The Hole In The Wall, Waterloo - pub details

Hole In The Wall
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Address: 5 Mepham St, London, SE1 8SQ [map] [gmap]

Tel: 0871 917 0007 (ref 308)

Nearest tube stations Waterloo (0.1 miles), Lambeth North (0.4 miles), Southwark (0.4 miles)

Nearest train stations London Waterloo (0.1 miles), London Waterloo East (0.1 miles), London Charing Cross (0.6 miles)

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I attended this pub on Friday for the excellent, if somewhat slightly irregular, Electric Circus music quiz. Again I find myself in a quandary. As always, there were seven ales available, among them Marstons Burton and Pedigree, Sharp's Doombar and Brakspeare's Bitter. I sampled both of the Marstons beers, and the Brakspeare's - none of them were particularly well kept. I find it odd that a pub that sells such a wide choice of ales, doesn't take more care in looking after them. And has been previously noted, the gents toilets are absolutely disgusting. It is clear the pub has no intention of addressing this issue.
If you're in the area and looking for a decent pint, don't bother coming here.


holbornboy - 8 Jun 2009 12:22
The Hole is what it is: an ideal place to meet up for the South Bank or central London, or somewhere to grab a nice pint and something to eat before getting a train. It's scruffy but so what?
I used to use the Hole most Saturdays after football in the 70s and 80s and by god it used to rock! Now I'm older I can't report what Saturday nights are like these days as I'm nursing my cocoa by then...
flashharry1965 - 22 May 2009 11:38
Agree with the last, but you do not go there for the decor. You go there for the ambience, away from the air-conned rip-off placcy pubs on Waterloo Station and to mix with real people. I also went there before the Army and Navy game on Saturday, the doors opened on time with plenty of staff on hand, and the bacon rolls were a quid each and served up in very quick time.
Bargain, where else in central London do you get a bacon roll for £1 and served straight away at any time, let alone Saturdays?
There were in excess of 150 very thirsty servicemen, all served very pronto with no grief and no moans/aggro from any of them. There are not many (any?) pubs that I have seen (in the City/central London) put this amount of thoughtfulness/planning on for other sports, so top marks to the manager, top man! Great venue, get more staff for next years match, we'll be bringing our mates and even thirstier!
harrythebastard - 6 May 2009 23:45
Traditional stopping place for a couple of pints before 'trainig' it to Twickenham for the Army Navy game.
Good service and both the Youngs Special & Hobgoblin in good order. Return call before train home after the match - Guinness in top form.
Decor grim but ambiance excellent.
almost_an_old_git - 6 May 2009 09:27
An oddity of a pub. Busy early on a saturday evening with people watching the rugby yawnion, although I was served very promptly by an efficient barmaid. Sharp's Doombar, the ubiquitous Greene King IPA, Hogs Back TEA, Adnams Broadside and Youngs Bitter available. I decided to re-evaluate my opinion of Doombar and was glad as it was an excellent pint. Sat out in the beer 'garden' which proved strangely tranquil despite the trains overhead and the noise from the telly. You'd have no real reason to go here other than, like me, killing time before catching a train. Nevertheless, you could probably do a lot worse.
ChrisP87 - 14 Mar 2009 21:33

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