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The Leigham Well, Streatham, SW16
SW16
SW16 2BT
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Reviews of The Leigham Well (Average Rating: 6½ of 10) see review guidelines
David Walton left this review about The Leigham Well
Nothing to add in terms of layout description. Same experience in here now - three hand pumps but nothing on. Had a pint of Guinness, not too cold, which is my preference. Again soundtrack made for the atmosphere in the pub, but somewhat underwhelming still. Saying wouldn’t require too many changes on the beer front to make this place perfectly acceptable.
On 11th March 2024
- rating: 5
[User has posted 90 recommendations about 90 pubs]
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Pub SignMan left this review about The Leigham Well
Set just a short way back from the busy Streatham High Street, this is a slightly run-down back street boozer, with a notional three bar layout. You enter into the main public bar where most of the evening’s punters were congregated. It’s a functional space with bench and chair seating around the perimeter and the servery in the rear right corner - a dark and dingy bar which seemed to be using a muted flatscreen TV showing Champions League football, as its main source of light. The bar has a reasonable wood panelled counter, and as it passes through the next two rooms, a tidy bar back appears. The middle room is almost in the ‘snug’ category, managing to squeeze in a couple of tables directly in front of the bar counter, making it feel almost like a private booth, were it not for the fact that everyone has to pass through to get from one end of the pub to the other. This room has a nice partitioning screen with leaded stained glasswork, and throughout the pub there is mid-height panelling in a distressed style with some ugly stag’s head wallpaper above. On into the far room - totally empty on this visit - where loads of extra seating can be found, although punters were opting instead for the patio garden which can be reached from here and has a row of covered bench booths to the rear and an eclectic mix of garden furniture elsewhere, most of which was covered by a single, huge Birra Moretti umbrella.
I was encouraged to see three handpulls on the bar, but as I got closer, I realised that two were unclipped, whilst the third sported a turned London Pride badge, leaving me at the mercy of the keg range, from which I chose a pint of Beavertown Neck Oil at an unreasonable £5.90. The barman was friendly enough and it was funny to see all the old boys in the main bar, the hip young locals in the garden, and no-one in the two rooms in-between.
This is a decent enough pub that was lacking in atmosphere when I visited and suffering from a few dubious interior design decisions, whilst also looking like it could do with a bit of freshening up. The lack of ale was also a drawback, but the service was friendly enough and I liked the three bar layout, which was a bit different to most pubs in the area. Worth a look to see if they’ve managed to get any decent ale on, but probably not somewhere I’d rush back to.
On 30th November 2022
- rating: 6
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Rex Rattus left this review about The Leigham Well
This was my first visit since its rebirth as the Leigham Well. The carpet's all gone now, and some of the paneling has now been painted grey. But the screening separating the corner (public) bar from the central snug is still there, as is the wall separating the snug from the saloon bar. I learned on this visit that the unused entrance into the public bar used to give access to the jug and bottle bar, but is now of course subsumed by the public bar.
There were two real ales on - London Pride and Marston's 61 Deep Pale Ale. I didn't see any sign of food during my weekday mid-afternoon visit.
I like this pub a lot, as it still has a very authentic feel about it. It's worth including on any Streatham crawl.
On 22nd May 2018
- rating: 7
[User has posted 2606 recommendations about 2520 pubs]
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Streatham Hill, 0.79 miles, 15 min walk (show)
Streatham Common, 1.16 miles, 22 min walk (show)
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- Accommodation : No last updated 30 November 2022 by Pub SignMan
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- Beer Festivals : No last updated 11 September 2017 by ROB Camra
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 30 November 2022 by Pub SignMan
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 11 September 2017 by ROB Camra
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- Hot Food : Yes last updated 11 September 2017 by ROB Camra
- Jukebox : No last updated 30 November 2022 by Pub SignMan
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- Live TV Sports : Yes last updated 30 November 2022 by Pub SignMan
- Micropub : No last updated 11 September 2017 by ROB Camra
- Pinball : No last updated 30 November 2022 by Pub SignMan
- Pool Table : No last updated 30 November 2022 by Pub SignMan
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 11 September 2017 by ROB Camra
- Real Cider : No last updated 11 September 2017 by ROB Camra
- WiFi : Yes last updated 30 November 2022 by Pub SignMan
