Prince Arthur, Tottenham Haleback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Irish Pub, uninteresting range of beer but otherwise fine for a quiet pint.
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Decent place, approach looks a little better when coming from Tottenham Hale station. Good Guinness �2.80 and showing Irish and Sky sports. No real ale. I think the yellow and blue may have come from the Roscommon origins, clearly displayed on a pillar to the right of the bar. But it's not yellow/blue outside any more and appears to have lost a window during the riots unfortunately.
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For those who find pubs to be somewhat sterile these days, Mannions Prince Arthur will serve as an welcome change. This is a pub with proper charachter. Irish themed, the drinks are decently priced, and there is a good supply of older music on the jukebox, alongside the Now compilations and Irish albums.
Fridays now play host to a karaoke. A good choice of songs and a sizeable dancefloor. There is also a covered smoking area near to the toilets.
Absolutely nothing pretentious about this pub.
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Mannion's as this place is better known, is a testament to the once very sizeable Irish community that used to exist in Tottenham but seems to have since disapated.
Situated at almost exactly the arse-end of nowhere, this is a pub that you are highly unlikely to just stumble upon and that's a bit of a shame. This place won't be to all tastes, but I confess to quite liking it.
The decor has seen better days but the ceilings are impressive and the furniture comfortable. When I was in there they were showing live Gaelic Games with commentary and interviews in Gaelic in the big screen at one end of the pub and the clientele does seem to be largely Irish or of Irish stock, but despite not sharing their ethnicity my friends and I were welcomed.
The walls are adorned with an array of seemingly random pictures and nick-nacks ranging from paintings of racehorses to pictures of the Mayo Gaelic Football and Hurling teams, signposts which suggest certain parts of Ireland are much closer than is factually accurate, some 70's nude paintings and the odd piece of Spurs memorabilia to remind you that you are in Tottenham.
The bar staff are more of the efficient but taciturn variety, but never rude. Guiness as you might expect was very good here and not overpriced. Bit of a shame that they only serve Walkers crisps and not the superior Irish brand Taytos.
Nice enough place to stop into but probably not a destination pub, which given it's location probably means that is destined to survive purely on the trade from its regulars.
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Mannions is a friendly no nonsense proper Irish pub - no O'Neills or Wishing Well chain pub thankfully! Rose and Martin the couple who run it are lovely as is Maisie the barmaid who has been here for years and lovely Patsty does a mean roast dinner. Great place to watch sports especially GAA Football and Hurling - the only time the bell is rung in this pub is when somebody scores goal or a point. Nice regulars especially Jim in the corner. Have held a few functions here and they have always been great with lovely buffet and good live music. The man himself Denis Mannion is missed from this pub would be great if he came back. Good pub for Spurs match days if you want to avoid the crowds in pubs nearer the ground. Well worth a visit.
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Situated in a particularly grubby corner of estate flats and derelict housing, the bright blue and yellow exterior does at least offer a splash of colour amid the gloom. It would be easy to bypass the Prince Arthur without giving it a second thought, as I have done for years, but inside is actually a quite decent pub. The large and spacious interior has seen a certain amount of knocking about and is a bit weathered around the edges but still retains an air of the splendour that it obviously had in days gone by. The high ceilings contain some quite ornate plasterwork with hanging fans and lights. The walls are partly paneled and plastered with murals of buildings, fading pictures, mirrors and other interesting, if sometimes tacky, bits and pieces and there is a large Mannions sign over bar canopy. The customer base can be a bit on the well oiled side but I was welcomed like a long standing friend when I went in and had no bother at all. There is a juke box by the bar and Big screens at either end of the pub, usually showing a different channel - Irish sports appear to be the norm. The big disappointment is the rather mundane selection of kegs and lagers and no Real Ales. At one end is a pool table and dartboard with a quite ornate clock above. At the other end is a raised stage area. Looking at the outside it looks like there was once a corner shop / off licence but this now seems to have been swallowed up into the pubs interior. Worth popping in for a pint but it is a bit out of the way for most people unless you live nearby.
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