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Not a bad place. Have stopped by on the way home from work a few times. Pleasant enough, plenty of TV's for sport.
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Can be rowdy on weekends, not a bad boozer at all. Agree with the painting.....christ!
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Passed it this evening en route and yes, the paint job is unbelievably awful - puke insporing in fact. it was really bare and hardly anyone in there. maybe the interior desginer is colour blind, actually no, just blind.
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Still an ok pub, but has had the worst new paint job in north london, it looks like a childs bedroom.
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Not bad boozer, not one i use a lot though.
And to the poster below, you were probably looking at me when youu came to your conclusion of the people that come in here........But you should see me dance!!
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All I can remember about this place is that they need some air conditioning. Plus, it seems they only have ugly fat people in here.
anonymous - 4 Aug 2007 14:32 |
shame the place isnt very student friendly,as the barman is hott!!
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UGH!
anonymous - 26 May 2007 00:16 |
I use to drink in the nelson all the time. Lisa (the karaoke lady) is fab, Bill is such a lovely guy and when I was drinking in there the barstaff were great. (now rose has left I'm not sure whats gonna happen to the pub)
The only things going against this pub is the trouble it attracts (then again its wood green, there's trouble everywhere) and the girls toilets, put it simply I'd rather pee against a tree then use the loo's, this was one of the main reasons that I don't go in there now. If you want a great saturday karaoke night out (and girls if you can keep the urge to pee at bay) then I'd definately go to the nelson
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very crowded and the karaoke is repetitive
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Full of underage drinkers, dark, dingy and crowded with very little to do.
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Been drinking in here for 6 years on and off. I used to stay into the evenings till around 8-9pm but I moved away and so just visit at lunchtime now.
No food, but then if I wanted grub I would eat breakfast! The staff are really friendly and you can have a good worldly conversation with any of them. Always a good sign when you have staff that are also Pysciatrists.
Place is really clean and the pool table is un-obstructed (always a bonus). Beer lines are really clean and the prices are decent as well.
Decent sized plasma TV's with sport advertised each month. Nice to see the Nelson on the up again now that it has a permanent manager (Bill). Decent fella with good Eastend attitude, down to earth and no trouble place. Well recommended. Also check out the toilets. Never seen pub toilets so clean, it looks like an operating theatre, bright white and makes you feel like your in a hotel, cracking!
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What a WASTE of an evening.... last time i went in there all the barstaff were happy and smiling.... now their faces make my pint turn sour!.....AND THE SERVICE IS INCREDIBLY SLOW!!!....WHERES ROSE??...come back Rose!!.....This pub is full of jumped up teenagers wanting to kill you if you so much as blink in their direction!.... The Management is nowhere to be seen!...no authority whatsoever. Never going back there again....And i'm not the only one who feels the same!.... The place has gone downhill since Rose left.
Jolly Anglers, here I come!
anonymous - 1 Jun 2006 16:11 |
I used to go to this pub quite a lot but on visiting it again I'm not going to go back. The bar staff were really slow and ignorant and the place was packed full of teenagers that wanted to fight. Avoid if you can.
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An absolutely awful pub. First time I visited at night, the lights in the toilets had been turned off when time was called and the bar staff didn't know how to turn them back on. The second time, I popped in for a quick late pint and witnessed a fight and then nearly got my head kicked in outside (OK, so it was a case of mistaken identity). The third time I went with quite a large group of friends, there had been a change of management, but not customers. It was a Friday or Saturday night and it was packed and there were no bouncers. I got into an argument with some woman over an ashtray (I needed one and she had one she wasn't using), everybody seemed tense and the same teenagers were constantly wandereing in and out which never bodes well for a pub. There were some people who'd just left who looked as if they were going to kick off outstide. I don't usually get nervous in pubs, but I got so spooked out we had to leave mid-pint. We ended up in The Jolly Anglers which had very pleasent door staff and a really good atmosphere.
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Great Pub, Nice atmosphere, Great Karaoke, Good Prices, excellent bar staff, Amy, Pete, Paul, all pleasant and great bartenders. What else can I say.........if you want a great night out, head for the Nelsons
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2 of the best looking barmen in north london..nice atmos too
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Great pub, fantastic for the football since O'Rafferty's closed
anonymous - 15 Feb 2006 01:58 |
Great pub packed with a variety of friendly folk!
Great karaoke, cheap and reasonably priced bar.
Would deffo recommend for a lively night out on a Saturday evening.
Bar staff- excellent, efficient, fast and friendly, in particular, Rose....one of the nicest people you'll ever meet!
Going back next week!
10 out of 10.
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Went there about 11.30 so yes full of drunken fools and I was one of them - I shouda gone to the Quays instead
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The Nelson is the hottest pub ever! I've never had so much fun on vacation in my life. The pints are warm and the bathroom sucks, but the atmosphere is incredible. I can't wait to come back and say hello to the great people i met while i was getting pissed. hey rose!
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Not as good as it used to be...
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Nelson is the best pub in the world (well, in wood green). It's lively, there's lots of young people, good atmosphere, barpeople are friendly. There's pool, karaoke and a dancefloor - what more could you want in life?
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Reasonable pub if you get in early, comfortable if unspectacular environment, decent bar service and a reasonable range of well looked after drinks. Price is pretty average. Has one of those internet jukeboxes so you can get a variety of music played at certain times but there is a tendency to show R'n'B flavoured music channels on the TV and play the sound throughout the pub in the evenings. Have seen trouble in here, but rarely in fairness and neither myself or my mates felt intimidated or in iminent danger of coming to any harm on any of these occasions.
Has a late license, so always an option for a last couple of drinks on the way home, but be warned that for this reason it can get uncomfortably packed with drunken fools after 11.30.
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oh it's gone downhill so much. It's loud, horrible and completely characterless these days. Filling up with chavs and despite the new paint job on the outside, doesn't make you feel you want to stay for a 2nd pint. Still, it's in keeping with all the other dumps in Wood Green. There's nowhere without chavs or with good food.
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Been going to this pub a couple of weeks now, just new to the area. Well never again lucky to come out with your life. A fight breaks out most weekends very scary place. Was told about the anglers last week and went there. Much better friendly place and atmospher and no bother.
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Decent pint of Abbotts for £1.90 reasonable looking Aussie tart behind the bar and a pool table. You could do a lot worse.
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You could do a lot worse in Wood Green than end up in the Nelson. I've been using this establishment on and off for about 12 years. I remember the "Rattle & Hum" days when there used to be posters on the walls and the occasional live band playing, but i prefer it now. Great pub for watching live football on the big-screen (Can't be beaten when England are playing) and it has a Karaoke and late license Thu>Sun. Busy young crowd from the area but never any trouble. I highly reccomend the Nelson..
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It's my local too but the latest management change has taken away the character it had. The previous manager Jez got live music in (albeit briefly), the walls were plastered with music posters and both gave it character. Now it's been sterilised with magnolia paint and bright lights....might not be my local for much longer I'm afraid
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its my local, was great for late night drinks as was open till 1-2am @ the weekends, now its full of trash ! no atmosphere and expensive bevvies. had 3 new landlords in the lasy year.. so must be a handful to run.. 2 much sport and not enuff thought !
if u pass by - dont - run by !
dan - 28 Mar 2004 16:25 |
Named after Horatio, not Mandela, this pub offers cheap drinks with a late licence ('til 12/1am most nights). Good for sport with a big screen and a couple of other TVs. Shoot some pool if you can get on the table. A selection of indie album covers on the wall appeal to the youngish crowd. Like Wood Green a bit edgy with some attitude.
Jim - 18 Aug 2003 17:08 |
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