It's great to be looking at a future full of possibilities again. We are now open for full service with all the bells and whistles on - and trompetas blaring! If you want to make a booking, please call us on 0207 272 1587 (no longer taking email bookings).
Every Monday* come along to St John's Dining Room with your own wine purchased from Theatre of Wine, 124 Junction Road, N19 5LB, and we will open it for you at no extra charge in our art clad dining room.We do not charge corkage but we will ask you to join our mailing list for very occasional wine orientated announcements and invitations.
Every Monday* come along to St John's Dining Room with your own wine purchased from Theatre of Wine, 124 Junction Road, N19 5LB, and we will open it for you at no extra charge in our art clad dining room.We do not charge corkage but we will ask you to join our mailing list for very occasional wine orientated announcements and invitations.
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Here at St Johns we'd love to look after you & your party. We've been celebrating the passage of life through birthdays, weddings, bah mitzvas, anniversaries & wakes for over 20 years in our glorious dinning hall. Our gallery dining hall was converted from a dancehall to our restaurant in 1998 but it has and will continue to see its fair share of dancing shoes.
Reviews (23)
Claude Chene
Jan 28, 2022
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Paul Mata
Jan 24, 2022
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Booked a table prior to Christmas but was expecting to eat in the main dining room, on arrival due to staff shortage the only tables was in a small part of the pub area. The prices were high for a much less of an experience. Having said this covid19 played a part, the food was fantastic and the staff / manager was friendly and welcoming.
When things get back to normal I will definitely return when able to have the dinner room experience.
When things get back to normal I will definitely return when able to have the dinner room experience.
Marco Domizio
Dec 27, 2021
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Marc Wachsmann
Dec 17, 2021
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Fedz Jam
Dec 11, 2021
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Andrew Compton
Nov 23, 2021
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Sarah Lester
Nov 10, 2021
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Ana Pena
Jun 27, 2021
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Tiffani Reamsbottom
Sep 11, 2019
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Adrian L.
Mar 16, 2018
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A return visit rather a disappointment. Fish soup still excellent, but iron-hard croutons and very dull aioli. Rump steak perfectly cooked, very good meat and a large portion, but lukewarm & unseasoned; sauce meagre & underflavoured, and chips very poor, limp & soggy. Service rather surly & offhand though we ate very early and few other customers yet.
Didn't bother with puds and probably won't return.
Didn't bother with puds and probably won't return.
Erik M.
Sep 25, 2017
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Chris B.
Jun 26, 2017
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I had a great meal here. A liver dish that was done perfectly. But service overall was really poor. We had done dinner, plates taken away and asked for desert and coffee. Coffee shows up, desert a record 20 minutes later. This with five tables occupied in the whole place. Bartenders in the pub had really no clue. 15 people in the whole place, they couldn't keep track of who to serve next.
Sadly back to the restaurant for the topper. Salt and pepper open in small dishes on each table. I watch server and manager dump each tables servings (after people have had hands in them) back into a bucket
Sadly back to the restaurant for the topper. Salt and pepper open in small dishes on each table. I watch server and manager dump each tables servings (after people have had hands in them) back into a bucket
Andrea P.
Jan 29, 2017
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Meh. This place is just okay. Nothing too impressive about it, especially the food. I ordered a brownie for dessert, for example, and instead of it just being simple, deliciously made brownie they feel the need to doctor it up with beetroot... totally unnecessary flavour profile for a brownie, in my opinion.
Alessio C.
Oct 29, 2016
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Sultan J.
Feb 15, 2016
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Billy Q.
Oct 21, 2015
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Edward S.
Jul 04, 2015
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St John's Tavern is a High Barnet-branch favourite that, along with The Junction Tavern down the road, has both the food and pedigree to legitimately call itself a gastropub. (Not that it does, of course. Gastropubs, sort of like hipsters, have the property that the most authentic examples are the least likely to use the label on themselves, and the least genuine are most likely to loudly embrace it.)
Dinner and Sunday lunch are served in a dining hall that's decorated with competent charcoal and pastel portraits next to photographs of the pub and surrounding area, and it has a very
Dinner and Sunday lunch are served in a dining hall that's decorated with competent charcoal and pastel portraits next to photographs of the pub and surrounding area, and it has a very
Samuel C.
Feb 08, 2014
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And yet ANOTHER first rate London gastropub!
(boy - London has a lot of these!)
Two diners - three courses plus drinks each - and only one whole mis-step in the lot.
The rest was pure and unadulterated heaven.
A fine run of beers and gins here - with some fine gin brands I have not seen elsewhere. Cider is run of the mill.
Starters were a borscht with horseradish - and horseradish is an inspired addition to beet soup.
I personally cook a lot of beet soups in both carnivorous and vegetarian forms - and all my life I have relied on lemon juice, sour cream or vinegar to play off the beets.
(boy - London has a lot of these!)
Two diners - three courses plus drinks each - and only one whole mis-step in the lot.
The rest was pure and unadulterated heaven.
A fine run of beers and gins here - with some fine gin brands I have not seen elsewhere. Cider is run of the mill.
Starters were a borscht with horseradish - and horseradish is an inspired addition to beet soup.
I personally cook a lot of beet soups in both carnivorous and vegetarian forms - and all my life I have relied on lemon juice, sour cream or vinegar to play off the beets.
Uli B.
Feb 19, 2013
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"Gosh, why are there so many beautiful men in this place?", my friend said, when we were sitting down at the bar to drink some wine. And yes, I think she's right: St. John's Tavern is a bright beacon in a still-mostly edgy Archway...here's where the "pretty" society comes to see and be seen.
St. John's Tavern is both a place where you can gather with your friends for a beer and a place for good dining. The pub area features a really long bar and plenty of tables of various sizes. (And even free wifi!) Adjacent to the bar is the dining hall and this room
St. John's Tavern is both a place where you can gather with your friends for a beer and a place for good dining. The pub area features a really long bar and plenty of tables of various sizes. (And even free wifi!) Adjacent to the bar is the dining hall and this room
Tori U.
Sep 19, 2012
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You kind of have to respect a place which rejects ketchup and creates their own special sauce instead!
This old fashioned gastro pub just refuses to get on the bandwagon of normal. Between its antique looking furniture and its huge wall of abstract art portraits, it's definitely on the kooky side. However, their straightforward food, which is outlined in chalk on the blackboard, is definitely noteworthy. The menu changes seasonally and is all locally inspired. The fish was one of the better things on the menu, and I don't even really like fish! The mutton pasty wasn't the best but
This old fashioned gastro pub just refuses to get on the bandwagon of normal. Between its antique looking furniture and its huge wall of abstract art portraits, it's definitely on the kooky side. However, their straightforward food, which is outlined in chalk on the blackboard, is definitely noteworthy. The menu changes seasonally and is all locally inspired. The fish was one of the better things on the menu, and I don't even really like fish! The mutton pasty wasn't the best but
Isabel B.
Jan 06, 2012
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In total agreement with Nic below- this place is super cozy. A large drinking area where you can lounge around: fine beers accompanied by a plate of crackling (the real deal) or home made scotch eggs and sausage rolls.
The dining room is large, spacious and slightly kooky- with all kinds of artwork gracing one of the walls which can be seen as you enter. A mish mash of furniture adds to the rooms charm. Food here follows the rules of head to toe dining- jellied pigs head is almost always on the menu but equally you can tuck into anything from a plate of fresh fish and chips, with home made mushy
The dining room is large, spacious and slightly kooky- with all kinds of artwork gracing one of the walls which can be seen as you enter. A mish mash of furniture adds to the rooms charm. Food here follows the rules of head to toe dining- jellied pigs head is almost always on the menu but equally you can tuck into anything from a plate of fresh fish and chips, with home made mushy
Sarah J.
Jun 02, 2011
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Very nice place, old school pub with fancy food and drink.
I've never had anything from their main menu (bit pricey for my wallet) but their bar snacks are something else and worth splashing out for! Supersize saltfish fritters, massive olives, spicey nuts all feature, amongst other things but what I really like about this place is the drinks. They vary by season so in winter you can have the most delicious and warming mulled cider and in the summer a bloody great bloody mary - or a sprizz which is an amazing Venetian cocktail drunk in plastic cups on the street in Padua and Venice which
I've never had anything from their main menu (bit pricey for my wallet) but their bar snacks are something else and worth splashing out for! Supersize saltfish fritters, massive olives, spicey nuts all feature, amongst other things but what I really like about this place is the drinks. They vary by season so in winter you can have the most delicious and warming mulled cider and in the summer a bloody great bloody mary - or a sprizz which is an amazing Venetian cocktail drunk in plastic cups on the street in Padua and Venice which
Andy T.
Mar 16, 2009
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The St John's is a large open bar with lots of room for a big group of folk to pile in to. Expect a good mix of beers that are mostly well-poured (my Guinness was a bit too 'heady' to start with - quickly noticed and fixed though) and much better than most of the pubs on Junction Road.
They've got an ever changing wine list which has something for everyone - including a nice shiraz the night I was in there. The menu and food look equally as tempting, however I'd just eaten beforehand. I'm definitely going back though.
The music is also pretty eclectic, there was
They've got an ever changing wine list which has something for everyone - including a nice shiraz the night I was in there. The menu and food look equally as tempting, however I'd just eaten beforehand. I'm definitely going back though.
The music is also pretty eclectic, there was
