The Highbury Barn Tavern, Holloway

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The Highbury Barn is under new ownership / management so we stopped by to check it out on a warm bank holiday weekend. The interior has been brightened up a little and there is new black plastic seating outside, replacing the pub trestle tables there previously. The new menu includes a couple of cuts from the award-winning butcher across the road. Mains are priced fairly reasonably from £7.50 to £10.50. A couple of real ales were on tap, including St George and the Dragon - which we thought was appropriate on St George's Day. The service was very friendly. The pub, which was always a tad bland but with more than its share of interesting local 'characters', hasn't really changed that much under the new ownership. We'll wait and see if there are any further improvements.
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04 Feb 2012
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Improved local, with a good pint of London Pride. Friendly staff, good food, good for sports coverage. Benefits from lack of noisy jukebox music.
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02 Dec 2010
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i agree with nolam - fingers xd this time it will last. Hadnt been in for a couple of years but decided to take the plunge a week or so back and was pleasantly surprised to see camden brewery bitter on tap and godfreys meat on the menu. here's hoping after so many disappointments for this historic boozer
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17 Nov 2010
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In the recent months, new management has gone into The Highbury Barn and they have made a fantastic difference. The pub is a friendly enviornment to be in and holds a great atmosphere. There is a superb choice of wines to go along with the lovely food. Definatly reccomend this to all.
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09 May 2010
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As the Barn is only 3 minutes walk from my house I regularly drop into the Highbury Barn Pub for a quick beer. But I won't go again. Not a single member of their staff knows how to smile and if that were not enough they are actually rude. I was there 10 minutes ago, asked for the pub lunch and a Lemon, Lime and Bitters. I was told 'we don't do bitters' in the most dismissive voice you can imagine. I said 'really ? no bitters?' and he replied 'na' as if he was now quite proud of himself. No alternative offered. No regret. No smile. I cancelled my order and left. No issue that that pub chooses not to stock bitters, but that they choose to employ only rude staff is hard to understand. I suspect they think their job description is - pour drink, take money. And that I guess they are able to do. But they won't take my money.
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26 Highbury Park, Highbury, London, N5 2AB

020 7226 2383
highburybarn@greenwich-village-inns.com
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It's quite a long way from any tube station. From Highbury tube leave the tube station and walk into Highbury fields and walk to the far end, up the hill. Walk past the tennis courts and you'll come to a little clock tower, walk past that to the main road (Highbury Park) the pub is a short way up on the right.

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04 Feb 12 Updated by Sydneysider