please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Mid week visit last week and found the place not too bad at all. Good beer and service but didnt get a chance to sample the food - the pizzas are supposed to be excellent by all accounts. Thinking of trying the roasts and records and will let you know!
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With the weather turning good, The Oakhill is a great place to come and relax in their beer garden. Staff seem to know what they're doing and the food's not bad either.
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Have been heading down for the roasts 'n' records sessions on the second Sunday of the month. Awesome food, good quizzes, sometimes a little hard to get a table. However, really am enjoying these Sunday's, hungover or not!
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A breath of fresh air in Beckenham. Can't fault it. Good service, beers and food and it seems to attract a mature, friendly clientele.
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I have been going to this pub in it various transformations since I was 18 and, as an old school friend's parents still live around the corner, we go there when she is in town. It's still the best pub in the area and the food is great (the best pizzas in Beckenham).
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This place is great find if you want a beer in Beckenham. Off the beaten track of the Beckenham badlands, it has a great atmosphere and friendly staff. It is, unfortunately, run by Faucet Inns so the chances of getting the same beer for more than three months in a row are slim, nonetheless a good pub with good food on the menu (fantastic pizzas!). If you want to experience the true nature of the pub, get to their Roasts & Records on the second Sunday of each month, great music with a 'I hanen't heard that for ages' feel. It incorporates a written music quiz and themed requests, great fun for a Sunday afternoon. Roasts start at 12pm and Records run from 2-8pm.
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Last Thursday's live acts were superb.
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Very friendly pub. Nice garden out the back. Live music on Thursdays.
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Really lovely pub, just about the only in Beckenham that still has such a wide range clientele that all seem to get on well! The food is also great and the service from the barstaff is great. Would strongly recommend this place!
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Dorota and Chris (new proprietors) now serve Polish food on occasions. Could become a magnet for Bromley's Polish community?
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Very pleasant, friendly bar staff and home like vibs.
cool garden, best pub in Beckenham
anonymous - 30 Jun 2006 18:00 |
I went there for lunch as the high streets always crowded and the time waiting..............
So I was positevely suprised! Food was exellent, the portions very good at reasonable costs and service great, very friendly staff, lovely garden, the only drawnback I couldn`t enjoy the garden for longer, dashed back to work in a lovely, sunny day.
A I have forgotten the pub dog-very adorable.
I will go to Oakhill at least once a week.
anonymous - 30 Jun 2006 11:49 |
This pub has over the past year been refitted and has new management. The landlord and staff are very pleasant and have bought back a very homely feel to the place. The food is a bit up and down but again there is a clear effort to provide something different. I would rate this pub 8/10 if it wasn't for the downside that is the clientele. It is White van man and builders paradise. On a recent visit to watch some football, an area right in front of the TV was reserved for what can only be described as 10 or so 20yr old ish lads with a total IQ between them of around 9. They had no interest other than seeing who could swear loudest and were more concerned with shouting at each other than watching the footie. Sadly they are atypical of most the punters and must be a frustration to the landlord's attempts to bring in freindlier punters.
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Nice pub but marred by the horrible state of the crude Gent`s toilets. The floor is permanenly soaking in you know what, and the liquid is trodden in to the carpet of the pub. YUK.
anonymous - 13 Mar 2006 16:47 |
Was the counter damp because they were serving liquid - Shock Horror ?
Must agree though, the toilets do smell, funnily enough like pub toilets (cant speak for the ladies I hasten to add).
Its an ok sort of place though - certainly better than the Woodman close by !!
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I was looking for an occasional alternative to my usual local pub. I had a drink in The Oakhill shortly after its latest refurbishment and was pleased enough to return despite the wet counter and lack of beermats. However, on two recent visits there was a constant overpowering smell coming from the gents toilets of urinal tablets wafting all around the back lounge. Very off putting.
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when i get to beckenham this is the place i feel most welcome in. large enough to accommodate various groups of people, beautiful summer garden with fish pond & al fresco dining, staff are more friendly than efficient but i'd rather that than the other way round. management has regenerated recently, looks like for the better.
anonymous - 2 Feb 2006 16:12 |
Great character pub with good beer.
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The Oakhill is still a nice pub before 7pm. The back bar is ideal for a pint or two after work, with some great characters
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I have noticed lately that the Manageress is unable to deal with situations. On three different nights, I have witnessed trouble or really bad violent behaviour and nothing is done to stop it. Infact the bar staff all seemed to be cowering in the other bars.
Maybe she doesn`t want to get a bad review from the Police when they come to re-new the license, either way it is bad.
anonymous - 1 Aug 2005 09:05 |
Although the comments below are fair, I had issues with the staff as they were completely unable to take my order and deal with it. I only wanted a Gin and Tonic for goodness sake. Still, the pub is infinitely improved of late and is worth a look as it's now clean, airey and serves a good range of drinks.
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More good news about this pub - Alex Banks, the crooner, who I mentioned on 30th December, has agreed to perform every 4th Saturday in the month (but check first to confirm). His next performance will be on Saturday 26th March 2005. It is always an entertaining performance and the pub will be packed. It is the place to be this Easter.
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What a joy to see a pub refurb which actually is stylish and considerate and works. What an improvement to a declining run down pub !
The front bar area, now enlarged, is minimalist and spacious whilst the rear bar is comfy and old fashioned.
A great choice of drinks and even three types of bitter. Friendly and efficient bar staff.
My only criticism is the state of the back toilets which have been cheaply left almost as they were before.
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definitely the proverbial oasis in the beckenham decent pub desert. looks lovely after a complete refurb, good u-shape layout of seating around the bar so even when its busy you can have some privacy. superb sunday roasts and sizeable 'oakhill-style' sandwiches keep bringing us back for more every weekend. three fireplaces give the rooms an all-time welcoming warmth in winter but the real hit is their gorgeous back garden in late spring/early summer - what better way to enjoy your sunday lunch - or BBQ - than sharing a wooden table and a drink with your friends in the sun, surrounded by an abundance of colourful flowers and greenery listening to water slowly spilling from a fountain into their little pond ? see you there.
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Until recently this was an uninviting run-down local, with two bars - the cosy saloon bar and the public bar, which was filled with pool tables and thugs. Now this Stella Artois pub has undergone a complete revamp, the pool tables (and thugs) have gone from the public bar, and a Jazz Duo and Sinatra-style crooner have appeared here in the last 2 months. The bar staff currently include Russian, Indonesian and Polish and the landlord and his wife are friendly and keep out trouble. It is full of characters, such as "Japanese" Paul, who has many stories to tell about his time in Japan, and Alex who performs the Sinatra songs, and claims to have done the voice-over for a recent Guinness commercial. The best pub in Beckenham - even better than the George!
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