The Lexington Reviews Summary

Atmosphere & Venue

Pros:

• "Great venue, with lovely staff."
• "Quite a cool vibe in the pub - with a downstairs that doubles as a live music venue."
• "The downstairs bar is fairly unique in its character."
• "Really charming vibe, high ceilings, and has a south American twist."
• "The atmosphere at The Lexington is pretty cool. It's got that vintage charm that takes you back in time, with its dim lighting, polished wooden decor, and a cosy vibe."
• "Great old traditional high-ceiling pub with inviting decor and period features."
• "The Lexington is a beautiful building with Victorian features."

Cons:

• "The place was incredibly crowded, meaning that you could find a lot of people and talk to a lot of different people."
• "The heat when full is 'unbearable' upstairs."
• "The room upstairs was packed, people couldn’t breathe, and were getting aggravated in the crowd."
• "The only thing I didn’t like was the upstairs part of the bar, the nightclub, where you have to pay to get in and it’s not as intimate as the ground floor."
• "The place smell a little odd sometimes, not sure what is it."
• "If you go into this venue during the day when it's empty there's a very distinct pervasive smell of stale urine that drifts into the main room from the toilets."
• "The upstairs mens toilet urinal stank so bad my eyes burned and made me gag."

Food & Drink

Pros:

• "Absolutely banging food, we had the nachos with guacamole, tacos (amazing), and loaded fries, all just delicious!"
• "Good range of ales if you like that sort of thing."
• "Very good range of beers and alcohol, also does food."
• "Incredible selection of Bourbon whiskey, they even have multiple years of some whiskey so if your pockets run deep enough you could compare by year."
• "All the food was plant-based and tasty."
• "The burger was delicious! Nice and juicy in a soft brioche bun."
• "The chicken wings are fantastic. As are the beef dripping chips and the bacon and cheese loaded fries."

Cons:

• "Beer selection though has begun to fall away a bit which a lot more of the predicable craft on offer than the crazy and special."
• "It’s a below average burger."
• "The chips had a bit too much salt on them for my liking though."
• "the horrendous Lexington Lager... It was so bad I took it back and had to fight to have it replaced with something else."
• "Beer choice not good and quite different to what was described on their website."
• "The burger wasn't very good, tasted burnt and was overcooked inside."
• "Average drinks, less than average food, all overpriced."

Staff & Service

Pros:

• "Great venue, with lovely staff. Went to a gig upstairs and having emailed beforehand as I have a disability I had seats reserved for me so I could sit during the gig."
• "The security team were so friendly and made sure everyone was okay at all times."
• "Staff are very welcoming."
• "The staff very friendly and a nice Ambience."
• "Friendly staff, I could go on forever."
• "Staff were really nice, all the food was plant-based and tasty."
• "The staff are lovely and welcoming, the beer tastes good."

Cons:

• "Most humiliating moment I have ever experienced, the staff were rude and ruined my birthday, denied serving us when we had already bought drinks with no explained reason."
• "Really disappointed, we were celebrating our big 25th anniversary, bought 2 double vodkas, within 5 mins one of our drinks was taken by mistake from the glass collector, when I addressed this, the staff from the bar was not helpful & refused to reimburse our drink."
• "Then they accused me of stealing beer."
• "The bar staff are just unnecessarily rude."
• "Thanks to the incredibly rude staff members, our evening was ruined."
• "Food not great, Service Appalling."
• "Bar service can sick sometimes in this place."

Accessibility & Location

Pros:

• "Only a few minutes walk from King's Cross."
• "It is convenient to Angel tube."
• "Great location; walking distance from Kings Cross/St. Pancras but far away enough that it's not unpleasantly busy."
• "Being so close to Kings Cross it's v easy to get to, I think we'll be in there quite a bit now we've found it."
• "We travelled in by car and found free parking couple of roads up."
• "Almost flat access, only a 4cm door rim to get over, which is flat and wooden."
• "Great pub, even if a bit out of the way."

Cons:

• "BUT no access to upstairs gig area and I couldn't see a disabled toilet."
• "in the unisex toilets upstairs there was a cubicle door that wouldn't close properly."
• "Toilets left a little to be desired with regard to cleanliness."
• "The restroom could be more cleaned."
• "The toilets could do with an overhaul."
• "Toilets very narrow so tricky with restricted mobility."
• "Parking for bands isn't available but you can load in on double yellows and then move the van."