I loved exploring London's plethora of pubs . After a week of fine dining in numerous Michelin…read morestar restaurants during the last visit , I avoided them completely this time knowing there are countless restaurants with just as awesome experiences! Well... Windsor Castle DID ITS THING in wowing our group of diners. Every dish was on point, perfectly executed. We went in on a Sunday specifically to order Sunday Roasts. They all come either thyme potatoes, Yorkshire pudding, cabbage, leeks, peas and roasted root veggies. Chicken Roast- 4 1/2 stars , juicy and moist. Lamb Roast- 4 1/2 stars - served either red wine au jus , lovely Fish and chips- 5 stars, lightly battered and the best Rib Eye Steak- 4 1/2 stars medium rare , great taste and tasty peppercorn sauce Rosemary & parm fries with truffles- 5 stars, will rock you! Buttered asparagus- 4 stars Dark chocolate torte- 5 stars Lemon tart- 4 1/2 stars This is a super pub not only to eat but the ambiance is sooo cool! I will return!

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Stopped by on a business trip…read more Good food, good beer, friendly service. I would definitely stop back again. A little pricey, but when on expense who cares!

This is the pub I mostly try to avoid having to visit in Hendon. The drinks are extortionately…read moreexpensive for the area (i.e. expect to pay over £5 per drink for spirits and mixers), and there are no cold soft drinks at all, they are all on shelves behind the bar, and the fridges are used only for alcoholic beverages. I had expected this to mean that a soft drink would be cheap, but it is not. You are served a mini bottle (less than half a pint) of warm coke and charged about £2 for it. The staff do not seem bothered about the nasty warmth of their drinks, I just got a shrug and a kind of "that's just how it is here" response. The food is probably the redeeming feature, being reasonably priced and tasty hearty fare, if a little bog-standard pub grub (but then it is a pub!). The only problem here is the seemingly random amount of time you wait for it. Sometimes the food comes quickly, and other times you find yourself asking what has happened, and after some embarrassment on the part of the staff, find that they have forgotten the large group of you all sitting there looking hungry. The interior is clean, well maintained and comfortable, with a large number of tables and chairs so you can sit down to eat. It is however very dark inside, not so much a problem at nights, but it seems very dark compared to outside during the day, making it a bit weird to eat lunch in. The pub shows sporting events on big screens, which are much larger than usual pub screens, though if you aren't there for the sports, you might want to avoid the pub on these occasions as it becomes very loud and crowded at these times, or you could sit outside and watch the world go by on the tables they have out on the street. Overall, not somewhere I go unless I can't force an alternative!

JJ was very helpful and enthusiastic, great service and food would come back for a drinkread more

This is my local. It is not the closest pub to where I live and I pass 6 or 7 pubs to reach it and…read moreI will tell you why.. From the outside the Elephant Inn looks like a typical pub and nothing special. It does however had a large courtyard which is heated so you can sit out on cold evenings. The only problem with the courtyard is when busy it is full of smokers. As a non smoker I am always put off by sitting outside amongst the smoke filled air. If quite the courtyard is a nice place to park yourself with a beer and watch the people passing by. What makes this pub for me is the inside. It is fairly small but cozy with a real fireplace and a fire burning throughout the day and evening. There are several leather sofa's to lounge on and a friendly warm atmosphere for a town pub. The bar serves fullers ales including London Pride, London Porter and my favourite EPA. They have a thai restaurant upstairs which I have yet to try. You can however order from the thai menu in the bar area. They also offer a special thai lunch menu (12-4pm) where the prices are reduced and very reasonable. This place is a hidden gem right in the heart of North Finchley opposite the Tally Ho Bus Station.

I used to drink here in the early 80s. No television, no food (except bags of crisps), just a pool…read moretable and darts. I can't remember the cask ales they had. I made some friends there--Tim (from Blackpool), Pete (from Scotland), Sandy (from Chichester I think), and Laurie (from Scotland). Old timers called it the "Glue Pot" (which all joiners need) and it was still a working class drinking hole. One regular was an old guy with a face like a hatchet they called the Woodpecker and another regular retired from the Underground when he won the lottery to become a full-time alcoholic. Nice guys. North on Ballard's Lane was Moss Hall (now the Elephant) a Fuller's pub, and south on Regent's Park was The Old King of Prussia (now just King of Prussia). Good times.

The Joiner's is a sports bar on the main stretch of Finchley Central.They have a bunch of plasma…read moreTV's for football and have a nice garden out back. On Friday and Saturday nights they have a DJ and are open until 1 am, however, they sometimes stop people coming in after 11. The beer is cheap and the crowd is late 20's- mid 30's. Their food is horrible- I have tried most things on the menu and they were all nasty- mostly overcooked. I do not recommend eating here.... ever. I like the place in general- just wish they could do something about the food.

The ambiance was beautiful. It's a quaint little spot off the road, kind of hidden. They gave us…read morefree bread and butter and raspberry jellies! The bread was okay, butter was great. Fries/chips were just okay - needed ketchup/aoili as on their own they were bland. The burger was pretty good but the price was a bit steep for what you get. The drinks were amazing - definitely recommend the spicy margarita but beware it packs a punch!

Exudes British charm with the fireplace, cozy seating and inviting warmth. Walking down the hill…read morefrom parliament hill view towards the tube station, why wouldn't you stop in? Food is limited hours, but beers are always available.

If looks was everything this pub would definately be one ugly child! But looks arent everything…read morewith this pub. You can't order food but you can get "hot nuts", you cant have a boogie or a dance in hear but theres a few pool tables and the landord is safe a chips so you can get a few free games of him wehn its a bit quiet! The drinks are standard price and the customers are all on first name basis. Don't be put of by the menacing tatoo ridden oldies this was their local in their hay day, its suprisingly warm and welcoming, lots of cultured people (unfortunately few uncultured ones as well but definately the minority). Nice quiet atmosphere, two big projector screens during the day one for the darts adn one for the footie....sorted!

Although I haven't actually been here for years, I have to give it 5 stars as this is the place…read morewhere we spent our youth! I believe these days they actually have rather a strict age policy which is excellent (now I'm an adult!). As I remember, music comes from a juke box and is played pretty loud, meaning you can ensure you listen to what you want. Mixed crowd, big space - bar is oval so big and don't normally need to queue. Poll table, sport on tv. Dancing on tables is not strictly allowed

Really fine old established pub and restaurant with great ambiance located by Hampstead Heath…read more The restaurant has a good selection of pub type food at reasonable prices. And the bar had an extensive selection of ales, wines and spirits available. Parking available.

It's a classic! This is one of my favourite drinking spots in London. The service is good, the…read morelounge seats are comfy, and it's cleaner and brighter than your average pub, but then again it's above average!

People like pubs for different reasons. I like the décor and feel - it's laid back, not…read morepretentious. It has a cool beer garden that is nicely laid out. The food isn't bad either with a great prix fix menu (2 courses for £10, a deal!) That said, it's SLOW. The ongoing joke is that it will take an hour between ordering your food and getting it. A slight exaggeration but not by much!! Food is good but can be hit or miss. We ordered some chips but sent them back because they looked like the leftovers from the bottom of the fry vat. That said, those that were cooked right were perfect: steaming hot, crunchy on the outside, fluffy on the inside. The whitebait went down a treat. The gammon was meaty and flavourful but the eggs were overcooked (wherefore art thou, runny yolk??) The desserts came about 45 minutes after they cleared our plates away because they had forgotten about it (luckily, we were pretty well steamed at this point and had forgotten we had even ordered dessert!) Is it perfect? No. But it ticks enough of the right buttons that the inconsistencies are forgiven.

Fish & chips, one of the better ones. Good fry surface, good chips, fresh white fish, no grey bits,…read moreI like the sea salt on top. Was supposed to be minted peas, but was plain regular. Salmon on gnocchi was also good. Bit of a Gastro style pub. Not a cheap menu kind of pub. Nice patio. Handsanitizer was very sticky, like they had mixed it with honey. This is on the corner of Billionair's Avenue, where dictators do their real estate money laundering. I wonder if the House of Saud ever come here to eat fish & chips, because apparently they own 10 houses on the nearby exclusive avenue. The only thing I didn't like was that to use the bathroom you have to touch a rusty old dungeon lock key attached to a century old metal mug to open the door, because I guess we can't be trusted with an unlocked door that is locked from the inside. My Diet Coke wasn't very cold. But I had a nice time here and the service was friendly.

Oh Boy! You want to talk about history and feel it? Then…read morecome to the Spaniard's Inn. Built sometime in the 16th century this place is older than Canada or the United States and still going strong! It's been mentioned in Charles Dickens' "Pickwick Papers" and Bram Stoker's "Dracula". The poets Lord Byron and John Keats were both regulars here. After a day of tramping through Hampstead Heath and Kenwood House, you're going to build an appetite and the Spaniard's Inn is the perfect place for a dinner and drinks afterwards. So what if it is in Zone 3? Your Oyster card should cover getting here and back no problem. I came in around 6pm for supper and there was no one else in the room I was seated. I did see a blaring fireplace and two chairs already occupied by some regulars, but I was quite happy to be seated in one of the booths in the side room. I made no reservations but had no problem coming in and being seated, probably because it was the middle of the week and early evening. I'm almost positive that their Sunday Roast dinners are very popular and the place is probably packed solid and you'll definitely need reservations then. I ordered a glass of wine, their Scotch Egg as a starter, followed by their British Beef Burger with Triple-Cooked Chips. It was way too filling for any room left over for dessert. All of it was excellent. Service is A-1, the girls who were serving me were really friendly and chatty and honestly for the quality of the food here, prices are very reasonable. Also because of the historical toll-house outside and the super-narrow street, you have all the traffic buzzing past your window. I'm certain this must be a lovely place in the summer months as well. I have no hesitation recommending this place, even for the experience of having a drink at such a historically significant pub and when I'm back in London, I'm definitely coming here again.

We unfortunately did not make reservations and found the dining room it to be full when we popped…read morein during an afternoon. However, we were able to grab drinks and sit outside under heat lamps and enjoy a cocktail on property. What a fun property. Established in 1585 this place is history! Where Bram Stroker wrote Dracula, Henry Keats wrote a poem and Charles Dickens all frequented the place.

Open till late (1 am), great selection of shisha / hookah , drinks and food. Love this place!read more

where do I start went for a birthday party absolutely shocking place terrible service food left on…read moretables for 10 mins or more getting cold mains out befo starters unbelievable no bar service one waiter doing drinks on a mini laptop we were just standing there groups of us for near 30 mins like lemons waiting so poor I would no recommend this place to my worst enemy horrendous