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Come and visit our gorgeous, independent gastro pub in Highgate. We have a front and back garden that is now covered and heated so you can continue to meet outdoors during the winter months. Our large but cosy inside features a fireplace and upstairs function room. We pride ourselves on our delicious seasonal menu, amazing Sunday roast and friendly service.
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Our private dinning room is available for exclusive hire 7 days a week, for both lunch and dinner. You can also take over the whole upstairs of the pub or the garden. Get in touch and we can chat about space, drink, food, decoration and anything else you might need to make your event with us perfect.
Reviews (20)
Ronnie S.
Ronnie S.
Jul 18, 2021
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I've been here several times. The food and service is the best in the area! The risotto is insane! Unfortunately the wings were served with Mayo instead of ranch/blue cheese. All in all, it is always excellent to be here!
Linda P.
Linda P.
Aug 22, 2016
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I love the Bull, it is one of my favorite local pubs here in lovely, leafy Highgate!

It's a gorgeous, historic pub reminiscent of a country pub, with a lovely garden to dine in and a beautiful dining area on the second floor.

Excellent traditional pub cuisine and Sunday roast. Wednesday night is wing night special and the wings are properly spiced and tasty. Friendly service and occasional live entertainment. Great beer selection and wine list.
John B.
John B.
Jul 21, 2016
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Lovely evening meal on the patio. Excellent service from Weronika for our party of four. We enjoyed tuna carpaccio, super crunchy duck (fat) chips, tender tasty lamb sirloin, mackerel salad (much nicer than it sounds!), and a juicy beef burger.

So, starters and main courses were fine.

But, we will not bother again with desserts - too long and too ordinary and no raspberries!
Buzz B.
Buzz B.
Jan 10, 2016
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Since when has The Bull been an American restaurant? It's a modern British restaurant and microbrewery.

Their own beer is very nice, and reasonably priced. The menu isn't as imaginative as it was when the restaurant/microbrewery opened a few years back, which is sad, but the fod remains edible and not that outrageously priced by Highgate standards.
Billy Q.
Billy Q.
Aug 29, 2015
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The Bull is a good balance between pub and gastropub. They brew their own beer (London Brewing Company) which is pretty good, 8.5/10. Good rotation of well chosen guest ales. Nice garden terrace out at the front, which has recently been refurbished. On slightly noisy road but pleasant. Inside is cosy and mostly good atmosphere, but slightly subdued because of the restaurant and mostly older clientele.

Not giving 5/5 because of the food. It is good, but doesn't quite match the price. Burgers are good. Sunday roast is very good, but I prefer the beef at the The Wrestlers up the road, a bit
Whitney R.
Whitney R.
Aug 23, 2015
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I love The Bull - I've been here twice, most recently for their Garden Party and it was quite a hit. The wait staff is super helpful and will give you samples of beer and make really good recommendations after getting a feel for what you like. The prices are reasonable and the space is big with some terrace drinking and a beer garden set out back for the occasionally nice days in London. :). And the food is great! I generally wouldn't travel to Highgate for a pub (especially since I live in Southeast London), but I would to return here!
Liane T.
Liane T.
Aug 22, 2015
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Fabulous beer made in their own facility as well as wonderful food. It's a place I will come often. In winter it's cozy and in summer they have a lovely garden. It's a must go to in Highgate.
Megan S.
Megan S.
May 10, 2015
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I'm a pub roast sceptic. My stance, in general, is that roasts are one of the few meals that are insurpassably better when they are homemade. Slithers of meat accompanied by stodgy potatoes and a heap of wet veg, drizzled lightly in thin gravy, as if it were a salad dressing? No thanks.

The Bull is the first pub *ever* to make me rethink this.

I had the pork belly, after some discussion with the waiter. She recommended this due to its size and the good crackling. I was swung by this as I didn't want a meagre portion. And she was completely right. The belly was longer than any I&apos
Albert V.
Albert V.
Apr 30, 2015
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Genuine fine dining at gastropub prices. Exhaustive drink list and super knowledgeable and friendly staff. Some of the best food in the area. Will be back again and again!
C. B.
C. B.
Apr 06, 2015
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Easily one of the top pubs in London. Randomly found this pub on a walk up from Hampstead Heath and we keep going back. They have a great beer selection - stocked with all types of different beers, including their own which is brewed in the back. The food was much better than your traditional pub food, offerring slightly more creative and tasty choices such as duck confit waffle and gnocchi. The service is wonderful - everyone server is incredibly attentive. And the ambience is great - big comfy tables and lots of board games to pass the time while you eat and drink.
Ally G.
Ally G.
Jan 04, 2015
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The bull is very beautiful, both in its interior and exterior. It has the feel of an old country pub and is almost always buzzy and with a great atmosphere. Staff are friendly and welcoming, and are clearly very knowledgable about the menu.
The food comes in huge portions, and I really mean huge. The Yorkshire puddings were the size of my head.
The food is average - good but nothing special and I wouldn't recommend the Bull if you're looking for particularly great food. The vegetables were hard and undercooked and the tart for dessert was sickeningly sweet and too hard to cut. The meat
Derek P.
Derek P.
Nov 16, 2014
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Had such a good time and meal that I actually forgot to check in here today. Fantastic food, friendly staff... Oh yeah-great beer. Brilliant Sunday roast we had the beef, the chicken, and the lamb and all were lovely. Had three small children with us and they were very accommodating.
Tim N.
Tim N.
Sep 17, 2014
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This is the best pubstaurant in Highgate IMO, beating the Red Lion & Sun by some margin because of:

* Better interior feel and ambience
* Better staff and service experience
* More interesting and better kept selection of beers (this is in fact a brew-pub)

Don't just take my word for it, pop in for a pint of bitter and lunch some time.
Georgia M.
Georgia M.
Jul 23, 2014
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After having our first date at this pub my boyfriend and I have become regulars, the great food and atmosphere and wonderful drink selection mean we can try something different almost every time while still enjoying our favourites like burgers and chips and chicken wings ! We also enjoy trying not to come last on the pub quiz on Monday evenings :) great pub, lovely staff I highly recommend !
Liane C.
Liane C.
Jul 18, 2014
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I visited the Bull with a friend and my cousin, who is a regular. We ordered many appetizers including a meat platter, salmon with cream, chicken liver, fries (or chips), and the chicken wings special. There were probably a few more things we ordered individually, but we really had quite a feast that evening.

Every dish was very flavorful and well presented, compliments to the chef! I can see why my cousin's a regular there. We had the raspberry beer, which was very tasty too. I normally prefer fruity ciders and the raspberry beer was just as good. We were very full, but tried some desserts
Chris F.
Chris F.
Feb 21, 2013
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Relatively new brewpub on the North beer scene. Their beers are actually rather tasty, especially Skyline. Must have been some kind of offer on for it to be less than three quid a pint. Usually it is a bit more expensive I think.

It is actually quite cosy when you get used to it and the terrace out front would be pretty nice if I ever get here in decent weather.

Friendly place too. Has grown on me a lot over a handful of visits.
Caleb D.
Caleb D.
Oct 22, 2012
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At the end of a long week full of networking, meeting folks and generally being 'on', this was the perfect place to chill out with a couple of folks and knock back a pint of four. Ask me where this place is and i'll throw you one of those blank expressions you see on a dog after you've just shown it a card trick. Ask me if I'll go back again and the answer is a resounding 'yip'.

With a decent selection of beer, some of which are brewed on site, and some darn tasty pub grub on offer, this is a down to earth family pub that's easy going and welcoming.

When
Uli B.
Uli B.
Jul 24, 2012
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The Bull underwent complete renovation a while ago and is now back in business...and I like what they've done to the place.

A friend of mine took me here the other day - he'd been raving about it for a while and I can now see why: they have their own micro-brewery here and it really adds a lot of charme to this place. What made me like this place even more, was the really nice and down-to-earth attitude of our waiter: he took time to walk us through the beers on offer, explaining each and one of them! My first pint was some ginger-flavoured beer, which I have to admit I wasn't quite
Qype User Mrfris
Qype User Mrfris
Jun 22, 2012
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The Bull on North Hill is a well-appointed, grownup pub with a sophisticated menu and a welcoming feel about it. Its current incarnation has been set up by Dan Fox, former manager of The White Horse at Parsons Green which is why it's no surprise then that at the core of The Bull's offering is high quality beer.
Most of the ales on offer are brewed on the premises by The London Brewing Company, and the range they make will have something to suit all tastes. Additionally, the fridges are stocked with an excellent range of beers from craft breweries around the world.
Additionally, there
Elliot A.
Elliot A.
Apr 16, 2012
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I didn't even know they actually brewed beer on the premises before I had agreed to come here for a Saturday lunch with friends. It was a great bonus and we worked our way through the 'home brew' as the afternoon went on and swiftly turned into early evening...so much for a leisurely afternoon lunch with friends...

This is a fantastically laid back pub with a good selection of beers, there are games like Scrabble, Connect Four, Chess (loads of others) for those of you wanting to waste away the afternoon here, and they are very child friendly - not that I have any, I was with people