Prince Of Wales

I am yet to visit on a tuesday for the quiz, and have had several stop offs here for a quick pint which was always lovely BUT my recent Sunday visit was appalling. Asking for a roast we were met with politeness and thought this was going to go well. We soon learnt that ‘Sure I will set the table for you’ actually meant ‘sit there for 30 minutes while i bring nothing’ and ‘yes we have roasts’ should have been translated as ‘we will bring you what will look like a basic roast, but will actually have rock hard potatoes, over cooked/​undercooked veg and chicken which is cooked in the fryer used for Thai food. Nothing was actually roasted.
There is a first for everything I suppose, and a thai tasting slimed microwaved/​deep fried plate of ‘roast’ was indeed an experience. Alas not one I will ever re-​visit. I see why the bar girls looked so fed up…

This pub is renowned for their Tuesday night Pub quiz which attracts the best crowd… Those questions are really challenging mind-​benders!
If you can’t handle the quiz… hit the Thai menu. I had the red curry chicken and my partner had the Pad Thai. it wasn’t the best I’ve had but it was enjoyable.

the bloke who has the lease on this pub needs to be looked at by the revenue. he is nothing but a lying cheating dog, he treats his staff like shit. a complete bully to the females who work under him in total fear.

A lovely little pub in Highgate! The bar staff have always been very friendly and accommodating wether the pub is busy (we popped in for a quick pint during Highgate Fair when the place had been commandeered by morris dancers) or on a quiet afternoon! I went there for my birthday this year and the whole pub ended up getting involved. There is a really nice local village pub vibe here which is a rarity in London.
The Thai food here is delicious, authentic and fresh tasting, and having tried a fair selection from the menu I can really recommend it! It was also really good value for money!

This pretty pub on the outside has the rudest staff I’ve come across. you’d have thought it was some kind of prank the way they treated us. absolutely disgusting. avoid at all costs.

LOL do not ask the landlord about politics! In fact, you don’t always have to ask him. He’s been known to put his weird thoughts on the chalk board outside the pub. Very strange.

Nice selection of Ales but 3 and a half quid for a 4% beer, no thanks. Won’t be back in a hurry

This is my favourite pub in Highgate. Having said that, a lot of the charm of the pub is down to the building itself and the eccentric local clientele it attracts. The ever-​changing barstaff don’t seem to give a monkeys. I’ve never seen anyone in there do a stroke of cleaning and bar staff are generally leaning over the glasswasher texting on their phones. Perfectly pleasant but bone-​idle. It’s a pity because it’s a terrific pub with a nice little beergarden looking out onto Ballpond Square. One other thing worth mentioning is the food. I love Thai food but without sounding mean, theirs is truly appalling. Completely tasteless and bland. If you fancy a drink in a quirky little pub and a game of scrabble then this is the place to go. If you fancy a feed, avoid at all costs. The POW has charm in abundance but is let down by a general staff apathy and crap food.

I stumbled upon the Prince of Wales my 3^rd week in London on my way to visit a potential client. I was hungry and popped in for a beer and some chips. The bartender was really cool and friendly. The place was clean, the beer selection was good and so were the chips. They even have a really nice big screen where they show rugby and football.
I went back last week and had the fish and chips and the cod! Same great service and excellent food. I’m glad this place is close to home, because I will definitely be back when I have a craving for cod (which by the way is way better than the standard fish and chips).

I’ve never met such an obnoxious barman. His attitude stank, and ruined what could be a great little pub. Shame, the owner should sack this oik, and save the pub from ruin.

The Prince of Wales is a solid boozer, notable for two reasons: it is a regular meeting place for Pythons Terry Jones and Michael Palin (on a previous visit Terry Gilliam was also there and complaining about how John Cleese never called him) and it hosts possibly the best pub quiz in London.
If you think pub quizzes are for social misfits that get shouty over insignificant trivia (and you would be right) then read no more, for apart from the quiz the Prince of Wales ticks all the boxes of London boozer conformity: good selection of real ales, cheerful bar staff, skanky toilets and unremarkable Thai food.
The quiz, held every Tuesday at 9pm, is well-​known amongst London’s quiz geeks, has often featured in the press and the question masters have even published their own quiz book. It is a serious challenge, without the plasticine modelling rounds, wacky prizes, stale questions and general fooferah that mars many quizzes in the capital. The questions are difficult, but not arcane: sometimes a bit of lateral thinking or educated guess will get you home.
There’s a beer round and also jackpot questions of £1,000, £500 and £250 after the main quiz. The questions for the jackpots are a step up from the standard of the rest of the quiz and quite frankly you need to be lucky or in cahoots with the question master to get these right. I’ve included some sample questions below; you can PM me for the answers if you like.
The regular crowd are welcoming and boisterous. Get there between 7 and 8 for a good seat, drink the snigger-​inducing Butcombe ale and order the deep-​fried fish in chilli and ginger, both to avoid the usual Thai dishes and benefit from the brain-​boosting fishiness.
Five stars for the quiz, three for the pub.
What is the only country whose name is an anagram of another country’s capital city?
In which country are four of the world’s ten highest waterfalls?
Who was the first British monarch to broadcast a Christmas Day speech? Which Nobel winner wrote it? Clue: one of the writer’s most famous books was turned into a Disney film, and another work dealt with the loss of his son in the first world war.
What links former PM Harold McMillan and soft-​rock legends The Scorpions?
Which London underground lines extend furthest north, south, east and west of the city?
Which 1836 conflict has been called «the American Thermopylae»?
Which lyricist and sometime guitarist in a British rock band went missing at the age of 27?
For which band was Noël Gallagher a roadie before he was in Oasis?
If all the countries of the world were represented on a Scrabble board, Mozambique would be the most valuable point scorer. Which countries would come in second and third place?

I am loving the other comments and laughing at the one about the toilets. There should be a warning that you must be small and sober to operate.
In search of a Sunday glass of wine and whisky, my partner in crime and I popped into this pub and sat ourselves in the corner nook for some chat and rest. It’s a cute place, and seemed smaller than perhaps it is, but I can imagine in the evening it could get quite full in there with the combination of locals and diners.
Like the others mention, they do serve thai food, which smelled good, but I didnt have a taste to know whether it really is good.

Unspoilt interior in the heart of Highgate. Excellent real ales and Thai food. Excruciatingly difficult quiz night. Small seating area at the rear which usually gets full very quickly if the temperature rises above 12 degrees at midday. Rear overlooks what used to be Highgate Pond, but which has been cleverly transformed into a gravelled toilet for the local pedigree pooches. Pub has one of the smallest gents’ toilets you will find — possibly a risk to health and safety if drunk.

Cosy olde feel inside meant I was impressed right from the start. A decent selection of ales cemented my initial feeling towards the place. I could really see this place as a pub or coffee shop many years ago. As I had just walked up the nearby hill I was very grateful for a pint of tapwater to accompany my pint of Black Witch (yeah, It’s the kind of name that attracts my attention, but turned out to be an excellent pint)
At the back there is a small seating area and its worth it if its not too cold out there because the square/​park out back is really nice and peaceful, yet so close to a busy road!
I hear good things about the Thai Food they serve so will need to try it out sometime.
An unusual incident with the food when I was there was a guy coming in off the street and he asked someone with a half eaten roast if they had finished their meal. They obviously thought he worked there and thought nothing of it (even making excuses for not finishing the meal), but he took it to a quiet part of the bar, ate half of it with his hands before piling the other half in his hands and walking out. I guess he did it subtly and didn’t bother anybody and if the food was going to waste and he really needed it then this was a good thing. Still, it was a little sad and a little strange.
This one might be a 5 but I’ll need to visit again to make sure.

Another favourite frequented by my morris dancing mates, this place is a veritable delight.
On Highgate High Street it also has a small beer garden overlooking Pond Square at the back. It all looks like a traditional Olde English area with red phone boxes and a village green.
Inside the staff are lovely, they have a pub quiz every Tuesday, they do a Sunday roast apparently, and the beers are very well kept (Butcombe Bitter, Bath Ales’ Gem, and Everards Beacon on my visit).