Aug 2024 - just one cask beer on at a visit from Sambrook's. The Stores part, on the left hand side as you go in, was closed and being rebuilt. The barman said it is going to open as an indian restaurant run by the same people as the two Tamil pubs in Islington. Makes sense, same operator. we think it will be popular and will complement the pub side.

Listed on CAMRA's London Regional inventory of pubs with interiors of special historic interest. Grade II listed and built in 1901 it was designed by the architects Wylson and Long. In the CAMRA National Pub Design Awards 2016, it was the Winner in the Conservation category. Originally an Inn, it was named by virtue of the haunches of Venison hung in the bar awaiting their sale by visiting Scots traders.

Rotating beers with 4 handpumps, although sometimes one is used for a Lilley's cider which is not recognised by CAMRA as a "real cider" as in order to be "real", cider and perry should never be concentrated then diluted – either in terms of the juice used, or the alcohol content. More info can be found at the national CAMRA website.

At times there can be with a predominance of beers from Wantsum, including a Mild and stronger dark beer. The house beer when on - a bitter - also is sourced from Wantsum. A "regular" keg offer on 6 lines and a "craft corner" with 6 keg lines (including Two Tribes, Hammerton and Signature Brew).

These can all be found in the original bar but at the end of 2016 they joined it to the more modern Stores Bar where you will find a large font dispensing Weihenstephaner Hefe Weissbier. This addition created a lot more space. It can also be sectioned off from the main bar for private hire.

There is a third area on the street corner which is far less pub-like and looks more like somewhere that can be hired for corporate bookings, meetings etc. For that it works well and can accommodate around 15 people.

Google says the opening hours are noon to midnight every day, the pub's website does not show the hours. We have used the hours on Google as it says they were confirmed.