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Ye Olde Cherry Tree, Southgate, N14

Pub added by elizabeth mcgraw

22 The Green
N14
N14 6EN

Phone: 02088861808

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Vintage Inns (Mitchells & Butlers)

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Southgate

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Tris C left this review about Ye Olde Cherry Tree

Originally the Cherry Tree and grade II-listed, this place dates from the late 17th century and certainly looks suitably old; further information can be found on Historic England’s website. Of course, the ‘Ye Olde’ affectation is complete twaddle as this place was known simply as the Cherry Tree by at least 1926 when it was a Taylor Walker house.
The interior matches previous reviews, with exposed sagging bare members (see photo), exposed rafters to a low white ceiling, bare brick, a floor of either carpet, quarry tiles or flagstones with some kilims, comfy furniture, trendy semi-industrial spun copper lampshades with filament bulbs, some shiny white tiles to the bar back, eclectic framed prints and the Cure and T. Rex on the stereo; the ugly games machine looked horribly incongruous.
At the time of my Friday 9.40pm visit, the cask selection was a joke, with four unused pumps then Doom, swerved in favour of a pint of Neck Oil (£6.70), delivered by clueless staff, presided over by an old-school landlord.
Customers were mixed locals, some probably coming from the grand houses nearby, some very obviously not and plenty of transients (one partnered with a wheelie suitcase) as the pub essentially acts as the bar/restaurant for the Travelodge next door, the two sharing the car park.
This pub scores well for the history and atmosphere and is probably the best option in N14 though not worth a special visit if outside the postcode, but at least there’s no Doom in the Fishmongers.

On 6^th August 2024 - rating: 6
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Komakino . left this review about Ye Olde Cherry Tree

This oozes with character with its sagging original beams with iron supports and semi-sub-divisions within, but in essence, it's a Vintage Inn charge which, although you can grab a beer in (Sharp's Doom Bar and Atlantic, St Austell Proper Job and Brain's Rev James) it's clear from the rolled-eye response to my answer from the obligatory "is there anything else" that the noble art is a secondary and necessary evil. Charming in places and you can get a good feed here, but nothing to make this a 'must visit' if in the area.

On 23^rd September 2018 - rating: 4
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Steve of N21 left this review about Ye Olde Cherry Tree

A former coaching inn dating from the 1700’s Ye Olde Cherry Tree is now under the Vintage Inn umbrella and functions more as a restaurant nowadays than a pub. I remember it in former times when it used to be mainly a pub with a restaurant section at the back. But most of the internal space is now taken up with the dining area and just the smaller area around the bar at the back of the pub near the rear entrance is kept for drinking.
So in this respect it is best used just for a beer on a fine weather day when the pleasant outside patio area can be utilised.
There are usually four ales available which tend to come from the usual suspects and Pride, Doombar and Adnams Broadside were on for my visit last Sunday.
As a restaurant it’s a fairly pleasant place to eat as, although it is quite a large space, the interior is a collection of separate spaces with several atmospheric nooks and crannies.
The menu is the usual formulaic chain offerings and the quality tends to go up and down with the ability of the chefs employed, which like all chain pubs tend to change on a regular basis. Fortunately for the last year the quality has been quite good as they have managed to retain a couple of good ones.

On 12^th March 2014 - rating: 6
[User has posted 2236 recommendations about 2098 pubs]

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