The Leather Bottle, Earlsfield - pub details

Leather Bottle
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Address: 538 Garratt Lane, Tooting, London, SW17 0NY [map] [gmap]

Tel: 08721 077 077 (ref 528)

Nearest tube station Wimbledon Park (0.6 miles)

Nearest train stations Earlsfield (0.6 miles), Haydons Road (0.8 miles), Wandsworth Common (1.3 miles)

Brewery: Young's

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user reviews of the Leather Bottle, Earlsfield

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The garden is much improved and good on a sunny day but the drinks are way to much and sometimes the service is slow. The puzzle has decent Ales on now and has smarted up their beer garden. sorry guys but i am visiting your pub less and less.
hez - 20 Jul 2009 14:53
Must agree with most of the later reviews, have been drinking here for nearly 30 years, and seen changes, most of which I have not liked. Food and drinks extremely overpriced, landlord always calls time dead on 11.00, even when pub is busrting at the seams, quoting "we are in a residential area", so what about the other pubs in the area that stay open later. Latest refurb, was obviously done to entice diners not drinkers, far too formal. This is a PUB not a restaurant. Cant get normal pub food or snacks. They have sacrificed the patio area for the new larger restaurant, and turned the old restaurant into a lounge, but no enough comfy sofas, and a bit detached from the pub area. Agree that its a stupid idea to have to go past the mens loo door, to get to the garden, bad planning. Has a no smoking area OUTSIDE in the garden ?? ( I am not a smoker by the way ). We used to pop over at least every other day in summer or winter, but at nearly £10 for one wine and a pint, cant afford to any more, but there are other places to drink, without resorting to the 'yobbo' pubs.

londongeordie67 - 7 Jul 2009 13:37
Decent venue, but the service was beyond shocking - never going back again!
scouttt - 27 Jun 2009 00:00
I agree that it's a shame the back bit got changed into a restaurant. I quite enjoyed seeing the shock (good shock!) on my friends' faces when I led them outside down the little pathway and BANG there was a huge garden!
Last time I went (about 2 weeks ago) I had the sharing platter with my friend which was very tasty (although not huge) and then a burger, which I can almost guarantee wasn't grilled, as promised, more deep fried, and unfortunately so unbelievably hard at one end that I had to leave it. It was just purely overcooked.
But my friend's beer was alright and my orange juice and lemonade very well received.The garden is this place's saving grace.
Goggles123 - 3 Jun 2009 12:46
Well, the newly refurbed Leather Bottle.... bit of a mixed bag now really. The exit point to the garden is now via the door to the mens loo's and is utterly ridiculous - especially while trying to carry a tray of drinks and negotiate opening 2 doors without dropping anything,.

I have to agree about the food. It's always been very hit & miss here (I've lived locally a long time and believe it's due to high staff turn over and no consistency in the kitchen)
Prices have gone up and the quality / quantity just doen't reflect it. The "sharing boards" in particular are a complete joke and caused much hilarity watching two large South African lads trying to share barely enough for one person, probably the worst I've ever seen. Come on !! A few frozen mini spring rolls etc costs you bugger all and you expect to be able to actually want to share.

Pub staples such as Fish & Chips, burgers etc are fine.

It still seems fairly family friendly to me so I'm not sure about previous comments (yes, I frequently visit with friends and their children) but kids are expected to be behaved and not running around like the great unwashed screaming masses. There is a park behind the bottle for those who don't like this arrangement, but on any weekend day there are plenty of families enjoying the pub.

All up it's still a great place, it just needs to take a step back a bit.


kiwimafia - 23 Apr 2009 18:27

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