please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
I used to drink in here a lot, but seem to have gone off it a bit recently. The food is still great, and fantastic value for money, but it seems to be lacking something. Maybe the reintroduction of Open Deck Night and Open Mike Night might be a good idea.
The staff are friendly and I love the smoking area, though it can get a bit crowded at times.
The cocktails are excellent :)
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Seems to have picked up again lately. Quite busy early evening but dies down again after 8ish. Food not as good as before and menu still more or less the same a year later. Agree with comments below on the owner's wife.
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this little bar is lovely (for green lanes) the staff are very friendly well presented ect . the little jumped up owner on the other hand is not so nice she should take some tips about customer service from her staff .i give the bar a 7/10 if she stayed at home it would be a good 9
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the atmosphere in here is great. Not what you'd expect to find in green lanes, nice change. With a vast selection of spirits and cocktails i'm always spoilt for choice.
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I don't know what Wolfen is on about "dying a slow death"!!! Everytime I go in here it's busy and buzzing, last saturday night it was packed. And anyway whats wrong with a few diehards enjoying the £2 a pint happy hour?
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Although i have only lived in the area a while, i have to say that the ladder is the best bar i have found in a while,the staff are spot on and the locals are very welcoming,food is good and the outside smoking area is a winner,i would recommend this bar to anyone.
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Only one thing to say about this bar, its dying a slow death.
A once busy place now empty and deviod of customers except the diehard regulars who spend an hour or two in there during happy hour.
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Although I was sad to see the Indian restaurant disappear (as Green Lanes is sorely lacking in non-Turkish eateries), The Garden Ladder is a worthy replacement. The pub has a pleasant atmosphere and decent wine, served by friendly staff. I haven't eaten here, but friends tell me that it's very good for Sunday luncheon. The only criticism I have is that the pub could do with some comfortable seating, as I prefer sofas and the like to upright chairs at tables.
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This bar is my local and have been visiting since they opened. It is still the best bar in the area - bar none - friendly, clean and fun. The ale is well kept and the food tasty. what more do you want from a bar.
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Went in here last week and it was really dead. We had one drink and left. It's not the same as it was when I originally posted on here.
Also, I think it's really cheeky that the Garden Ladder has pinched the best comments from here to put on their own website. Why don't they design their website so that people can post comments directly on there or are they too selective?
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Sounds like they're feeling the pinch after the smoking ban as the food was brilliant and in large portions previously. Shame that.
anonymous - 19 Sep 2007 22:21 |
What a pretentious bar this is, pretends to be a freehouse but is nothing more than a jumped up wine bar with the usual suspects.
Food is small, over cooked, and overpriced for what there is,
The Salisbury serves better food and beer.
The staff are arrogant and ill mannered, the worst of whom turned out to be the owner.
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I visited this bar on reccomendation but after 15 mins in this bar I realised it was not a pub but a gastro nightmare .
The portions of food are better suited to Gordon Ramsays bistro for the prices charged .
The happy hour is on selected beers probally the beer that wont shift any other way.(so much for promoting responible drinking )
The music is better suited to a nightclub, you couldnt chat due to the banging dance music.
The smoking area is a small alleyway out the back amongst the smell of rubbish from the kitchen
The bar itself was empty of customers for the time I was there, apart from the two people I had brought along, both of who ate nothing prefering to wait till we went to the salisbury.
If this is the way Greenlanes is heading Upper Street has nothing to worry about
anonymous - 18 Sep 2007 16:16 |
This time last year it seemed inconceivable that any place could replace the Salisbury in my affections. Admittedly, until the Garden Ladder opened, there wasn't much of a selection of other drinking establishments in Harringay. However, since this place opened late last year I can count on one hand the number of times I've been to the Salisbury. A great unpretentious little bar with very friendly staff and a grown up clientele serving fantastic food at very reasonable prices (did you hear that Salisbury managers?). They have real ale (unfortunately Directors is the regular, but generally they have at least one guest, more often than not drinkable) along with the normal selection of Eurofizz. I even like the music - but I have very eclectic tastes and tend to listen on random - which is exactly what they do here (you can see the computer running iTunes behind the bar). They've even got a smoking area which doesn't involve standing on Green Lanes - admittedly small, but pleasant enough even if the single bench arrangement does remind me of a bus stop somewhat.
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Better after the smoking ban....
But sort out the music please...
Mel and Kim at full tilt at 10 on a Sunday night... I ask you!!!!
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Popped back in last night, first time for a while. Had a great pint of Landlord the food looked great, really nice atmosphere and staff. this great newish adddition to Green Lanes is keeping up the good work.
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A nice little find and a very welcome one too as the Green Lanes/Wood Green area is sadly lacking in decent pubs with good freshly cooked food and a more grown up clientele. Have been there quite a few times now as they serve really lovely food. The only downside is the lack of vegetarian choice on the menu but hopefully that will improve (I'm getting sick of the pasta dish and the risotto altough both are lovely - it would be nice to have a wider choice). Background music is really good too. This is my new local!
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Excellent new addittion to the the sparse Green Lanes drinking scene. Good selection of lagers and real ales (happy hour 4.30-6.30 £2 a pint!), great food and lovely bar staff. Nice relaxed chilled out atmosphere, but they should re-introduce the open decks night.
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I went in last week with the missus. The atmosphere was great, the food was great (reasonably priced), the music was just right and the staff were extremely friendly, especially the young irish girl behind the bar, cant remember your name sorry, but all in all, a lovely pub, will definetly return, 9/10 :)
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I've just found this fabulous bar/pub serves brilliant food at a reasonable price. Nice mix of people gay/straight/black/white/old/young & female friendly (which is hard to find in any other local pub). The ales are good. Shame about open decks night I thought it was a very good idea but they seem to have stopped it. I agree with lizzr the manager a staff are really friendly and talkative. Keep it up.
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I really like this pub. It's just the kind of place Green Lanes needed. The staff are friendly, the food very good and reasonably priced. Keep up the good work!!
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The food here is absolutely amazing, the atmosphere is eclectic - and the White Rioja is lovely if you're a wine drinker. All in all I love this place!
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A new pub on a stretch of road more noted for its excellent Turkish and Kurdish Kebab shops. Used to be an Indian restaurant. Friendly place with very good and reasonably priced food, decent choice of beer with at least two real ales. This is a real adition to the area and with the Salisbury over the road and the Oakdale 10 minutes walk away us locals almost have a pub crawl!
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Former Indian restaurant turned into a pub
/diner with Directors and two guest beers.
Good food and the beer tends to be on the good side...
However the music is not aimed at the clientele and you might need to bring earplugs....
Amd give Thursday night a miss. it's open decks night and there doesn't seem to be any restriction on the volume
And it's very smokey :-(
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