:14, the kind lady said it takes 10 - 15 minutes. Unfortunately till 12:40 they didn't bring anything and I needed return to my work. When I requested a refund the kind lady said she is not giving me.

This pub used to belong to Weatherspoons. It's been sold. ( The place is huge!) It was definitely a drinkers pub and still is. It used to be down at heel and still is. The ladies toilets were dirty, some doors with no locks, discarded rubbish. As yesterday 19.2.24 it's still the same :( Will take a lot of time money and effort to bring it to a decent standard. Perhaps next year ????

The building is beautiful that's the only nice thing that can be said!! It's no wonder this on was one ofnthem chosen to close down. The staff moods are an rollercoaster, sometimes happy to serve sometimes can't be bothered. When ever I have been I have had to ask for a cloth and spray to clean a very dirty sticky table. The food LMFAO I'd never eat here again, who can't even get a burger right, presentation was very poor, and the service was even worse when delivering our food, the man stood they and smiled, it wasn't untill I asked you ok mate, that he turned and walked away. I've seen a lot of comment on here prasing this place, one can know wonder how much alcohol was consumed for them to have a very high review of this sorry pub. Updated.... Since the take over it has become an obismal place with staff looking fresh from prison, rude and hoodrat looking. I would never enter this place again.

Wow this pub was virtually empty since its changed from a weatherspoons

Award winning cinema conversion. Beer barn probably best avoided after 9pm, but very pleasant during the day. 2024 Permanently closed. The pub has been sold

"Preferred it as a wetherspoons" is a phrase nobody should ever mutter. But the new owners are running this place into the ground. A pub on Holloway road closing at 9pm on weekdays. Naff selection of spirits. No bar snacks. No atmosphere. And always freezing cold!!! Would it hurt to put a radiator on?! Avoid it like the plague till they give their heads a massive wobble.

No Coke Zero, no Diet Coke, no heating, plastic pint cups, no table service, no hand driers in the toilet, no toilet rolls, music so loud you can’t hear what the person next to you is saying, increased prices since being taken over. Not an impressive change of ownership

Great pre Arsenal match day pub. Packed great music and banter. Bar staff are incredibly efficient yet super polite, even with a packed 3 deep bar wait was minimal (impressive team).

Big up the Coronet! In terms of the building, beautiful and grandiose. Has to be maybe the best Spoons architecturally, next to the Mossy Well. But a Spoons will always be a Spoons. The vibe is absolutely dreary as hell, but that’s the thing about Spoons, they always are. Got that Brexit buoyancy lmfao. Anyway, great place to hang out and one of my locals! 🍻🍻🍻🍻

Since place got sold its a dive no atmosphere staff attitude problems just needs to change

Recently changed ownership from Spoons, believe it or not, pints are cheaper and atmosphere is better

I love this building and the art deco vibe. It's no longer a wetherspoons so it's not as cheap and the new management were pumping out loud music through the speakers last time I went.

But run down and a bit smelly, but what do you expect from Spoons.

Terrible service, we didn't even get part of our order, and the security guard assaulted my brother and intimidated my mother, when we complained and brought it to the attention of the mangeress nothing was done, terrible service nowadays, I have complained to HQ, and seeking legal help because in such an establishment people fo NOT deserve to be treated in a despicable manner which we were, they take your money and treat you like dirt. Not happy not happy at all.

I took my brother there to eat the menu was very poor and and to be honest I told the waitress that the food was fine not to upset the mood ,but honestly what we actually got was very poor 2 sausages,they mean chipolatas, half tomato, 2 eggs - 1 undercooked 1 over cooked ,2 rashers bacon [streaky ]over cooked,2 toast [warm bread] a few scrapes of mushroom,pot of beans and the best of the whole dish was the Ash brown probably frozen and just heated,to be honest felt that I was totally robbed will not eat there again .

I hope the coronet doesn't change much. I have been here so many times. Whether it be for breakfast, lunch, dinner or just drinks. Even came here few days before the close-up. As I obviously don't know what will become of it. Cheaply priced food and drinks in an old fashioned setting. It's a very convenient place. It shouldn't lose it's spark

I'm never a fan of Wetherspoons, but I'm sad to see The Coronet closed down. I had some good memories in this pub in the past, and I will never forget them. Thank you to the team for their excellent service throughout the years.

Final visit before closing down. Very cold - heating was turned off!

Short walk from the underground station, near the Emirates stadium and located inside an old cinema building, in keeping with Wetherspoons theme of converting old buildings. Beautiful inside. Good number of seats however I can imagine on match days it can be busy. Order via the app or at the bar. Food is usual Wetherspoons standards, comfort food- not gourmet. Good prices. Toilets are not the nicest though - plenty of graffiti and the usual urine covered floor.

Food was cold, but tune selection was unreal!

Christmas pizza garlic and mushroom was amazing!

On certain (football) days this pub can be a disaster site, but only because it is so popular and a success but always the staff work well to make customers welcome, with a smile and concern. Lots of space.

Some staff very stressed and aggitated. Steak was like leather.

Quality beer on tap and affordable. Service is friendly however they are under staffed so be prepared to wait when it's busy and finding a table on the weekend is not easy!

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Awful pub. Dirty toilets. The tables and bar need cleaning. The menus need cleaning. I had a very long wait for the food , and no apology for this delay. I complained about the wait - I was told the food was ready - then I had a further long wait until it was served at my table. The food was not hot enough . One rude staff member. The doors were left open on a cold day. Many tables did not have a food menu. I am not coming back to this dump.

A lot of character in this historic building. Staff is pleasant and the place is quite clean till it’s a crowded night.

Came here for breakfast with friends and had a really nice time. The food was good, and the refillable tea/coffee was a really nice touch.

Great place for a nice lunch & a drink. Yeah friendly staff. Reasonable prices. Will definitely go again.

Nice pub. Food was tasty and well cooked. Staff were friendly and helpful. Nice big area, can get drafty by the doors but otherwise very nice

Un ancien cinéma transformé en un restaurant à des prix très abordable et joliment décorée

It's a Spoon's, but certainly a lot more inviting than most. Shame that it's going.

This place used to be a cinema and was turned into this atmospheric pub. Cheap prices, many tables to sit at. The service is fairly good and the toilets are clean.

Absolute sit hole. Stinks, staff are absolutely miserable and slow. Disrespectful to older gentleman. Would never show my face here again, even if the piss that they call drink, was free.

I haven’t been to this whetherspoon in awhile, but todays visit is a mixed review. The building itself is old and glorious but it’s in need of repair. It was clear that the bar staff were understaffed but Joshua served us and he was calm and collected. Lily was fabulous! She delivered our food and cleared our plates with a huge smile and personality! Thank you Lilly and Joshua!

Very large Wetherspoon's pub, with a good selection of beers and nice atmosphere. The best thing about this place is the price though. There's not many places in London where a pint of Guinness costs less than £4.

Slow service Star saved by toilets on ground floor

The staff was very attentive and friendly. Thank you for the late dinner!!