The Stapleton Tavern in Islington

Pésimo servicio Por el miserable sirviendo en Nochebuena detrás de la barra esta noche. Necesitas un bypass de personalidad. Debería avergonzarse de sí mismo. ¿Crees que una pareja de 60 años va a traer a un adulto menor de edad (su hijo) a tu pub y comprar una pinta para ellos? Pedir identificación - en serio! Lástima que no te hayas ocupado con los niños gritando corriendo por el pub 5. 30 pm mientras tratábamos de disfrutar de una copa. La próxima vez nos quedaremos con el Fallback Merry Christmas

Nice big space, but very average beer selection.

Roast beef very fatty with loads of chewing,veg a tad overcooked IE blackened cabbage,sent back greasy Squid absolutely dripping in oil with a hidden piece of squid inside still charged on bill.myself the roast chicken was tops as was my vegan guest with her dish , overall from a party of 8 the vote was 6.5 out of 10 . service 10 out of ten , ambiance 10 out of 10 tis a great shame that the food let it all down, myself and my family live within 10 minutes walk to you (new in the Area)

I love this pub, regularly come for a drink and lovely atmosphere. My only qualm is never come here on a Sunday afternoon- this pub is no better than a crèche. The Crouch End Elite come here with their noisy children and let them run wild around the tables, and unfortunately the staff do nothing to stop them. It’s noisy and screechy and deeply unpleasant. What a shame!

Came here for a lovely Sunday roast and was lucky enough to have the last beef roast of the day. Was delicious! The staff were amazing, so friendly and attentive. I will definitely be back.

Only came here briefly at the end of the night but it was very spacious and the drinks were great! I’m not sure what it would have been like if it had been full; very busy and loud, I imagine!

Great pub for the footy Just wished they had a few more comfortable chairs in the big screen section

Estuve aquí un par de veces con un amigo de la escuela que vive en la localidad. Buen lugar para ponerse al día en las zonas tranquilas o si quieres ver deporte tienen una serie de pantallas.

Nice friendly pub. Staff were very polite and made us feel welcomed.

The food was ok and the vibe wasn't really welcoming with my wings having an excessive amount of sauce but its not all that bad

Fish and chips was excellent! I have had some dry fish in London but this was not one of them. However we ate bit in a hurry as we were only told after ordering that kids under 18 are only allowed until 7pm.

Friendly staff, lovely pub atmosphere.

We watched three of the England games at the Euros here, and tried to watch a fourth (the QF) but they'd closed half the pub off for a private event - fair enough I guess if they've got a lucrative booking, but seemed like a shame on such a significant day, and left us scrambling to find somewhere else! The atmosphere for big games is great, they have a good beer selection and the staff are friendly. We did encounter a few issues though, including booking a table for the semi-final then arriving to find that it had been 'lost in the system' somehow (have seen other reviews complaining about the same thing). I also think they need to do something about the pressue on their beer taps - there were ridiculous waiting times at the bar on the night of the final because the taps were pouring so slowly, I swear they could have sold twice as much beer that night if they'd sorted it!

Memories are made of this. We had a tribal gathering where Isobel and I saw not just our great grandson for the first time, but granddaughters we had not seen in years. This celebration of all the generations was made perfect by the kindness and care that Jo, Phil and their team lavished on us. The food was wonderful, as ever. And the room they prepared so that all of us could sit around the same table made it very special indeed. If you’re planning a festive board, then the Stapleton Arms is the place to go.

We booked to watch the Euros and received a booking confirmation email. We asked to amend it but received a response saying all customers needed to be in by 6:30pm as it's going to be busy. However on arrival it turned out this wasn't true as there were tables booked for later than I'd booked. There also wasn't a table for us and clearly whoever works in the office had continued to take bookings even when there weren't tables available. Obviously they were safe in the office or probably left for the day, whilst the bar staff had to deal with the fall out of this. The bar staff said management had also taken bookings for standing space but not told customers it was a standing booking?! The two women behind the bar who I spoke to were unbelievably accommodating and managed to find a table and some chairs from other tables to ensure we weren't left without a booking. The one good thing about being told to turn up early was that this could be rectified as if I got there any later, I would have been left standing and it was incredibly busy. I felt sorry for them having to deal with management clearly overbooking and having zero empathy for their staff who had to deal with many angry customers who were in the same position as me. I'd visited here for a roast before and had really high praise for this place, however it's now been marred by seemingly greedy management. Well done to the bar staff but please be wary when booking tables for the football here.

I have lived in Finsbury Park for almost ten years, and this pub is the best. It hasn’t always been this way, but when I visited yesterday, I was overwhelmed by the great service and genuine care for everyone watching the match. The vibe embodies the true local spirit. Andy, who served me, showed the kind of class you would expect from a high-end restaurant. Speaking of which, the food is the best in N4! The chef is excellent 👌. There are a lot of pubs in N4, but this one is nailing it.

Loved it!! Great meeting friends and watching the Cricket T20 World Cup match. Brandon was at the bar taking really good care of us. Highly recommend if you're in the area. Worth a visit.

Went with a pre-booked group for Sunday lunch. Roast beef was good but the veg were tired. Service was amazingly quick, perhaps because they had already prepared plates of food in expectation of a rush, which may explain the state of the veg. Beer was staggeringly expensive at about £6.50 a pint but this is a non-townie speaking. I guess it's not unusual for London. It's a big old traditional London pub with a friendly atmosphere. Toilets were a disgrace - and that's the Ladies which I had to use because the Gents was out of action. Not that it seems to matter these days.

Been there twice in last week. Manager working very hard. Rest of staff extremely lazy and no awareness of customers needs. Not too busy and you can wait 5 minutes to be served while staff slowly polish wine glasses as opposed to doing what should be done… put glass down, serve then go back to polishing. Many staff do not even say please or Thankyou. Early afternoon and staff play shocking house type music. They are soon going to become the mirror imagine of the shocking excuse of a pub over the road “the dairy”. It’s a shame as it isn’t rocket science. Non lazy and polite staff are all that is needed…. Sure the pay isn’t great but if you don’t want to put a half decent days work in don’t even take the job. Shocking shocking shocking bad attitude staff other than the manager.

Visited for a birthday party. Pleased with range of beers and products available. Service was generally good and prompt and reasonably friendly. The venue itself is nice and spacious with high ceilings but doesn't really have an identity of its own and the generic music left playing in the background was bland and was not to our personal taste. Can't please everyone, I suppose.

Football pub. Arsenal and Liverpool pub. Like a mini anfield in Liverpool cup final matches. The occasional vinyl Saturday fair and a decent AC/DC pinball machine

A great pub. DJ is on the phone all the time

very expensive for what you get. we got the aubergine roast as that was all that was left. it was fine nothing special. veg wasn’t cooked nicely very hard potatoes were bland not roasted nicely with a crunch but soft and hard at the same time. the greens were nice and so was the yorkshire but that’s not enough to make the roast. the reason for my bad review isn’t the main roast dinner even though it was mediocre and not worth the money. my real issue is with the cauliflower cheese. is that a joke? would rather someone piss in my mouth and give me some cauliflower to chew on. the cheese sauce wasn’t a cheese sauce it was non existent. just cauliflower swimming in murky water with a hard burnt layer of cheese on top. the girl who served us was lovely and the only nice part of the evening.

Noisy quiz night, grim toilets, if that's your thing

Went for a Sunday roast, and the food was really good. One of the best pub roasts I’d had in a long time.

There's a reason why I frequent this place...its just so nice! From the friendly staff to the delicious food. Always putting their best foot forward!

Great cosy local pub with high ceilings and lots of room for larger parties. Sports shown, but not a sporty pub. Good for families and dog friendly, a good place to play games with friends

Unfortunatley this was how our chicken burger was served. Extremely dry bread and was difficult to chew the chicken. Asked for ketchup, but had to wait until we had almost finished our chips (small portion) to recieve it. Not just over priced but the food was of extremely bad quality. I know businesses are in hard times, but now a chef or service staff could think it was okay to service this is sad to see

Great pub with nice selection of beers, staff friendly and has a dartboard

Nice local pub. Good prices and customer service

Nice friendly staff, good selection on drinks. Food available most days. Great new year party, open till 2am.

Wouldnt let me (1 person) order food as the kitchen was "backed up" and wouldn't let me bring food in. I was very polite and manager was really rude. Terrible service.

I’ve only attended the Stapleton Tavern for beers and football matches. Can strongly recommend it when Arsenal is playing - the atmosphere is electric.

Just had one of the best roasts in recent memory.

The beautiful place and lovable place ever i see

Great atmosphere. Lovely staff. Has football on a Sunday but doesn’t bring usual football crowd and didn’t even notice it was on from dining room. Spacious and well laid out. Good for groups or pint at bar.

The staff are lovely, but sadly our food was not great the sirloin was very ropey and chewy, we had to complain about it and they gave us a discount. It was a special occasion that could have been more enjoyable. The pub is accepting of kids and babies but I had to clean the changing unit before use, this should be better.

Classic pub. Got a nice big back room, good beer selection, not bad prices.

Love this pub We support our local businesses 👏 an this is a great pub

Great games, and very friendly staff and punters 💙👍

Really good pub with good atmosphere. Staff were super friendly. Good selection of beers with some of them surprisingly cheap for London! Would recommend the vegan burger too!

Friendly bar staff and a great pub to have a pint and enjoy a conversation. Sometimes there's a bit of live music, which is a bonus to the area, but none of the overbearing 'pumped' music found elsewhere - so you can actually talk (if you want too!). Environment is 'traditional and quirky' rather than the sterile 'All Bar One' style and all the better for it! Recommended.

Used to be a regular in here. Not anymore. The most expensive pub in Stroud Green for very average beer and lager. Like the majority have said the toilets are an absolute disgrace. Reading the comments from the owner from six months ago who said they were going to sort them out, but if anything they've got worse in that time. If Health & Safety saw it they'd shut the place down! The owners are treating their customers like mugs. Only gets two for the big screen football and the staff. The rest makes me feel ill.

Had a great time here. Big lounge area, great for groups too. Board games, fire place. Unfortunately no food but great for beer, wine and shots. Sports screen and board games. Used to be plain but a few decent decorations and quirky furniture here and there has done it a world of good. Recomended

Has become the best pub in Stroud Green Road. Great cask selection and friendly staff. And a top pub quiz on Thursdays.

I hadn't visited the pub for many years. It was called The Stapleton Hall Tavern in those days after the local road. Forgotten how large it was. Great for groups.

Great pub except one bartender. We asked why they were showing the Liverpool vs west ham game on the big TV and her response was - "there are more Liverpool fans coming to the pub, if you had been here the last few years you would know". Really rudenand obnoxious. She looks about 24, I've been living in the area 37 years and been coming to the pub on off for 15 years. Thanks for the condescending remarks. Everyone else is lovely.

Very nice place to go drink with friends

Friendly staff, good ale and the pooch got a plate of sausage and gravy, what more can I say!

Great pub. I’ve always loved this place and amazing staff! Real shame about the new menu. Very limited and can’t understand why it’s changed might have to go somewhere else to eat now as there’s not much to choose from that I like. The menus brings this pub down. I want to come but it’s giving me no choice when it comes to eating. But can’t fault the staff and the general environment

Great pub with friendly service, good selection of beer and dog friendly. Quiz on Thursday and football to. Would definitely recommend.

Lovely place, usually good beer, top staff, great quiz. You asked what you could do better. You claim to be a gastropub but only have four things on the menu. Food's good but could be cheaper. The wine is generally poor. Do you still have a picture of a member of the royal family on the wall? If so, you've fatally misjudged your demographic. Why don't you just have a full-frontal of Enoch Powell and be done with it?

Was on a first date and nice space and great staff members and they have lots of activities eg pub quiz etc

Ordered fish and chips and they brought it out in about 5 minutes, which was worrying. The fish was dry and overcooked whilst the batter was pale undercooked. The worst of both worlds for 15 quid.

Been for drinks a few times. Whether quiet or crowded bar staff are friendly, helpful and prompt. Good selection at the bar. Personally preferred our weekday visits as the old building amplifies the voices of a busy Saturday night crowd.

Really nice, shame they don’t make food on Mondays anymore. Heaps of seating room and plenty of beers.

Great local dog friendly pub. The nice staff gave Daphne her own little plate of sausage as a treat!

Lovely pub at the bottom of Crouch Hill. Wide range of beers and wines. Well worth a visit.

Quite a nice pub, only bad thing was they were out of quite a few of the beers.

Class pub really. Beer selection is fantastic and food tastes great. Chips are brilliant. Toilets smell really bad thought

New to the area and exploring the local roasts. Served by Jade who was super friendly and offered some great wine recommendations!

Nothing more and nothing less than a pub

Bel locale molto ampio con tavoli distanziati. Personale molto gentile e sorridente. Piatti molto belli e abbondanti con buona qualità di carni e verdure. Sunday Roasts molto consigliato!

Decent pub - nice friendly bar staff. Plenty of seats and not bad selection on tap. Back toilets are atrocious, but lots of quirky little touches elsewhere. Looks like a good spot to watch the football with various screens around and I noticed a large projector screen too.

Great local pub, decent beer selection and staff were great.

Really great pub, good vibes and the staff are all lovely

Wanted to spoil a friend visiting England with a Sunday roast. Heard good things so thought would try. Unfortunately it was so dreadful. The service! The waitress was more concerned flirting and chatting to the chef and her friends than taking our order. We had to call her eventually to take our order. We had the sirloin roast. And was absolutely like jerky! So tough! No flavour. Cooked dry. No steak knives. The roast potatoes tasted old and cooked a few days before. And way to hard. Not even crunchy. Just hard and stale. But we were so hungry and paid £18 for it. We ate it. We then sat for over 20 mins with the dirty plates in front of us while the waitress set up tables that she hadn’t even wiped down after people left and continued to talk to the chef. Eventually I had to ask the gentleman waiter to remove our plates. We were debating having dessert. But the service was so so so awful and after such a let down on the Sunday roast. We honestly just wanted to get out!! I would highly suggest training for the waiters and perhaps a slightly different approach on the roast beef. The service was shocking!! I definitely won’t be back and sadly won’t recommend.

Wanted to spoil a friend visiting England with a Sunday roast. Heard good things so thought would try. Unfortunately it was so dreadful. The service! The waitress was more concerned flirting and chatting to the chef and her friends than taking our order. We had to call her eventually to take our order. We had the sirloin roast. And was absolutely like jerky! So tough! No flavour. Cooked dry. No steak knives. The roast potatoes tasted old and cooked a few days before. And way to hard. Not even crunchy. Just hard and stale. But we were so hungry and paid £18 for it. We ate it. We then sat for over 20 mins with the dirty plates in front of us while the waitress set up tables that she hadn't even wiped down after people left and continued to talk to the chef. Eventually I had to ask the gentleman waiter to remove our plates. We were debating having dessert. But the service was so so so awful and after such a let down on the Sunday roast. We honestly just wanted to get out!! I would highly suggest training for the waiters and perhaps a slightly different approach on the roast beef. The service was shocking!! I definitely won't be back and sadly won't recommend.

Friendly staff, nice decor, excellent sofa, two different alcohol free beers to choose from, would go back if in the area.

Relatively handsome pub in-between Finsbury Park and Crouch Hill stations. Beer choice is ok. It was nice to see Five Points on cask although the beer I had was not in good condition at all.

Had a couple of pints in here after an Arsenal game while waiting for the Indian to open across the road. It's a nice big airy place with a nice pint of Neck oil . They show football as well

Bitter at 3.30 a pint and a proper pub atmosphere...

Good drinks, friendly bartenders, guys bathroom smells terrible

Came here with some friends for a roast and drinks. The food was fantastic, the staff were really friendly and everything was a reasonable price. Would definitely recommend and will be revisiting soon.

Good pub. Good beers and lovely staff. Large TVs for sport nights.

Very pleasant traditional English Pub. Nice choice of Beers and friendly bar staff.

I adore the staff, the atmosphere is fantastic and I cannot recommend The Stape enough.

Just had drinks, but great spot and good drinks on tap

Excellent food, staff very friendly.

Friendly staff, and nice place, but the beef roast was not good at all. They offered to change it for another roast and i went for the pork, was much better than the beef.

Better than The Old Dairy these days

Surprisingly empty pub on a Friday , not sure why as it's pretty good in terms of both food abs drink

Great atmosphere and friendly staff! Def recommend :)

Fantastic pub with great staff! Absolute legends the lot of them

Great local. Good people and friendly staff.

Sit yourself down, let me tell you a story about The Stapleton Tavern. Once upon a time, as London town sunk in to twilight, I found myself tired from a hard day of work and in desperate need of a drink. On a mighty quest, I went, around Finsbury Parklike a thirsty vagabond. Alas, no bar in the vicinity could satisfy my mighty needs. The drinks turned to ash in my mouth, the barstaff, corrupted by evil. There I was, stranded, sober and on the brink of a mental shutdown. But, wait- There, on the horizon, I saw it. The Stapleton Tavern. It glimmered in the distance like a shiny beacon of hope. As I entered, I had to reach for my shades, as here, I could tell my future was bright. The beer glistened, like the shiny nectar of the gods, the barstaff where wonderful, they felt like family, I finally felt at home. There was one cheeky chap, I'll never forget his name, Stuart Anderson was it? That lovable smile. I'll never forget the way he poured my pint, pure perfection. It was art. I stayed for another, my time there was like the shadow of a unicorns dream, a whisper on the lips of a ghost. I shall return for many years to come, the The Stapleton Tavern, home from home. 10/10 would recommend

Very large space to watch sport. Nice bar staff. Great time all round.

Friendly staff, cosy vibe with wooden tables and candles. Has WiFi. Went on a quiet weekday night but had pub quiz advertised. Hope to visit again soon!

Great place to watch football and the draft beer on tap is consistently good quqlity. They seem to have closed the kitchen though - which is a shame.

Quite and relax atmosphere and a good selection of beers.

Wonderful .... Beautiful location Nice people Friendly bartenders-stuff 🖤🖤🖤

Worst Sunday roast I've ever had. awful buffalo wings, probably made with Frank's sauce. The buttered greens side is an insult.

It's recently started selling a more interesting range of cask ales. Part of the Volden chain, and they always have Volden session plus one or two guests. When it's on my favourite is Wadworth 6x.

This is my local pub and I've been coming here for a while. Beers are good and change frequently. I've even drunk Robinsons in here which took me back to my late teens in mid-Cheshire. There are usually four real ales and usually include one of Volden's creations. Staff are friendly and varied. Good food too. Sunday roasts. Pinball machine. Edit (one year later, late October 2021): like most pubs it suffered during lockdown but has been working hard to recover. The pinball machine has gone. The table football remains. Dog friendly especially on Sunday afternoons. Still friendly.

The ladies toilets are grim here. OK pub. Preferred how it used to be in the 90s.

Standard pub. Quality selection.

Lovely pub, great selection of drinks and good atmosphere plus the food is spot on.

Great place to relax as usual. No food which is a bit of a shame but a drink and a chat is fine.

Friendly staff, good food. Amazing blue moon beer!

Very accommodating and friendly staff