Duke of Cambridge Pub London (Islington)

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Duke of Cambridge reviews

Truly organic, this place belongs to the Premier League of gastropubs. If you can bear the uncomfortable seating in the main area (if you are close to 6ft tall, your knees can't go under most of their tables), you'll usually have great food and excellent beer. Service is hit and miss, but then, as with most places in London, staff changes so frequently that you can never tell in advance. Browns is probably best for service but it is an altogether different proposition.

by EmmanuelUK, 03 Dec 2007

We ate at the Duke of Cambridge on Friday and, unfortunately, didn't have a great experience. The place wasn't clean (l saw a big dirty dog in the pub), I'm not satisfied with the service, the food wasn’t nice and wasn’t cooked properly, plus the price was far too high (l paid over £200, and that for bad service!). But the worst was that every table was dirty and sticky, which made my dress dirty. I have never been so disgusted. I will not be back, and will warn all my friends about the place.

by wiseman, 17 Nov 2007

Great selection of wines, including BRILLIANT English white. But organic bordering on the fascist. Got very upset when I explained that paper wasn't made from the rain forests! Will go back for more Basil Fawlty service.

by william_mcmullan (2 reviews), 28 Nov 2006

Good food and great range of organic beers, wines and cider.

by ICOT (8 reviews), 22 Jan 2006

Although my friends have been regulars here, the staff were so desperate to get us out at closing time they kept the door open on a freezing night and complained when we tried to shut it to keep warm whilst finishing up. Wouldn't go again.

by turkish, 23 Dec 2005

A lovely place with good food, but the service can be monumentally discourteous - almost (but not quite) to the extent of becoming an endearing feature.

by Octavian, 16 Dec 2005

I had a great lunch here and the barman offered to let me try three reds to help me choose a bottle. The atmosphere is laid back, for sure, but not, in my experience, dismissive as some others have commented. Good food, good wine and beer and I'd happily recommend it as a quiet gastropub.

by SDog, 05 Sep 2005

Good little find, but a bit sparse of customers when we went on a Saturday afternoon. Food wasn't served until 6.30pm and we were starving at 4pm, but never mind... Only nuts and olives for us!

Nice to find a decent pub off crowded Upper Street. Great for lazy afternoon drinking.

by Anonymous, 05 Apr 2005

Lovely pub, food and drinks great. But it's expensive and I've often found the staff to be unfriendly (ignore you at the bar until they see fit to serve) and really scathing of people who ask for coke or similar non-organic drinks. Seems a bit unnecessary to me, and a shame as it has the potential to be a great pub.

by Anonymous, 16 Dec 2004

Food is unreliable and the service dismissive.

by AD, 11 Aug 2004

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