The Green Dragon, Barnet - pub details
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Address: 2 St Albans Road, Barnet, Hertfordshire, EN5 4RE [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 19006) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Hadley Wood (1.9 miles), Potters Bar (2.2 miles), New Barnet (2.6 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Food served
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> Current user rating: 6.0/10 (rated by 21 users)
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| If you're ever travelling along the M25 and have t stop at South Mimms services, simply ignore the services sign and instead take the A1081 Barnet sign. About half a mile down this road is The Green Dragon. Great country pub in a nice location that you would not know it was next to the M25. When my family and I entered we were met by the owner who welcomed us in and also made a point of making sure we had a nice meal when we left. Nice touch and really helps to make you feel welcome. There's a nice cosey fire to the left of the bar but we sat in the rear conservatory area for our meal with lovely country views but very wobbly tables, please sort them out. The waitress staff were all very friendly too. We had a nice quality meal but I would say it was a bit pricey for what we were served and my pie and veg didn't even come with potatoes! Good quality real ale and had Hop Back - Elf & Hoppiness on our visit. I would visit again. Beer_Spotter - 2 Jan 2012 17:28 |
| I must have visited a different Green Dragon from the one with some of the bad reviews here. It was a wet and foggy November evening, so there were few diners. The bar looked very welcoming and comfy, but as we were a party of 8, we went into the restaurant section. That was fine and they turned the background music down at our request (and offered to turn it off if we wanted). We all had the two course 10.90 per head with coffees/teas to follow. The food was very good at the price, actually very good indeed at that price. The menu was strong on meat, just one veggie choice. Food presented very well, good quantity and well cooked. The main failing was over emphasis on meat and an extra veg would have been good. For the record, my own carnivores choice was starter of black pudding with celeriac, apple, aioli, good salad - very good inded. Main course of substantial and tender ox-tail with red wine sauce and mashed potato. Not everybody's choice of course, but I thought it was excellent for an 11 pound fixed price menu. Other items on menu included roast cod, piri-piri chicken risotto, chargrilled pork. Acceptable wine at 14 per bottle (not the cheapest on the list). Our total bill for 8 was 136 pounds plus service (including 2 bottles of wine and some beer), which was fine dining at less than Pizza Express prices. Oh the beer, we only tried the London Pride and that was in good condition. Service was OK, certainly very polite and helpful, although not very knowledgable about what was on the menu ("I'll go and ask the chef", but he did) I can only guess from the bad reviews that this place has gone through a change of ownership and is short of customers, but our experience was very good indeed. If I lived closer, I'd be a regular. I'll certainly go back to see if the very good experience can be repeated. AndrewD - 23 Nov 2011 09:31 |
| Nice pub, shame about the indifferent staff attitude though... And don't be fooled by their advertised kitchen opening times as I was. The restaurant closes whenever the chef decides to so always phone ahead if you're planning on eating there... PoloPony - 25 Jul 2011 21:25 |
| Well I never thought I would be writing this review, I used to be a regular diner at the Green Dragon about 2 years ago. The waitresses were always over friendly and could NOT do enough for you, I was on name to name basis with most of the staff. However due to personal life I had to move away and travelled back to visit family last week, I went to Green Dragon and asked if the waitresses I knew were there and was told that one of them had the day off and the other two had gone off to University. However I decided to stay for some food that I knew and loved so much. However, this sadly was not the case. My oh my, has this place gone down hill. I was expecting amazing flavours in nicely laid out on the plate however I got a slop of unseasoned overcooked food thrown on the plate, which I would add was cold. It is not the companies fault that they have a high turnover of staff, however when excellent staff leave surely it is your duty to replace them with equally good staff instead of those who ignored us for a gas behind the bar. Here is my advice; train your waiting staff and get new chefs! I then may return to a restaurant I loved so well. revjohn - 4 Nov 2010 13:09 |
| Green Dragon Pub, Barnet, Hertfordshire An absolute let down, Had my good children’s christening reception here and were told that the function room would hold 150 people comfortably - when in fact we were herded in like cattle like chickens in a pen, there was not enough room to sit so we had to stand on top of each other, the majority of the guests couldn’t eat the buffet as there was no where to sit to eat it, half the guests ended up in the main bar area as it was so packed in the function room to even stand, so that meant the guests were split up. In the cost of the reception we had arranged that there was free juice for the children, but in fact once the juice jugs were empty they were not replenished so the guests ended up paying for fruit shoots from the bar. I was thoroughly disappointed in the whole set up and arrangements of it all, and felt so much for all the guests that had travelled from far to be greeted with such a sham. I also feel very upset for the parents of my god children who paid a substantial amount of money for this ludicrous venue. Also I might add that a smile from the staff on the day would have been nice and a response to our letter of complaint would have been courteous also. Not happy is an understatement. claireabreu1 - 25 Oct 2010 16:17 |
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