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Has anyone else experienced this?
matt... thanks for the insightfull review
I can't afford to eat there anymore, it is cheaper to walk over the hill into crouch end and get pub food from there.
Also, I visited a couple of times over the Xmas holidays and on both occasions the conditions inside the pub were arctic, my friends and I had to leave in the end because it was so cold.
Saying that, the Old Dairy is a wonderful pub... if you earn a small fortune, which unfortunately I certainly don't.
Everyone there seemed to be equally content and our friends left much impressed with N4.
Good stuff.
My house has been in there a few times for Sunday lunch, why does it need to be stacked up? Can it not just be spread out on the plate and covered in gravy??? We have always left saying "it could have been bigger, why am I still hungry?" and stopping in to Black sea BBQ for a cheeseburger...
Other than that I quite like some of the staff, the ones who are smiley and chatty, the rest are a bit depressing. Price wise it's a little over the top for what it is but at least it's not the Larrick. FFB is still by far and away the best pub in the area...
I had a sunday roast a few weeks ago. I thought it was very good. However £14 is too expensive. There are pubs and restaurants on upper street doing mains for cheaper than that. However people still seem to be buying them as they were very popular.
Damok - If you don't mind hearing the words "And next is our regular free jazz round", I've always fancied having a go at running a music quiz...
i never won the thing mind, it always seemed to be neil young week, or UB40 week etc..
Met Jay Aston from Gene Loves Jezebel a while ago, and he was adamant that Leckie made Reni use GLJ drum samples on triggers for the album.
david... pompous italian waiter was 'relocated' to the oxford in kentish town - we now have some very friendly peoplpe working in the dining room who would be only too glad to replenish your butter. also the 'neither finsbury park nor crouch end' strap line - maybe it was subconcious plagiarism, i genuinely thought that i was being original!! bring your own bottle - we will chill your wine, but its best if you bring it cold as it takes 20 minutes or so to cool it down.
tosscat, mapsa, andy etc...... yes we're after a new quiz master(s), thought of perhaps running a quiz idol style competition to find the best quizmaster in n4. or else spread the love and have different ones each week??? genuinely would like some people to come forward and make themselves known if they're up for it. i'd like to do it on monday nights to avoid the champions league (we show both matches here on each night - shameless plug - sorry).
steve our old quiz master wasn't shabbily treated but its safe to say it wasn't working out between us, i'm sure his version of events paint us (or me) in a bad light, he's has a very dour 'the whole worlds against me' personna, i'll leave it at that if i may.
chapter none... our sunday lunches are evolving, the roasts aren't stacked up any more (the beef is still £14.50 whch is the most expensive item on the menu... roast chicken is £12.50 btw), we have a new head chef, as i've mentioned before, and now we have just taken on a new sous chef (who learnt his trade as a pastry chef so expect lots more amazing puddings and desserts) so there will be a change for good on both sundays and the rest of our menus. we've stopped doing the tapas style dishes on the pub menu and now its a lot more pub-like (the prices are on the high side, but i'm getting the guys to up the portions if appropriate) - on the whole i don't think its too expensive, there are cheaper places out there just as there are lots more expensive... rib eye steak and chip at £14.50 is usually the dearest dish we sell and thats not over the top compared to other pubs around here (not including weatherspoons!!).
oh, one final comment... i had neil morrissey in the pub the other day (soudnd like a black cab driver), he was talking to me about his beer being the official comic relief brew, 7p in every pint goes to comic relief. needless to say i promised to stock it and so we will endeavor to sell hs morrissey blonde ale for the next fortnight! do your bit for charity and have a few pints at the dairy!!