Barnet is great, plenty of decent pubs, but like PP says the Hive isn't in Barnet, it's next to Canons Park tube which is 6 miles from Barnet.
About 15min walk from Edgware which has a couple of ok pubs like the Wishing Well and Change of Hart plus a decent number of restaurants. There is a fairly popular bar next to Canons Park called Moranos. Otherwise it's Wetherspoon pubs at Stanmore and Kingsbury which are one stop on the tube away or drinking at Bakers street before getting the Jubilee line to the ground.
The 3 bars in the Hive are decent. The food in the main bar is good.