Marquis of Granby, New Cross, SE14

I've no idea why I've never set foot in this old school boozer on a prominent junction between the two New Cross stations before, as I used to regularly drink in this part of town but for some reason always swerved this place. It's a shame, as it's a pleasant pub with a single room interior, set around an island servery, and therefore almost certainly opened out from a previous multiple room layout at some point. The room has been carpeted throughout, with a laminate floor strip around the servery. The bar has a dark wood panelled counter with two different panel styles, nice rounded corners and a matching gantry. Unlike most island serveries, this one has retained a decent amount of its bar back, which helps the place feel a little less opened out than it might otherwise have. Red upholstered banquette seating runs around much of the perimeter, with chairs and low stools in support. The walls have almost full height wood panels, with a plain white painted strip below the ceiling, and I noticed a boarded up fireplace in the rear left corner, which was a bit of a shame. Decent leaded windows with green stained glass banding, can be found mainly to the front and there were lots of TV screens around the room showing a couple of different football games with competing commentaries audible. The room has been decorated with a few huge paintings, some brewery mirrors, trophy cabinets, maps, local photos, mounted animal heads, a framed Millwall shirt and plenty more, so there's loads to explore and a juke box means you can set your own soundtrack as well. This didn't look like somewhere to go for some cask ale, but to my surprise they had two handpulls in operation, dispensing Brockley Spring IPA (£5.00 a pint) and Sharps Doom Bar with a reversed Sharps Atlantic clip on a third pump. The barmaid was very friendly and welcoming and my pint of the Spring IPA went down nicely as I watched an entertaining, if ultimately dispiriting FA Cup semi-final between Man Utd and Coventry, with the entire pub cheering on the underdogs. I thought this was a nice little, down to earth pub with no pretentions, content to deliver live sport and some decent beer to its regulars. With the new micropub just around the corner, I'm unlikely to make this my first choice New Cross pub, but I certainly wouldn't rule out returning. Date of visit - 21st April 2024

Large and noisy pub of limited interest much like the beer, just Doom Bar with a turned Atlantic clip. Not for me.

Now this is a pub that I really liked. One might might be put off by the magenta and green painted exterior, but inside it's very traditional with wood-stained fielded paneling on the walls, similarly stained central island bar counter, and normal tables and chairs. There's a pool table at the back on the right, and TVs on the wall showing Champions League football on the evening I visited. The clientele looked to be mainly local regulars. There were a couple of ales on - Doom Bar of course, and Sharp's Atlantic (£3.90 a pint). I didn't see any sign of food, so if they did do food then it clearly wasn't their main business stream. This struck me as a real pub, unlike others I visited in New Cross that were more like restaurants or music venues.

Definitely Irish influenced with a couple of large prints of a turf cutter and a thatcher very prominent as you enter .Rather romanticised take on Ireland.Rather tired and scuffy interior.Three cask beers ,Doombar Sharps Atlantic and Exeter -Falls Over which was very good.

Prominent pub on an angled road junction, with quite an interesting wedged-shaped interior featuring a proper island bar, some dark wood panelling and a number of original windows. Fairly plainly furnished, with limited decor suggesting a previous incarnation as an Irish pub (although the clientele seems now to be mostly students from nearby Goldsmiths). Also has a pool room at the back and a few wooden benches out front. The three active handpumps are rather hidden away on the back part of the counter, but I found Doom Bar, Wainwright and the seasonal Wadworth's Boundary (£3.70) available when I called in.