The Hope, Wandsworth Common - pub details
Address: 1, Bellevue Rd, London, SW17 7EG [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 2486) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Balham (0.7 miles), Tooting Bec (0.8 miles)
Wandsworth Common (0.1 miles), Balham (0.7 miles), Earlsfield (1.1 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Quiz night, TV
- Food served, Real ale
- Outside seating
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> Current user rating: 5.3/10 (rated by 70 users)
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Common Bar, Wandsworth (0.2 miles), County Arms, Wandsworth Common (0.5 miles), Nightingale, Balham (0.5 miles), Regent, Balham (0.5 miles), Viva Cafe Bar, Balham (0.6 miles) - see more nearby pubs
user reviews of the Hope, Wandsworth Common
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| The Hope seems popular - but it's hard to see why exactly. On a recent visit (en route to the excellent Chez Bruce nearby) we were charged over £6 a glass for a fairly indifferent rose - not properly cold either. When we queried the price, the staff weren't exactly rude but certainly offhand. We were told that the house rose - which we'd not been offered - would have been cheaper but still over £5. This makes the Hope pricey even by central London standards. I doubt very much that I will bother going back. HenryIrving - 15 Jan 2012 18:04 |
| This Mitchells & Butlers house must be fairly near the bottom of that particular chain. It's got all the aspirations of the standard gastropub but fails to deliver on every count. The food is abysmal; worse than burger van standard, the drinks are overpriced and often badly kept and the outside seating area is little more than a traffic island (if you're extra lucky you get to sit next to the drains!). The speed of the service must break some sort of record for its slowness. Its continuing survival can only be down to the lack of competition in the immediate area. The only thing going for it is its position on Wandsworth common but by the time you've bought your drinks and wandered far enough on to the common to get away from the pub you'll have realised it would have been cheaper (and quicker) to get them from the offy just down the road instead. rebwoac - 16 Mar 2011 17:11 |
| I thought this place was a bit average. The real ale choice is uninspired and forced me to look at the interesting range of keg beers. I tried the Blue Moon Witbier from Colerado complete with a slice of orange. Not bad but at £4.10 a pint, it is a bit of an indulgence. Nice view of the common from the gents. GazzaTheBeerMan - 15 Mar 2011 16:08 |
| Not too bad and not brilliant either. Some of the staff can be friendly when in a good mood...food is just ok... Avoid Sundays, its packed with pseudo posh families, screaming children, prams and annoying, young and show offy estate agents celebrating their sunday off... Not bad during the early afternoons during the week. GVF - 1 Mar 2011 18:36 |
| Had been to this pub a couple of times for a drink in the past year and because the menu looked interesting we decided to go back today for lunch. Wish we hadn’t bothered what a disappointment! Sausage and mash in a pub seems to be one of those dishes which is either done extremely well or really badly with no in between. Unfortunately the Hope does it really badly (sausages baked in the oven for what must have been several hours as they were rock hard and congealed mash like wall paper paste) along with bad service and filthy wine glasses. It may be Valentine’s day but the pub was dead so no excuses! Won’t be eating in there again. lala1 - 14 Feb 2011 17:35 |
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