The Grove, Surbiton

With the excellent Antelope just a little further along the road, I normally pass on by this Greene King pub. But before paying my latest visit to the Antelope, I spotted a guest beer in the Grove that I'd not had previously and decided to give it a try. The interior is a fairly bright affair with seating curving around a central bar. Leaflets near the door were promoting Christmas lunch (it's that time of year again). The house beer here is Hardy & Hanson's Surbiton Best Bitter. Guests were Timothy Taylor Landlord, Hogs Back TEA & Southwark Routemaster Red, the latter being the beer that had drawn me in. At £2.75 for my half, it wasn't really worth it. There may well be a CAMRA discount that could have softened the blow, but I'd just arrived on a flight into Heathrow and wasn't carrying it with me! As with the last review in 2016, I didn't really feel like lingering too long here. With the Antelope a stone's throw away, why would you?

Official site of The Grove - www.thegrovekt6.co.uk

Official site of The Grove - www.thegrovekt6.co.uk