The Southbury Hotel, Enfield - pub details
Address: 253, Southbury Rd, Enfield, Middlesex, EN1 1RG [map] [gmap]
Tel: 020 8363 6856
Southbury (0.5 miles), Bush Hill Park (0.7 miles), Enfield Town (0.8 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- TV, Big screen
- Pool table
- Food served
- Outside seating
Pub suggested by ?? ?? on 2 Jul 2004
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> Current user rating: 4.6/10 (rated by 16 users)
> Local guide: Middlesex pub guide
other pubs nearby:
Old Orleans, Enfield (0.1 miles), Lincoln Arms, Bush Hill Park (0.2 miles), Goat, Ponders End (0.7 miles), Picture Palace, Ponders End (0.7 miles), Plough, Enfield (0.7 miles) - see more nearby pubs
user reviews of the Southbury Hotel, Enfield
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| The Southbury Hotel is in Enfield so i do indeed have the correct establishment - especially when bearing in mind Edmonton comes under the jurisdiction of the London Borough of Enfield! it may also be worth mentioning that i am not Amy Winehouse therfore i have NO interest in frequenting establishments that are pro drugs...if i were, then why was i ever in the Southbury pub to start with considering it is SO anti drugs!? also, i don't believe i have ever mentioned drug use in any of my previous messages so not sure how this thread got started? maybe i'm not the one preoccupied with illegal substances? further more, just as an afterthought...when referring to a drug addict the correct spelling is ADDICT not addick and when refering to someone in the 3rd person the correct word to use is THEIR not there - there is in reference to a place! flutterfly - 30 Jul 2008 10:48 |
| This pub is not in edmonton so i think someone has the wrong pub.Its a good pub with good food anyone who disagrees is probably a drug addick and cant get away with there habits the southbury as the managers and staff are very anti-drugs.I recommened this pub to anti drug users who want a plesant drink with a wonderful atmosphere. mayfair123 - 1 Jun 2008 21:17 |
| In regards to the best pub in the area i would suggest the Stag & Hounds in Bury Street. Rather than the average pub Edmonton has to offer which is usually nothing more than a dank dark dusty hole full of regulars that glare at you when you walk in this is in my opinion a hidden jewel of a pub. It's extremley clean, well decorated, spacious and even has a roaring fire in the winter. The food is excellent and very reasonably priced....the roast dinners are particularly exceptional and the gravy tastes home made - do yourselves a favour and waste no time giving this place a whirl. flutterfly - 15 May 2008 11:43 |
| The southbury has been in my good books since the new landlord and his wife have taken over.I have lived in this area for over 10 years and the change in the pub is brilliant,its clean,friendly and serves some excellant grub...if anythink its the best pub in the area...unlike the the lincoln!!! The landlord and landlady have a 0 drugs policy and are very level headed,anyone crosses the line and i have seen them out before you can blink. unlike the old landlord who drank all the time and did not give a toss they are never afraid to lift a finger and work and back up there bar staff when needed. I recommened this pub to anyone looking for good pub food and thai food as its the real deal,i had the pleasure of meeting the chef and he was very well presented and the food he served left my mouth melting. one thing left to say is PAT ON THE BACK to the landlord and his wife they are a lovely young couple who certainly know what they are doing. mayfair123 - 14 May 2008 17:08 |
| This pub has gone so far down hill it's nearly underground - in fact it's SO bad that i'm not really sure where to begin! Given it's location (opposite a few restuarants and a multiplex cinema and being the only pub in that general area) you'd think this would be the place to go before or after a meal or a film - alas, this is most certainley not the case! Having lived in the area a good few years i can remember it being a pretty ok pub to visit - a little on the old fashioned side decor wise for my taste, but nice none the less.......those days are long gone though and now this is a pub to avoid at all costs! If you thought the previous landlord was a lazy lump of lard then don't expect any pleasant changes with the new one - he's just as bad! Me & my boyfriend used to frequent this place on quite a regular basis and usually before or after visiting the cinema but it showed signs of going to the dogs so we stopped going and have only visited the pub a handful of times since the new landlord took over - but believe me...that's a handful of times too many. Each time we've been the atmosphere and clientelle there has steadily got worse and worse to the point whereby you feel you need a good scrub after leaving due to the amount of dust floating in the air and stale musty smell of the place and now you're hard pressed to even hear an English word spoken, and on our last visit we couldn't wait to finish our drinks (served in very smeared glasses) and leave - and as a result we have vowed never to cross it's threshold again (unless of course someone waves a magic wand over the place and covers it in some sparkle) I can't quite understand the previous few reviews that are praising this dump - maybe they went there on some of the rare occasions the landlord could be bothered to put a smile on his face and do some work becuase they couldn't have been there the same time as us! each time we've been the decor looks shabbier and the bar staff look scruffier - the landlord being the scruffiest of the lot shuffling around in a grubby t-shirt, tracksuit bottoms and what looked suspiciously like slippers and looking like he'd rolled out of bed, down the stairs and behind the bar without pausing to have a wash, get changed or look in the mirror.Once behind the bar he's either glaring at his customers, slopping off for numerous cigarette breaks or snogging his equally scruffy looking girlfriend/wife in full view of anyone unlucky enough to look in their general direction - and if you choose to approach the bar thus interupting any of these activities don't expect service with a smile because a scowl would be the best you'd recieve. There is also another extremley irritating member of staff who takes to coming in on his night off so he can act like the local Don and recieve his adoring public, and seems to like nothing more than to be the centre of attention - i think every pub has a character like this; the sort of person who knows everyone but is friends with no-one - such people can usually be found propping up the same corner of the same bar night after night and everyone will know his name thus giving him the impression that he is somewhat of a local celebrity - the word deluded springs to mind! The furniture in the pub is looking like it would be better placed in a disused dusty old estate house and any kind of comfortable seating area has been replaced with mismatched hardback chairs with tables that are either too high or too low for them so expect to walk away with a backache. The whole place looks like it needs a through deep steam clean as it's general appearance looks like it would benefit from a visit by Kim and Aggie should they ever do a 'How clean is your pub' show. As mentioned in other reviews the pool room has now been replaced by a Thai restuarant but judging by the general dirty look the whole pub has we will not be perchancing any cuisine they have to offer...when the staff look as though they only bathe once a year on their birthdays would it really be advisable to eat any food cooked by their own fair hands? - thanks put no thanks. The whole Thai restuarant attached to a pub theme is an obvious steal from another pub that gets this idea right - so if you fancy the ease of drinking in a pub then going on to a restuarant without having to so much as leave the building then i recommend the Cock and Dragon in Cocfosters, not only is the pub and restuarant clean and nicely decorated the staff don't look as though they drag their knuckles on the floor when they walk or that 'URGH' is their first language. So in summary AVOID THIS HELLHOLE ON EARTH - because no amount of alcohol would make the beer goggles strong enough to blur the edges! flutterfly - 14 May 2008 16:06 |
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