Tower Bridge Arms, Bermondsey, SE1

Located just along from tower bridge. A basic bare boarded interior with split levels. 4 real ales and “craft keg” served.

This is one of the ever expanding Draft House chain of pubs. Having visited a couple of their pubs in the same afternoon I was able to detect a common theme of brashness and noisiness, neither of which I regard as endearing qualities. The main room is a barren open space (but with some high shelving and tall stools in the centre of the room) with standard seating around the sides. Everything seems to be painted a boring brown/grey colour. There are a handful of prints on the walls - I noted one of the late David Bowie getting out of a car. There's a separate room to the left, which seemed to be a bit quieter, and with some more comfortable looking booths. There were however three ales on - Sambrook Wandle (£3.60 a pint); Burning Sky Plateau (£3.85 a pint) and Siren Broken Dream (6.5% and £4.95 a pint). They were clearly serving food when we dropped in on a Friday lunchtime, but I didn't see a menu. There were a couple of large groups (12 or so punters in each) all enjoying themselves and obviously making a fair bit of noise; there was overly loud music playing for no good reason other than making everyone in there having to shout louder; and the retractable windows were open on a warm day allowing the traffic noise to compete with the noise from the pub.

Traditional corner pub that has been modernised & opened out with a contemporary result. Nice central raised seating area with stools. There are various musical artist pictures on the walls. Both top areas have some lurid green benches that distract slightly from the pubby feel. Nice all round pub. 4 real ales

Had been trying to get to this pub for a while, having driven past on a few occasions,I was though rather underwhelmed. It's rather canteen like in its set up inside,not really a layout I could warm to,on the walls are numerous framed photos ,mostly of various rock stars. There were four pumps on the bar, I chose Celt Experience Dark Age Mild which was decent but served a little too cold for my liking.Its far from the best the Draft House chain has to offer but I would give it another go here though if passing.