The Old Dairy (Crouch End)

• You try the place out based on the word of mouth generated by a shonky London audience who believe that anywhere serving chips with skins on must be a 'good place'
• They strap on whatever new clothes the emperor is wearing this month
• Drink white wine with their roast while Arsenal play sophisticated football on the LED screens in the background
• A big open and airy room with wooden finishings and subdued
• The restaurant section toward the back is complemented by a lighter and less formally set up dining room toward the front of the pub
• On one occasion I've had a beautifully cooked squid with lentils in sweet chilli
• I didn't think there was much subtlety in the delivery of something like that
• The lentils were crunchy and the squid was firm
• I've also tried the Brazilian stew which was hearty to say the very least
• Feedback on the longhorn rib steak was especially enthusiastic and the Dairy Sundae won plenty of fans
• Just lovely joints of meat with root veg you can't get enough of
• The last thing to say is that Finsbury Park
• So for the Old Dairy genuinely to deliver what a gastropub should deliver big plates with technical accomplishment in a younger
• Hipper environment is a remarkably welcome thing
• The Old Diary is as charming on the outside as it is on the in
• There is a consistently nice gastro pub atmosphere and is a great place to go for a relaxed drink
• The food always looks and smells great and I'm definitely keeping it in mind if someone else is paying the bill
• M now a proud co inhabiter with two female flatmates
• As a gastropub the setting is pretty sweet
• The service is all a bit clumsy
• Our favourites were the deliciously rich quail and pistachio terrine
• Pink roast Barbary duck with dauphinoise potatoes &
• Re dealing with here is a couple of tater tots with a parsnip sauce
• Is spanking good and the ales are diverse and refreshed as often as you can visit
• The Sunday Roast is incredible but make sure to miss breakfast because it's a hearty meal to say the least
• The only presentation on mine was two very soggy and almost brown basil leaves
• Found hers was covered in about several very fresh basil leaves
• So maybe it should have been paired with something lighter
• The sides of salad and buttered greens were very tasty
• The dessert was a little bit of a disappointment
• Peanut butter praline which was actually quite butter
• Everyone else at my table had sticky toffee puddings which were absolutely enormous
• The service was very accommodating and friendly I found
• Though a couple of others I was with did say that they had been snapped at by a few rude members of staff
• Sunday roasts are very good as well as the Trio of Lamb which was very tender and the Cheese Burger (nice hamburger)
• The restaurant is at the back of the bar which gives more confort and quietness
• The place is really nice with a special atmospher

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