The Rake, London Bridge - pub details
Address: 14 Winchester Walk, London, SE1 9AG [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 30491) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
London Bridge (0.2 miles), Cannon Street (0.4 miles), Monument (0.4 miles)
Bank (0.5 miles), Tower Gateway (0.8 miles)
London Bridge (0.3 miles), Cannon Street (0.4 miles), Blackfriars (0.7 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Real ale
- Outside seating
Pub suggested by jimothy on 6 Sep 2006
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> Current user rating: 7.0/10 (rated by 110 users)
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user reviews of the Rake, London Bridge
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| My first visit to this pub (I usually get stuck in the Market Porter!!) and a good find. Small bar with an outside area through the patio doors (also leads to the Gents). Four real ales and selection of foreign keg beers (Belgian and German ales). I stuck with Oakham's JHB which is an excellent session beer. Prices for the British draught beers were on a par with neighbouring pubs (around £3.40 a pint) but asome of the foreign brews were - well a bit on the high side with one beer sold only in halves at - wait for it - £4.80 half!!!!!!) Mind you it was 10% abv. They sell loads of bottles beers as they are associated with the beer stall in nearby Borough Market. A great selection from around the world. Bar snacks are available and the crisps come in large tubs (£3.20) from Yorkshire (they were good and you get quite a few for your money). I may start using this pub a bit more when in this part of London and it makes a nice contrast and an accompanyment - to the Market Porter ! mcroyal - 2 Feb 2012 10:05 |
| Made my first substantive visit to this outlet in quite a while last Friday night. In keeping with the general context of the Borough area, the pub was fizzing with activity and there was an immediate sense of jollity upon our arrival. Being a strong pre-Christmas Friday I imagine things were even more lively. What could be quite a boring and sterile space is assisted by various intriguing accoutrements and what might pass for 'artworks' adorning the walls; the wall of graffiti imparts a studenty but original flavour, although I can only hope there's a layer of wittier dawbs underneath the current paint! Beer-wise, clearly this is one of the capital's boozers that has pledged dual allegiance to craft product, be it dispensed in cask or keg form. I noted the selection of imported bottled choices was impressive, although being me I stuck faithfully to the handpulled options - only 3 but very unusual for London: a Dark Star Oktoberfest, Arbor Ales Oyster Stout and Foundation (can't recall the brewer dammit!). The latter two were sampled by myself and my crew of chums who all agreed it was well-kept, and something of an inspired range, albeit that the light must always be hidden in the shadow of the nearby Market Porter's bushel of up to 10 cask ales. Definitely worth escaping the Porter's excess crowds though to see what's on up at the Rake as a (slightly) quieter alternative. Can't comment really on any other facet of the pub - didn't need the loo and didn't want food so that'll be for someone else to review. The back area is quite useful for an overspill when the interior inevitably overflows. Punters were generally youthful - many below 30 - but mixed enough and if it was populated primarily by studes it managed to steer away from the grubbiness one sometimes finds in their favoured venues. Ultimately, a really worthwhile visit and certainly one to include on a wider crawl of the district's many fine houses. TWG - 12 Dec 2011 17:49 |
| definately one of my favourite places to drink in London at the moment. had a superb pint of Kaiserdom Pilsner here the other week. staff were friendly and knowledable and although its quite a small place I had no issue with standing outside to drink. bryanroy22 - 23 Nov 2011 11:15 |
| Olga, 'Strange that so many people complain about the prices, yet seem happy to hand over £4 for a bottle of Peroni in most bars these days.'; how do you know that the people who have posted reviews on here complaining about the prices are people who are happy to pay £4.00 for a bottle of Peroni? Did any of the price-complaint reviews say or infer that doing so is to the reviewers inclination? You've just grabbed that remark out of the air. suggestion_tryAnewBEER - 3 Nov 2011 13:53 |
| One good thing about this place is that at least they have the decency to tell that one of their beers is £9 a pint, and that another is over 8%. I eventually settled for a reasonable strength bitter at reasonable price. And quite nice it was too. Other than that I found the place lacking. It’s a small, square box and that’s about as descriptive as one can get. My chair was broken too, and so was my partner’s. It’s these little things you remember… Small_Dave - 24 Oct 2011 15:56 |
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