Hadley House Restaurant and Bar in Barnet

Starters were great but mains not that good and also salty. Service was slow as only one person managing the whole pub on Sunday

Booked the venue for my small wedding reception, met up with them several time, everything was agreed and we were on the same page. Half way through the night I find out that they decided to open a tab on my behalf without my consent. So I then had to pay £900 for other people’s drinks when I had specified that everyone would be paying for their own drinks. Now I’m £900 down having not budgeted for it. When I spoke to the owner he blamed the manager on the night, who proceeded to lie about a “conversation” he apparently had with us. I’d save yourself the headache and completely avoid. EDIT: please stop the dishonesty. My husband did not speak to the manager about the drinks or a tab, he simply asked questions that I had told him to ask to clarify points that had already been agreed upon. It is clear that you took advantage of us.

Had a lovely birthday dinner yesterday. The steaks we ordered was excellent quality and beautifully cooked. We've been to other local pubs and this is the best steak we've had in Barnet. My sea bass was delicious and the lobster sauce it came with was so tasty. My son's slow cooked beef rib was melt in the mouth texture and another winner. The spaghetti bolognese was a very good portion and delicious. The chips and vegetable side was perfectly cooked. Kudos to the chef. The service was very attentive and we had a lovely banquette table for our family celebration. Thank you to the manager and staff for the lovely surprise tequila shots at the end! We will be back.

Great food and service. Good Sunday lunch deal with food much better than ‘pub grub’. Generous portions and nice outside area.

A lovely location with superb service. We had a few great hours here this afternoon and can't wait to come back. Very reasonable prices too.

We are on a quiet Wednesday lunchtime and our dog was allowed inside which was much appreciated. The food was really very good. Prices not cheap but worth every penny, portions not massive but fine - and above all the quality of everything was absolutely top notch. Even simple things like chips and pitta were excellent. We'll definitely return.

Food was perfect and service was very good and professional. Would recommend to anyone that asks

Everything was excellent no complaints at all

Lovely staff and food was delicious

Very nice meal and the staff very friendly

Great venue for food and gatherings lovely staff and really good food. Excellent value

Really enjoyable meal. Great place and great service. Will definitely come back.

I went here and the food was amazing, The waiters where very polite and im definitely going to come back, the owner is especially nice.The atmosphere was very calm and nice to have a lunch with my friends and was extremely impressed.

The place is a hidden gem in Barnet. I have been there several times now, and the food has always been excellent. It is a lovely destination to visit on Barnet High Street!

Lovely food, very good menu, and good service, in very attractive modern pub, large outdoor dining, will definitely go again

Have been here a few times now - Very lovely local restaurant with a lot of space to host large or small groups, very good food every time, nice relaxed atmosphere and friendly & attentive staff

Wonderful place to bring the family, amazing food and great service from Shaggy who kept us entertained, would definitely recommend!

Good place to have a party bar staff are excellent

I recently visited Hadley House and enjoyed their diverse European menu in a sleek, contemporary setting. I've added it to my barguide.london site too!

Shaggi was the absolute best !!!!!! Excellent customer service!!!!! Give him a raise !!!!!!

staff was wonderful and created a good atmosphere even as we can at a quite time. we are not from around the area but would 100% would recommend

Amazing service, can’t thank the two gentlemen on the front of house for the hospitality. Amazing food - props to the chef. Would definitely recommend for anyone

The drinks, the food and the service were amazing!! Definitely coming back.

We had a wonderful experience here. Delicious food and attentive, welcoming service. Our food was very good, with quality ingredients, and well presented. We came with our baby and were made to feel really welcome. We’ll certainly be back and would strongly recommend to anyone else.

Recently tried out Hadley house restaurant, and it was amazing! The food was top-notch, with flavours that blew my mind. The service was friendly and efficient, and the atmosphere was just right – cozy and inviting. Definitely worth a visit if you're in the area!

Great place for a drink and dj on Saturday night

Great service, friendly and nice atmosphere. Highly recommend the roast dinner was lovely.

First time here. Delicious food. Great portions. Fab apple crumble. All home made Quiet for a Sunday lunch but will definitely return

Great service, very hospitable and the food was good and well priced ! 👍🏻

Very friendly owner, great customer service!

Wonderful flavours and exceptional service! Also the music and general atmosphere was quite lovely. Would highly recommend.

We were a group of seven adults. Had pre-meal drinks and then a full Sunday dinner. Excellent service. Excellent meals.

Great food with friendly staff with cosy atmosphere. Went on a Sunday and chose the lamb shank which was cooked to perfection, vegetables were tasty and the apple crumble with custard was delicious.

I had a dinner at Hadley with some friends and was really surprised with the Sunday roast. The food was delicious and the service was great. The two lads who served me went above and beyond. Will be visiting again soon

So bad it went into the bin after one mouthfull ( spat out!). Awful!

The burgers were so salty - only able to eat a couple of mouthfuls had to throw away. Absolutely awful! NEVER AGAIN.

Attended for a work Christmas party, food was delicious. The atmosphere was perfect for our occasion

Lovely evening great food and service

Just a very quick review. Called in here with my wife and bestie. Food was perfect as was the Service. Highly recommend!

Joni and Shaggy provide outstanding service every time I visit, making the experience such a pleasure - will always return on behalf of them both

Prepare to be lavished and pampered at this gorgeous hideaway. Stunning flavours. Generous portions an uber relaxed vibe, really worth a visit, both superfood salad and Sunday roast were a dream, as for the crumble and pistachio cake, woooo

Great food, people and location

Fantastic food for a very reasonable price - I would highly recommend.

Lovely fresh food , friendly team , definitely will go back :)

Amazing meal, friendly and excellent service. We have been before and we will be coming back.

Great food and service, quiet at lunchtime

Service and food were excellent!

Had such a lovely meal there and the service was great. Will definitely go back again.

Food was good but I never got my free Lipton Ice Tea drink 😥

We had my daughters 21st here and I can't fault the place. The staff were very attentive, friendly and professional. I ordered canapes and they were amazing, many of my guests said that they would be returning for a meal. My daughter thoroughly enjoyed her night and I cant thank the Hadley House staff enough.

Amazing customer service, very quick and delicious food

I hosted my 30th birthday here and they were so friendly and helpful! They have a new outdoor patio area with open plan seating and it was perfect for a large party! We all had a great night.. drinks were flowing and food was good! Would definitely recommend this place for celebrations! There’s a dj too on the weekends.

Stayed for the night so my husband and I could enjoy some time in London. Fabulous in every way. The room was clean and comfortable and felt luxurious. The staff were friendly and helpful, and the breakfast was very tasty. And a bonus is the parking nearby is free, a nice surprise for London.

Went here with the girls for a night out. We wanted a meal with some drinks and dancing. There was only a couple of other tables booked. The service was very good. We waited a while for the food, but figured it was being cooked fresh, and it was certainly nice and hot. The food was really nice, I had haddock and chips, and nicely presented. The DJ arrived after our food, and he was brilliant. Played some great music, but it was such a shame it was so quiet. The reason I gave 4 out of stars was because of the atmosphere, as it was so quiet, so no buzz. But that’s not DJ or fruit of staff. Just hope people read this and give it a try. We made best of it and danced our feet off!

Ordered a few sharing plates between us. Quite expensive and food was like Iceland's budget range just heated up! Really horrible. Disappointing. Won't be going again. Decor all wrong too. No atmosphere at all.

I hired Hadley House for a big birthday party and it certainly didnt disappoint. The Hadley team were really great during the lead-up to the party and put up with my endless emails about food, drinks, DJs etc. The venue itself is superb, spacious and has an inside and outdoor area! The staff couldn't do enough for my guests and the food (calamari, arancini, mini burgers etc) was delicious. I thoroughly recommend this venue for any event - a hidden gem in High Barnet.

I had a large table booked there months for my 50th Birthday Party (15 people due to attend). Two weeks before the event the restaurant ring me to tell me that someone has just booked the whole venue and that I would have to find somewhere else to have my party. For the record do not book this place they are unreliable and will drop you for a larger booking.

Utterly terrible steak delivered over Uber eats. Poor quality meat, cut far to thin for ribeye, then cooked to grey (which is kind) when medium rare requested. Have severe doubts about the advertised ageing. Avoid

We went to Hadley House today for a meal. The prawn linguine was delicious and I had Almond and Pistachio cake for dessert it was wonderful. Certainly well worth giving a try.

disappointed to say the least. if it was busy i would understand the slow service , however with only one other table being used i didn't quite get why it took 20 mins for a menu to even be put on the table. we waited so very long for food that didn't even taste that nice.. even had to ask for the bill twice as we just wanted to get out. won't be returning.

Lovely atmosphere, loved the tango dance event too

Every time my girlfriend and I go to Haddly House the staff treat us with a warm welcoming and face extremely cared and we receive very good service. Their food are amazing and we recommend you to try when you go there. Renato and Erion are so kind and caring. Absolutely recommend this place to try and be their regular customer like us!

Great food and the service was superb. Will be coming again soon.

Wonderful venue for great parties

Great quality food that you really taste, and friendly service.

Wonderful lamb shank Sunday dinner - so good: best I've had in a year. Music 😌 relaxing - service warm and hospitable. Great place to eat - lovely hosts. Get over there folks !!

Good portions, tasty food. Arrived hot and packed well.

Brilliant service and 5 star food

Lovely atmosphere, good food and service

Great atmosphere, food quality was quite good and decent price on drinks. They had a DJ on till 1am and pretty good music! Would recommend

What a great evening. I went to the Hadley House with my husband; sister and brother-in-law for a meal together before Christmas. We not only got a great meal, but friendly service and fantastic music to dance to as well! What a bonus! Thank you to all the lovely staff. We had a fantastic evening. xx

This is a lovely place! The food, service & price were all fantastic! It was covid safe & my friend & i felt comfortable being there.

The staff was nice. The margarita pizza was over salted. It's definitely not fresh. Not a good idea to have a table that's next to the disabled toilet. You can hear people flushing while eating.

A table of 9 for a Christmas meal; not once were we asked ”how is your food” or “does anyone need a drink” After finishing a bog-standard roast beef that was undercooked to the extent it was still standing in a field. We asked for an espresso martini, for which we were told “let me check if the bar man can make them” - they were on the desert menu lol. Good luck!

Vegan burger was spot on - love the box the burger comes in. Such a shame the chips came in polystyrene. Otherwise they were great.

We had a great evening at Hadley House. The staff were really friendly abd attentive, very reasonable prices and relaxed atmosphere.

Good place to relax and enjoy food

Beautiful roasts. Friendly staff. lovely atmosphere.

Welcoming, nice decor, just had a drink.

Would have been 5 if there was more draught options and less emphasis on the reservations, not much regard for regular paying customers. The utilisation of the floor space could do with an improvement, felt a bit empty in certain areas and cramped in other areas. Food however was very good and the drinks they had were also decent. Service was quick and staff were overall friendly. Atmosphere was not too bad as well. Service charge though is a little bit cheeky but the prices of the food and drink were I'd say reasonable and affordable compared to many other places in the area.

It was very good, the mwal was delivered on time and was of good quality

A DISASTER! I had been looking forward to a Sunday Roast for ages, as my partner had not been well for a while but is now on the mend and it was the day after my birthday we were celebrating with my daughter and son in law. When I made the reservation I made sure to tell the manager that my partner was gluten free, he assured there would be plenty of choice as they even had gluten free bread…yay! Having read the reviews I can only surmise that the good reviews were from people who’ve never had a decent roast. When my partner asked if any of the 5 or 6 dishes she fancied were gluten free she was given two choices, she opted for a chicken Caesar salad. I was the only one having a starter, a basic Caesar salad which was absolutely fine however it took an age to arrive. My daughter and husband both had haddock and chips which again were fine, however, my roast was a disaster, but more of that in a minute. After all other mains were served we were still waiting for the Chicken Caesar salad…which let’s be honest should have been a doddle? The soft boiled egg wasn’t and there was no dressing at all! The manager then informed us they were concerned that the bought in dressing wasn’t gluten free, but would get the chef to make a dressing. Back to my roast. The Yorkshire pudding looked like a pancake with crispy sides, the beef was stringy and tough and the second potato I tried wasn’t even cooked. He took back the salad and my roast and promise to return with a dressed salad and improved plate of roast in 5 minutes. 15 minutes later, the second roast looked better but the beef was tough and at least the potatoes were cooked. As for the dressing on the salad which was awful we were informed that they couldn’t use the usual Mayo for fears of contamination, and sadly the new chef couldn’t make Mayo from scratch. Come on please. Making Mayo is cooking 101, egg yolk, slowly added oil and some seasoning to taste…that’s it. The restaurant seemed far more concerned about getting drinkers bums on seats to witness the entertainment, which turned out to be a middle aged “crooner” that couldn’t carry a song in a basket. I was really looking forward to finding a great local venue for Sunday lunch, instead of somewhere I will avoid like the plague.

Great Sunday Lunch 2 of us had the beef roast and 2 had Sea Bass. Really tasty meals. Starters good too - calamari very soft and tasty batter. Staff very friendly and attentive.

Food was slow, came out in batches (some had finished before others had eaten). Decor and ambience was good

We held a private birthday party recently in the upstairs events room. The manager Toni and his staff were fantastic - very friendly and helpful and offering party tips based on his experience, which was really useful. The room turned out just as we wanted it, with lights, music (our own but using their sound system), our own private bar and the most delicious canapés and buffet. All of our guests raved about the party and the venue. I would highly recommend. PS Now we just need to go back to eat downstairs to have even more of the menu :-)

Great place lively friendly had a great night.

The meal was absolutely lovely.

Good food, however very slow service and staff were rude. Also, we were overcharged with shots and were charged for doubles. We were unable to resolve it on the night and and felt robbed. This review was originally poor but when I contact Hadley House, they bribed me to remove it then they would look into it. I edited it to get it resolved and they admitted that they overcharged me and offered to pay back the difference. I have asked to be refunded the difference but they have ignored me. Used to be a loyal customer to Hadley House and I am dissapointed it has gone so downhill. I won't be returning, if I could rate it 0, I would have done!

It was our first time dining at the Hadley House and it will certainly not be our last. We had an exceptionally good meal there and we chose to sit outside as as it was the 1st time we had been to dine out since lockdown. We both had trepidations about social distancing and sanitising et all, but our fears were all unfounded, there was no reason to be worried as tables both inside and and out were very socially distanced and staff were very socially aware and observed the proper protocols. There were infrared heaters outside beneath the shades, so no problems there when it became a little cool. The food was excellent and the service was extremely good. Can't wait to try their Sunday lunch; by everything I've heard from my friends, their Sunday lunch menu is a real cracker.

Service is very slow waited 1hr to order a drink and another hour to receive the order waiters are rude and clueless It was a friends birthday so didn't have a choice of not waiting but it was a thirsty wait

Great place for a meal or just a drink on a night out

I ordered a kids chicken burger meal but was sent red meat burger that nobody in my home will eat. No option to resolve it with restaurant but just eat directs me to report as missing item and after review gave £1.80 refund. Trying to follow up seems impossible as app offers no option to contact customer service for anything other than last order which is not the problem order?

Awful service. Disgusting table (wasn’t cleaned before we were seated), sat there for 20 mins before being asked for our order, 15 mins later a different waiter asked us if we would like to order a drink, at this point we were so fed up of waiting we ended up leaving promptly after this and noticing how gross the table actually was! A wasted 30+ mins of sitting there In addition to this, there was no music or sound from the tv (they was playing The Euro game) so there was an awkward silence in the room, no vibe whatsoever.

Very good place to go brilliant staff , also the owner is very welcoming

Great food and service, plus excellent wine and beers - try the King Prawn Linguine; you won't regret it! 👍

Excellent food and ambience as always.

Brilliant service, geat food and competietive prices, realluly nice outside space aswell as the inside. Highly recomend if in the barnet area

Disappointed could try a bit harder to give customers what they ask for and not replacement options without discussing first. Pretty sure I was served cod that was supposed to be Monkfish. Not cool.

Had a smashing afternoon tea today with the family. The food was great and service was excellent. We were in a room on our own which was great, very private. Well recommended.

Excellent pub/restaurant with great outdoor space. Excellent food. Very friendly staff. The manager always makes time to speak to you. Fantastic smart outdoor area, with heaters and retractable canopies making it an all weather venue.