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Name: The +Venture
Address: 5 Fernlea Road, Balham, London, SW12 9RT [020 8673 4447]
  • Good for cheap happy hour drinks. Really friendly staff too. But completely devoid of...
  • I love this bar great guys and great drinks wicked happy...
  • Great music, fantastic value in happy hour, lovely chatty staff - amazing it's not...
  • Had a really nice time here last time I visited, and can echo the comment about...
  • Echo the friendly staff comment - can't remember the last time a barman called me...
Rating:
5.3/10
Name: B@1 (Be At One)
Address: 3 Ramsden Road, London, SW12 8QX [020 8675 7542]
  • nice enough version of this chain cocktail bar. Good bar staff (which seems to be a...
  • If you didnt go to the right schools I wouldnt bother. Collar ups lads ! No...
  • Like a student union at a sh*t university. Full of rugger buggers and hockey teams...
  • Great happy hour-drinks are more expensive (obviously) outside of this, but still...
  • Ok, so the drinks are on the expensive side, but where else in Balham do you get great...
Rating:
5.8/10
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Name: The Balham Arms [CLOSED]
Address: 90-92, Balham High Rd, London, SW12 9AG [020 8772 1155]
  • Great pub, nice beer, food not bad + very friendly staff. Would definitely recommend...
  • Spent a lazy afternoon here, and it was fantastic. Staff were friendly and attentive,...
  • I once lived above this pub, and threw water at women as they...
  • Great pub. Lots of big sofas, good beers, pool table, great for watching football. ...
  • Brilliant pub - particularly enjoyed the food and decor. Manager is a really switched...
Rating:
6.8/10
Name: Balham Bowls Club
Address: Ramsden Road, Balham, London, SW12
  • A lovely setting, very homely and does good food. However, staff are a bit surly and...
  • Came here on a Saturday night and quickly concluded that I would never do so again....
  • Visited the pub/bar ?? on a Sunday afternoon. Good range of beers. Menu looked good ...
  • Really good place. It offers so much and has a really cool decor. Wothout the right...
  • Curious mashup of working-mans club and la-di-dar twatbar. Old boys sipping at one end...
Rating:
5.7/10
Name: Balham Bowls Club
Address: 7-9 Ramsden Road, Balham, London, SW12 8QX [020 8673 4700]
  • Probably the best pub in Balham. Good beers, good food, great staff. Fantastic...
  • Idiosyncratic, the front room is like sitting in your grandmother's lounge, the front...
  • great pub with lovely staff - manager was great craic actually making an effort to...
Rating:
6.3/10
Name: The Balham Kitchen and Bar
Address: 15-19 Bedford Hill, London, SW12 9EX [020 8675 6900]
  • This place is currently closed, and due to re-open in October under the name...
  • This place has been closed since beginning of August. It re-opens with new...
  • I read the reviews on the website as i was due to go there that evening. I must say i...
  • I agree with im_johnny_cash. Well put. 6/10, could easily be a 7 or 8 if it was a bit...
  • Sometimes great, sometime mearly adaquate. There is no doubt that the barstaff know...
Rating:
5.0/10
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Name: The Balham Tup
Address: 21, Chestnut Grove, London, SW12 8JB [020 8772 0546]
  • I have to say, I thought this place was pretty good. Went there for the SA v Aus Tri...
  • This place is all right to be honest. It does get packed when showing sport, got my...
  • A Wetherspoons lookalikey with flags tacked up to the ceiling, making it a SPORTSBAR! ...
  • Is this the the boozer used in Time Gentleman Please? ALL HAIL THE...
  • Decent pub with good selection of real ale which is well kept - staff are ok the...
Rating:
5.5/10
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Name: The Bedford
Address: 77 Bedford Hill, Balham, London, SW12 9HD [020 8682 8940]
  • Great place. Grotty back bar for old men, gastro-esque front bar full of bright young...
  • Went in last night and had yet another good night. Free music in the mini-globe...
  • This pub is much better inside than it looks and has a great atmosphere. well worth a...
  • Great pub with more rooms than you can count. I'm sure there are some tucked away...
  • The Bedford is without doubt one of the best pubs in Balham in terms of atmosphere and...
Rating:
5.9/10
Name: Blithe Spirit
Address: 157, Balham High Road, London, SW12 9AU [020 8772 0082]
  • Braved the price of the food the other Sunday for their roast. I have to say that I...
  • Not one of my favourite places in Balham. The service is slow even when quiet. The...
  • lucy: I agree with the landlord, I'm afraid. It would have indeed been courteous and...
  • Good for a pint of Guinness and a roast on a Sunday. Always feel relaxed in the area...
  • I'm feeling a bit outraged on behalf of the two posters below - and hope they both...
Rating:
4.7/10
Name: The Clarence
Address: 90-92, Balham High Rd, London, SW12 9AG [020 8772 1155]
  • Thomas, I am very sorry about your bad experiences. Do you think you could...
  • every time i've been in this bar the staff have been rude. i wont lose sleep as i'm...
  • I've been in a couple of times since my last posting and just wanted to say that each...
  • I've got mixed views on this place to be honest. The front section is definately not...
  • Best pub in...
Rating:
7.1/10
Name: Devonshire
Address: 39 Balham High Road, Balham, London, SW12 9AN [020 8673 1361]
  • Really just adding support to the other reviews. The refurbishment accelerated a...
  • Okay. not as good as it was but huge beer garden. Um. Yeah, the rest of it is pretty...
  • Pretentious, snobby, void of any soul or character....
  • Wat to say, same as the rest of you just not good Was in there on Friday afternoon...
  • Absolutely crap! My friends and I loved this pub.. I held my Engagement party here...
Rating:
2.1/10
Name: Dish Dash
Address: Bedford Hill, 11/13 Bedford Hill, London, SW12 9EX
  • More a place to eat than drink but if you can get a seat near the bar they have a good...
  • Very cool bar + great to have something a bit 'different' in...
  • We were very impressed. Interesting and tasty food. Not overpriced. Small portions so...
  • I agree with Clare - Sept 03. We went when it first opened as we had been a fan of the...
  • Quite a nice restaurant, but I don't quite see how it figures on this...
Rating:
6.4/10
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Name: The Duke of Devonshire [CLOSED]
Address: 39, Balham High Road, London, SW12 9AN [020 8673 1363]
  • Please excuse my earlier badmouthing I am a complete halfwit. I really like this pub....
  • My mates and I were very excited about this pub getting a refurb. It used to be a...
  • I can only reiterate what others are saying about the disastrous re-design of this...
  • what a shame. what were they thinking of when they came up with this re-design of a...
  • I popped in here last night. I used to like this place, it was a nice pub. It's now...
Rating:
6.1/10
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Name: The Exhibit
Address: Balham Station Rd, London, SW12 9AU [020 8772 6556]
  • Went in here for the first time last night. It was fairly quiet but it was a Tuesday...
  • Pretty awful place. Bar staff can be rude, as if we should feel honored to be in a...
  • I agree with the last post. The Exhibit was once good but no more. Poor decor and poor...
  • I used to like The Exhibit but it has gone downhill in the last year or so. The staff...
  • The Exhibit does indeed look like Irene House (the local dole office) only smaller. ...
Rating:
4.7/10
Name: The Firefly
Address: 3 Station Parade, Balham, London, SW12 9AZ [020 8673 9796]
  • Agree about the awful wine, I complained it and was given an equally horrible glass of...
  • Standard depository for the Balham glitterati... Good cocktail mixing skills by...
  • Has this got new owners? Used to be great but had two of the most expensive and...
  • The cocktails here are great! Forget about the beer, though. Pleasant enough low-key...
  • Great little bar this with genuinely friendly staff and not as overpriced as the last...
Rating:
6.0/10
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Name: The George
Address: 14-16 Balham Hill, London, SW12 9EB [020 8673 3104]
  • Looks so lovely outside, but inside its had its soul ripped out, cavernous with...
  • Very...
  • Dropped in again a couple of weeks ago for a late afternoon pint. Once again, pretty...
  • Would be patrons getting off at Balham will be surprised by the trek to this pub - it...
  • Like this place- bar staff can be a bit inattentive at times, regardless of how many...
Rating:
5.8/10
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Name: The Grove
Address: 39, Oldridge Rd, London, SW12 8PN [020 8673 6531]
  • My husband and I haven't been here in a few months and a lot has changed. I think...
  • There is yet another manager again but this one seems to be doing the right things. ...
  • The food used to be good. New manager. Now it isn't. Also the music has been turned up...
  • Four of us came for a roast on the sunday just gone and were universally disappointed....
  • I went to the grove the other day and found the whole experience utterly delightful. ...
Rating:
6.7/10
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Name: The Jackdaw and Rook
Address: 100, Balham High Rd, London, SW12 9AA [020 8772 9021]
  • Got to be said nice place overall. I was put off the first time I went in here. The...
  • Yet another Balham pub where the plasma rules... lazy sofa atmosphere and then they...
  • This place must have had new management recently because its totally changed from the...
  • This is a good place - sports on the TV, pool, table football and loads of comfy sofas...
  • Before I place my review I should point out that I have only been here during the day....
Rating:
5.8/10
Name: The Lounge, Spanish Tapas Bar
Address: 76 Bedford Hill, Balham, London, SW12 9HR [020 8673 8787]
  • I liked the old lounge and i like the new lounge more. The food is simply gorgeous and...
  • I once took a friend for tapas here. She had just come back from travelling northern...
  • My boyfriend and I used to live just around the corner from The Lounge and we used to...
  • The lounge is a great bar. The food is guaranteed to please, great breakfasts and...
  • Recently refurbished the Lounge is a great place for eating and drinking, the food is...
Rating:
7.6/10
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Name: The Moon Under Water (JD Wetherspoon)
Address: 194 Balham High Street, London, SW12 9BP [0208 673 0535]
  • It is an experience, on that I think everyone is agreed. They doo a variety of ales ...
  • Lovely blonde barmaid in there on...
  • A complete and utter...
  • Ok a lot of reviews talk about the less than repreable clientel. Well it's true taht...
  • Expect to see three or four "mobility scooters" parked outside at 10 in the...
Rating:
2.1/10
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