The Marquess Tavern, Canonbury

i went to this pub after i read about its success in the "time out" awards and best dish awards with quite high expectations, and i wasn't disappointed. i took my family here and from the start the service was great and polite without being intrusive, and the food was spot on. i had rabbit with mashed potato and turnips and it was lovely to have something so different, traditional british, and very tasty! the staff went out of their way for us, my mum had the chicken dish as she couldn't handle the size of the beef, but liked the yorkshire puddings that came with it. so, i asked the manager to bring her one (yorkshire pud) as a starter for fun, and with a smile this was done right away-you don't get that everywhere! it was lovely to be able to eat "proper" old fashioned well cooked food in a pub, rather than what you get in many other pubs. The drinks weren't bad either! check out the EXTENSIVE beer selection.

6 Dec 2006 23:23