The Green Dragon Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "The service is excellent, they are very kind."
• "The service was good and beers are well-kept."
• "Very friendly staff and easy to find, easy to park."
• "The service is polite, friendly and accommodating."
• "Service has been consistently good."
• "Great atmosphere, extremely good value, and outstanding staff, cheers."
• "The staff were really lovely and attentive without being overbearing."

Cons:

• "At first the manager was grumpy as we didn’t book a table."
• "The staff spoke in such a monotonous tone I felt as if they would rather stab themselves with a butter knife than to serve me."
• "The waiter has no basic understanding of how to deal with a customer."
• "Senior members of staff come across a bit rude and unprofessional."
• "The service was slightly frosty."
• "Service also very slow considering there didn't appear to be a shortage of staff."
• "The service was patchy. When we walked in, no one acknowledged us."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Everything cooked and seasoned perfectly."
• "Can I say that the food absolutely exceptional and I have recommended everyone in the area."
• "Beef and Stilton pie was delicious meat gravy pastry wonderful, wife had chicken burger also very good!"
• "Food was amazingly cooked."
• "Both burgers were well made and tasty."
• "Great sticky toffee pudding (ordered a second one!) and dinners we're good too."
• "Definitely the best Beef Sirloin I've had, I love my beef rare, it was just how I like it and so tender and juicy."

Cons:

• "We ordered brownies for dessert but got toffee cakes, which the waiter said was a brownie."
• "First of all I went in for a full Sunday roast I ordered sirloin beef which was just a sirloin steak done on a grill which is not roast beef."
• "The starter does not help - mine was a very tiny portion of scallops, three to be precise. Laughable!"
• "The octopus was literally inedible."
• "The fish and chips average, I would not order it again."
• "Very disappointed with the dessert... we were paying £8 for the skill required to slice a Waitrose cheesecake into 24 segments."
• "The worst ever 'cheddar' cheese toast. They didn't use cheddar cheese in the toast, they used some cheap plastic sheet type cheese, taste was horrible."

Atmosphere & Setting

Pros:

• "This is a gem... truly. An excellent rural setting, with good parking."
• "It's got a wonderful traditional feel inside and a south facing beer garden that is a lovely little sun trap with shady spots too if the heat gets too much."
• "Good atmosphere in the front bar."
• "It has a typical, country pub style decor, the chairs were comfortable and the toilets were very clean."
• "Lovely old pub atmosphere."
• "Exiting London and seeking the nearest country pub? The green dragon offers spectacular views of the countryside just a stone's throw from high Barnet with large accommodating car parks and a truly excellent food menu."
• "Beautiful outdoor seating at the back right next door open crop fields."

Cons:

• "Our meal was decent but alas it was a wind tunnel where we were sat at the rear."
• "The decor was a bit dull and maybe just a few attractive and brighter pictures on the wall might help."
• "A loud phone constantly interrupted our conversation."
• "Tinny music was loudly playing over our table."
• "Not the most salubrious of places - could do with a bit of TLC decor wise."
• "No atmosphere and beer was awful."
• "Food was covered in mould."

Value

Pros:

• "Compared to other places in the area, the value was also great."
• "The lunchtime deal of £9.95 for two courses is great value."
• "Medium priced menu. Definitely reasonable for the quality."
• "Prices were very reasonable."
• "Very good value."
• "Extremely good value."
• "Reasonable prices for outstanding quality food."

Cons:

• "I just don't feel it warranted the price and wasn't massively far off a carvery quality which is much cheaper."
• "Prices are towards the top end of the range for Sunday lunch but the quality of the ingredients and the food on your plate cannot be criticised at all."
• "The Sunday roast was charged at close to £20 for a soggy Yorkshire pudding, one slice of beef and soggy potatoes."
• "Watch out for the service charge."
• "For the price you pay is a complete joke."
• "Average food, sloppy service, interior ambience all did not equate to the food prices here."
• "The burgers were dry, quite large but not worth the price."