The Faltering Fullback Reviews Summary

Atmosphere & Location

Pros:

• "This is a pub that truly stands out from the crowd."
• "One of the standout features of this pub is its spacious multi-level beer garden."
• "One of best beer Gardens in North London, if not the best! Lovely atmosphere for your summer nights."
• "Great local pub with incredibly friendly staff and a great atmosphere for the football!"
• "The outside is a Hobbit-esque maze of risen platform seating areas with pretty lights and eccentric decorations."
• "Entering this pub is like going into a separate universe."
• "The place is massive."

Cons:

• "Beautiful place but racism by security."
• "Lovely pub and fun atmosphere however terrasse outside was crazy packed and you can't drink in front of the pub entrance so in summer time you actually have to stay inside which is very dark."
• "It's sometimes hard to find a spot, especially on warm days, but it is still worth trying."
• "Almost too safe, the security teams handles clients a little too much like a military team."
• "The atmosphere feels just a bit off, like I’ve walked into someone else’s local and don’t quite get it."
• "Nice atmosphere but dark inside."
• "It felt a little claustrophobic."

Service & Staff

Pros:

• "Staff are always polite and friendly."
• "Staff is always friendly and there's room for plenty of people if you go in a group."
• "Staff with bags of charm and a very good indie jukebox."
• "Friendly, helpful and fun staff."
• "Staff are very friendly and accommodating."
• "Staff are very friendly and helpful."
• "The exceptional service was the highlight of the evening – the staff was not only attentive but also friendly and knowledgeable about their extensive drink selection."

Cons:

• "Had SERIOUS problems with the customer service of the Thai restaurant inside FF!"
• "Used to be one of my faves due to the amazing beer garden, but there is so much abuse one can take from the staff."
• "Such an HORRIBLE experience, we came from far away because a friend of mine recommended as they are 'dog friendly', but once inside a security approach aggressively to us."
• "However weird vibes from the Thai restaurant."
• "The staff are arrogant prejudiced and generally unpleasant."
• "A couples of the barmaids are so miserable and aggressive."
• "Visited recently - what a disappointment. The staff are arrogant prejudiced and generally unpleasant."

Food & Drink

Pros:

• "The broad shoulders of the bar hold up a wide selection - roughly a half-dozen ales and a few lagers - and, behind the bar, there are wines and spirits galore."
• "The built-in Thai restaurant serves delicious food for those unwilling to leave due to hunger."
• "The beer and the service are both outstanding."
• "The Thai food is great with a range of flavourful dishes to choose from."
• "Everyone keeps recommending this pub to me... and the fast and good value Thai curry service is a plus."
• "They do really great Thai food too."
• "Food was fabulous, a good Thai menu."

Cons:

• "Wonderful place but really bad food experience. The beef was so was hard I could not chew it."
• "Lovely pub, but food was a disaster. Found a big chunk of chicken in a tofu curry and were told that 'it happens'."
• "Thai food was a real let down and very bland."
• "Nice pub but very let down by the Thai food. Ordered one of the only two vegan options, the vegetable stir-fry. Virtually no sauce."
• "The Thai food is actually pretty bad."
• "Unfortunately the food is nothing to write home about, the Thai food was pretty mediocre."
• "One star off for the Thai food ... yes it's cheap... but it's also awful."

Accessibility & Policies

Pros:

• "Only a few minutes walk away from Finsbury Park tube station."
• "On arrival, we were temperature checked and asked to scan the NHS app, which was good to see."
• "With night tube on the weekends, there's no reason not to try it out."

Cons:

• "Now I'm enjoying a nice service in somewhere else that is dog friendly for real."
• "Disappointing that one of my favourite pubs with such a vast outside area doesn’t allow dogs."
• "Despite the beer garden, place is not dog friendly."
• "Please do the favour to update the website as you are NOT DOG FRIENDLY."
• "We were disappointed today when we were half way through ordering our drinks to be told by another barman that we were unable to stay because we had a dog with us."
• "According to Google they are dog friendly but apparently only up until 2pm."
• "It's an a nice place although it has a confusing issue with dogs??? Some people are aloud to bring there dogs some people aren't???"