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Occasional Half, Palmers Green, N13

77 Green Lanes
N13
N13 4TD
Phone: 02088815444

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David Walton left this review about Occasional Half

Visited 19/05/25

Three hand pumps all offering L Pride. Keg offering was Stella, Carlsberg, Fosters, Guinness, Doom Bar, Carling, Aspall, Cruz, Moretti, Carlsberg, Amstel.

Venue is an L shape with the bar counter following the inside walls of the venue, on a chessboard tiled skirt in an otherwise bare boarded venue. To the left of the entrance are some booth tables and a slightly raised area with a carpeted floor housing some regular tables and chairs. To the right of the entrance are some regular tables and chairs and a small banquette to the immediate right of the entrance. The right-hand side houses a pool table and a darting area and the whole venue is light and airy owing to the windows on both street side sides. The walls house several TV's all of which were tuned into the Brighton v Liverpool game with commentary on my visit. There was a small seating area out the front. Quite liked this place as a venue to head to to watch live sport.

So, another N London postcode area with a small remaining stock of venues completed. Not much to write home about really, 3 of the 5 pubs had cask beer, but pretty middle of the road stuff. For me the Alfred Herring shaded it but in horse racing terms, that is the winner of a class 6 handicap rather than a pattern race! I would head to the Occasional Half to watch sport though.

On 23rd July 2025 - rating: 5
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Steve of N21 left this review about Occasional Half

Due to pub closures this is now the only remaining pub on Green Lanes south of the North Circular before you get to Wood Green. A single room that wraps around the L shaped bar there are 3 ale pumps on the bar, but I have only ever seen one in operation with a decidedly average Charles Wells Bombardier. In an area dominated by Turkish and Albanian restaurants it is popular with the locals when there is sport being shown on the multiple screens and it’s fair to say the fizzy keg taps get a lot more use than the one operating ale pump.

On 12th May 2024 - rating: 5
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Alesonly . left this review about Occasional Half

This is a One Bar Pub is not too bad For a few quick Pints But it can be noisy when theres sport on TV. Its Reasonably cheap and servers a good Pint of Guinness and Bombardier Ale is normally on Tap.

On 15th July 2010 - rating: 7
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Strongers . left this review about Occasional Half

This is a Barracuda chain pub complete with Sky and Setanta shown on a multitude of plasma screens and a pool table. There are a couple of hand pumps and Bombardier was available on my visit with the other pump not being used. There is also a standard draught selection available at very reasonable prices as is to be expected in a Barracuda owned pub.

I'd use this pub for the football if I lived locally, but I don't.

On 27th May 2009 - rating: 6
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