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Red Lion & Sun

3.9 (28 reviews)
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Closed 12:00 pm - 12:00 am (Next day)

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Classy
Casual
Quiet
Good for groups

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Crab on toast
Elisa T.

This dog friendly pub serves hearty portions of food for incredibly reasonable prices (for the area). The menu seems to change regularly keeping things interesting. The food wasn't mind blowingly delicious but there were some stand out dishes like the crab on toast and salted caramel and chocolate tart. Would definitely come back for the price, because it's a really cool place to chill and they allow dogs inside! Tick, tick, and tick.

Dan B.

Found this place while stalking some morris dancers (they know all the best real ale pubs) and had a very well kept pint of Rev. James. Didn't have time for a pint of Morland Original though. Pleasant pub but seemed like a nice traditional community inn that they want to keep for trendy locals rather than oiks like me. Nice beer, spacious inside, beer gardens front and back, and good service. Menu looks tempting too but I didn't have the opportunity to try anything. Dishes include a salt beef bagel (£5.50!), gammon and goose egg, Irish rock oysters, and avocado & Saudi prawn salad, as well as more commonly found fodder like hamburgers and fish & chips.

Dennis J.

Nice pub with front and back outdoor seating. Good service. Food good and value for money. Wide range of draft beer.

Starters!
Yui I.

If you're looking for a place you can take your dog with you and also enjoy a nice meal this is a place for you! A dog friendly gastro pub right next to the Highgate high street, you can choose to sit outside or inside with or without your dog which is amazing. The food here is more than just pub food, we had a mix of starters including potted shrimps with toasted bread, Dorset crab with herbs and duck Spring rolls. The mains were all good value too, I had the seafood stew which contained everything from salmon, tiger prawns, hake, squid etc in tomato based broth. The jerk chicken and steak my friends had were really good portions and tasty. Ofcourse not to miss the desserts! They have all the English pub style desserts but I would recommend the sticky toffee pudding with vanilla ice cream and toffee sauce. The staff are friendly and you're welcome to stay however long you want!

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Just had a chicken pie, mash and gravy and I think it was one of the best I have ever had. So much filling and delicious gravy. Thanks

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Made the trip up north for my first English Sunday roast. Was not disappointed. The pig belly was excellent!

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The Highgate Inn

The Highgate Inn

3.8(4 reviews)
0.4 miHighgate, Muswell Hill

I think the Highgate Inn is best described by what you can find inside. You get all the necessities…read morefor both casual and committed drinker alike, fruit machines, heavy oak tables and even the unbalanced bar stools but that is just the tip of the proverbial iceberg. This pub seems to have all the little extras that make a great pub. For a start the Juke Box (something which you really don't find in enough pubs) has an amazing array of songs, from the popular to the obscure allowing you to adjust the backing tracks to your night accordingly (although I did get some dirty looks when I put on 5 James bond themes in a row). The sofas (found to the rear of the bar) are incredibly comfortable and very easy to get enveloped by, I would recommend heading to the Highgate inn for these alone, the beer access is a plus. If that isn't for you there are plenty of normal seats and even the option to stand if you would like. In terms of drinks the array on offer is diverse (not ground breaking but certainly not dull). On occasion you may see the odd alcohol dispensing nick knack behind the bar (I once witnessed a bottle holster that caused a desperado bottle to float in mid air). Little props like a frog fountain that spews fog, 4-5 ft tall wooden horses and the occasional seal teddy hanging from the many abstract paintings create a hint of a quirky atmosphere without making that the theme of the pub. Should you feel the need to smoke you will be forced into the street but before you hit the pavement you can take refuge in the outside chairs complete with matching tables, not the best in the winter but better than having to dodge pedestrians. All in all this is a very under attended pub. The staff are helpful and polite, the locals and newcomers seem to get along well and the atmosphere is on par with most of the other pubs in Highgate (better than some).

A decent 'old school' pub on Archway road a bit further on from the Woodman as you head up the hill…read morefrom the station. Inside you find lots of beams and dark wood, fruit machines, TV's for sport and plenty of seating dotted around including some sofas. It's all a bit mismatched and thrown together the way a pub should be. It reminded me of being in a little out of the way place in some village somewhere where the pretentiousness of London had passed by unnoticed. The beer on offer was ok, my London pride was pretty good although nothing special but for me the appeal of this place is the ease of getting a seat compared to the Woodman, the fact inside it's like pubs used to be before they all became identikit carbon copies of one another selling overpriced dismal food and trying too hard to be the next big foodie destination.

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Old White Lion

Old White Lion

3.4(27 reviews)
1.1 miEast Finchley
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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.

The style of the Old White Lion is not really my taste. It has old fashioned furniture and art deco…read morelamps sort of 50's style. In fact it reminds me very much of an antique furniture shop. They have 3 ales on tap, no surprises though (fullers). Food is nothing special, the portions are abit skimpy but they do have a lot to choose from. You can get all the usual pub food here. They have a really nice beer garden though but again smokers ruin it when the pub is busy. All in all this place is not really my taste.

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