The Ravensbourne Arms, Lewisham

Loads of sport on lots of TVs. Good basic English food, really good value roasts on Sunday. Good range of beer but availability changes a lot. Bad toilets. Staff and customers are good people underneath the Sarf Lonnon hostile exterior!

24 May 2009 13:23

The Ladywell Tavern, Ladywell

Well renovated a year ago, in shades of olive with wood tables. Last night, an excellent blues band, watched by age-20s and -30s people drinking slammers and bombs, or Adnams and other real ales, Amstel, Heineken. New art gallery out the back, past the smokers' tiny garden spot. Rumour is they've just recruited a new chef after the last one moved up.

24 May 2009 13:14