The Tally Ho

Typical Wetherspoons, you know what you are getting. However, toilets are awful, staff can be more bothered gossiping and flirting than actually serving. You are always accosted by randoms that you don’t actually want to pay for their bus fare home, give a cigarette to, or donate your spare cash. Food orders are hit or miss. Don;t go in there on benefits day. Only go here when there is no where else that you would rather drink at.

Ugh. A nice building but full of chavs and middle aged drinkers who don’t know their limit. Definitely not the civilised experience I have come to enjoy in British pubs.

Pubs looks rather nice, inside and out side. But beware of the audience during the week. Lots of geezers, chavs hanging around. beers are reasonably price though, which is the main reason why the attract those sort of people.
Foodwise I was surprised. I ordered a burger for 7 sterling which also included a beer. I expected the worse but I had worse burgers from far better pubs for twice the price.
Staff: mixed bag. Chief of staff seems to be alright, but most waitresses seem to be bitchy as hell.

I don’t rate the tally ho very highly. Like all wetherspoons the food is cheap and ok for what you pay for it but the actual pub itself is pretty dire.
Inside is dark and dingy and not the most pleasant place to be. The staff are friendly enough and service tends to be quite quick but cleanliness leaves a lot to be desired. The tables seem to always be dirty. Even when they collect the glasses they don’t always wipe down the table.
Perhaps the only redeeming feature is that their beer garden is nice enough and has plenty of heaters.
Not somewhere that I would recommend.

OK, the place is run down a little its an old man’s pub and they like it that way! And yeah sure unless your with a mate or group of people you wont get much conversation out of them old geezers bar a grunt about the weather, football, politics or the «back in their day» speech. But who cares, there’s an unwritten rule in this pub, the old folk sit by the bar on the left of the pub and the younger crowd sit by the big ass plasma screen outputting lots and lots of Sky Sports News. Then there’s the courtyard area used by mostly the smokers or the MUCH younger adults who for some reason, «forgot their I.D. again»
This is a popular starting point for a lot of people of Friday night, there’s music nothing chart challenging or Brit award nominated but mostly good listenable music! Oh where was I running to with all this did I mention £2.50 a pint or £2 mixer, ale, cider, whatever its dirt cheap in here! I’m not saying that you should sacrifice class for drink prices I’m just asking you to remember where you are Tally Ho corner, North Finchley mate, what was you expecting?
Don’t make this bulk of your night cause you will be considerably let down by what you were hoping to call the highlight of your night! If it’s Friday/​Saturday and your not already geared up to take the train west side or east, or a bus to Muswell Hill at the very least get drunk in here on cheap yeast!

I went in to this pub on a late saturday afternoon because it was raining. I am a big ale fan so I was delighted to find they had a special promotion called ‘The International Real-​Ale Festival’. This runs through to 16^th November and offers a wide selection of ales all at very reduced prices. I chose an ale called Mumbo Jumbo (brewed in Manchester) which was one of six ales on tap. You will never guess the price … only 85p for half pint!
I took my seat and looked around. I could see 3 chairs carved into the shape of an elephant, lots of older men who all seemed to know each other. There was no music playing which gave a rather crap atmosphere. The pub also seemed a little run down. I glanced at the food menu which consisted of cheap typical pub food.
There was however a small courtyard which would be nice if the weather was better. Although as it was also a smoking area I probably would not have used it.
The ale was good — a bit like a beer version of guinness. As I was not too impressed by the décor and atmosphere, I drank up rather quickly and left to continue my shopping in the rain.

Unfortunately, it is a Wetherspoons. Minus one star for no character. On the plus side, drinks are not that expensive.
Inside is a dull place to be, definitely. Most of the times I care to remember, I have been in the Beer Garden, though its not so much a garden since the smoking ban kicked in. Though having said that, it wasn’t much of one beforehand either with two lanes of traffic to your left and two lanes of traffic to your right.
All I can really say about Tally Ho is that it has been here for years, and I very much doubt it will go away either. And it shouldn’t. The trouble is it’s location. There are no major bars or clubs, or anything with nightlife near-​by, otherwise it’d be an ideal place to stock-​up on cheap drinks before you headed to that favourite club of yours. But unfortunately, there is no-​where.
In that respect, it gets a sympathy star. Which equals 3 stars.

This is one of the best examples of why Finchley is definitely not the most happening place to live. A dreary place with nothing original to offer. Much like Finchley as a whole really. (I can speak ill of it — i’ve lived there my whole life)