The Bald Faced Stag, East Finchley

Makeover has done wonders for the place, as long as you are a yuppie with deep pockets. Prices are a joke now. How expensively exactly was that brown paint you put on the walls. Surely the 38 eight plasmas you got rid of must have fetched a few bob.
But on the good side perhaps East Finchley is finally fully gentrifying.

8 Dec 2007 19:43

Gertie Brownes, East Finchley

Cheapish. Irish. Friendly enough bar staff. Although some of punters you wouldn't exactly take home to mum.

8 Dec 2007 19:40

The Old White Lion, East Finchley

Nice makeover - someone told me it cost 1/4 million quid.
But the prices are sky high and the bar staff don't give a damn. Still probably the best pub in the area - so much so that the Bald Faced Stag has copied the idea. (Take out the TV's, paint the walls brown and add a quid to the price of every pint.)

8 Dec 2007 19:36

Madden's, East Finchley

Just want to agree with latest review about the decline of this pub. Used to be the best pub by far but now White Lion and Bald Faced Stag are nicer but very expensive. But you pay the prices rather than sit with some of the dodgy clientele that have decided to make this pub their own. (The oikey lot.) The bar staff can be rude too.
Landlord and wife are very nice but seem to be letting things slip a bit. Get rid of the bad element: Those who command the pavement tables all summer. Give one or two of the staff a good talking too. A single round, let alone a whole pub night out, is not cheap these day and the competition is hotting up.

8 Dec 2007 19:31