please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Now called the Tommyfield as in the images provided.
Its a pleasant enough place to drop in for a pint. My usual reason for visiting is one of my fave beers Erdinger. The food is expensive for what you get, for instance the steak @ �17 comes with EITHER chips OR salad. If it was served with mushrooms and other veg I might have tried it sometime, but at those prices for such bland servings, I prefer to dine elsewhere in some very good places nearby.
|
Now called the Tommyfield. Looks basically the same, and the staff haven't improved - waited 15 minutes to be served by one bar person (early evening) who was more interested in gassing about the wine list to another punter (who looked like he had more money than sense!).
Never tried the food, and at the prices they are charging, never will. More of a gastro pub than a real 'boozer', I don't intend on making this my regular when I have to visit Kennington.
If you want more atmosphere and much friendlier staff, visit the Doghouse - may look ropey (even after being tarted up) but you'll be more welcome.
|
miserable, place, staff are down ride rude and food is extremely disappointing.
gjp99 - 23 Mar 2010 15:00 |
Happiness is a large, juicey steak cooked blue with chips and a few happy pints of wallop in this heart of Kennington.
|
A really nice pub, Large,good and plentiful seating. Very good steaks and beer, Well worth a night out with the boys.
|
Great pub!
|
Great pub!
|
Great pub!
|
Let me say first of all that I visited this pub for a private function upstairs but I found that the Doombar was excellent. No bitter on upstairs but the barman went downstairs to fetch me a pint whenever I requested it. Great service. Food provided was excellent as well. Well presented, fresh cooked and very tasty. Pub downstairs was busy and the food looked great as well. Good toilets - clean and well equipped. Very impressed with the staff - hard working and keen to please. I'll be back...
|
Timothy Taylor and Sharp�s Doom Bar on handpump. The pub looked like it was being used as a cr�che when I popped in during last week. Lots of high stools and tables, and very little character. I was pretty sure that I wouldn�t particularly like it when I walked towards it � pubs painted battleship gray always seem to have nothing to attract me for some reason. Won�t be back.
|
A great pub for a very great steak; well cooked and served and priced.
(And a safer bet to the nearby curry houses,passing goat off as lamb). Or Italian Pizza restaurant, were you can watch the guy making the pizza,blow his nose,and carry on without washing his hands! And your worried about swine flu?
Ale isn't up to much in the White Hart, but Cider and Lager are good.
Big old,pleasant,comfortable pub.
|
Good for food, watching television on the big screen, comfortable chairs and Lager. Only problem is the Bitter! Badly served and poorly kept; best pop around, as has been said before, to the Prince of Wales around the corner.
|
Had a pint of 'Wandle' in there last night, it really wasn't in good condition. Toyed with trying a pint of the other real ale on offer, Sharps Doombar, but decided against it. Glad now I didn't after the last post. Much better beer round the corner in the Prince of Wales!
|
This used to be one of my favorite pubs; well postioned, good service, clean, comfortable and fine food and drink. The Lager is still okay, however, why, oh why is nothing being done to serve up good Ale? Having visited for a pint or two this week, my first pint was vinegar, Doombar, which I pointed out was off and had changed. The replacement too was off too. Why spoil the success of a pleasant pub by neglect of the Ale? Especially with the Prince of Wales around the corner who always serve good Ale. Get it sorted please?
|
Not too bad really. Open-plan, modern, perhaps soulless. Had a good pair of ales though; Sharp's Doom Bar and TT Landlord, both served well. Function room upstairs
|
a pint and a piddle was I could manage in here , not my type of pub at all. beer wasnt that good , line cleaning tonight per chance??
|
Every so often I aim for the "White Heart", a clean and comfortable pub. Serving good beer and cider. When Sports are one, it can't be beaten for atmosphere and big screen action. And they do a very good steak and chips there too. Well worth aiming for if your going to the Oval for cricket.
anonymous - 25 Sep 2008 09:31 |
We went to see NL - France here, they had a great big screen. The staff was very helpful. We enjoyed the food, my pumpkin dish looked a bit little at first but it was very nice and filling, little pricy though. The atmosphere really picked up once the nearby 20-20 game finished.
HUP HOLLAND HUP!
Zalia - 17 Jun 2008 16:09 |
The White Horse seems to have firmly established itself now and has a healthy-sized group of regulars. Particular strong points: the large overhead fans that keep things cool on a warm day, key football games being played on either a large retractable flat screen or a smaller inobtrusive screen by the bar, good range of wines, changing (albeit a little overpriced) menu, the interesting wooden interior with range of seating options (sofas, booths, table & chairs) It's a lovely space and the staff are always helpful & friendly.
|
Havent been in here yet but do hope to in the near future, looks super. A friend of mine (Peter Bayles)has supper here every thursday and tells me its a smashing place. He once sat next to Edwina Currie, he tells me!!!
|
very over priced.
anonymous - 22 Jul 2007 16:38 |
It's a good crowd that seems to frequent this bar- local business people, respectable neighbours and quite a large gay crowd. However, the food is not up to much and is very expensive! The Pilgrim down the road is much better for a good Sunday roast and pint of Adnams
|
The management here in all fairness are very good. But the bar has started to look shabby. The food is ok, but seriously overpriced.
|
friendly table service, sadly the food is utter crap - at the very least seriously over priced, to add insult there is a 12.5% service charged added with the bill - dont be lured by the open plan kitchen at the back. What real ales there are are served freezing cold and lifeless as in so many of londons pubs. Maybe this was why it was so empty on a saturday lunchtime. Not worth bothering with unless your local (and desperate)
|
Busy bar run by a great manager and very friendly staff.Good food and good service.Super wine list and bar staff make up some amazing cocktails.Seating and tables are generous.This all makes for a wonderful atmosphere and a good night out. I love it.
|
Quite a nice place. Went on a Saturday night when it was rammed, but looked like the sort of place that might be a little sterile if there were any fewer people in.
|
Excellent pub, well kept TT Landlord and extremely helpful staff. Not sure if there's been a change in chef (ref previous comments) but have eaten here a few times now and never been disappointed - food always cooked to a very high standard. Agree it's quite "gastro" but pulls it off well if that's your bag. Sister pub to the Abbeville in Clapham Common I believe.
|
Overpriced and i cant figure out why??? Apart from the refurb which was an average job, the food and drink is no better than avarage also. I prefer the Pilgrim just down the road. Its everything a pub should be.
anonymous - 20 Apr 2006 20:32 |
No problems with the heating on a recent visit and generally good experience with tasty, if expensive, food and good service
anonymous - 13 Mar 2006 10:43 |
food is ok and staff are firendly enough. However, the heating doesn't seem to work making it pretty uncomfortable and the atmosphere is pretty cold as well. Arent there enoughof these anodyne 'gastro' pubs already? Dull and I won't bother going in there again.
|
Formely La Finca tapas bar, The White Hart has only been open for a few weeks and is a natural rival to The Dog House over the road, although it wants to consider itself a gastropub. I went there for a meal with three friends last week, and wished I'd stayed away.
I've already popped in for drinks on a few occasions, and found it to be ok, although quite cold, and also too loud for a conversation. Also no/poor table service - which La Finca did provide.
Anyway back to the food - at �10 and over for a main course it's not cheap pub grub, nor is it tasty. One very fatty lamb shank - sent back. Two fish - tough but eaten, one completely wrong order - sent back but waitress didn't appear to care. Cheesecake - served with spoons?
The manager was apologetic, but he really needs to send his staff for customer service training or he's fighting a losing battle!!
So bad service, bad food, pricey. Good atmosphere, location, beer and wine.
Basically stay away for food - at least for a good six months until they've sacked the current chef and got their act together in the kitchen, but it's ok for a drink. Let's hope it's just teething problems, as it would be nice if it was good!
|
More restaurant than pub in many ways but not bad for that, good competition for the Dog House across the road. It seems to attract quite a few political types - I spotted two MPs on a recent visit dining with companions (who I assumed to be their wives)
|
Seems to be 'gastro'pub with requisite restaurant menu, table service and expensive prices. Standard range of beers and good number of wines. It was very busy on a recent visit so I guess they must be doing something right!
anonymous - 27 Dec 2005 21:27 |
New pub - formerly La Finca restaurant
|
