The Charles Dickens, Southwark - pub details
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Address: 160 Union Street, London, SE1 0LH [map] [gmap]
Tel: 020 7401 3744
Southwark (0.2 miles), Borough (0.3 miles), Blackfriars (0.6 miles)
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London Waterloo East (0.5 miles), Blackfriars (0.6 miles), London Waterloo (0.6 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Quiz night (Wednesday), Sky TV
- Food served, Sunday roast, Real ale
Pub added by loz. Last visited on 9th Sep 2004. Suggested by Mark on 12 Mar 2004.
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> Current user rating: 6.9/10 (rated by 70 users)
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user reviews of the Charles Dickens, Southwark
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| A pleasant surprise. Previous reveiews were mixed but I would have no hesitation adding this to a crawl of the area. Beer was good, as was ther service. TheHorsesMouth - 2 Jun 2008 14:23 |
| Visited on a sunny Thursday lunchtime. Wasn't quite sure what to expect following recent reviews. The dark mild was off, but 5 other real ales on. I had a pint of the Sharps' Eden (top notch, Cornish brewery), and a pint of Slaters Premium (errr, Staffs somewhere I think) which wasn't bad. Pub wasn't busy, and two staff behind the bar who were friendly enough and quick. Smallish pub with a backroom and, as pointed out previously, a sort of open plan kitchen thing where you can watch yer liver and bacon being prepared. Tayto crisps for anyone who needs to know. Adverised as a freehouse, although lots of Adnams stuff (glasses, noticeboards, etc) around, without any Adnams beer being on offer. I was pleasntly surprised by this place. I imagine it can get full easily though. Based on this visit, I would say its well worth adding to a crawl if yer doing one in the area. Probably a 7.5, but I've given it a 7 on the basis that the beautiful lunchtime sun might have interfered with my judgement. Mercurial - 22 May 2008 16:10 |
| What a dive. Arrived at 12 to find the doors blocked by chairs and the barmaid inside listening to the radio, 10 mins later 3 of us are standing in the rain waiting. Out comes barmaid, chunks two metal tables down in a huff and says "you can come in now" about as surley has she could. As ordering beer she is turning around the labels on 3 out of the 5 ales. Choose Hambildon, it was foul (couldn't drink more than a quater) and went to sit in the mucky food area, which looked like a 70's refectory with its open-plan grease ridden kitchen. I was just about to depart after making the mistake of going to the dirty smelly bogs when the two people who had come in with me got up leaving nearly full pints and left, at which point the barmaid followed them out and shouted across the street "you coming back for these". She clearly hated having people in so I gave her the empty pub she craved. Old style pubs are fine but they are no excuse for dirt and insolence!! loveleedshatebates - 18 May 2008 07:39 |
| best pub on the southbank not pretentious just down to earth great pub fantastic food terrific choice of real ales just how a real pub should be and oh yes grest lanlord and terrific staff onfortheroad - 13 Apr 2008 20:57 |
| Having been in here a couple of times now I can’t quite decide whether I like the place or not. On the plus side there are 6 real ales on the go, the Sharp’s IPA I had yesterday was in good condition, but not great. And I suspect the problem they may face is keeping the 6 beers fresh, as they seem to attract rather a young, trendy, non real beer drinking crowd. Another plus is that they are all priced at £2.90 which is not bad at all for this part of London. The negative for me is the layout of the pub itself, there are a few large tables dotted around the walls of the two rooms and once these have been filled you feel rather conspicuous and in the way, standing in the centre of the pub. Also I have to say, there was a rather overwhelming smell of chip fat coming from the kitchen the other night, which coupled with the above lack of space, led to an earlier than would have been departure. mrse1 - 8 Apr 2008 11:11 |
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