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A great, traditional boozer with a very friendly atmosphere. Five real ales on - always in excellent condition - albeit with a rather unadventurous choice of London Pride, Spitfire, Greene King IPA, Youngs Ordinary and Broadside. Well worth a visit.
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One of the nicest bars that I've been in; a dream, Been in the same family for half a century. Clean and lovingly run. The heart of The Borough.
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Very nice place indeed; certainly worth a visit on Bankside tour.
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I won the Daily Mirror prize for selecting this pub years ago as the best in the London area; it hasn't changed. Superb! Run by Michael who went to school with my eldest brother Jim at La Salete at London Bridge. This is one of the best pubs in the country and a marvellous film/tv set. Hurry along and enjoy!
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Friendly staff. Good boozer. Nice drinks.
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Happened across this pub on an unplanned trip to the area, was half expecting for me and my mate (mid twenties)to be treated as outsiders / unwelcome youngsters.
Couldn't have been more wrong - we recieved an excelent welcome from the (presumably) couple behind the bar, the service was impeccable and the spitfire was lovely, regrettably didn't have more time to spend a try a couple of others
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In here last night as part of the BITE regulars meet up. Good old fashioned pub although they were showing the football. Back room had a hatch through to the bar. Beers as listed below, Adnams was ok.
According to the stattos this pub is in the shortest street in London.
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I've read a lot about this pub, and to be honest I was slightly disappointed when I finally got around to visit. As the previous poster mentions the ales on offer are not exactly adventurous. The staff and guests were friendly, but I had this feeling of being a stranger invading their pub. Might have been there on a bad day, though. Will probably give it another try.
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Visited on a Thursday lunchtime. I've read the last few reviews, and there's little to add. A lovely, traditional looking pub. I don't know if its ever had a makeover, but its easy to imagine that its looked more or less as it does for many years.
Staff were very friendly and quick, although the place wasn't busy. I didn't try the food.
The only slight disappointment was the beer options. The selection - Pride, Adnams, Youngs, Spitfire, and Greene King IPA - are common all over town. I was on the last one and must say it was the best pint of GK IPA I've had for quite some time. So, well kept beer, just a shame about the choice.
I imagine this place is already on real ale drinkers' lists. I'd give it an 8.5.
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Stumbled upon this pub by chance. Good selection of ales, comfortable interior and friendly bar staff. I'll be back!
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You'll love it!
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Nice old school London secret boozer a bit out the way buts a nice wee pub to have a few pints in. Was in here for a couple last monday afternoon with one of my work colleagues. Foods cheap and cheerful aswell.
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Try the warm salt beef sarnies.....joy!
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Good beer, good people, good pub.
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I love the Clyde, have been back a few times with some friends who have also left mighty impressed.
A hidden gem - lovely.
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A really simple review to be honest
Came here about six months ago and being honest, had forgotten the same of the pub which is why the delay in review. Will not do this again as the place is a great find, particularly with fierce competition in the area.
What is nice is that this predominantly a local pub, but yet also allows you to feel part of the furiniture. Beer choice is reasonable and well kept, staff friendly and accomodating, and decor is old fashioned and as a pub should be.
I've ranted a lot in the past about tradition and keeping pubs as pubs, and it always makes me smile when I can actually go in a boozer and feel it is a real old fashioned boozer and not feel it's either some pseudo art-house pub (Hoxton) or a pubclub where the worst of both worlds live. Thankfully this is like a tin of Ronseal - it does what it does exactly what it says on the tin.
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Beer and company always good. A really well kept boozer, that is, and feels very local in a positive way.
mrse1 - 12 Dec 2007 14:29 |
Another very enjoyable visit last night en route to a Xmas Dinner with work colleagues in the Royal Oak.
Splendidly unspoilt interior - rather reminiscent of the majority of Youngs pubs in the 70's when I did the 135 tour.
Previous comments say most of what needs saying, but this pubs ticks all the boxes as far as I'm concerned.
I'm slightly surprised that more of the "usual suspects" who regularly post on this site don't seem to have been here - this is a neglect of duty that you are recommended to rectify sooner rather than later ! You won't be disappointed.
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A great pub but falls short of being a 9/10 out of 10 by the boring selection of real ales. It looks great and the service was excellent. The pictures around the pub and the general feel is second to none and the sausage baguette I had was good. However, the beer selection didn’t grab me. Youngs, Pride, Adnams, GK IPA and Spitfire are all readily available in London so something a bit different would have been the clincher for me. Saying that still well worth a visit.
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Friendly local pub - the last review said it all...
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Nice boozer, with friendly locals who are still local, which is increasingly rare in London. Nice old interior too, and good beer.
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One of the finest pubs in London.
Totally unspoilt/undeveloped, with superb beer, great bar staff, and a proper pub atmosphere.
A bit weird in the winter, as they have curtains around the doors, to prevent draughts, so its a bit like going on stage, when you enter the pub.
Brilliant. Let's hope it never gets spoilt
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What a magnificent pub. Real beer, real people, great staff, proper landlord, tourist free, proper light and bitter (i.e. there's some left in the bottle after you've topped up to the pint mark), no music (at least while I was there). The kind of pub that makes life worth living.
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An absolutely wonderful old-skool local, with a friendly and convivial welcome on Friday.
Got some nice heritage factors (glass work on the doors) it's nicely lit and would be a very easy place to settle in on a winters night for a couple of hours. And I really dig those red curtains round the door too.
Four mainstream handpulls on the go, the Adnams Bitter and Spitfire were both on good form. Shame there wasn't a slightly more eclectic selection - this is the right kind of area (and pub) in which to shift it.
My personal favourite in the Borough area right now, a must-visit when out with your mates. Misses out on a 10 by the lack of originality on the beer front, but otherwise fabulous.
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Played darts in here in a separate room. The Youngs in here is always excellent, often better than many Youngs pubs. In fact it was so good that I didnt try the Adnams or the Fullers Pride. -Excellent service and the football on the TV added to my enjoyment.
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Excellent place and can't get there enough - living 5 miles away is a major irritant but worth trips to the area just for the Clyde. The locals seem decent and friendly- have ended up in many an interesting chat with people I wouldn't have met otherwise.
The staff really seem to make the pub: always friendly. You will get served quickly AND in the order you get to the bar... unlike some of the nearby pubs. I know some of the other posters have criticised the scope of the ale selection (fair enough), but it is always well kept: good cellar obviously.
The food looks great (haven't tried it yet). Overall this is a proper old London boozer and I hope it stays that way.
anonymous - 18 Feb 2007 18:06 |
Nice to see a good honest traditional local like this at No 1 in the BITE listings. Well done
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I thought this was a great pub. Although I feel that it should be called a battle cruiser rather than a pub. Cosy and warming on a cold Sunday evening, with amajor warming atmosphere to match. Seems to have stayed pretty similar for the last 50 years or so, with the only really modern addition being the Sky Sports, which I felt wasn't too intrusive (since I don't really follow the footie). Beer was OK, all the standard London ales avaliable (by which I mean Pride, Youngs, Adnams and Greene King IPA). There are other pubs nearby with better selctions, but this is place has a really nice feel so I would recommend it anyway.
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An oasis in a mad world.
A couple of pints of well kept IPA are often sufficient to tempt a few to follow in this lovely, classic, comfortable, friendly pub.
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I'm not sure what Dartman means. The pub has only one darts team, but we play in two leagues. This is a fantastic pub, and whether you want to throw darts or not, its worth a visit. Just please don't sit by the dart board on Wednesday or Thursday evenings, thanks.
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Lovely familiy run pub and have used it over the past 20 years. Mike the landlord has prided himself of giving what the punters want. A no-nonsense but friendly establishment serving a good array of beers. The back room is the perfect size for a private party and the famous 'hatch' is the perfect loophole for a quick pint. Try it, you will be surprised, thou I would say, be careful leaving a car in the vicinity as its locale is slighty off the beaten path, within the shadow of a some shady looking tenements.
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A pub which is the home venue for a couple of darts teams, though in the absence of organised darts you can often turn up and find a table on the oche with a family of 12 tucking into their dinner. Good beer.
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What can I say, I didn't believe this was a good pub for so long on someone else's sayso but after repeated visits over the last 18 months I can say that person was talking out of their datehole and this is a gem. The ale selection although well 'behaved' isn't inspiring compared to the Dickens or Porter or Royal Oak but there are enough to keep you happ.
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Nice place, clean and well run. Food is decent, it's not going to win any michelin stars but good standard fare.
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Very nice indeed - it's been run by the same family for 50 years and it has that friendly feel to it. Five real ales on offer - a classic 'old school' pub.
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A classic boozer
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Classic backstreet local. Very welcoming, serves up an excellent pint of Spitfire.
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Agree with other comments, a truly great pub. Went in whilst in London at the GBBF. a couple of weeks ago, on my afternoon off. Very impressed.Would recommend it, all that a friendly corner local should be, the beer is good too!!
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Pretty standard range of real ales, but still a great pub. All round traditional feel, some nice mirrors and interesting tiles in the gents! Real locals feel about the place, but always very welcoming. 8/10
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Popped in for a quick half after lunch today. Favourably impressed. Will definitely return after which I will do a longer write-up.
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Definitely an absolute corker. Lovely exterior and quite plush divided interior, nice and friendly staff and regulars. They even had a platter of whelks out in the back room when I was here on grand national day!
Great to see four hand pumps in operation but I do have a gripe - the beer choice was Young's bitter, Fuller's London Pride, Shep Neame Spitfire, Adnam's Bitter and GK IPA. Perhaps the most uninspring choice imaginable - three of them decent beers, fine, but a bit of variety might be nice. Applies to so many pubs - if you are going to make the effort to have five different real ales on, why offer such a bland choice?
anonymous - 25 Apr 2006 17:41 |
A classic - this is what pubs should be like - long may it remain so. Highly recommended
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Everything a pub should be. Decent beer, friendly staff, nice atmosphere. Not the biggest of pubs but there always seems to be somewhere to sit. The kind of place you can happily while away a wet January afternoon
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Dropped in with a friend last night after fleeing from the madness of the Market Porter. The range of five ales is unimaginative: Spitfire, London Pride, Young's, Adnams, Greene King IPA in decending order of strength; the first two @£2.80 and the rest £2.70, which is too expensive to be frank, but other than that everything about the place gets full marks. The London Pride, probably my favourite mainstream beer was excellent, the landlord greeted us in a friendly manner as soon as we got to the bar and we got comfortable seats and a table near to a blazing fire - most welcome on the coldest day of the winter so far. The whole atmosphere was pleasant with classic pop music playing at a sensible volume and just the right number of people to make it feel lively without being crowded. The place is also tastefully fitted out, with old photographs of the pub and neighbourhood on the walls.
If you like the Royal Oak (a few minutes walk away across the other side of Borough High Street) the chances are you'll like the Lord Clyde too.
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A good selection of ales which are invariably in excellent condition. Great atmosphere, particularly on a darts night.
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Great - virtually everything you want in a pub
anonymous - 7 Dec 2005 23:20 |
wonderful pub. been in the same family for many years,good food and beer.always worth a visit if you are in the area.
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Yup, great pub. After just one Friday night visit, it's right up there. Two guys who were playing darts when we got in there dissapeared shortly after, only to return later with the gorgeous Kiera Knightly in tow. Obviously not in tow like some old water tender or similar.
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Went for the first time on Friday. Nice place, nice beer, and nice staff. And just enough out of the way so it's not too busy.
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I popped in here last weekend and th beer was very well kept indeed. I first visited back in the late 80's when I was a postman in the area. It's always been a consistently nice backstreet local, but with strangers able to blend in comfortably too.
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I'm getting dead fons of backstreet boozers, this is a find locals pub hidden in Borough. It's like popping back in to the early eighties world of pubs, a bit rough but well worth it.
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Absolutely solid boozer. Lots of locals. The ale was very well kept.
anonymous - 27 Mar 2005 03:14 |
Haven't really got much to add to the previous comments: good back street local, architecturally interesting, well kept beer and friendly atmosphere. If you go here during a week day or evening, pay the Royal Oak in nearby Tabard Street a visit also.
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Splendidly traditional unspoilt local. On the CAMRA Regional Inventory for its outstanding architecture, both inside and out.
5 draught beers on - Youngs Ordinary, Sheps Spitfire, Fullers London Priide, Greene King IPA and Adnams.
Highly recommended.
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I wholly concur with the comments left below. This is a great place to while away a lunch hour with a tabloid and a pint. Food is indeed fairly priced, with sandwiches at around £3 and main meals under a fiver. Thanks for the suggestion C.
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This pub is a gem. Lovely, well kept, predoninantly red interior. Non-intrusive music. Reasonable prices and good selection of ales. Wine satifactory. No nasty advertising paraphenalia on tables. Extremely well run by friendly but not over familiar staff. Food available (not gourmet but at fair prices ie £5 for steak n kidney pie and potatoes or chips). Toilets clean.
The only problem? you go for one pint and its so nice......
Point of interest -- situated on 9possibly0 the shortest street in London - so it may not be on your A-Z.
Orla - 28 Jul 2004 11:29 |
this is a fantastic pub - old fashioned architectue, traditionasl style, good beer (spitfire, ipa, fullers) and locals atmosphere.The four tv screens spoil it a bit but I love this place.
steve - 19 Jul 2004 12:57 |
Traditional family pub, small and hot, full of old geezers and some local charity staff. Not much excitement here, but friendly enough.
C - 12 Nov 2003 17:48 |
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