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evil old nanna was drinking large brandy's and lemonade she was horrrrrrible, hope that she doesnt really have grandkids!!cheap,wetherspoon eske but awful clientel...... pay the extra and go to palmers green!
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It used to be alright, and cheap I went there a month or so ago after about 2 years, full of winos and it stank. By all accounts it's getting better again.
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Went in there last Saturday after reading the 2008 comments here about new managers and cleaning - it still had an acrid stench of ammonia which is enough to make you move on fairly quickly. I didn't see anyone eating there so that's probably why....
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Amazing what a new landlord and new bar staff can do in such a short time. Pub is cleaner, brighter and much more friendly. The new management and staff have greatly improved this old boozer into a cool pub with a great atmosphere.Needs sky tv to really make it, so hey mister manager GET SKY MAN!!! WE WANT FOOTBALL!! but greatly improved, and yeah i'm now a regular. Beer is good and cheap so lets hope this management team and staff stay, long may it continue its well worth a visit best this gaff has been for years and years.
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great place since the new managers have got there and cleaned it up and cleaned the beer lines you can even see out of the windows
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Not a too bad Pub when quiet. Cheap Prices but it dose get full of loud lager louts sometimes. OK for a quick Pint better than Yates or that horrible Wetherspoons opposite well it couldn't be worse could it.
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Went in here this evening for a pint or 3 but we were driven out by the permeating smell of the men's loos wafting over the back part of the pub.
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Oh dear. Can only echo the comment "a poor mans Wetherspoons.
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It may smell like a bag ladies period but the beer is cheap and the old irishmen are entertaining if you fill them full of beer. If you don't like roughing it, don't bother.
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A poor mans wetherspoons if there is such a thing
juzza - 18 Nov 2006 20:23 |
Had an enjoyable night in here, found the atmosphere quite buzzing for a tuesday!
Can't really fault the beer, seemed quite cheap compared to the usual three-plus quid you'll pay in pubs nearby. The bar girls were friendly, as well as being pretty fit!!
Give this pub a try, it ain't that bad, believe me.
P.S Whoever the reviewer Ellie is, please please, can you just stop the whinging about your bleeding garlic bread and try (yes, try luv) to enjoy the pub. Don't kid yourself you're eating in the Ritz. :-)
anonymous - 14 Nov 2006 15:22 |
Not bad, cheap and cheerful.Service can be a bit slow, but beer is good.Not as bad these days as people make out
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I've never had a bad tipple in this place - it's so cheap i don't understand why there are so many complaints.
£2 for double G&T, £1.20 for a pint of Tetleys!!!
anonymous - 19 Jul 2006 13:11 |
Follow up to my previous posting:
10/10 for perseverance from the area manager, Rory (shan't post his full name) - very courteous, very keen to put things right - spent quite a time with me on the phone gathering comments but despite this, the standards of this pub have gone downhill +++! He sent me an invitation/vouchers to try the food again. We were on holiday when he initially tried to contact me but he didn't give up so well done for that. We called in again today and found sticky tables, vinegar flies hovering around our table, no toilet tissue in 5 of the ladies loos (on a quiet Wednesday afternoon). The bar staff all seemed to be Polish (no problem with that) but, mostly couldn't understand very basic Ebglish. My partner literally had to point to the menu in his endeavour to order food and then it took 3 off them discussing amongst themselves before pressing the buttons on the till to submit the order. One managed to say that the prices on the menus were wrong, they had gone up but "they couldn't be bothered to amend them" ("they" being Mitchells and Butler) so we paid more than the menu stated but didn't receive a receipt!?!
I won't have another rant but I won't go back to this pub again. It's mostly full of dirty, broken down alcoholics and benefits people who spend their time scrounging off the other decent customers who look like they actually work for a living - a disgrace of a pub but in keeping with the other Wood Green chavvy dumps. Sorry Goose but you did it to yourself.....
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With drinks this cheap you're going to get some customers you'd rather not meet. Really really smoky (don't go if you're asthamatic!) but fine for a quick drink. The staff are pretty good and afternoons are pretty relaxed in there. Avoid the food though - there's a reason why it's so cheap.
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Went in here this evening with my partner - yes, drinks are fairly cheap but don't go near the food. I ordered veggie lasagne, which comes with garlic bread (as it always does no matter where you go) and a side order of chips (preferable to garlic bread as the garlic bread is inevitably variable in "quality" with pubgrub). My partner ordered a burger with chips. Both meals were almostcold on arrival and stone cold before we were halfway through the meal which was somewhat hurried due to the fact it was nearly cold on arrival. The lasagne was microwaved so that the edges were actually dried out to unbelievable proportions (microwaved more than once methinks) rendering the only edible part to the very centre of the dish. The garlic bread was part of a dried out burned baguette and was pretty good to do a drum solo on the table (demonstrated there and then to my partner). The burger was well overcooked (solid, very very solid) and was really plain and dry. Chips - cold. No salad, no onions - bugger all really. We struggled as we were hungry (any port in a storm syndrome) and gave up - it was truly awful. We did stop by the bar to tell the manager who was very gracious and apologetic. She offered us a refund and apologised again. We declined the refund as we didn't want to look like people who eat half a meal and go for the refund deliberately - customer feedback should be more important if the place actually wants to subscribe to some kind of quality (I hate to admit it but the food was actually worse than Wood Green Wetherspoons and the Tollgate and believe me, they take some beating but at least the manager wasn't rude and uncaring in the Goose - in fact she was lovely and said she would speak to the "chef").
Rating for the pub is good, for the food - abysmal, abominable (a couple next to us seemed to struggle with the veggie bangers and mash - it did look truly revolting). Rating for the manager 10/10!
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Why is it Goose and Granites always stink of piss??
Beautiful building, shame about the pub inside
anonymous - 10 Mar 2006 01:29 |
Drinks were cheap busy even on the one lunchtime that I went - had a good time in there, people left us alone which was a welcome change! Good place to go before Ice skating!!!!!!
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Those crazy cats at the goose! Holly and Steph from America give this pub an enthusiastic seal of approval. I can't believe it's been so long since we sat on the sticky sofas and drank carlings.....it seems like just yesterday i was hurling in the bathroom. Kitchen is the best bartender in the world! AMERICANS LOVE THE GOOSE!
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Its certainly lost its appeal (to me anyway) since it became the Goose and Granite.. Had far more character when it was the Nags Head..
Never mind, not a bad palce to watch life go by...
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For a Goose & Granite, this isn't half bad. Good size building with a little hint of character in a prime location opposite the tube station. Variety and price of beer is good, sometimes though quality isn't quite what it should be(never awful but often insipid). As for customers, as a rough rule of thumb; giggling students at the back and world-weary middle-aged locals at the front, but given the location it has a fairly high degree of passing trade from all walks of life and nobody should feel out of place or unwelcome here. Don't sit within smelling distance of the toilets if you know what's good for you as the stench would turn a slaugtterhouse worker's stomach. Food wise prices are fairly low and you get what you pay for, they have a tendency to run out of various items though.
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It *does* take a lifetime to get served here, as I've found on several occasions. Shame really, as the place is reasonably priced with some of the offers, and the beer isn't too bad. What is it with the staff of pubs on Wood Green High Street?
Edd - 29 Oct 2004 11:59 |
I wouldn't normally post a comment on a website however I feel customers should be aware that a truly great pub is going down hill fast. There is a long wait to be served at weekends as there is not enough staff to handle the flow of customers. The selling point of this pub is the price of drinks, it's fantastic! And the food is great. This pub has so much potential but it appears to have poor management.
Rating 4/10
Andrew Cahalan - 24 Sep 2004 16:20 |
Last night they had Old Speckled Hen, Bass and Tetleys on draft, all at very reasonable prices. Decent music, not too loud, very friendly place.
Big Vern - 11 Aug 2004 11:50 |
They did cracking food when I was in here and the staff and service were great.
Aaron - 17 May 2004 04:33 |
