The Woodman, Southgate - pub details
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Address: 128, Bourne Hill, Southgate, London, N13 4BD [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 11590) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Winchmore Hill (0.8 miles), Palmers Green (0.8 miles), Grange Park (1.4 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Food served
- Outside seating
Pub suggested by Pedro Setteeman on 15 Jul 2004
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> Current user rating: 6.0/10 (rated by 14 users)
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user reviews of the Woodman, Southgate
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| four of us had a meal here last night (16/09/20111). The food was of excellent quality. I had a steak saute potatoes and veg. There was no need to use the steak knife provided as an ordinary Knife cut straight through it - well impressed and very tasty it was to. My fellow diners all had different dishes and all equally enjoyed theirs as well. The service was both friendly and efficient, along with an excellent choice of real ales and the semi rural feel the Woodman has. It all made for an unexpected pleasant evening. If this standard and value for money is maintained the Woodman is set to become a very popular dining venue. Well recommend azy - 17 Sep 2011 17:54 |
| The Woodman has had its ups and downs over the years, which is why I can't bring myself to recommend it. The last 3 visits to the pub have been good, average and disappointing (so disappointing that I decided to walk out without even ordering a drink). If the landlord and staff could get their act together, this could be a great place to come for a meal, but as it is, it's the kind of place I would go to only if it was close to last orders, and I happened to be in Bourne Hill at the time. It has the potential to be so much better than that. lexsim - 15 May 2011 23:54 |
| Had my first (and last) visit to this pub on the May Day bank holiday. I went with my partner for lunch and was met by a surly young lady who seated us on a table in a very stuffy conservatory. Note to pub, open windows on warm days. We had our drinks order taken by a young man and naturally expected them to be with us within a few minutes as is the norm. Whilst waiting we place our food order, nothing fancy just a ploughmans. You can imagine our frustration when 30 minutes later we STILL didn't even have our drinks. When we questioned the young man about 15 minutes in, he said that the delay in our drinks was caused by the fact that the bar area was very busy. Why should this make a difference? Surely the wait staff should be organiseing the diners drinks as opposed to the bar staff who have enough to do serving the bar patrons. I have never been to a pub, bar or restaurant whereby drinks are organised this way. We could potentially of waited all day for drink if it was dependent on how busy the bar was. Very disappointed. Ended up walking out. Shan't be coming back for a second go. HellsBells78 - 5 May 2011 12:02 |
| I’ve been in the Woodman a few times for an evening beer as it is close to my gaff, but have never got round to posting a review. So feel I should do now to support the previous review as Strongers has done a crawl of my N21 patch and has covered it quite well. The Woodman is a solid little pub in the Winchmore Hill area which usually serves a decent pint, and was actually quite famous several years ago for being one of the smallest watering holes with a London post code, until commercial forces made them stick the large conservatory on the side for a dining area. Can’t really comment on the food as, although I have had a couple of decent Sunday roasts in the conservatory, that was a few years ago. And as a previous reviewer surmised below the Woodman will always be for me at its strongest on a cold Winters evening, when you can tuck yourself into the back bar with a decent pint of Youngs.. Gann - 11 Jun 2009 14:31 |
| I quite like this pub with its three seating sections and separate bars front and back. The bar man was polite and the drinks on offer were Young’s Special, Marston’s Pedigree, Marston’s Smooth, Banks’s Bitter, Stella, Carling, Guinness and Kronenburg. I did find it a little dark inside, but then I had just walked in from blazing sunshine. There is a small grassed area to the side of the pub with a few benches in and a much larger garden to the rear with a children’s play area (both of which close at 21:00 by request of the council). Maybe on the wrong day it could turn into a bit of a crèche, but it was fine whilst I was there. To the right of the beer garden there is the ‘Smoker’s Inn’ which is a covered wooden structure for those rainy days. I really liked it here and would go back if I was passing. Strongers - 8 May 2008 16:24 |
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