The Fox, Kingsland

This pub recently opened in the desert that is the middle bit of Kingsland Road. They've gone for gastro, and the food is good - but when I went they were a bit keen. The landlord was very nice but was trying to hard to impress and the staff kept coming up and telling us impressive things about the food (organic). This place will be lovely if they calm down a bit.

16 Feb 2006 17:37

The Talbot, Kingsland

Looks just like my kind of pub. And it's fine for an evening drink, good wine list, the terrace is nice. The food is ok, but considering they do a gastro pub and blackboard the menu - it's formulaic and done by numbers. They can't do anything even slightly different from what's on the menu 'because we're just a pub' (like having something from the vege mezze instead of something in the tapas plate). There's one particular woman who works there (assume she's the manager) who has some 'training issues' where talking to the public is concerned. Got to the Wellington on Balls Pond Road instead, or the Northgate.

16 Jun 2005 15:24