Villiers Terrace

This is a great little local gastro pub.

The bar staff can be a little stand off-ish but the waiting staff are really friendly. Not sure why there is such a difference.

The quality and cost of the food is good, my only gripe is that although it gives the impression that the menu changes daily it does not and even after several weeks between visitis many items can be the same as before.

During the week and on a Sunday the atmosphere is good but at the weekend (Fri-Sat evenings) they have DJs that is great if just in for a drink, but if eating it can be a tad loud.

However overall a great little place for wonderful Crouch End

We really enjoyed our Sunday roast today at Villiers Terrace – the roasts (including a nut roast) were excellent – succulent beef and well cooked vegetables. My only comment about food was that my veggie sister would have liked a Yorkshire Pudding on her plate as standard and maybe some extra gravy in a little jug to be provided with the meals (although it did come when we ordered it). The service was very friendly and attentive but gave us room to breath and didn't keep trying the hard sell which was appreciated.
My only comment really is can restaurants including Villiers terrace please sort out their toilets when they sort out all the other aspects of their decor. They were graffitti'd and rather miserable places – also the outside could do with a bit of sprucing up.
But all in all I will certainly be coming again – it was a great first experience of their new cusine

Best steak I’ve eaten in years! I've just returned home after going straight from work to the pub for dinner and just had such a lovely meal for such good value! My work mate mentioned that on Monday nights there’s 50% off the main menu so we decided to give it a try. I took full advantage of this offer and had the full three courses! For starter I had the crispy risotto & black olive cakes.They were so tasty good with the crispy outside and steamy hot warm rosotto interior. They came with a mushroomy tomatoey sauce which was absolutely lovely and worked very well. Next up was the rib eye steak with horseradish butter, as I said earlier…best steak I've eaten in years. I like my steak really rare and it came just as i like it! When it came to pudding I was already quite full but I thought what the heck! Was torn between bakewell tart with custard or hazlenut chocolate brownies with chocolate ice cream and hot chocolate sauce. I went for the bake well tart and then wished I'd ordered the brownie but that's not to say the bakewell tart wasn't very good because it was and I am also a sucker for fresh custard. I think I might come evry Monday forever!! Such a bargain and with no cooking or washing up to do it's my kind of Monday night… The pub itself is nicely decorated with a cosy feel and well worth a trip for the food. Not only were the staff polite, friendly and humourous…real charming and lovly people non robot like at all!! they could even recommend wines. Basically the service was great. The wine list has a good selection in the mid price range but because we were getting a bargain meal we had the luxury of going for a more expensive bottle than usual. There was a good choice of both new and old world wines. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend Villiers Terrace as one of the best gastro pubs i've been to. They certainly cheered up my Monday!

Went for a Sunday lunch here. First impressions were from the outside – we would have walked past but having read that it had been recently refurbished thought that we would take a look. We had roast lunch of beef and lamb which was excellent,both beef and lamb were tender and the roast potatoes and veg perfectly cooked and it came steaming hot. We had one starter of potted crab which was just ok, that came slightly warm which we thought unusual and tasted more of butter than crab. The Wine selection and price was very good and we had a very good bottle of claret. All in all a great sunday lunch, busy, good service, good atmosphere would return again and recommend it. The decor is rather eclectic but the staff and buzzy atmosphere made up for this. Have eaten in the Maynard and the food here is 100% better if a little more expensive.