The Roebuck, Kennington - pub details
Address: 84 Ashmole St, London, SW8 1NE [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 22150) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Oval (0.2 miles), Vauxhall (0.5 miles), Kennington (0.7 miles)
Vauxhall (0.4 miles), Elephant & Castle (1.2 miles), Wandsworth Road (1.3 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Sky TV, Big screen, Jukebox
- Dartboard, Fruit machines, Quiz machines
- Food served, Real ale
- Outside seating, Smoking area, Disabled access, Disabled toilet
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> Current user rating: 7.0/10 (rated by 33 users)
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user reviews of the Roebuck, Kennington
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| Visited during the rain affected cricket yesterday. Busy but with a nice atmosphere. No Youngs on, but the Bombardier was fine with Green King IPA the other option. Quick service from friendly bar staff, although beer selection somewhat underwhelming. beer_monster_smudge - 29 Jun 2011 15:06 |
| I've visited this pub twice now for the Sunday roast and have had a pleasant experience both times. You get a generous amount of roast and the vegetables are served on a separate plate. The desserts are also very nice. The chocolate fudge cake and toffee apple pie were both delicious. The staff were quick and friendly on both occasions. There are some interesting local characters about the place. The ageing rocker mentioned by the previous reviewer is harmless enough. He sits at the bar and drinks his bottle of rose. If you watch carefully he waters down the rose with a jug of water he keeps nearby. He might look a bit dishevelled but on both occasions I've visited he doesn't go round bothering anyone. I reckon he adds character to the place. There is a sheltered smoking area outside and what appears to be a very nice beer garden. There is also a lovely conservatory. My only problem with the last visit was the rap music that played inbetween every Perry Como type track. Less rap music and more Perry Como please! scarletwest - 21 Mar 2011 10:56 |
| I must have caught this pub on a bad day, as I can only descripe it as bizarre. Now, a good mixture of clientele is normally a good thing, but not when one of them is an aging rocker slouched at the bar on what appeared to be his second bottle of rose ( this was 1.30pm ! ) and another is a lone lout who appears to be aiming to start trouble. Gains a point for having very friendly bar staff, but loses it for somehow serving a pint of real alse ( Young's ) that was cold, fizzy and tastless - not sure how you get fizz from a handpump but they managed it here. nmckenn - 7 May 2010 00:08 |
| A tough place to find this - a few hundred yards down a dark residential side street actually had me a little apprehensive. The exterior of the Roebuck is appealing and totally out of place for this part of London. Inside there are the dreaded sofas to the left of the door and some nice chairs and tables to the right. A conservatory to the rear right was not in use when I dropped in. Bar staff were extremely friendly and even brought my drink to the table. Clientele seemed mostly regulars but also friendly. Juke box is excellent and there were no intrusive TVs Hard to sum this place up really -it's probably great after international cricket at the Oval (I always go to the Royal Oak on the way to Vuaxhall station but I'd happily come here as well) but as a destination I suspect it's locatio lets it down. murgatroyd - 4 Dec 2009 02:46 |
| Great little pub that is hidden away on the backstreets - highly recommended welling01 - 21 Oct 2009 15:05 |
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