The Blythe Hill Tavern, Forest Hill

This is a brilliant old school Irish pub. I come here every Thursday after 5-a-side football and the welcome is always great. The impecably polite barstuff wear shirts and ties and remember what you do and what you drink. Musicians come and play every Thursday too.
Good-sized screens showing football when it's on.
Landlord buys drinks at Christmas.
If you buy a big round and there's Guiness in it then they bring the Guiness over to you, even if you're sitting outside.
A wide range of drinkers from young to old, geezers sitting there reading books.
Pubs like they used to be and how they should be.

29 Aug 2008 15:26