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A superb local! A 100% improvement on what the place was like before. Good food, great service, gorgeous barmaids, decent background music and the new decor is nice an welcoming. I'll be back!
Shaft - 24 Jun 2008 15:47 |
Missed the opening but went in on monday night. the staff were friendly, nice wine by the glass which is good as I was by myself. Treated myself to some slow cooked belly of pork.... best I've had. Still needs a bit of fine tuning but the effort is there and will hopefully become a great watering and eating hole.
Good Job
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Can i just say i've only recently moved into the area and found no local bars that i would venture into as a female. i'm used to having a nice bar just around the corner from me, so i find this rather harsh that i can't come back from work and pop into my local and have a snack and a drink. Although i briefly bumped into the new owners of the ladywell and they seem reallly nice (with a big dog may i add). They told me how it is going to be a big change to what it used to be, which i only know from reading this site that it was not that good at all. SO PLEASE hurry up and open so i can enjoy the area a lot more. X Quick please
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Despite having lived in the area for 3 years and only just around the corner from this pub, I could count the number of times I've been there on one hand. The punters in this pub are quite frankly scary. I walk past this pub every single day, seeing people fighting and arguing outside is the norm. Nice building but there are so many 'nice' people in the area who wouldn't even consider going in there. I suspect when the owner asks what the locals want he asks his current customer base and is ignoring the vast number of potential customers who want a clean, safe friendly local pub selling good food and booze at reasonable prices. A pub that gets this right doesn't need tacky gimmicks like ladies night, curry night, happy hour and 2 for 1 night. I wish the new owner every success with this pub because it could be a fantastic local pub, it just needs to smarten up, go back to basics and ditch those downmarket gimmicks.
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ladies and gentlemen,
We are currently replacing the rotten floor underneath the bar and about a million other things that need doing. We should be open early April if everything goes to plan and will have a lovely traditional english pub with a modern twist selling a good selection of our favorite beers, ciders and guest ales. We have a top kitchen and are hoping to provide good old simple grub daily and a smashin sunday lunch. Our philosophy is all about good drink, good food, good music and good times.
Please bear with us, we have a lot to do and we want to get everything right. We will be open as soon as possible.
David
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Pub has been shut for about 10 days now. Hear it was end of lease?
Hope it gets new owners who give it a proper refurb back to a traditional-looking boozer, but I fear it will end up as flats, as most closed Lewisham pubs do these days.
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bearing in mind that the ladywell tavern has only recently been taken over, the landlord has done a superb job so far in transforming the place. hes completely refurbished the pub, with the resteraunt/lounge already been completed and hes now working on the bar area. he has the best interests of the punters in mind as he constanly asks the punters wat they would like in the pub and tries his best to full fill these e.g, happy hour mon and wed 8-9, ladies night every fri 7-11, all drinks exept doubles 2 pound, quiz coming soon on a tues night, and there will also be a jazz night in the restaurant area every sunday night, which is starting shortly. as with the food menu, there is a bar menu available. and the restaurant is only open thursday fri and sat evening, and sunday day for dinners. as its only a recent restaurant there is always someone in there eating, be it only a couple or a large group, with sundays being normally the busiest time for food. these things take time, and only if everyone was a bit more patient as there was and still is a considerable amount of work that needs to be done, and im sure when its finished it will be a wonderful place for people of all ages to drink.
swans - 17 Nov 2007 12:56 |
Half of the pub is now a fine dining establishment, with cocktails & expensive prices to match, and surprise surprise it was empty when I last looked in.
Bearing in mind that there has only been crisps on offer as food before, maybe some simple pub grub fare would have been a better first step?
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Been here on a few occasions and I must say, I really do like it in here. The atmosphere is good and the bar staff are always friendly. Defintley a "local" pub, but all the better for it in my opinion.
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It's an average pub for this part of London - no reason to avoid it but no real reason to visit either.
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A reasonable local boozer, but can be a locals' local if the footy is on. Substantial and well priced Sunday lunch.
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Have been a regular visitor to this pub over the past 10 years and have seen management come and go and many changes take place. At the moment it seems to be a pub on a downward turn. The beer is awful for the price you pay, the tables are dirty, the toilets are just about clean and the atmosphere is one of continuous discontent and uncertainty about what is going to happen next. It needs a good clean and more focused management.
anonymous - 1 Jul 2005 17:03 |
I have recently moved in to the area with my family and use this pub quite abit at the weekends. I must say that I have always received pleasent service by all the members of staff and managers when ever my family and I go in. As for the cleanliness I've no real complaints, the tables and ashtrays are regular emptied. The beer is abit expensive for the area, but from what I have been told that is not due to the managers but the company they work for. All in all I always have a nice time when I go in there.
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It used to be great local boozer with friendly & welcoming barstaff who at least exchanged pleasantaries and helped create a good atmosphere. I've had some great nights down there especially around Xmas and New Year, and had DJ's etc.
Over the last year, all the good staff have gone to be replaced by Managers who don't care and grunt at you when you ask for a beer like your an inconvenience, godamn awful karaoke on a Friday, pub is dirty, beer is crap and full of plastic goodfellas and rumours of the pub closing down all in all create a miserable atmosphere. I'd rather drink at home! Sort it out L.T.!
Anon - 18 Nov 2004 11:03 |
i quite like this boozer although i don't go so often. small pool table with no room to play but better than no pool table. drinks ok, and although a locals place not unfriendly. always worth a quick pint.
al - 9 May 2004 11:14 |
Nice little boozer in Lasdywell. Watched the England v Turkey match there last October with a bunch of England fans and the Turkish guys from the Fenerbache Kebab house opposite, and everyone had a great time. Can't say fairer than that. Could do with having better beer, but then so could most places.
James - 27 Feb 2004 09:46 |
