The Tim Bobbin, Clapham - pub details
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Address: 1-3, Lillieshall Rd, London, SW4 0LN [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 917 0007 (ref 1385)
Clapham Common (0.4 miles), Clapham North (0.6 miles)
Clapham High Street (0.5 miles), Wandsworth Road (0.5 miles), Queenstown Road Battersea (0.7 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Food served
Pub suggested by Alistair on 17 Jul 2002
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> Current user rating: 6.8/10 (rated by 24 users)
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user reviews of the Tim Bobbin, Clapham
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| Went there because i heard the food was really good, i had the special which was Pork belly with shallots , it was absolutely fantastic. The waitress was very bubbly and cheerfull. I thanked the Scottish chef who was really friendly and he told me about some of the other things on the menu, which sounded fab. We will definately be frequenting the Tim Bobbin. yourdaddy - 14 Apr 2009 08:10 |
| What a cute hidden gem! The Tim Bobbin is such a wonderful cozy pub tucked away in Clapham Common. Good staff, even the chef is good for a laugh and the food is more than you could ever expect coming out of a pub. I'd even recommend the spot for a nice night out for a proper meal. It has a nice back garden as well. Londonlady - 12 Apr 2009 01:27 |
| I used to really like the Tim Bobbins. Had a few delicious roasts there on a Sunday. So yesterday went there yesterday for a mates birthday...because I had recommended it. I ordered the chicken roast. When it arrived....very sqiftly....there was hardly any chicken, two tiny burnt potatoes, 1 very burnt yorkshire pud, two pieces of vegetables... I was so annoyed and dissapointed as I was hungry and the servings used to be more generous than that. Anyway... it gets worse. I finally managed to get a piece of chicken off of the bone (the meat wasn't falling off the bone) and it was very pink and bloody! I took it back and asked for another one. Waited for 30 mins. Got the second plate. Mates told me to check the chicken first. Cut into it blood came squirting out of it!!!!!!! I couldn't believe my eyes. Of course the waitress / waiter's we're really nice and apologetic. I got my money back and starved....and didn't want to eat anything from there. Other people had ordered burgers, fish and chips and they were also dissapointed as the chips were burnt. Just wasn't that great. The waitress offered to give me a glass of wine for free...which I took. I will NEVER EVER be eating here again. They need to sack the chef....and sort it out otherwise they are quickly going to lose custom. scottishhaggis - 26 Jan 2009 14:39 |
| Dreadful food, dreadful attitude and a dreadful experience. Here's why... On Sunday afternoon I went to this pub in a party of 5, one of which was a local bar manager who recommends this place to others. We ordered 5 roast beefs from the menu (which said roast potatoes and vegetables) and what came on my plate were 2 small pieces of beef, one french bean, a quarter of a carrot, one minute piece of broccoli and 3 tiny new potatoes - that had been fried, all covered in gravy with one yorkshire pudding. The other plates were very similar. We asked for more veg and potatoes and were told no problem, so we started. The beef was very stringy and quite frankly not nice - it looked like pork. The waitress then came back and told us that we could not have any more! We were annoyed because the total amount of vegetables on all 5 plates wouldn't have been adequate for just one person let alone 5. One look around the pub confirmed that we were not the only ones with a problem, everyone with a plate in front of them looked disappointed. So we decided to complain. We asked the manageress what was going on, why our meal portions were terrible and what was she going to do about it. The answer was laughable. We were told with a smile that "people had complained about too much food", "that you know how it is, sometimes you get loads and sometimes you get hardly anything", and that there was no way she would take any money off our bill - completely insulting and of course complete rubbish. We decided to leave, paid up and left. When we paid, we saw that the menu said the roast was 11.95 and yet we were charged 12.95! "Why?" we asked - the answer was "because we haven't changed the tills yet". You couldn't make it up. I wonder how long they have been trying that one on for... I walked into the Tim Bobbin hungry and I left starving. We decided to go up the road and walked in to the Rose and Crown where to my surprise (well, not really) we found others who had all been 'eating' at the Tim Bobbin an hour or so beforehand and were now having to eat again to fill themselves up! There were loads of us!! All of whom had been ripped off by the Tim Bobbin. Some people had ordered very expensive wine there and this was the way they were treated - they were eating burgers at the Rose. And, finally, to add complete insult to injury, 2 of our party have been ill today, Monday, and have been off work - why?? Could it be the beef? Almost certainly. Do yourself a favour and never ever walk into this pub - you have been warned. And will we ever recommend this place to anyone again in Clapham? No chance. claphambarman - 12 Jan 2009 21:55 |
| What has happened at the Bobbin, Sunday Roasts used to be excellent, went there yesterday, for £12 my roast consisted of 2 bits of "beef" 3 potatoes (not even roast potatoes) 3 beans and one piece of carrot with a yorkshire pud. When we complained they said that they has no more food and also wouldn't give us a refund. There were 3 of us, but others outside were most unimpressed. We left and went to another pub and had another meal as we were all still starving.... pubgoer71 - 12 Jan 2009 10:10 |
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