The Angelic

I really like this pub. Have been a few times over the years, the most recent being a week ago.
I’ve never eaten here so can’t comment on the food. The menu looks nice.
The place has a nice vibe and, on a Thursday late afternoon, feels comfortable enough to sit in alone. I had a magazine though spent more time people watching. There was the after work crowd, a date, other people alone including one on a laptop.
I can’t remember everything I have drank here over the years but on this occasion I had prosecco. At £7 a glass, that is more expensive than most places at home in Manchester, but think it must be fairly standard London pricing.
About 5 – 6 years ago I fell down the stayed coming from upstairs to down. I was drunk though the steps are quite steep. The stairs going down to the loos are windy and steep so watch out. There is a lovely little fountain in the basement too.
I’d definitely recommend this pub to anyone in Angel.

I was there yesterday evening. The place is beautiful, it has paintings on the ceilling and there is an upstairs room worth the try, but if you want a table at around 7PM you better book.
We ordered two reasonably priced beers (£4 a pint) and a glass of red sicillian wine (£4.80). The ale was a bit short of taste, but we may have been out of luck and chose a bit randomly.
We then ordered a Goat cheese cream thing (I don’t exactly remember the name, but it definetly revolved around Goat cheese), and two Burgers with hand chipped potatoes.
The Goatcheese thing was £7.50 and mostly emptiness in a plate, but tasted good.
The burgers looked amazing (£12.5 + £1.5 for the potatoes) but were a bit dry (what is it about english people not asking how cooked you like your meat?) and lacking sauce.
Overall, it is about fine, but I really expected better seeing the prices and the fact that it is supposed to be a gastronomic pub.

Pretty solid pub. Nice casual environment. The bathrooms are downstairs and have a some standup comedy playing through the speakers. They also have a good selection of beer on tap. They even had Sam Adams from America. I think kitchen closes at 9pm or so.

Meh. Islington is littered with pubs and The Angelic always seems to draw a large lunch/​early afternoon crowd, even on weekdays, so I thought it only made sense to include it on our Bike ‘n Beer tour but now that we’ve been, I think that was a mistake.
The space is large with incredibly tall ceilings and though it was full of drinkers and diners, it felt empty. The beer selection was that of a typical English pub + BrewDog. There’s lots of talk about the dying English pub and here’s why — people want more variety than Carlsberg, Fosters, and Bulmer’s and some English pubs have just not got that memo yet and by the time they do, it’s going to be too late. I think this may be the fate of The Angelic in a few years. In order for this pub to survive, they are going to have to branch out into the craft brew market otherwise they are going to be swallowed up in the rat race.
+Loads of bike parking nearby
+Tables located on the sidewalk/​pavement in direct sunlight, so great for day drinking
–Located at the junction of two busy-​ish roads
–Terrible beer selection

Pub has a charming cosy atmosphere to it, especially upstairs. Quite enough to here eachother talk, great staff. Situated in busy location.

Have been here a few times, and brought some friends from overseas as well. As a gastropub, it’s got pretty decent food. Part of the main draw those the décor, with high ceilings and multiple levels.
The menu changes somewhat frequently, and the small plates for sharing are tasty as well. It’s the kind of place that’s good for stopping for a quick drink and a bite, or a full sitdown dinner. It’s great to have this place right around the corner.

A great, spacious pub spot with a huge projector and tv’s for sports viewing. Couch and table seating & outdoor seating, very attentive service, and high ceilings! Drink prices are just as reasonable as any other pub. A huge plus is the bathroom (ladies). It’s clean and comfortable, and not gross and creepy like most bar bathrooms can be.

So cool! I loved the atmosphere! My burguer was delicious! Great pub in Angel area. We waited 30 minutes for our food but the atmosphere, music, decoration and company compansated it.

This pub is conveniently located across from Sainsburys and close to Angel station, which makes it easy for friends to find, even if they are not locals. The venue is actually spacious with high ceilings and large windows, which makes it a notable exception from the average dimly lit cramped corner pub. When we went a little after 10 pm on a Saturday night, a lot of the tables were still filled with diners, but luckily we found four ottomans in the corner by the bookcase, which gave us the perfect vantage point for people watching and also a convenient place to set our empty glasses (the bookcase). But after the table next to us had finished and left, the waiters took a long time to clear the table so it couldn’t be immediately used for drinks. Overall, the vibe was all young ²⁰⁄₃₀ year olds, dressed up to go out– great place to start a night.

Ops… My former review on this page, was for the pub down the road. Sorry about that.

I’ve fallen in love with The Angelic, but unfortunately prices are pretty steep. However, the quality of the food is great, and there’s a very wide selection of drinks to choose from. The food menu isn’t massive, but there’s still a good choice. The food options are changed periodically, so I’m looking forward to going back in the future to see what else is available.
I’m not sure I’d come here of a night out, but it’s lovely to have lunch. It’s busy but the atmosphere is relaxed, there’s no rush to leave, and the service is attentive. I also thought that the presentation of the meals was lovely, especially the platter of bread and condiments brought for the table.
There are also lots of nice quirks here that help to make it such a nice venue, for example old church chairs used for seating, a painting on the ceiling, and some very surreal toilets. The windows are nice and big, there’s lots of light, and it’s only a short walk from the tube station. Highly recommended, looking forward to returning!

This place is heaving, day and night with Islington’s good-​looking youngsters… but it’s not just an angelic face or two that makes one double-​take on a casual stroll past… This pub boasts a spacious and beautiful bar, coaxing one inside with tempting tapas and drinks list specials. It’s cosy in winter, airy in summer. Sit outside to catch some rays or linger with a cigarette, lounge indoors around low-​lying oak tables or scoot up at the bar and jest with the congenial bar staff. If you really want to wander head upstairs to the top dining room, which is also available for private function hires.

This is a lovely big pub close to Angel station.
The food is pretty good & the crowd is decent.
The loos are lovely! I mean, for a pub, they are pretty nice! You walk down a stairwell away from the hustle & bustle of the pub, and suddenly, it is cosy, with low lighting, a water fountain, comedy is playing from the walls and all feels well with the world!
I could seriously enjoy a pint in these toilets.
Check them out!

Very pleasant bar and restaurant in the heart of Angel and opposite Sainsburys. Comfortable seats and well maintained timber furniture and flooring gastro pub style. A two course lunch menu is only £10 and there are a fair few ales to choose from-​try Sharpes Own dark ale.
UPDATE:Went there this week and noticed that the place seems even more prententious. in an endearing way. The barman tells me they dont do Jack Daniels (only Jim Beam) and they dont do Guiness (only Murphys) and so ot goes ondownstairs the loos are adorned by a water feature after a long descent via a spiral staircasenot good when youre tipsy. Prices have gone up a lot from my last visit– three drinks for 13 quid!
That said they kept the bar open while I waited for a cab and the place has a nice atmosphere.
uPdated:£8:30 for one glass of wine!

This is a good pub, but there is seriously no excuse for charging that much for beer. 1 pint and two half pints came to £12.50, and that was just standard lager-​type beer. I like the atmosphere, and it’s often packed, but I can’t justify spending that much for a drink… especially when there are tons of other nice places about. I would give it 3 stars for the place itself, but the price means I’ll not be back… so 2 stars it is.
(I should perhaps note that this was on an exploration of local pubs which saw us having the same order or even 2 and a half pints for between £3 and £5 less…)

I got the chance to go there twice for dinner, and I was both times really satisfied.
The tapas are exquisite, and rich in flavors, though they are quite expensive for a rather small portion.
Meat is delicious and very well cooked, and so is the fish.
The service is ok, and the ambience, with the high ceilings, the gloomy staircase and the devilish toilets (there is one door for Gents, one for the Ladies, and one for Midgets :-), make it a special place to go out.
I can’t wait to go there again !

Très joli bar, accueil vraiment très sympa, dommage que l’endroit né permette pas de boire sa pinte sur le trottoir (pas assre de trottoir). Nous y avons diné et c’était très bon et étonnament recherché pour un pub. A recommander

This is definitely an in-​spot near Angel tube.
The beer selection is mediocre. Haven’t tried the food.
It is hard to get a seat inside, so I’ve always done the on the pavement thing – so what’s the point of a cool pub if you are standing on pavement next to Sainsburys? Seems to be a hot after-​work spot in the hood.
The bathrooms have comedy tapes running (ktichy-​cool), although you do need to navigate a spiral staircase to get to them – a dangerous sport while consuming.

Super ce bar, à la décoration classe et à l’ambiance sympathique même en semaine. On le retrouve sur la Liverpool Road, à quelques pas de la station de métro_​Angel_​dans le quartier d’Islington.
On est tombés dessus par hasard, et quelle bonne surprise! La musique n’est pas trop forte et les cocktails servis dans la règle de l’art (avec shaker et tout). Nous avons commandé un Cosmopolitan (£7) bien corsé et un jus de canneberge (£2).
On n’a pas eu trop de mal à s’asseoir. Il y avais plusieurs tables en bois éclairées à la bougie, et de gros canapés confortables déjà squattés.
Derrière le bar, c’est un délice pour les yeux: les serveurs sont mignons. La clientèle est plutôt branchée et bien habillée. Rien à voir avec des «pochtrons». On a passé un agréable moment!

Wait, this is pub fare? The translation that was going on in my American brain was «Umm, HUH? This food is… from a bar?» (Emphasis on Huh… ’cause that’s how we do.)
Could’a fooled me as I tucked into my scallops, spicy carrot & pumpkin soup and fresh rocket salad with finely grated Parmesan cheese. Raaaahhther!
As I looked around the large rustic wooden table where our group of 10 was sitting, I caught myself drooling over a seafood paella with a mix of shrimp, scallops, clams, and muscles over a spicy Spanish rice and a lamb shoulder paired with garlic mash that was literally slipping off the bone. French? Spanish? British? Who cares when it’s this good!
Rumours of The Angelic getting painfully crowded swirled around me as I willingly floated off into a happy food coma and was only woken up upon a trip to the ladies when I literally found myself in an old horse stable listening to some sort of play on tape? Very odd indeed. But again… who cares when it’s this good! We did not deal with a crowd issue in the slightest, however the food did take an exorbitant amount of time to arrive. But the atmosphere proved sustainable: relaxed and laid back, with sunshine streaming through the large windows, food begging to be devoured and cherubs singing hymns from the rafters. Erm, something like that.
I can only imagine how divine the Sunday roast offerings are, and I will most certainly be back for a sampling myself.

I think that given the other reviews of this venue, that I need to try and come back on a different day and maybe even try the food. Then I might change my review.
I came here on a Saturday night and it was heaving. I suppose that means its popular but I can’t see the pleasure of waiting more than 10 minutes to get served then standing in a cramped space and almost spilling your drink (an excellent pint of Deuchers, mind you) every time someone near you moves or someone tries to get past. I suppose since the tube drinking ban its harder to have a drink in such batteryhenesque conditions, but its not for me.

The Angelic is my favourite pub. When I am shopping in Angel and want to sit and relax I go to the Angelic. If I’ve had a long day at work and want to meet friends for a drink, I go to the Angelic. Saturday afternoon are the best days to go to the Angelic. In the afternoon, it has not gotten really crowded and you can sit and have a nice lunch. The food at the Angelic is superb! Most of the time I order the salad and chips, delicious. The salad is fresh and the dressing is yummy. The chips are cooked perfectly and crispy. The balance of salad and chips makes me fill like I’m only being a little unhealthy.
The pub also serves fresh juice and the drinks are so refreshing, especially on hot days. In the winter the fresh juice makes me feel healthy, as if I’m fighting off evil germs. The Angelic is an excellent place to grab lunch or dinner, the food is extremely good and the atmosphere is ideal for hanging out, no matter the day of the week.