The Lord Nelson

Walk into The Lord Nelson and you're getting the real Barnet experience—no attempts at trying too hard, just a solid neighbourhood pub that knows what it's doing. It's the sort of place where regulars prop up the bar and the staff remember your order, all within a five-minute walk of High Barnet station. The real ales are worth a mention (they rotate them properly), and the food's the kind of stuff that works: proper pies, decent Sunday roasts, nothing pretentious. It's got that warm, lived-in feel that's increasingly rare on West End Lane.