Stanley Arms, Southwarkback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Concur with the review from a year ago.. nothing has visibly changed, pleasant local.
Am intrigued why the Stanley Arms sign/name including the Isle of Man triskellion device was chosen for the pub, does it have some local association...? As I had understood it the Stanleys were originally a Lancashire family who were the first to take the title of Lord of Man before the island was finally made subject to the English Crown in the eighteenth century. Interesting to find out if there is some Bermondsey connection.
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A pub for the local old boys, on the edge of Southwark Park (doesn't seem to get many fans on Millwall match days). No surprises; traditional horseshoe bar, surrounded by stools occupied by regulars, and comfortable seating elsewhere, as well as pleasant staff. It's all immaculately clean as well, not something that can always be taken for granted in an SE London pub, and, despite the fact that beer choice is fizz or keg Whitbread, I quite like it.
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