The Salisbury Hotel (Harringay) Reviews Summary

Atmosphere & Decor

Pros:

• "The atmosphere is perfect, friendly, inviting and complemented by the beautiful and classic interior."
• "Decor is absolutely phenomenal, two fireplaces and really tall ceilings."
• "This is a great unique pub in a former Hotel which gives an interesting and cozy interior."
• "Beautiful old pub, dimly lit with lots of spaces including little booths and areas for big groups."
• "A very traditional English pub located in an impressive Victorian Building with a contemporary and young vibe too."
• "It's a great all round place really!"
• "Love the Salisbury. Huge Victorian pub with lots of character."

Cons:

• "Dark environment."
• "Just smelt quite damp and it was a bit messy."
• "The outside of the pub is astonishing but is not the same for the inside, unfortunately."
• "Interior beginning to feel a little jaded and too many kids but space just about big enough to escape."
• "Men's bathroom a touch gross, strong anomia smell, like nobody hit the bowl or urinal since the 90s."
• "Dirty toilets."
• "The space at the front bar of the pub is wasted so people and drinks are at served from the back bar."

Service

Pros:

• "Our server was brilliant, Mallika, was helpful with recommendations and very knowledgeable of the menu."
• "Staff were quick and friendly."
• "The service was excellent, bar staff were happy and helpful and the food was amazing."
• "Always a seat, hardly ever have to wait to be served."
• "Table service was super friendly."
• "Lady at the bar and waitress who served our table were very friendly."
• "The staff are friendly and competent."

Cons:

• "One staff member intruded on a conversation I was having with a friend - forcibly injecting her political interpretation on my supposedly personal conversation with a friend."
• "Zero customer service knowledge! The woman behind the bar was very rude and not attentive at all."
• "Staff are hit and miss."
• "The staff was quite harried and a bit slow, but they did a great job considering."
• "While it sometimes feels like the bar staff are deliberately ignoring their customers."
• "Bar staff are rude. Unwelcoming and have poor attitudes towards paying customers."
• "Absolutely horrible service. Bartenders do Not respect people."

Food & Drink

Pros:

• "This is the best roast dinner I’ve had in ages!!"
• "Great choice of beers and they change all the time so you can always try something new."
• "Excellent selection of tap beers and bottled beers."
• "Huge range of beers on tap, carefully chosen and frequently changing."
• "I love a good pub burger, and the Salisbury has great burgers and they're actually under £10!"
• "Good selection of beers, lagers and spirits."
• "The soft shell crab burger delivers."

Cons:

• "For £5 a pudding I would expect more."
• "Sadly not very welcoming if you have children."
• "This is the third time my wife and I have upset stomachs after going. I wonder how well they look after their beer lines."
• "The potatoes were at least 30 mins over cooked. The Yorkshire pudding was dense without any puff or crunch."
• "Sticky pudding was horrible."
• "Food (inc Sunday roast) not very good - microwaved pie, chewy old Yorkshire pudding, dry meat, oily vegetables."
• "The vegetarian roast was a tasteless, nasty mush with no distinguishable flavour of spinach, butternut squash or Ricotta cheese!"

Value

Pros:

• "Nice spacious pub, cracking selection of lagers, but all too expensive."
• "The prices are cheap for London."
• "Pricing was reasonable."
• "Good food and drinks offering which is very decently priced."

Cons:

• "It's quite a nice pub with good beer though."
• "Took 40 minutes to get orders, another 40 to get the food, another 20 to be able to pay."
• "The prices may be a little high but there's a great selection of drinks, great atmosphere and it's such a aesthetically pleasing oldie pub, I highly recommend."
• "Stupidly overpriced at £16! Just horrible, and a poor variety of vegetables."
• "Sunday Roast was 22.50 and very ordinary."
• "It's at the high end of Sunday roast prices (£15-£17) yet the bottom end of quality."
• "Quality of beverages was very poor and the food was astonishingly bad considering the price we paid for it."

Family & Child Friendliness

Pros:

• "They have nice outdoors sittings and it can be quite busy."
• "Famous award winning pub. Speciality beers a favourite amongst its patrons. Occasionally hosts community events. Family friendly weekend lunchtime and early evenings."
• "It has plenty of space with a great energetic atmosphere and friendly and helpful staff."
• "The afternoon weekends are very children friendly."
• "Always seems to have lots of kids there which makes it family friendly."
• "Thank god for this pub. Baby friendly."
• "No kids in sight during our visit. Excellent beer selection and good pub food menu."

Cons:

• "Too many kids but space just about big enough to escape."
• "A once good boozer with great staff now all but ruined by a thousand infants at the weekends."
• "Absolutely full of prams, pushchairs, kids!"
• "Everytime I'm here there are children crying and screaming and ruining the experience."
• "the landlord spent the whole time moaning and complaining to us about our children!"
• "Don't allow parties where children are allowed to attend if you're going to moan when they make noise."
• "not very welcoming if you have children."