BITE user comments - happy_beer_drinker
Comments by happy_beer_drinker
Now closed. To be honest, bit of a B grade pub. Not bad (and certainly better than the Market Porter up the road), but I never really warmed to it. Staff were very friendly, but the regulars really liked their TV (there were about four or five screens up).
One unusual thing it had was a weird little smoking alley at the back which was open to the bar room, so in a way it was kind of like smoking had never been banned.
Can't say I will miss it, but better a pub there than a railtrack building site (which it will be for years).
17 Jan 2009 21:53
Great pub. Great atmosphere, happy friendly staff staff, good music. Makes my day to end up there.
17 Jan 2009 21:46
I live locally and remember the excitement when this pub started up a few years ago. Shame that it really hasn't lived up to the promise - basically many of the earlier posters are correct:
The bar staff are often unfriendly and certainly unhelpful.
The pub itself is just a small box with no comfort or character.
True enough, there are a *lot* of bottled beers on sale, but more and more other (decent) pubs are broadening out what they keep on tap and in bottle. And in any case, I don't need 100+ different beers, just maybe a dozen good ones well kept. :o)
It remains a curiosity, which is well suited to an area where there are often a lot of tourists and day-visitors. A shame, to think if what could be there on the site.
17 Jan 2009 21:44
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The Hermits Cave, Camberwell
One of the *best* pubs in London.
Why?
Well, oddly enough not because of the beer or food or staff or decor or anything like that. Just an unearthly combination of people and place that gives it a perfect pub atmosphere. I always return.
17 Jan 2009 21:59