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The best restaurants serving American food in Holloway Islington London

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4.2

1402 Opinions

location-icon385 Holloway Road, England
American
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This used to be the best metal place in London. Unfortunately the old owners were forced to sell and the new owners stole the name, the brand and everything. I've been here a few times because I missed Big red and wanted to remind myself of good memories here, but unfortunately except for the name and the interior being the same, it's nothing like the old place. The staff are incredibly rude, especially the owner, he will literally roll his eyes at you when you order. I guess he doesn't like metalheads? The music is also not metal anymore, the throw in metal song here and there, the rest is pop music like Whitney Houston, Backstreet boys!!(they played it several times when I was there on a Saturday), the rest is bad "rock" like Green day and Nickelback. I guess they are trying to sell the place to the big mass, people who wants to feel different in a place with metal interior but just listen to mainstream music. Extremely disappointing. No live music anymore either. The worst of it is definitely the staff though, not creating a friendly environment which metal is all about. It used to be an amazing place to hang out. RIP Big red 💔