Had a very delicious roast chicken yesterday. I was with a large party of 16 and all food came out together and everyone in our party loved the food. Staff all well organised and polite and helpful. We will be back.
Our local. Always a great choice of beer. Fantastic food at good prices. The dog loves it so much so tugs to go there on every dog walk.
Love it here great little spot
Good beers ...great roasts ...and a substantial sticky toffee pudding �
Excellent range of well kept ales and ciders. Pleasant place to spend time. The food is very good as well.
Great pub with a nice selection of beer. I always pop in here when I am over east.
Great pub! Loads of excellent local ales.Recommended.
Fabulous lunch. Best roast spuds ever & who knew red cabbage could be soooo delicious
Comida e cervejas ótimas, preços decentes.
Federica De Dominicis
+3.5
Today I ended up here with a friend, after a stroll in the park, luckily there were still few tables not booked, and was pleasantly surprised by the range of beers, wines and few ciders they serve. It is Sunday, so we had little choice but to go with the roast, which worryingly arrived after a couple of minutes of we ordering it. Chicken for him and beef for me, both served with roasted potatoes (a bit chewy), broccoli, carrots and green beans (barely cooked) and pickled red cabbage (?) with a good amount of gravy and a Yorkshire pudding. Only difference was a bit of stuffing in the chicken meal that left my friend quite unimpressed, he actually left part of the meat, potatoes and cabbage as well. My beef was well cooked but really thin sliced. All in all the portions were quite small and a bit too pricey and the quality not the best even if we were among the first to be there. The real hit have been the drinks and we enjoyed quite a few. I'll try it again during the week to see if their regular menu is any better.
The Jolly Butchers is a really cool, funky pub on Kingsland High Street. It follows the normal gastro pub rules. Wooden floors, wooden tables, mismatched wooden chairs, menu written on a blackboard. But this is a special place, a special place indeed. It is really the Londesborough and the Shakespeare all rolled into one. It has the social vibe and the beers of the latter and the food of the former. It's basically pub heaven. We've been here several times now, and it just gets better and better with each passing. But the real reason I come is for the mad selection of beers they have. I reckon the selection is worth about 3 normal pubs. A lot of them are London brewed, but there are many that are imported and on draught. A very happy man I am. The Hell's Lager made by the Camden Town Brewery seems to be my beer of choice at the mo. It has a slight yellow haze about it, and the flavour comes across as slightly flowery. A perfect summer beer. The food is bloody good as well. The portions
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Exploring different parts of our city with the crew from The Londonists is always a much anticipated and stimulating pleasure and, on one of their monthly nocturnal ramblings I came across this wonderful establishment in North East London.
I used to live over in Hackney, back in the day, but would often pop over to Dalston and Stoke Newington for Ridley Road Market, The Rio Cinema, and The Vortex and see bands play at Stoke Newington Town Hall. I would always drink at the Three Crowns or The Magpie and Stump (now The Lion) in Stoke Newington Church Street. I decided to walk up from Dalston Kinsgsland to see how the area had changed. If anything, Dalston itself had become even more Turkish since I was last over that way; there seemed to be a Turkish restaurant every few meters, I wondered how they all survive.
After a brisk walk in the chilling night air along what was once the Roman Road to Lincoln, I finally reached Stoke Newington; it was the first time I’d been to the area in almost 15 years and my god, what changes! Church Street was unrecognisable and completely transformed and now full of cute restaurants, artisan bakers, delicatessens, fine wine shops, boutique hairdressers in fact all that comes with urban gentrification. In my mind however, I always link gentrification with social cleansing and wonder what former residents the anarchist Angry Brigade, previously known as the Stoke Newington 8, would make of the area now?
The last hostelry on our grand tour of “Stokey” was the Jolly Butchers, a large warehouse style gastro pub with high ceilings and a bar lined with fabulous craft beers, ales, ciders and a massive selection of bottled beers from Belgium, Germany, USA and beyond. The place was heaving for a Tuesday night with not a spare seat to be had in the house. So many great beers to choose from but I opted for the Windsor & Eton Brewery Park Life, an excellent rich tasting ale and full of hoppy flavour and perched at the bar.
The Butcher's has an open plan kitchen in the far corner where you can see all the food being prepared, now being a tad tipsy I certainly needed a snack of some kind. I spotted the specials boards and saw a “Jolly Butchers Hot-Dog, Bockwurst sausage with sauerkraut and crispy onion with fries (£7.95).” While pondering this, an elegant waitress glided out the kitchen with a German Sausage Platter, Bockwurst, Bratwurst, Paprika and Beef Sausages with sauerkraut bread and a selection of mustards. (£11.95). Not only did it have a most enticing aroma, it seemed like a better deal too!
In less than 15 minutes the platter was served at my bar side perch. Perfectly cooked and presented this was a great treat for a slightly tipsy food journalist in need of urgent sustenance. Each mouthful was sheer delight; the paprika sausage in particular was my personal favourite; I could have eaten a plateful of those alone. The spiciness perfectly complemented by the excellent ale. The sauerkraut was a weeny bit dry, but equally full of flavour.
Making my way back to North West London on the Overground I couldn’t help wondering what the Angry Brigade would make of the area now; would they see the changes as bourgeois decadence? Or would they welcome the new independent businesses and downgrade themselves to the “Slightly Miffed off Brigade” either way I look forward to coming back to explore more eateries in Stokey.
Gingle Lists Everything
+3.5
Outside it proclaimed itself an ale and cider house which sounded good to me as I like to see ciders making a big appearance. They only had three on draft which seems a little meagre for such a declaration. I had a Kingshead to start which I didn’t really like – a bit too musty with a weird aftertaste, but for my second I had the Ginger Cider, which wasn’t merely a silly name but meant that it had ginger in it. This was lovely – like having an alcoholic ginger beer but without all the sugar.
The Jolly Butchers seems to be straddling pub grub and trying to cash in on the Dirty food craze, and judging by what we had, it isn’t doing either one very successfully. I had fish and chips, and Stephen had the pulled pork bun.
My fish had ‘crispy Weiss beer batter’, a batter that was in fact incredibly thick, and soft, not like other lighter, thinner and crispier beer batters I’ve had before and much preferred. The chips, however, are worth the trip alone – they were fantastic specimens of chunky chips.
Stephen’s pulled pork burger was firstly, rather small but also, not very nice. It came with a beer mustard, a mustard that Stephen said just didn’t go well with it at all.
If I was marking this place as just a pub it would score higher but the food really isn't very good. I’d go back but I’d stick to the chunky chips and stay clear of anything else.
This place has great ales first and foremost! Worth a visit by any ale fan. However the food was a let down for me. I went for a Sunday roast, which was tired and limp. It was a sloppy affair which didn't impress much. As did the cheeseboard. Piled in a tubberwear of pre cut slices, again tired and lifeless. However they seem to be rammed every Sunday so maybe I was just unlucky.
My mate and I were down from Birmingham for one night only. The pub was deservedly busy at 5pm on Saturday 04.10.23, but we'd booked a table. Both of us had the chicken curry & naan at £11.50. It was VERY tasty without too much heat. The sauce was superb and we were glad spoons were provided.
We both had a few pints of some crackin' real ales.
This was a great place for food and ale before going over the road to the Three Crowns for a gig at The Waiting Room below. MALKA was totally brillinat btw.
Note for management: 'reserved' signs on tables could do with being removed asap after people leave. I saw a few people pop in and leave after thinking there was nowhere to sit.
Fantastic beers and amazing indian food. We ordered three dishes between the two of us and we're not disappointed.
Lovely Sunday roast. Not much for kids to do like colouring etc even though there is a kids menu, so take something to keep them amused with you. Other than that it was lovely. Staff were great and considerate.
My first time trying the famous British roast - I opted for the vegan (since I don’t eat red meat) option and it was sooo nutty and great. The size is also quite huge (I couldn’t finish mine). The ambience is also nice and the drinks are great too. Would definitely recommend if you want to try what the whole hype about British roast is.
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Fantastic menu and choice of beers. This pub has very relaxed vibes. The food was superb. Booma never disappoint, we would highly recommend the ribs.
Shout out to Ross & Owen. Attentive and generous!
Really nice vibe, great beers on tap and will be back for the food because the menu looked AMAZING. Wish we had places like this in west London! Highly recommend, would be a great date spot too.
Service was very fast, all staff lovely. Selection of keg beer from near and afar in excellent and a couple of cask offerings too, including a bitter. Their house wine/medium is very well priced. Really nice atmosphere, would very much recommend. They do Sunday roast very reasonably priced and have a pop up kitchen.
My first time here, what a great pub. The staff were friendly and welcoming. The food and beer were top notch. Definitely be back for more
Large open space, great food. Great staff, friendly. The food is absolutely amazing, great quality, good price, good portion size and the flavours are just beautiful, suitable for all palates as it's not too spicy nor too over the top with the flavours, just complex and unique. Great selection of beers, both regulars and specials. Dog friendly! Every time I've been there's a few very well behaved dogs
Update; still awesome
Nice pub, I had a couple of pints and they were really nice. The place was super clean, the staff was nice, beer was tasty and I really liked the interior decoration of the place.
A good place for Sunday roast. Good food with good portions! Service was also fast and the place have good ambience. Will definitely return.
Had a fab Sunday roast here. Really down to earth service. Keen to come back and try the Indian food ! Serious collection of beers on offer wow. Was busy so you should book
Excellent range of beers with plenty of styles represented. Friendly service and a nice vibe.
Great place, staff were attentive and really friendly. Can’t review the food any higher it was excellent and a little different to which made it even better. Will be back very soon.
Drinks, service, and atmosphere were great and the food was so delicious. Everything our server suggested was absolutely amazing!
Average beer, mainly fizzy bit with some real awesome, but awesome Indian food in a pub, that genuinely impressed my friend from Delhi
The best pub food I have ever had in my entire life. However, the roast is questionable and so the beer selection. Well, it is still a solid local option.
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