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Not as bad as it looks but the best thing about the pub is the name... rought and ready to say the least.
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Mmmmmm... Difficult one this. Charlie chaplin has a bad reputation "apparently", On my visit I found the locals very friendly the beer not too bad although I do prefer a good ale. The local lad i spoke to was into football in a big way which i had to decline as I did not take to him very much but his friend thought I was a policeman.If you wanted a good local bar with "the lads" its there if you want a good quiet chat with your friends in suits it,s not so good.By and by however a good place if you live in the area!
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When I don't like someone and they've suggested a drink after work to catch up about 'the meeting' or 'the forecast for 2008'), I'd ask them to meet me here first and we'll find somewhere else nearer the centre.
When I really don't like someone I fail to respond to their voice mails left on my phone asking me why I've sent them to this sh1t-tip.
NOw....before the local Peckham brigade come and find me and sort me out, I would add that I have no real issues with the place. It serves beer. The clientelle are local but not intimidating unless - like so many things - you choose to be intimidated. Obviously asking for the wine list wouldn't be a great idea in here, but it's not really the point.
Spit and sawdust says it all....a good old fashioned boozer which serves nice beer, a rough decor, but hey at least it's honest and reasonably cheap. It's not going to score highly with me on the grounds that it's beer selection is still poor and that occasionally I do like to go to a pub where my friends can go too and not feel I've either been possessed by the pikey monster, or have been sectioned, by sending them there.
BTW - It's unlikely you'll see many suits in there, which suits me down to the ground.
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been in here a few times....never found it imtimidating...websters is cheap though...pub is spit and sawdust, just like a pub should be
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I went here years ago and have never been as scared in my life. I don't think the juke box stopped as we walked in but it might as well as done. The worse thing was that one of our group was completely oblivious to the growing threat of violence building around us and we had some trouble in getting him to leave while we could still walk...
Maybe I'll give it another go...... NOT..
anonymous - 29 Mar 2007 18:09 |
A proper local for locals who are down to earth and sociable.
This bar took over from the Elephant & Castle when they got rid of their pool table. Winner stays on!
A mostly international make-up of pool players who pop in for a sociable drink and chat.
Chat to the bar staff and locals RogerB
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To the initiated, Elephant & Castle is one of the Capitals biggest monstrosities, a prime example of the ugliest architecture that is fit for little more than a demolition ball. Needless to say the pubs around here are some of the worst imaginable and the Charlie Chaplin is probably the grottiest of them all. What one of Britain’s finest export comedians and satirists would make of having such a place named in his honour I don’t know but even he would struggle to find anything amusing here. This depressing place inhabits a dank corner of a shopping centre block and looks as welcoming as a noose to a condemned prisoner. Chaplin’s association with the area is written on the entrance door and a more comprehensive biography is attached to a pillar inside. The general interior is dull and gloomy with questionable taste in décor and lighting. Only the brick fireplace and the jelly bean machines are worthy of any attention. The beers are awful – no Real Ales so it was draught Websters Green Label, probably the worst pub pint I have ever tasted, even at £1.50. John Smiths smooth was a luxury afterwards although the extra quid still didn’t buy a smile from the barmaid. The pool table at the rear was occupied by people whose collective IQ’s would struggle to match the number of balls on the table and for good measure there were several depressive looking Placebo fans in here ahead of a gig at the Coronet next door. 2/10 ‘cos I am in a generous mood.
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not a bad pub really, very down to earth crowd....watch your bags in there though.
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Alas, this notorious pub has a chequered history. In the early days it was frequented by gangsters and pushers. Nowadays, by dossers spending their dole cheques and housing estate overflow. It's location is perhaps unfortunate in being inbedded within a corner of the ugly shopping centre and next to a dingy cinema. The decor is mock Western saloon bar and reeks of stale ale. The only redeeming quality being that it's cheap: and I've got this one on my list when I retire and can't afford the other pubs down the road.
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A bit dingy, a bit dodgy---one can not say faded past glory, since glory has so far eveded the Charlie Chaplin. But it does have one big thing in its favour--last time I was there you could get a pint of fairly good "real ale" for only one pound!
anonymous - 21 Nov 2003 11:49 |
