The Woodman, Highgate - pub details
Address: 414, Archway Rd, Highgate, London, N6 5UA [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 5992) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Website: http://www.the-woodman.com
Upper Holloway (1.3 miles), Crouch Hill (1.5 miles), Gospel Oak (1.7 miles)
Pub suggested by David on 28 Dec 2003
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> Current user rating: 6.2/10 (rated by 44 users)
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user reviews of the Woodman, Highgate
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| The Woodman saga rumbles on,the wife was out with the girls on Tuesday evening and i asked her how her evening went,oh she said we had a fab time we we went to the woodman as it was easy for the girls getting off the train,food was superb , friendly service , reasonable value , lovely warm atmosphere.......i had to check she was in the right pub,!!!Last night i picked an old mate up from Muswell hill and as we driving back to Highgate i said do you fancy a quick one in the woodman...NO he screamed id rather eat my own face than ever go back to that place,so the moral is you take as you find and the review below by barney miller is so obviouly the landlord its untrue! this site is a gem as it gives us all a chance to point each other in the right direction and helps a great deal if you dont know an area but really Barney only one review and thats on your own pub and that gives your game away as we all write lots of reviews to help our fellow drinkers. jackbar - 11 Feb 2012 13:23 |
| Great pub. Well done in rejuvenating a dying venue. Jazz on a Tuesday is worth a visit, especially with the gorgeous waitress with the glasses on table duty. Good selection of beers with a few good but hard to find brews from Scotland. A pint of 80/- , a lovely lady serving, live music. Nice. BarneyMiller - 24 Jan 2012 23:07 |
| Omg, Tom the landlord has the cheek to rip me apart and accuse me of drinking at Wetherspoons because i dared to comment about the state of his pubs toilets and usually grumpy staff. I dont drink at Wetherspoons Tom but im not such a snob that i would hold it against anyone who did ! I except your comments on the prices may have been a little unfair ,but stand by my comments on the toilets ,staff and food but also except i may have just been unlucky although looking at the other reviews and theres a lot of unlucky people!. You will be pleased to know i dont visit your pub anymore (but bought an excellent xmas tree from your garden this year) Best Regards Jackbar jackbar - 2 Jan 2012 10:49 |
| Hi Jackbar Thanks for your comments about The Woodman - That was twice this year. Your comments were about the prices, toilets, staff, food and location. I can't move the pub - it is where I bought it, but we have improved the exterior of the pub with additional seating, hanging baskets, a couple of outdoor tvs, fairy lights on the trees and replanting the garden. The toilets - fair play - we have been waiting to do a refurbishment but issues with Scottish & Newcastle who own the building mean this is continually getting delayed. The latest date was 23rd January 2012 - but S&N put another £80K (40% extra) on the bill after we had already agreed everything 7 months earlier - so we are still negotiating. As I am paying the bill price is key The staff - we are one of the few pubs that offer table service - and we never put a service charge on the bill - we hope our customers will recognise good service and tip if they injoyed the experience. I started beind the bar when I was 13, so nearly 30 years and I think I've got most of the staff trained well most of the time - but I am not sure what you expect? We may not get it right everytime but I do believe from comments emiled to me we get it more right than most. As our staff on average serve 4,000 customers and 7,000 drinks a week - getting 10/10 is hard. Regarding price? £3.60 for a pint of larger is pretty standard for the area. The only place cheaper overall is Weatherspoon's in the village. We have 5 real ales and our wine list is populated by 13 award winning wines, helping people to make an easier informed selection. I think that is a good choice. Food wise - as an example - have pigeon on the menu at the moment. It was shot in Kings Langley at a farm next door to my parents - plucked, gutted and roasted by my team and put on the specials for £8.95! This is incredibly good value and the chef comes from a 2* AA Rosetted restaurant so the skills are there whether game is to your taste or not. The pub may not be to your taste or suitable for your budget (Weatherspoons for you, I believe) but what I can say is that we transformed a pub that was a dead duck and full of the wrong sorts in 2007 to a good place to go with our sales more than trebling in the process. Please - if you don't like what I have done to the place - stop drinking there. I am a small business owner that is working hard in an industry that is in decline and in a recession to boot and managing to buck the trend. Where I am happy to take criticism on the chin when deserved - when you are repeating yourself twice in a year there is a touch of the malicious in it. Please save your comments for one of the many faceless chain pubs - a few of which you will find in Highgate Village. Best wishes Tom Owner The Woodman charlie69 - 29 Dec 2011 22:28 |
| Wow,over priced,useless staff, filthy tolets,cold food,garden overlooks the A1 and is noisy and polluted,have a walk up the hill and you have a choice of cracking pubs with much more to offer AVOID jackbar - 19 Oct 2011 20:17 |
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