The Clissold Arms, East Finchley - pub details
Address: Fortis Green, London, N2 9HR [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 4033) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Alexandra Palace (1.7 miles), New Southgate (1.9 miles), Bowes Park (1.9 miles)
Pub suggested by Corin on 22 Aug 2003
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> Current user rating: 3.0/10 (rated by 26 users)
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other pubs nearby:
Alexandra, East Finchley (0.1 miles), John Baird, Muswell Hill (0.4 miles), Madden's, East Finchley (0.4 miles), Gertie Brownes, East Finchley (0.4 miles), O'Neills, Muswell Hill (0.4 miles) - see more nearby pubs
user reviews of the Clissold Arms, East Finchley
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| just terrible - avoid like the plague! jimmysmith - 22 Nov 2011 16:02 |
| As far as I can make out they've disassociated themselves from ale drinkers, and all the rest follows. In fairness, no-one else was apparently willing to buy the pub at the time, and it would probably have been another block of flats by now. At least this way it may eventually resurface, rather like the JB but preferably less Thai'd. mib - 14 Apr 2011 21:22 |
| Sorry to hear this place has gone downhill so much. I always associate it with The Kinks; it was here that they played their first ever gig. Is the old Kinks paraphenalia still there? or have the owners completely disassociated themselves from the pub's past. Dr_Pangloss - 14 Apr 2011 13:42 |
| If you want to go to a pub, go to the Alexandra across the road. If you want to go to a restaurant go to the Indian Rasio across the road. If you want to go to a weird not quite restaurant, definitely not pub hybrid with rude staff, but with a nice garden, by all means go to the Clissold Arms... Lieven - 14 Apr 2011 13:28 |
| Decided to give this place a 2011 trial. The manager (I presume) continues to be offensive to those seeking to drink, and the prices continue to rise yet further. A sunny evening in the garden: a large-ish party of people arrive wanting to drink. Offensively-officious manager walks across and tries to act like a retarded sheepdog to organise tables claiming we have "150 in tonight" - poor creatures - and sends out the signal the mildly scruffy group is not welcome. As all this is going on a couple of tables away it's time to move on before it's clear that I too am not willing to pay £50 a head for mass-produced gastro-fare. I used to think this place was disappointing. It isn't. It's dreadful. It's not a pub, it's not a restaurant, and it's in a place which should be a destination. Steer clear - don't let them take your cash. It's places like this that are destroying the pub trade with pretension, condescension and arrogance. Shame - the garden and space could be good if they were in the right hands. meurglys_iv - 10 Apr 2011 15:45 |
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