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This is a fantastic pub!! However the atmosphere is often spoilt by rowdy drunks and indifferent staff. The staff believe they own the pub although it is a W'spoon pub. The food is good, beer excellent and very good value. Avoid the drunks and the confrontation and you will have a good experience.
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Looks like a proper pub, not a Spoons, if you get my meanning. Particularly untidy and 80s style Spoons styling add to the appeal for me. Very good real ale from the Beer Fest, though you'd think it a lager stronghold. Worth a trip out.
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Visited this pub from 1130 until 1700. I haven't been here for at least 3 years. It is still a good place to have a drink probably because it has always been a pub. Not a bad atmosphere.
There were a number of real ales available from Itchen Valley, 3 Rivers and Weltons. One from 3 Rivers, with a really stupid name, like 'Muggy Figgy etc' was a great pint at 7.2% ABV. There was also a beer from Weltons at 2.8%ABV which the duty manager said did not sell very well. I can imagine that. From my distant memory, and we are going back sometime, it used to be illegal to sell beer below 3%ABV!!!!!
The staff and service were good. The food was provided very quickly and there were decent portions.
Without a doubt I would definitely go back again. The only aspect I did not like about the pub were the gents' toilets - they smelt.
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Wetherspoons with a bit of soul, thanks in part to the local streatham society, I hear. Even managed to get rid of the 'Moon on the Water' rebranded name. Pretty big place, but rambling with discrete areas, so it feels quite intimate and comfy. Had a look at an old ordinance survey map from the mid 1800's, and asides from fields, this was the only building on this intersection. I'd like to know more about it's history.
Anyway, the beer is good, food resonably decent. Mixed clientel: young, old, working class, those who've stepped on the local property ladder, old west indian geezers (always a plus). Does have it's share of slurring drunken oldtimers with no teeth and stained t-shirts.
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No, this pub does not have sky sports. checked on 17/10/07
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Pub now has TV with Sky Sports - late licence until 12am and 1am on Fri/Sat.
Good Atmosphere and good food.
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Took my girlfriend in here last night as she lives locally. Very nice pub with a friendly atmosphere, will hopefully visit again soon.
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Really enjoy going to this pub for a sunday roast and a drink, would go for a night out though, no music and no pool table..... says it all dont u think. overall staff are very friendly and the booze is cheap.
anonymous - 7 Jun 2006 16:38 |
Used to be a bit dodgy - bit of a bad rep - new landlord now....
TOTALLY turned the place around - very friendly helpful staff, makes all the difference! A great pub with a good pint - damn good place to go for a relaxing ale!
anonymous - 11 Mar 2006 20:57 |
Still a reliable enough Wetherspoons during the week, and it carries a very good range of real ales, but I now avoid at the weekends. It fills up with people who spend the whole day in there getting very drunk very cheaply (many of them exiles from Brixton Hill boozers now converted to DJ bars/style venues for 18-30s).
BTW - apparently it was only Norman Hartnell
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Best pub in Streatham. How's that for damning with faint praise? Also the birthplace of Norman (royal couturier) and William Hartnell (Doctor Who in his first incarnation).
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My favorite pub on my recent trip to London. The staff is friendly and helpful. Great atmosphere, the food is affordable and good quality. I would highly recommend this pub to locals and visitors.
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Fine locals' pub, retaining original decor and atmosphere although techinically part of Wetherspoon chain. Hence you get good beer and low prices without the sameness or the antiseptic quality of some Wetherspoons places. I drink here often and with pleasure.
Justin - 2 May 2003 17:14 |
