O'Neill's, Enfield

OK for a town centre pub although nothing special in the way of atmosphere. Had a couple of pints - both of which were in very good condition. The menu is fairly extensive (for a chain), reasonably priced and the quality was quite good - I had gammon, MrsOs had scampi. All in all, a fairly good experience and we'll probably return next time we're in Enfield.

I visited here on Saturday night and it was very busy with a mainly young crowd who seemed to be dressed for clubbing so maybe this is the place to meet up before moving on. There were a couple of bouncers on the door and I think that there is a late license, but I couldn’t say until when. I counted four ales available and there was a standard draught selection from which the very friendly barmaid poured me a decent pint of Guinness. I cannot envisage a time when I would want to return here.

Big pub - aping the Wetherspoons format in terms of layout and reasonably-priced food and drinks - run by an outfit called Welcome Freehouses. Very busy on a Friday evening, with a wide variety of customers. Five real ales on, but only Brains SA being something a bit different from the usual suspects. (NB - Review dates from March 2009.)

The George is a big imposing building opposite Enfield Town Market square which was originally built in the mid 1800’s with the coming of the railway to Enfield Town. It was a solid two bar pub in my youth but a few years ago was bought by a PubCo which knocked it through to be a one large bar place largely void of any character and whose target demographic was youngsters drinking alcopops. It has gone through a few changes in ownership /management in recent years and the current owners have improved the beer choice and quality, and it’s OK for a lunchtime pint when shopping in the Town. But it still turns into a crèche without any responsible adults in the evening.