The Albion, London
This new pub in Islington, north London, offers a menu of classic British food and features Georgian interiors including silk sofas, plush armchairs and wooden floors. Its garden caters for up to 120 guests and will offer all-day barbecues and spit-roasts in the summer.
- Opened: 2 April
- Owners: Simon Anderson and Richard Turner
- Head chef: Richard Turner
- Manager: Duncan Dowie
- Designer: Shaun Clarkson
- Capacity: 44
- Food: classic British fare, including Cornish crab soup slow-roast Gloucester Old Spot with honey-roast parsnips and sweet red cabbage shepherd's pie with peas and rhubarb crumble with ice cream
- Price: £22 for three courses excluding wine
- Address: 10 Thornhill Road, London N1 1HW
- Telephone: 020 7607 7450
- Website: www.the-albion.co.uk
- See a map of The Albion here